Noobish mapping questions post here

Just post nobish questions here I have one myself, how to get fx fire not spitting fuckedup smoke in game

Don't use the "object" fire. Use fx markers.

Lol  :D  I was just thinking to myself today that maybe I should post a link to the action markers tutorial.  It seems I'm a bit late.  :)

how do like make square hills and shapes etc?

I just can't find any good,decent roads
What roads do you guys use ?

depends what road ur looking for, is it rural or urban?

Gogo wrote:
I just can't find any good,decent roads
What roads do you guys use ?

Which kind of environment is the road supposed to cross?

MaxiKing6 wrote:

Gogo wrote:
I just can't find any good,decent roads
What roads do you guys use ?

Which kind of environment is the road supposed to cross?

Rural and urban?

Ok then, second question. Are these roads main roads or just small ones?
In the end it's up to you man, you have the whole variety of splines.. ;)

Main :)
And i have a problem connecting roads,example maybe when i make a bridge and i connect road with it,it looks ugly,no idea how to make them same looking  :-\

Rural main: road_asphalt\rural_highway (width=8)
Urban main: stone_road\bia_urban_road_02 (width=16)

You can add some variation though using different kind of splines and splats and also tiles combined with each other.

Concerning your bridge problem I'd like to see a screenshot.

MaxiKing6 wrote:
Rural main: road_asphalt\rural_highway (width=8)
Urban main: stone_road\bia_urban_road_02 (width=16)

You can add some variation though using different kind of splines and splats and also tiles combined with each other.

Concerning your bridge problem I'd like to see a screenshot.

Tnx for the answer  :D
I'll try them soon as a get some time,i will post a screenshot verry soon :)

Largest playable area possible in meters?

Last edited July 21, 2011 at 1:41 PM by Killar

1024x1024

See how it's fugleh :(
It dosen't match,how do i make it match  ???

Texture or hight?

the 2 roads xD?
One from the bridge and the main one connecting it lolz  ;D

There's no way to fix that, it's just the way the texures look. Use a bridge_blender object on the seam, or just make a land bridge.

Oh okay tnx for the help  ;D
But another problem i am facing is,hight of the ground and bridge,if the hight of the ground is lower i can't make it the same hight as bridge  :-\

Gogo wrote:
Oh okay tnx for the help  ;D
But another problem i am facing is,hight of the ground and bridge,if the hight of the ground is lower i can't make it the same hight as bridge  :-\

You should just make ground bridges :D They're easier to handle in the longrun. Not sure how to fix your problem though :/

Gogo wrote:
Oh okay tnx for the help  ;D
But another problem i am facing is,hight of the ground and bridge,if the hight of the ground is lower i can't make it the same hight as bridge  :-\

Set the LMB mode of the Heightmap Editor to "Set Value". Raise the terrain like you want it and in the end, adjust the height of the bridge using the H key + pressed left mouse button.

The texture problem is also easy to solve:



Use a Tile underneath the road that fits, grass textures don't look good in combination with cobblestone roads. I recommend Dirt\Dirt_Country_Road here.
Next step is recreating the dark lines on the bridge to appear also on the normal ground. To do this, you place the Spline nm_tracks\foot_path_01 (width=2) and select "Colorize" to the right. You may apply following settings:



You can also add the cobblestone line as a border to the mainland, use this: stone_road\bia_cobble_stone_border_03 (width=2)
You don't need to change the color/alpha settings here.

Woah thank you so much for your help and taking time to explain to me  ;D
I will try all these soon as posible.You are like a map editing genius  :)
And i have one more super mega noob questin,so prepare for a laugh.
I can't save my map,it says i have to have 2 or more starting positions owned by different players
I did placed them from Object placement>ebps>then starting  pos 1 and pos 2,but still it won't save ???

Last edited July 22, 2011 at 12:06 PM by Gogo

You need to place one of the ebps\gameplay\starting_position_0X, the number doesn't decide about the objects owner, it just describes the variants (1 and 2 are rural HQs, 3 and 4 urban, 5 and 6 industrial, 7 and 8 holland).
You need to assign these starting positions to a player, you can do this to the right, world is the default setting, change it to player 1 and player 2 for both starting positions. You'll also need to do that to the object ebps\gameplay\map_entry_point.

you also should try this:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?258894-Released!!!-World-Builder-Manual-v1.0

cephalos wrote:
you also should try this:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?258894-Released!!!-World-Builder-Manual-v1.0

Hah manual,so interesting  :D
I will try it out :)

When I tried saving my nw map I got a message that said, "There are more than 1 sector creating entities in the same sector..." :(

How do you fix this ???. Help is appreciated ;D.

Hello Fishhunterx,
Select TER in the toolbar and then click on "Calculate Voronoi" to the right. Taaadaaa, problem fixed.
;)

Thx for the help MaxiKing6. But I have another question. How do you access the map you've created once you make it ???? I check skrimish maps and I don't see it there :P

What do you mean by "I check skirmish maps"? In WB or ingame?

After I made the map and clicked calculate voronoi I saved, opened up EF, and clicked skrimish game against comp. I checked the maps(ex: angoville(2)) and didn't see mine there. Was it b/c my initial map was a singleplayer map?

Change the map type in the Scenario Properties to multiplayer map and move all the files to

C:\Users\%username%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\ww2\Data\Scenarios\MP

My folder is call SP rather than MP(which is what you have I guess). Does that matter b/c I checked again in Skrimish maps(after I saved it to Skrimish/multiplayer) and it's not there. Sorry to bother you so much :-[

You don't bother me. Just create the MP folder if it isn't already there. Then move your map files to the MP folder in order to make it accessable in skirmishes.

Thx for all the help. I got my map working and tested it versus comp. However once the game got under way I tried to build a building and it said must be in command territory. Apparently there was zero command territory anywhere and I was stuck fighting a Tier0 battle with doctrinal off-map units XD Luckily the map was small. How do you fix this ???. Also how come I can only open this map on EF, not regular CoH? Do I need to change a setting?

Edit: NVM I fixed the territry problem:P. But how do you get the map to play in vCOH?

Last edited July 28, 2011 at 7:52 AM by Fishhunterx

The Worldbuilder automatically uses the first module file from your COH directory when it creates/loads a map, so it has probably also used the Eastern_Front.module file for your map. If you take a look at the YOURMAP.info file, you'll see modname = "Eastern_Front" to the bottom.
You could try to change it to "RelicCOH" but I don't know if that works. Just try it.

1st Q: How do you access your directory?

2nd Q: How do you fid YOURMAP.info?

Sorry I'm so lost. I honestly am starting from the ground up(and from a DIY youtube video ;))

No problem, everyone started sometime, so did I (without tutorials :P).

1) You can access your COH directory using the Windows Explorer, the default folder should be C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes.

2) You can find it when you view the location where your map is saved (now probably C:\Users\%username%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\WW2\Data\Scenarios\MP. I used YOURMAP as a placeholder for your maps real name (cause I don't know it).

Hey Maxi why don't you add Lehrter Bahnhof to your signature? I think it would be a good idea.

Last edited July 28, 2011 at 9:08 PM by HerrVoss

I still cant find my "YOURMAP.info" file(but I figured out how to find the directory). My file says YOURMAP.sgb. No idea what sgb stands for. Too confusing :o. This is why I'm not a developer XD.

I also don't know what sgb means, nevertheless, my mape has made it..
You have to have a .info file in there, there have to be following files:

YOURMAP.info
YOURMAP_id.scar
YOURMAP.sgb
YOURMAP_mm.tga
YOURMAP_tml.tga

BTW: Last post as Major.  :P

I found the list of YOURMAP files. I forgot to set it to all files. But when I found them no where does it say Eastern_Front anywhere. WHere are you suppose to see it
P.S. - Now your a "Mr.Spam"  :P

Fishhunterx wrote:
P.S. - Now your a "Mr.Spam"  :P

You got it  ;D

You have to open the YOURMAP.info file with the Editor. Then you can see a line that says 'modname = "Eastern_Front"'.

Quote: Open the file with editor

Do you mean Worldbuilder? I only mention this b/c it says unrecognized file type when I tried opening it up. BTW how do you make bridges? Or at least find them?

Last edited July 28, 2011 at 10:08 PM by Fishhunterx

I see, you're starting from the very very bottom.
By Editor I don't mean the Worldbuilder, I mean the text Editor that is generally included in every Windows copy.
Which OS do you use?

I didn't forget the bridges, I just delay it until we cleared your fist question.

This is probably a stupid question but whats OS stand for?

Operation System. Your Windows version. XP, Vista, 7?

Windows 7. Yes I am at rock bottom :-X

Ok then press your start button and type "notepad.exe" without "s.
Execute it and open the file YOURMAP.info, search for modname = "Eastern_Front" then.

Yes I finally see what your talking about :-[. TY for the help. Let me try fixng it.
EDIT: It didnt work. I changed Eastern_Front to RelicCOH and still nothing.

Last edited July 28, 2011 at 11:01 PM by Fishhunterx