Tactical Engagement

[Epic]

Snakeman

I added my art files and IA and the initial TE maps look good. The campaign map didn't change for some reason, but I wasn't concerned about that at this point.

I created the campaign directory, deleted out the specified Korean files and added my new files. I edited the Save0.cam, instant.cam, and te_new.tac files.

IA works fine, but I get a "hang" when I try and create a new TE. ctrl-alt-del shows F4 is not responding. I made a copy of my save0.cam and renamed it to test.tac and attempted to edit it in Tactical Engagement. I get the same "hang." When I try and enter campaign I get a similar "hang."

I have re-made the 3 above files numerous times and I have created a new campaign folder as well. I am out of ideas. I didn't think it was artwork, because TE would just use the Korean map wouldn't it? Is it possible that its artwork causing the problem?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Epic

[Sherlock]

How many teams are identified in your te_new.tac file? It only allows 2 teams.

Artwork (i.e., maps) could cause the hang if they are not the correct size, the correct name and the correct color format (i.e., tga, 8 bit, indexed).

[Snake Man]

IA works fine, but I get a "hang" when I try and create a new TE. ctrl-alt-del shows F4 is not responding. I made a copy of my save0.cam and renamed it to test.tac and attempted to edit it in Tactical Engagement. I get the same "hang." When I try and enter campaign I get a similar "hang."

Thats not how you create te_new.tac file. It needs to be same as save0.cam object wise (linking and such), but you need to use teams 1 and 2 in there only, I think team 1 is the red and team 2 is blue (but I'm most likely mistaken these).

I didn't think it was artwork, because TE would just use the Korean map wouldn't it? Is it possible that its artwork causing the problem?

I think the te_new.tac is just plain wrong in your scenario.

Btw is it just me, or isn't there direct TE te_new.tac making tutorial anywhere in PMC Tactical? (if not I can make one).

[Epic]

Snakeman/Sherlock

How to make the te_new.tac is in the Ultimate Theater Tutorial. I didn't use the save0.cam file to create a te_new.tac, I used a copy of it to make a TE to see if F4 would "hang" when I tried to edit it in the TE editor. I followed the tutorial to build the 3 files.

I did assign ownership differently in the te_new.tac and the save0.cam file. For te_new.tac objects are teams 1 and 2. In save0.cam the teams are 2 and 6.

I used the objects.csv file that I exported from save0.cam after I did some linking and followed the Pak tutorial, for instant.cam and te_new.tac.

I just changed the tdf file to point to Korea128 art and when I selected "New" TE it worked. I checked my big_map_id.tga and it is index 256 colour 4096x4096. Which files specifically deal with the TE maps inside the tactical engagement editor?

Thanks,

Epic

[Epic]

I finally got my campaign map from the main screen to work. The file name is Camp_smap.tga and is RGB 16bit from the Main.idx file.

Epic

[Epic]

TE Editor Map now working, the F4 "hanging" problem was caused by leaving the campmap.irc Perl file in the resource directory.

Epic

[Sherlock]

TE Editor Map now working, the F4 "hanging" problem was caused by leaving the campmap.irc Perl file in the resource directory.

Epic

Interesting to know that fact for future reference! Cheers!