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Map2dif - Torque .MAP file converter Stop working on export ?

by Alan Young · in General Discussion · 09/04/2008 (7:28 am) · 5 replies

I have created a simple box in 3d max export the file then loaded the .csx file up into constructor but when I try to export using the map2dif_plus exporter the exporter exe stops working and closes.

this is in the executing script output screen...

Converting scene to map ...
Map: C:/Users/DOLLYC~1/AppData/Local/Temp/export.map
Copying textures to C:/Torque/TGE_1_5_2/example/starter.fps/data/interiors/MyBuilding ...
greek_roman002.jpg
Executing map2dif_plus -o "C:/Torque/TGE_1_5_2/example/starter.fps/data/interiors/MyBuilding" -t "C:/Torque/TGE_1_5_2/example/starter.fps/data/interiors/MyBuilding" "C:/Users/DOLLYC~1/AppData/Local/Temp/export.map"

map2dif - Torque .MAP file converter
Copyright (C) GarageGames.com, Inc.
Program version: 1.0r
Programmers: John Folliard, Dave Moore, and Matthew Fairfax
Built: Apr 24 2007 at 18:28:24


Loading C:/Users/DOLLYC~1/AppData/Local/Temp/export.map
Initial texture search path is set to "C:/Torque/TGE_1_5_2/example/starter.fps/data/interiors/MyBuilding/"

Successfully opened map file: C:/Users/DOLLYC~1/AppData/Local/Temp/export.map
Parsing mapfile...
done.
Creating BSP...done.
Marking active zones...done
Creating surfaces...done.
Lightmaps: Normal...Cleaning Up ...
Deleting auto converted map ...

Can anyone help me and tell why this is happing ? Please

Also when I try to open the constructor program it sometimes crashes and stops working.

I have downloaded the 1.0.3 version of constructor and installed it with no problems, I am running vista 64.
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Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#1
09/04/2008 (8:01 am)
I definitely recommend using the newest version of Constructor (available on TDN). I would also recommend looking at the console.log file to see where it is messing up. What are you using to get the .map out of Max? For the most part, I would recommend not using Max for .map's, but I know that a good amount of people have had good luck with the max2ctor plugin to create .csx files.

Alan Young
#2
09/04/2008 (8:15 am)
I am using max2ctor to export from max to constructor.

I have downloaded the latests version from the TDN April 2007 update

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#3
09/04/2008 (8:22 am)
Constructor's latest update is from June of this year. It's available here.

I have not used Max2ctor and am not sure how it generates the geometry!

Alan Young
#4
09/04/2008 (8:50 am)
I am sorry about this I'm still lost I have tried a complete reinstall then updating with 1.051 but constructor doesn't load at all.

Is the any link for the 1.051 version or dose the update take version 1.03 to 1.051.

I have also try reinstalling and using the 1.03 patch still no good.

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#5
09/04/2008 (9:12 am)
There's not a download for the 1.051 version and I didn't have any problems installing it. I've seen others on the Constructor forums that had issues, though. You should probably check there to see what they've done. I've been updating with each version of it, so that might be why I haven't had any issues. But it seems that I did it on my laptop at home without problems with a clean install, though.