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Icemant90
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I really really need to know something

Post by Icemant90 »

Do I need a special program, or need to know any lanuages to make a map?
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Post by qwerty »

Well any program that you can draw with in grayscale is good.
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Post by Icemant90 »

What is that? Is that monochromey? Black and white? What do you use?
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Post by Icemant90 »

Also, I'm having trouble with my island. It doesn't recognise me as the owner.
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Post by qwerty »

I understood map as the heightmap of an island. For that I use GIMP.
Then you naturally need the island server program whihc you can download from here somewhere. And I recommend consulting zaroba's excellent guides at www.atractorguide.com
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Post by Icemant90 »

I can't find any guides there.
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Post by zaroba »

in the info and contacts section you will find skill listing, weapons listing, settings info, command info, and other stuff to aid in running and setting up an island. will get a bit more stuff eventually.

for the owner problem, you need to edit the serverconfig.txt file in your islands folder and in the Owner= spot, type in your ingame name after the =

maps don't really need to be greyscale. you can easily make one in Paintbrush by just useing different shades of Grey. Grey is recomended because it can easily be used in a small 256 color picture, and its easiest to make the map how you want it with greys. in a heightmap, Black = lowest land, white = highest land, and different shades of grey in the middle = different levels of land. lighter the grey = higher the land.
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Post by Icemant90 »

The owner problem still bugs me. It only recognises me the first time I log on after cnnecting to the world if I quit my island and go back Ii doesn't recognise me. So do I just keep reloading Islands?
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