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 What files do you need for a map? 
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Post What files do you need for a map?
In my map pack .rte I have a bitmap, a .ini file for the map and an index for these files but the game still throws errors.

Am I missing any other files or is there a bit of code wrong? :???:

Help me and I will supply you all with all the skirmish maps you can handle :D


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Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:43 pm
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Upload the entire .rte please? And what error is it giving you?


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uploaded to the original post, it's saying there is an error with line 1 of the index.


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Yup, you didn't do your Index.ini right.

You had this:
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Data Module

ModuleName = Al's Maps
IncludeFile = Firstmap.rte/mudflats.ini

Where you should have had this:
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DataModule
   ModuleName = Al's Maps
   IncludeFile = Firstmap.rte/mudflats.ini

You didn't have the right name, and then you didn't have it tabbed right either.


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You don't need the tabbing. Only fix the name. The tabbing screws stuff up by skipping to the end of the DataModule as it finishes the incorrectly tabbed segment, which is why it doesn't show an error, but it is incorrect nonetheless and good practice to leave it untabbed.


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Thanks :grin: the map now works but all the terrain is pink with default written on it. is there a special way of saving the bitmap?


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Darkshadow wrote:
Thanks :grin: the map now works but all the terrain is pink with default written on it. is there a special way of saving the bitmap?

Did you make the map in the CC palette?


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You don't need the tabbing. Only fix the name. The tabbing screws stuff up by skipping to the end of the DataModule as it finishes the incorrectly tabbed segment, which is why it doesn't show an error, but it is incorrect nonetheless and good practice to leave it untabbed.

No, you are wrong. You tab index.ini, like any other ini. Even Base.rte's index.ini is tabbed.


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It has tabbing yes, but it doesn't need it :V


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It has tabbing yes, but it doesn't need it :V

It's good practice though. Because when you actually do ♥♥♥♥ up tabs in an .ini, then spend hours going through it all without thinking it's tabs, well that blows.


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You tab index.ini, like any other ini.
You do not.
Please verify your information before posting it.
It's good practice to have correct tabbing in the Index.ini. It allows you to modify file structure incredibly easily.
What blows is the first time you modify file structure significantly or attempt to make a compilation, then spend a few hours error checking because pretty much everyone has a layer of superfluous tabs in their Index.ini.


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