Downloading map help needed

[msupoke 0]

I just started playing SC4 again after a year or two away from the game.  I have the instructions to download and render regions, and I vaguely remember the process.  However, I can't seem to find the config files on the map window.  I can get to and save the greyscale image, but I can't find the config. 

On a side note, I always make a folder for the new region in my SC4 regions folder, but I can never find the name when I go to "Load Region."  Can anyone help with these two issues?

[CaptCity 4,789]

Originally posted by: msupoke

... I can't seem to find the config files on the map window.  I can get to and save the greyscale image, but I can't find the config.  quote>

The config image might be included in the download or shown on the download window (the image made up of the three colors - reg, green, blue). In this case, you need to right-click on the image and select "Save as..."

On a side note, I always make a folder for the new region in my SC4 regions folder, but I can never find the name when I go to "Load Region."  Can anyone help with these two issues?quote>

Are you using the Documents/SC4/Regions folder and not the one in Program Files?

 

[msupoke 0]

I thought of the Prigram File route issue before, but the region is still invisible even when I am certain that I went through the right route.

If the config is not a separate download link, then I can assume it is included? In that case, all I have to do is save the greyscale and download to the created region file?

[WiltonWarrior5 0]

i recently went through this confusing process as well. you must go to documents on your computer if you have installed it and then place the config in a new folder that you created with it

[CaptCity 4,789]

Originally posted by: msupoke

If the config is not a separate download link, then I can assume it is included?quote>

I don't believe the maps have a separate download link for config files anymore. I checked some of the map downloads, and it appears the most of the newer maps have the config included in the download. Going back a ways, they have the config as one of the images in the download window - the blue, green, and red image. If the image apears in the window, use right-click and "Save as.... ". If the image is not present, it may be included.

In that case, all I have to do is save the greyscale and download to the created region file?quote>

Yes

[msupoke 0]

It is not rendering now. I click download, and it shows the greyscale. I save it as a bitmap to the created folder. When I try to render, nothing happens. I assumed that this was because there was no map to render. I went back and saved the greyscale as a jpeg, hoping that it would help. When I try to render (using the jpeg) now, the error message looks something like this:

Region Generation Error

Region bitmap size is incorrect - 0X0. It should be 1025X1025.

If I use the bitmap file to render, nothing happens.

[tungston 19]

Besides the grayscale.jpg, you need a config.bmp file to match the grayscale.jpg you are using.  If you don't add a config.bmp file to the region folder the game will use the default config file, which is 16x16 pixels, that requires a grayscale of 1025x1025 pixels.

The ratio of the grayscale to the config file is 64 to 1, plus 1 pixel to each side of the grayscale.  To find the size for the config file, subtract 1 pixel from each side of the grayscale, then divide each side by 64.

You can make a config.bmp with MS Paint, or any image editor.  Use true, or almost true colors for the city sizes.

red, 1 pixel = small city

green, 2x2 pixels = medium city

blue, 4x4 pixels = large city

[msupoke 0]

OK. I am going to start over because this just does not seem to work for me.

When I open a region on STEX to download, I get a window with the picture of the region (Eaton, for instance). I click download, and a greyscale image appears. If I right click the image to save it to the folder that I created, it will save as a bitmap. If I save it as a jpeg, I get the error message when I try to render in the game (due to no bitmap, I guess). If I save it as a bitmap, nothing happens when I try to render it. I tried to make a bitmap on my own, but it did not change my result when rendering.

[msupoke 0]

Here is where I am:

I downloaded Eaton again. In the folder, I have a config.bmp file that is 32x32. I have a greyscale named Eaton that is 2049x2049. When I try to render, I click the jpeg and get the error message that the size is wrong.

[msupoke 0]

Thanks to all who have helped. I saw the program IrfanView in another thread. My greyscales were apparently not greyscales. They are now.