Buldozer: cannot load texture Formentera/data/layers/S_000_000_lco.paa

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Hi All,

Despite all attempts I am unable to see my map in Buldozer. This is a pretty standard map.

 

These are my frame settings:

 

 

and this is how I generate layers:

 

 

This is my S_000_000_lco.png:

 

 

and I've noticed that it generates a S_000_000_lco.paa which is empty:

 

 

Here a link to file:

 

https://cldup.com/L9m_O2N05M.paa

 

This is my layers.cfg:

 

class Layers
{
	class formentera_seabed
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_seabed.rvmat";
	};
  	class formentera_beach
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_beach.rvmat";
	};
	class formentera_ground_rocky
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_ground_rocky.rvmat";
	};
	class formentera_stony
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_stony.rvmat";
	};
	 class formentera_dry_grass
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_dry_grass.rvmat";
	};
	class formentera_soil
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_soil.rvmat";
	};
  	class formentera_dirt
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_dirt.rvmat";
	};
	class formentera_mud
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_mud.rvmat";
	};
	class formentera_grass_green
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_grass_green.rvmat";
	};
  	class formentera_forest_pine
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_forest_pine.rvmat";
	};
	class formentera_concrete
	{
		texture = #(rgb,1,1,1)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,cdt);
		material = "Formentera\data\formentera_concrete.rvmat";
	};
};

class Legend
{
	picture="Formentera\source\mapLegend.png";
	class Colors
	{
		formentera_seabed[]={{255,255,255}};     // white
		formentera_beach[]={{205,114,0}};        // brown
		formentera_ground_rocky[]={{255,255,0}}; // yellow
		formentera_stony[]={{0,255,0}};          // green
		formentera_dry_grass[]={{0,255,255}};    // cyan
		formentera_dirt[]={{0,0,255}};           // blue
		formentera_mud[]={{166,0,255}};          // purple
		formentera_grass_green[]={{255,0,255}};  // violet
		formentera_forest_pine[]={{255,0,0}};    // red
		formentera_concrete[]={{0,0,0}};         // black
	};
};

and this is my standard material template:

 

ambient[]={1,1,1,1};
diffuse[]={0.25,0.25,0.25,1};
forcedDiffuse[]={0,0,0,0};
specular[]={0,0,0,0};
specularPower=1;
emmisive[]={0,0,0,0};
PixelShaderID="NormalMapDiffuse";
VertexShaderID="NormalMapDiffuseAlpha";
class Stage1
{
	texture="Formentera\data\formentera_beach_nopx.paa";
	uvSource="tex";
	class uvTransform
	{
		aside[]={5,0,0};
		up[]={0,5,0};
		dir[]={0,0,0};
		pos[]={0,0,0};
	};
};
class Stage2
{
	texture="Formentera\data\formentera_beach_co.paa";
	uvSource="tex";
	class uvTransform
	{
		aside[]={5,0,0};
		up[]={0,5,0};
		dir[]={0,0,0};
		pos[]={0,0,0};
	};
};

Things I've tried:

 

• Using a normal map and exporting 5 + 1 (futura)
• Changing tiles size (2048 or 1024)

 

Any input is warmly welcome.

 

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Ok I'm narrowing this down to the fact that the PNG file up here cannot be converted to PAA. Just give it a try, you should have an empty .paa:

 

https://cldup.com/OlGLJYdhkL.png

 

Any ideas why?

[RoF 241]

Dont use .png, use .bmp. Also make sure everything is at the right coords

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I am using BMP. PNGs are automatically created by layer generation.

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Ok, I found PART of the culprit. This is strange de strange, so bear with me.

 

The background of my sat image is a uniform dark green color, as you can see in the png.

I found out that if, instead of a uniform color, I add a single pixel of a slightly different color within the png, then ImageToPaa succeeds in the conversion.

 

So I did just that: instead of adding a background uniform color, I created a 512x512px pattern that contain all pixels of my desired color except one, which has a slightly darker color (indistinguishable at bare eye). I then used this pattern as background of my satellite image.

The tiles are now generated successfully. I suspect there might be some weirdness in the image compression of paa, but who knows.

 

HOWEVER; this doesn't solve it for me. Buldozer is still unable to load the texture.

 

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Here:

 

 

BUT GUESS WHAT?!

 

 

I thought I was used to this Arma 3 bullshittery but I guess the story never ends.

[RoF 241]

Have you been clearing your layers folder before exporting?

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1 minute ago, RoF said:

Have you been clearing your layers folder before exporting?

 

of course.

[RoF 241]

I don't think having one colour in you sat map matters tbh, I used to use a all green one for a test map...

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I don't know what to say. It's the usual once-a-week frustration that I unfortunately experience. :)

[RoF 241]

Try making a new project, sometimes TB files can get corrupt

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Tried that...

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Not really sure why but: I originally used arma3p to unpack a3 and setup buldozer. I have now uninstalled that and regenerated my p:\ drive by using the standard arma tools to install buldozer and extract data.

 

All is good now. 

[ExileDesigns 0]

Help me out please