Textures not loading from saved maps

Man I'm sorry but this isn't very helpful. You haven't even responded to my other post about the map not even loading. Also, if it had loaded, I can't even select any tree at all. Also the file is missing, like you guys should keep your program organized. If it's a developer tool, give us access to all the assets. If it isn't, then remove full access from the code so we don't run into bugs, as I have here.

Also, like I said, it won't let me click anywhere, with any tree or bush, it simply doesn't do anything. That's if my map could load. I seriously did nothing to screw with it, I simply got blind-sided by your update when restarting the game for textures (yo, everytime I go to apply a texture, it still doesn't save fully, so I have to restart MULTIPLE TIMES to see if my changes stick. It's by pure fluke if it stays.) You guys really need a better system, it's so convoluted and heavy full of stuff that isn't even streamlined. Would be nice to have more control over your textures, and completely eliminate the need to code lots of stuff to import a texture.
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I would record my screen to show you the problem with the trees, but like I said, beamng doesn't want to load my map anymore because of the update.

 

Take your time, I've found a workaround.

 

Thank you so much man. This is what I see when I go into the console. http://i.imgur.com/uBZtNCq.png

As for the trees, if you see in the video it started working because I opened the map within the editor itself. If I had launched it normally I would still have that issue. Besides, there's only one bush in there, where before there was a whole bunch of them I can choose from.

Also I only have one heightmap. And for textures, I don't use GIMP. As for materials, I am pretty sure we fixed it, I am just missing a few steps and keep getting confused because of all the coding I am unfamiliar with. I really wish I was good at that sort of stuff. So very much...

NDX, the only reason I made another thread was because it was a separate issue than the textures. The sense of urgency and irrelevance to textures, I figured it would have been acceptable. My apologies.

 

This problem is not finished guys, can you please stay on top of it and not leave me waiting for weeks on end? Like you complain and wonder about me bumping/contacting you guys outside of this thread? This matter isn't over, some of us less inclined with your system need your assistance. I've posted my console information, config files, and you guys haven't even looked at it. At least reply to me about what is causing the issue...

Still trying to add in textures and this one in particular isn't saving. I just absolutely do not get it. I have copied the same text and added the file in by itself


singleton Material(curbrocks1)
{
mapTo = "unmapped_mat";
diffuseMap[0] = "curbrocks1.png";
materialTag0 = "RoadAndPath";
materialTag1 = "beamng";
normalMap[0] = "curbrocks1_NRM.png";
specularPower[0] = "1";
pixelSpecular[0] = "0";
useAnisotropic[0] = "1";
translucent = "1";
translucentZWrite = "1";
specular[0] = "0.00392157 0.00392157 0.00392157 1";
scrollSpeed[0] = "4.118";
diffuseColor[0] = "0.992157 0.992157 0.992157 0.719";
specularStrength[0] = "0.294118";
};

What is wrong with this?

From what I understand "Unmapped_mat" stores files in this section in the Material selector -

http://i.imgur.com/EsJLuUi.png?2

Why is it not there? Nothing shows up. As for singleton material (curbrocks1) that's what I name the new material file?

 

Guys seriously, I'm going to start using your contact us method...

 

Well when you put it that way about companies helping out with mods, you are ABSOLUTELY right. A lot of companies don't do that, and if they do it's the same situation as you, people who just want to help build the modding community. You are so right, so I guess I am just starting to see it as an engine rather than a game, cause i see so much potential!

And yes, I am naming it the exact same as the file. Question: do you need to restart Beamng in order for it to show up in the browser?

Also I know I have a ton of textures, but I was working all in one session with those, like I would work and put one texture in, update the code, then move onto the next. I thought it was working, so obviously now I have to start completely over and add those again one at a time. Can I just wipe the materials.cs backup the folder, then re-add them one at a time? Would you suggest that? But I mean... I want to find the direct issue so I can fix it if it happens again. Because now I am curious, if the code is correct for you, why is not working for me?

 

I am not confused by them. They are literally organized by date modified. If I need it it will be there because it is the last one I worked on. I don't move on until it works. If I did I know the section where that file is because I spent so much time going back to it. I am only confused by the script. Why don't you guys make like a texture import tool? This is way too complicated for me I can't get it :/

 

Warning: I get upset and curse a few times in my videos I apologize to those that are uncomfortable hearing that sort of thing, I say some pretty bad things towards the editor, I definitely mean it towards the editor itself, it's a straight up monster that haunts me and my dreams. Definitely not meaning it as any criticism towards the coders who worked on it.

So it works on other maps, then why is it not working on mine? :/
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Okay I recompiled the textures into a new materials.cs, load them in one by one, the map decided only to take a few of those, I fixed that however the problem was those few had changed the back slashes to forward slashes, or what ever so I went and replaced them all to the one that was working "/" and it fixed the files. Had a few that were misspelled "road1SHORTCcleanLEFTCAP" Notice the extra C, I made the mistake of naming it "road1SHORTcleanLEFTCAP" Corrected that. But dude, those errors were errors I could fix. This one I SIMPLY CANNOT EXPLAIN. The fact I have to completely start over is unacceptable. Because I am not even completely confident it won't happen again. I simply DO NOT trust this program. I can upload the video so you guys can watch my process of fixing eveyrthing I was happy and giddy and you can notice my frustration building by the end of the video. I COMPLETELY FIXED EVERYTHING. Even tried a few experiments. I was SO stoked when I found shit, but so completely disappointed they had no relation to my issue. I simply cannot understand what I need to do to correctly get textures in. Like I try the exact same fixes I discovered to get the last one fixed, but every time I add a new one it's like a whole different issue. When I add a material, the program likes to add "_mat" everytime I restart it. I think that may be the thing breaking it. You'll see in the videos I am about to add.

Can you please point out what I am doing wrong?



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Here is a video (uploading, will be up in a minute) of me successfully getting the texture to work, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what I did right for this one.
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This is the video that shows you all the errors I described earlier, which I went through and recompiled a new Materials.cs, also very quite lengthy I apologize.
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Also having ussues with normal and specular lighting being imported correctly...

 

Before writing this post, I only quickly glanced through this thread, so I might have missed something...

It looks like you have figured out how to map materials, so, theoretically, there shouldn't be any problems. One thing that I've noticed is that you're building everything out of the Steam directory. This really isn't a problems. However, the game might be generating material.cs files in Documents/beamng/levels/yourlevelname/and_so_on that go against the material.cs files that are located in your steam directory. This would makes sense with your problem as your first material seems to go in without a hitch, but the rest are kind of like Russian roulette.

Could you see if the game has generated material.cs in your documents directory that go against the matching material.cs in your steam directory?

 

Hey man! Yes, Beamng has generated a materials file inside documents. I see there are different parameters on a few textures. Such as

Documents version -

singleton Material(roadtrailCAPSTART2)
{
mapTo = "unmapped_mat";
materialTag0 = "RoadAndPath";
materialTag1 = "beamng";
normalMap[0] = "content/levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2_NRM.png";
specularPower[0] = "41";
pixelSpecular[0] = "0";
useAnisotropic[0] = "1";
translucent = "0";
translucentZWrite = "1";
specular[0] = "0.00392157 0.00392157 0.00392157 1";
scrollSpeed[0] = "4.118";
diffuseColor[0] = "0.992157 0.992157 0.992157 0.719";
specularStrength[0] = "0.294118";
colorMap[0] = "content/levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2.png";
specularStrength0 = "0.294118";
specularMap[0] = "content/levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2_SPEC.png";
alphaTest = "1";
alphaRef = "107";
translucentBlendOp = "AddAlpha";
};

Steam Version -

singleton Material(roadtrailCAPSTART2)
{
mapTo = "unmapped_mat";
materialTag0 = "RoadAndPath";
materialTag1 = "beamng";
normalMap[0] = "content/levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2_NRM.png";
specularPower[0] = "41";
pixelSpecular[0] = "0";
useAnisotropic[0] = "1";
translucent = "0";
translucentZWrite = "0";
specular[0] = "0.00392157 0.00392157 0.00392157 1";
scrollSpeed[0] = "4.118";
diffuseColor[0] = "0.992157 0.992157 0.992157 0.719";
specularStrength[0] = "0.294118";
colorMap[0] = "content/levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2.png";
specularStrength0 = "0.294118";
specularMap[0] = "content/levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2_SPEC.png";
alphaTest = "1";
alphaRef = "140";
};


Now, it isn't that way for all of them, but you can see "
alphaTest = "1";
alphaRef = "107";
translucentBlendOp = "AddAlpha";

Are completely different. So maybe it is that way for when I save maps? Is there any way I can stop BeamNG from making these conflictions? I cannot save my map in Documents because then textures wouldn't work for me at all. I had to move them into the content folder in order to fix my issue from a year ago. :/

 

The game updates a material.cs file whenever the save button in the material editor is used.

Unfortunately not... At some point, the devs will probably get the game to properly generate material locations from the documents directory.

There is the initial problem of saving textures from the documents locations, but, aside from this initial hiccup, the process is very simple.

For the time being, I think that it would be best for you to move move your map to the documents/BeamNG.drive/levels directory. Many people would probably recommend building your map out of the documents/BeamNG.drive//mods directory, but I believe that having all of your files in one place is more manageable for you. If a player builds their map from the aforementioned "mods" directory, all adjusted files will be place in the "levels" directory. Many choose this method because it leaves their initial files untouched. We don't really care about this for now; we just want functioning material.cs files. Also, if you happen to hit the clear cache button on startup, your files will be placed in documents/BeamNG.drive/backups. At some point, you will probably accidentally hit this button.

I suspect that you know how to create a level, so I'm just going to skip to the material.cs files.

Your current method of setting up material.cs involves assigning the textures in-game. I highly recommend not using this method. Using the in-game material editor is good for getting the right alpha or animation but, it is terribly clunky when it comes to assigning textures.

-Since you have been mostly working with road textures, I'm going to run through the process of creating material.cs entries for road textures.

-Create a material.cs in the file that your textures are in. Ideally, just grab a material.cs from another map and stick the material.cs in the file with your road textures.

-Open the grabbed material.cs and erase its contents - You might want to keep some of the the existing material.cs entries for reference

- Create a material.cs entry. I'm using the entry mentioned in your post for this example.

Code:

singleton Material(roadtrailCAPSTART2)
{
mapTo = "roadtrailCAPSTART2";
materialTag0 = "RoadAndPath";
materialTag1 = "beamng";
normalMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2_NRM";
specularPower[0] = "41";
pixelSpecular[0] = "0";
useAnisotropic[0] = "1";
translucent = "0";
translucentZWrite = "0";
specular[0] = "0.00392157 0.00392157 0.00392157 1";
scrollSpeed[0] = "4.118";
diffuseColor[0] = "0.992157 0.992157 0.992157 0.719";
specularStrength[0] = "0.294118";
colorMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2";
specularStrength0 = "0.294118";
specularMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrailCAPSTART2_SPEC";
alphaTest = "1";
alphaRef = "140";
};

I have made a few changes from your initial entry. Your original entry included a "content/" in front of the material entries. This will lead to a loading error.

-Secondly, your original entry had mapTo = "unmapped_mat"; For simplicity, change the unmapped_mat part to whatever the texture's name is. In this case, I changed it to roadtrailCAPSTART2. Sometimes, in the case of objects, beamng will not register a perfectly good texture and generate and umapped_mat texture in its place. If this happens, try restarting the game.

-Lastly, your entries included a .png at the end of texture name. It is okay for this to remain, but it is unnecessary. At some point, I'd recommend switching over to dds,

Theoretically, whenever an additional texture is needed, copy the initial entry, paste this copy below the initial entry, and adjust the file paths to fit this new entry. If this method is used, the material.cs entries that follow your initial entry will look something like the ones below this text.

Code:

singleton Material(roadtrail_mudpath_1)
{
mapTo = "roadtrail_mudpath_1";
materialTag0 = "RoadAndPath";
materialTag1 = "beamng";
normalMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrail_mudpath_1_NRM";
specularPower[0] = "41";
pixelSpecular[0] = "0";
useAnisotropic[0] = "1";
translucent = "0";
translucentZWrite = "0";
specular[0] = "0.00392157 0.00392157 0.00392157 1";
scrollSpeed[0] = "4.118";
diffuseColor[0] = "0.992157 0.992157 0.992157 0.719";
specularStrength[0] = "0.294118";
colorMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrail_mudpath_1";
specularStrength0 = "0.294118";
specularMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrail_mudpath_1_SPEC";
alphaTest = "1";
alphaRef = "140";
};

Code:

singleton Material(roadtrail_mudpath_2)
{
mapTo = "roadtrail_mudpath_2";
materialTag0 = "RoadAndPath";
materialTag1 = "beamng";
normalMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrail_mudpath_2_NRM";
specularPower[0] = "41";
pixelSpecular[0] = "0";
useAnisotropic[0] = "1";
translucent = "0";
translucentZWrite = "0";
specular[0] = "0.00392157 0.00392157 0.00392157 1";
scrollSpeed[0] = "4.118";
diffuseColor[0] = "0.992157 0.992157 0.992157 0.719";
specularStrength[0] = "0.294118";
colorMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrail_mudpath_2";
specularStrength0 = "0.294118";
specularMap[0] = "levels/Shibukawa/art/road/roadtrail_mudpath_2_SPEC";
alphaTest = "1";
alphaRef = "140";
};

-After the file locations are in place, the alpha of the textures can easily be adjusted in-game.

-When a texture has been adjusted and saved in-game, the material.cs will need to be reopened by your text editor because the changes saved in Beamng will probably not be registered by your text editor until the material.cs is reopened.

-Lastly, the game will not register any outside changes made by a text editor until the level is reloaded. Sometimes the game will have to be restarted.
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-I suspect that I have probably skipped over a thing or two in passing. If or when you experience a problem in the above mentioned process, I will try to provide resolution to your issue.

 

I replied to this yesterday but apparently the button didn't press send correctly. But yeah, this helps make a lot of my issues easier man, thank you so much for your help! So but working entirely in the .cs file all I need to do is assign the name of the texture to the road when I apply the road right? And adjust texture stuff in material editor? This is great!

 

yeah

 

My progress so far