Request Building Meshes for STPSP Bases

[Buck Rogers]

Here's the .Surf file!

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Here's the .Surf file!

Very good! Hopefully you can find the time to figure out how to do the elevation tiles.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Very good! Hopefully you can find the time to figure out how to do the elevation tiles.

I literaly don't know where to begin! The only information I can find is for editing existing Elev tiles, starting from scratch I can only presume begins with a greyscale bitmap... Would be nice if it could be made with Plsplit64 or similar?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

I literaly don't know where to begin! The only information I can find is for editing existing Elev tiles, starting from scratch I can only presume begins with a greyscale bitmap... Would be nice if it could be made with Plsplit64 or similar?

You'll probably have to ask misha.physics or someone else in the previously linked thread for help there.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

I literaly don't know where to begin! The only information I can find is for editing existing Elev tiles, starting from scratch I can only presume begins with a greyscale bitmap... Would be nice if it could be made with Plsplit64 or similar?

Have you got the surface tiles for Andor done yet?

 

[Buck Rogers]

Have you got the surface tiles for Andor done yet?

Nope, was hoping you'd give it a go.
Follow the steps I provided, if you get stuck I'd be happy to "walk-you-through". It's quite easy to use and I'm sure you have a few planets to do so makes sense to have it in your own hands.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Nope, was hoping you'd give it a go.
Follow the steps I provided, if you get stuck I'd be happy to "walk-you-through". It's quite easy to use and I'm sure you have a few planets to do so makes sense to have it in your own hands.

Actually, I've already figured it out on my own.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Nope, was hoping you'd give it a go.
Follow the steps I provided, if you get stuck I'd be happy to "walk-you-through". It's quite easy to use and I'm sure you have a few planets to do so makes sense to have it in your own hands.

On the other hand, when I tried to install Windows Terminal, I got a message saying that something on my computer had blocked the installation process, and therefore I have no way to access Texpack. Linked below are the unpacked surface tiles for Andor.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Windows Terminal

Don't know what that is?

my computer had blocked the installation process

This is probably good news!
You defineately do not have to install anything. It's part of Windows, for me it's under Start/Windows-system. Or do a Windows search for Command line console.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Don't know what that is?

This is probably good news!
You defineately do not have to install anything. It's part of Windows, for me it's under Start/Windows-system. Or do a Windows search for Command line console.

So what exactly do I use? Command Prompt?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Don't know what that is?

This is probably good news!
You defineately do not have to install anything. It's part of Windows, for me it's under Start/Windows-system. Or do a Windows search for Command line console.

Unfortunately, it seems that when I tried to create the tiles for Andor, the results ended up being completely warped. (Possibly because I made the mistake of starting at level 7 and then moving down from there?)

If you want to test it out, here's an upload of the system with only the scenery included.

 

[Buck Rogers]

So what exactly do I use? Command Prompt?

Command Prompt sounds good. Sorry, mine is all in German so I don't know the exact translation.
I's the same code window that Plsplit64 uses, just that you have to start the console yourself. And it's a basic standard part of Windows. Do you have a path like: Windows start button- and then a folder Windows Sytem? That's where I found it on my PC. (I think Powershell does the same thing?).

Unfortunately, it seems that when I tried to create the tiles for Andor, the results ended up being completely warped. (Possibly because I made the mistake of starting at level 7 and then moving down from there?)

Starting at 7 and working down sounds ok. Did you replace the source file with one half the size each time? Note L 1-3 are done differently, they're square (check the doc).
Did you input -180° and then 90°?
I'll take a look

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Did you input -180° and then 90°?

I think that might have been the problem, as I input -180° and then 180°.

 

[Buck Rogers]

I think that might have been the problem, as I input -180° and then 180°.

Any luck with Andor?

Do you have .scn files?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Any luck with Andor?

Not much, unfortunately. Specifically, I keep getting something like this:

 

[Buck Rogers]

Not much, unfortunately. Specifically, I keep getting something like this:

Well it's a start!
Are you making only the surf tiles?

I made a system .scn file so I can at least see what's going on.
I tried Andor with masks and clouds. The mask (lights/water) tiles look correct but I don't see any effect (had to invert the _lmask though?).
Clouds work, mostly, they're a bit jumpy and sometimes turn black at the horizon? Looks like shadows but from the surface they look ok?
Also tweaked the Andor.cfg (attached as .txt file), added fog/haze, but couldn't fix the mask/cloud layers.


I've redone Weytahn, the source image is only good for L6, doubled once up to L7, I don't think you'll see any difference (I must have done L7 twice?).
At this resolution level Elev. tiles won't be noticable at ground altitude, it's probably better just to make high res. Elevmod tiles for the bases only (this is a little complicated but seems to be well documented, I think you can use Tileedit or Tilesplitter for that).

Some of the buildings on Weytahn need lowering.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Well it's a start!
Are you making only the surf tiles?

I made a system .scn file so I can at least see what's going on.
I tried Andor with masks and clouds. The mask (lights/water) tiles look correct but I don't see any effect (had to invert the _lmask though?).
Clouds work, mostly, they're a bit jumpy and sometimes turn black at the horizon? Looks like shadows but from the surface they look ok?
Also tweaked the Andor.cfg (attached as .txt file), added fog/haze, but couldn't fix the mask/cloud layers.
View attachment 45409
View attachment 45410
I've redone Weytahn, the source image is only good for L6, doubled once up to L7, I don't think you'll see any difference (I must have done L7 twice?).
At this resolution level Elev. tiles won't be noticable at ground altitude, it's probably better just to make high res. Elevmod tiles for the bases only (this is a little complicated but seems to be well documented, I think you can use Tileedit or Tilesplitter for that).
View attachment 45411
Some of the buildings on Weytahn need lowering.
View attachment 45412

Actually, I now know the cause of the problem I was having. I was still using the old texture scale there.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Well it's a start!
Are you making only the surf tiles?

I made a system .scn file so I can at least see what's going on.
I tried Andor with masks and clouds. The mask (lights/water) tiles look correct but I don't see any effect (had to invert the _lmask though?).
Clouds work, mostly, they're a bit jumpy and sometimes turn black at the horizon? Looks like shadows but from the surface they look ok?
Also tweaked the Andor.cfg (attached as .txt file), added fog/haze, but couldn't fix the mask/cloud layers.
View attachment 45409
View attachment 45410
I've redone Weytahn, the source image is only good for L6, doubled once up to L7, I don't think you'll see any difference (I must have done L7 twice?).
At this resolution level Elev. tiles won't be noticable at ground altitude, it's probably better just to make high res. Elevmod tiles for the bases only (this is a little complicated but seems to be well documented, I think you can use Tileedit or Tilesplitter for that).
View attachment 45411
Some of the buildings on Weytahn need lowering.
View attachment 45412

By the way, here are some improved versions of the tiles for Andor and Weytahn, created using the original LunarCell presets. I tried using Command Prompt in the manner you described in this post, but all I get is a list of functions and options. Either I'm missing a step, or this technique only works on certain systems.

 

[Buck Rogers]

I tried using Command Prompt in the manner you described in this post, but all I get is a list of functions and options. Either I'm missing a step, or this technique only works on certain systems.

It should look exactly like the Plsplit64 console window, and if that works than Texpack should work too. I think the console has been in Windows since it moved from DOS to Win95?

list of functions and options

Does the word Texpack appear there?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

It should look exactly like the Plsplit64 console window, and if that works than Texpack should work too. I think the console has been in Windows since it moved from DOS to Win95?

Does the word Texpack appear there?

Okay, so I typed up the command lines as described, but when I press the enter key, I just get sent back to square one: