FH2 Modding Q&A

[pheeph]

with FH 2.25 release coming, will its new mapping files affect my map?

[Ts4EVER]

It didn't affect my map, with one exception: The trench set now has a grassy texture on the skirts instead of the brownish one.

[Natty]

It didn't affect my map, with one exception: The trench set now has a grassy texture on the skirts instead of the brownish one.

yes Toddel made it like this because it is better with default grass since grass is mostly used so we dont need to suffix in it all the time. Better to suffix dirt or gravel if someone wants that around the trench instead.

[Ts4EVER]

Yes, it actually fits better into my map now.

[pheeph]

I recently placed a couple of waterplanes from the mod in my map, but I don't see them in-game nor does it have the water effects.  How do I make the water planes visible and functional?

[Natty]

generate lightmaps for the waterplanes (pack atlas also), and place env boxes + generate envMaps.

[pheeph]

ok, I placed a 500x200 waterplane from the mod somewhere in the map.  While I can see it in the editor, I can't see it despite generating lightmaps, envmaps, and packing the map.  I even walked to that area where the big waterplane was supposed to be, but it doesn't look like I'm swimming either.  Does it need a different layer of water planes under it?

Also, I placed a bunch of 5x5 waterplanes in the map as well.  While I can barely see them, and the swimming is there, I can't make it shine since the object doesn't support lightmapping.

[azreal]

generate lightmap atlases as well

[Natty]

5x5m waterplanes are different.

the big ones you placed are made for PHL, Toddel disabled swimming in those since I wanted players to be able to prone in the flooded fields. If you make lightmap atlases you will see them ingame, if you have a Water folder in your map, and in it an envMap.dds (check PHL to see how it should be).

[pheeph]

ok, now that I can see them, is it possible to have sloshing sounds when in shallow water?

[Natty]

I would assign water/waterpuddle mateial to the detaillayer you paint with on the ground where the planes are.

[pheeph]

does anyone know how to convert those compressed textures into uncompressed textures?  I'm trying to edit a certain part of the terrain, but it gave out this message:

[Geom] : TBM: Need uncompressed texture!

[Natty]

you mean you want to paint textures? your map should have an Editor/Colormaps folder.. in here are uncompressed .dds textures (ARGB8.8.8.8 format).

If you are editing some other map, that dont have the editor files, you can always stitch together all the compressed ones (use Photoshop or the BF2 mod toolkit) to one big .tga and then import that .tga in editor by using the import colormap function.

remember you will lose quality by using compressed textures like this....

[Jetu]

Boo, I'm such an ignorant mapper. I can't even play my map, or I'm just trying to start it without having any idea how. The maps on the map list in fh2 but crashes at 14-15%. :Z

[Aggroman]

Start in windowed mode and post the error message over here.