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Calling Phillip O'Shea - 2D Effects Pac download missing some image maps -Help, please.

by Eric Preston · in Torque Game Builder · 08/25/2009 (6:25 pm) · 7 replies

Dear Mr. O'Shea:

I purchased your 2D Effects Pack today and am just getting going with it. It looks like a great package.

Several image maps that are needed for the effects to show up are missing from the download. I'm hoping that you can send these to me.

Here are the image map names that were not in the download:

Missing image maps:

RocketLauncherRocketImageMap
DirtClumpImageMap
FireCloudImageMap
SmokeSpireImageMap
SmokeCloudImageMap

Many thanks, in advance for helping me out with this.

Sincerely,

Eric Preston
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Associate Phillip O'Shea
Violent Tulip
#1
08/25/2009 (6:29 pm)
Really? Interesting! I'll have a quick look at this and see what I can do!

Thanks for the heads up Eric!

Feel free to email me (see profile) if you have any other questions, problems or suggestions!

Associate Phillip O'Shea
Violent Tulip
#2
08/25/2009 (7:05 pm)
I downloaded the package and I can see those ImageMaps and source images there. What exactly is the problem that you are facing Eric?

Torque Owner Eric Preston
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#3
08/25/2009 (7:56 pm)
Certain effects don't play, like "Splash" and "SplashLarge." These reference SmokeSpireImageMap and SmokeCloudImageMap in the .eff file. But, I can't find these source images. I've downloaded a second time and still don't find them. Same problem with effects that reference RocketLauncherRocketImageMap, DirtClumpImageMap, and FireCloudImageMap. If they are in there somewhere, my search doesn't turn them up.

Thanks,

Eric

Associate Phillip O'Shea
Violent Tulip
#4
08/25/2009 (7:59 pm)
DirtClumpImageMap is the first in the $managedDatablockSet and FireCloudImageMap is about half way down the list (SmokeSpire and SmokeCloud are right above that). They are definitely there.

Torque Owner Eric Preston
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#5
08/25/2009 (8:03 pm)
What, and where are the source .png's for the data blocks. The debugger is returning "invalid datablock" for these. Sorry if I haven't been clear. I need the .png's.

Thanks.

Associate Phillip O'Shea
Violent Tulip
#6
08/25/2009 (8:06 pm)
DirtClumpImageMap looks for "data/images/Particles/fuzzy_blob.png" (Check)
FireCloudImageMap looks for "data/images/particles/firecloud.png" (Check)
SmokeSpireImageMap looks for "data/images/particles/flame0.png" (Check)
SmokeCloudImageMap looks for "data/images/particles/fog.png" (Check)

All of those images are there. The issue that you are having must be something else =(

Torque Owner Eric Preston
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#7
08/25/2009 (8:19 pm)
Hurray, that clears it up. I have them.

I was looking for .png's with the same name as the datablock Imagemap name. The confusion was generated when I created the .proj file and loaded the effects and images. Several effects did not play and when I looked in the particle editor, no image map showed up. In looking at the .eff file I saw reference the "SmokeSprieImageMap", but this did not show up available in the editor, even though I had loaded all the source images. I figured that there was missing some .png's. Didn't remember to check the $managedDatablockSet. Sorry.

Just a suggestion -- perhaps you could include a .proj file in the download.

Anyway, thanks for staying with me on this. I think that I will be fine now.

Kind regards,

Eric