Mapping Problem..

(Hatey) #1

I was going to try mapping in Enemy Territory, but I ran into some stupid problem and I thought this forum might be the right place to ask for help.

So, I have GtkRadiant-1.3.8-ET and it crashes every time I try to save a map… I was just following a tutorial how to make a simple box and a spawnpoint, and when I tried to save the map the program just crashed… I thought it was some random crash so I tried making a new box and when I saved it the program crashes again. And its doing this all the time >_>, even with completely empty map. I checked the maps folder and there is a map with the same name I saved it but its 0kb… Autosave seems to work tho because it autosaved my map somewhere in the middle of making it, but thats not helping much if I cant save the latest. Any ideas why its doing this??

My computer should meet the minimun requirements for it easilly, so I dont understand whats crashing it. Maybe it got something to do with Vista, or ATI?

(Cambodunum) #2

… for vista you have to use GTK 1.5 instead 1.3.8
… otherwise you wont get rid of this problem

(Pande) #3

And believe me, its an improvement. 1.3.8 is VERY old.

(Wezelkrozum) #4

Always use
GtkRadiant 1.5 for Vista
and
GtkRadiant 1.4 or GtkRadiant 1.5 for an other pc system.

(Hatey) #5

Oh okey… I thought I had latest version >_>

Ill try 1.5 then, thanks for help.

EDIT: Actually… now that I opened 1.5 version it doesnt rly load anything… all fields are just black, sometimes it shows the xyz field or even the map itself but I cant edit anything its kinda like frozen >_<. And soon it turns all black again. Wtf??

EDIT: Nvm lol, I restarted my comp and now it magically works just fine.

(twt_thunder) #6

get rid of vista and install xp :slight_smile:

(Pande) #7

EDIT: Nvm lol, I restarted my comp and now it magically works just fine.

Windows: The closest thing to real magic, albeit not the useful kind. :slight_smile:

Srsly, I’ve never seen a Mac ‘restart and now its fine’. Maybe thats because you hardly ever need to restart it, though. xD

(Hatey) #8

xD

Well the program itself seems to work now, but my map doesnt --
I followed the tutorial and made a box map, where I added blue and redspawn, player_info_deathmatch thingy and everything, but when I start the map and try to go to limbo or join team through console the game will just freeze >>

I noticed other ppl have had this problem too but I couldnt find any real solution. I tried adding that team_wolf_objective in the map but it doesnt help. Also I tried editing the max/min coordinates but they dont help either, altho Im not sure does it even save those coordinates cos when I press enter after typing in the value, it will do nothing… So Im not sure does it even save those values.

(Wezelkrozum) #9

[QUOTE=Hatey;188184]xD

I followed the tutorial and made a box map, where I added blue and redspawn, player_info_deathmatch thingy and everything, but when I start the map and try to go to limbo or join team through console the game will just freeze >_>

I noticed other ppl have had this problem too but I couldnt find any real solution. I tried adding that team_wolf_objective in the map but it doesnt help. Also I tried editing the max/min coordinates but they dont help either, altho Im not sure does it even save those coordinates cos when I press enter after typing in the value, it will do nothing… So Im not sure does it even save those values.[/QUOTE]

That the limbo does freeze is caused by the missing or the wrong mapcoordsmin/max. The key and values should be visible at the window above the keywindow of the entity window when you press enter.

(nUllSkillZ) #10

Get rid of XP and install Linux.
:smiley:

(Hatey) #11

Theres something the tutorial doesnt tell, like always. It expects everyone to know the basics of using that program…

I clicked player_info_spawn box and then it allowed me to add min/max coordinates but it still doesnt seem to work. The box upper left corner is at 256 0 and the lower left at 256 -256, and if I add 64 to each one then its 320 64 and 320 -320 right? Why doesnt it work then -__________________-

(Wezelkrozum) #12

[QUOTE=nUllSkillZ;188191]Get rid of XP and install Linux.
:D[/QUOTE]

Get rid of Linux and instal Mac.

(IndyJones) #13

get rid of linux, sell your mac, install xp, enjoy your life.

(Qualmi) #14

…and just use dos :slight_smile:

is good game ^^

(kamikazee) #15

@Above: Get rid of your computer and have a life…
Otherwise, learn that an o/s is not worth ranting about if it’s just to show off.

Anyway, I wanted to add that you could also look at Quark, an editor which is still actively supported and offers support for a host of different games.

Should you happen to make Doom 3 maps, DarkRadiant is another fine alternative.

(Hatey) #16

Uhm yea thanks for the spam.

(shagileo) #17

Hatey, perhaps it’s better to use the following coords for current testing purposes:

mins: -1000 1000
maxs: 1000 -1000

Later on, when your map has its definitive size, you can use the coords it then has.
Normally those coords I proposed should work, but it’s possible it won’t fit, but as I said: this way you can at least test your map :slight_smile:

EDIT: Mac iz teh rulez

EDIT 2: the coords shouldn’t be from upper left to lower left, it’s from upper left, to lower right :wink:

(Hatey) #18

Well some tutorial said upper and lower left ><
I did try upper left and lower right tho aswell, because it seemed more logical to me.

Anyway I will try that 1000

(aaa3) #19

we (me?:wink: r rly goin off with this but imo xp vista or linux either but no mac xPPP
sry 4 offing but had to add tihs:D

(Hatey) #20

Yea well Vista is crap, but I cant bother reinstalling everything again.

Btw, the black fields/screens problem I was talking about earlier, it returned and this time restarting my laptop didnt help. This is what it looks like: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8396/wtfivw.jpg

Might have something to do with my graphics card because it seems to cause problems all the time when its working together with Vista…