[Solved] Problem with importing .tga

[Jeod]

So i needed a custom pathing texture. (Great shout-out to Dr. Boom for teaching me this: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tutorial-submission-283/pathing-everything-about-154558/) I have created a texture using GIMP 2 and saved it as .tga. It is listed in the importing manager, but it fails to load the texture and buildings have no pathing whatsoever – units walk trough them and other buildings can be built in them.

 

[The_Silent]

It has to be exactly the right colors. If it still doesn't work, make a whole new file and try again. Not sure what it is with Gimp, but I've had the same issues.

 

[Pinzu]

Gimp 2 allows you to save as TGA? Just changing the file ending is the same thing as making it a tga file?

Try using an online converter and see if that works for you. I've used this one recently and my pathing works like a charm. http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-tga

 

[Jeod]

Thanks Pinzu, it works... partially. The path texture doesn't display in the editor when I press P and it's much smaller than I expected it to be. (a 60x60 px path tex in editor appears to be only slightly bigger than a human tower). It's problematic :/

Gimp 2 allows you to save as TGA?

Yup, GIMP 2.8 allows it

 

[The_Silent]

60x60 is huge for a pathing texture. Might be that it can load path textures that big.

 

[Jeod]

It failed loading a 12x12 pathing tex as well :/

 

[Dr Super Good]

Upload the texture you are trying to use. I can compare its file structure with the existing pathingmap images.

 

[Jeod]

Here they are. The 12x12 one is uncompressed, I don't remember whether the 60x60 one is compressed or not. Both of them cause the editor to give the load fail message and behave like 2,5x2,5 (tiles) on a human tower. Thanks for minding my problem

 

[Dr Super Good]

Both provided example pathing maps work perfectly. The 12x12 one loads correctly as 12x12. The 60x60 one also loads correctly as 60x60. Both show up correctly in the editor when pathing overlay is turned on. Both also work perfectly in game when used as a building pathing map, blocking construction and collision as expected for their shapes.

Something is wrong with how you are importing them.

How I imported them was to first import the appropriate tga file, for example "example 60x60.tga". I then changed its path and renamed it simply to "60x60Example.tga" (not in a folder although that really should not matter). I then saved the map, making sure there were no errors during save (if there are errors they could cause the import to fail). For testing a selected the default melee Orc Burrow unit and changed its pathing map to "60x60Example.tga". I then placed one of these on the map and turned on pathing view. The overlay correctly showed the 60x60 pathing area and shape as described by the file. I then placed a peon and tested the map to confirm this is the pathing in game, which it was.

 

[Jeod]

Thank you, it solved the problem. It was my first time importing files to the editor.
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