Loading Screen Not Found

[SaltyNewt 11]

Alright, so I've got a SP mission in the Eden Editor yhatta yhatta . I have the loading screen image set in general attributes as opposed to a description.ext file because I tried that already and it wasn't working. I have the path to the file set as image . paa  since that's what the name of the file is and it's right in the mission folder. I've got all the other descriptions set up but when I load in the mission it says "picture image.paa not found". I've been trying to fix this for about half an hour with no luck, any ideas?

Attributes

Mission Folder

[HazJ 1289]

Can't see first image very well. Try:

// description.ext
loadScreen = "image.paa"; // image.paa in root of mission folder (aka where mission.sqm is)

 

[SaltyNewt 11]

20 minutes ago, HazJ said:

Can't see first image very well. Try:

// description.ext
loadScreen = "image.paa"; // image.paa in root of mission folder (aka where mission.sqm is)

 

Well when I use description.ext nothing shows up when I load the mission, when I use the attributes everything except the picture loads.

[HazJ 1289]

Are you sure file extension is correct? .ext NOT .ext.txt - Also, reload whole mission then press preview. I never use in-game attributes.

[SaltyNewt 11]

yeah, I switched back to a description file, the extension is right. Although when I use a desc. files I don't get an error, it just doesn't load anything

description.ext file

 

[HazJ 1289]

ZIP and upload your PAA file. Share link.

 

Example:

https://files.fm/u/djjdu99x?k=0e61eb66

I am heading out, will reply later this evening if still stuck. I think you have most likely not named the file correctly. Do you have file extensions shown? To simply test, add the following to your description.ext:
 

#include ";

class ()

[

];

It should crash your game, lol. If it doesn't then it is most likely named .ext.txt or something else.

[SaltyNewt 11]

Out of curiosity how would I go about doing that? I'm still new to this whole mission making thing.

[SaltyNewt 11]

I tried putting the other stuff on the end and it didn't crash the game. But I also uploaded the mission folder.

Mission Folder

[HazJ 1289]

Not home until later this evening. Did you DL example mission? Test and compare that in the meantime.

[SaltyNewt 11]

So I compared the two files and these are the differences I noticed.
1. Yours has a second folder inside the original with the same name.

2. The actual image next to the paa file is a png while mine is a jpg.

3. Your description.ext only has the loadscreen while mine has the author description and title as well.

4. Your png file is 512x256 while my jpg is 1024x512

[HazJ 1289]

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1. Yours has a second folder inside the original with the same name.

That is because I ZIP'd it. Drag folder out of the one that gets created when you extract it.

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2. The actual image next to the paa file is a png while mine is a jpg. 

I believe JPG will work for loadScreen if I remember correctly.

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3. Your description.ext only has the loadscreen while mine has the author description and title as well. 

Doesn't matter.

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4. Your png file is 512x256 while my jpg is 1024x512 

Both are supported. See PAA on Wiki.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PAA_File_Format

Your description.ext isn't even working correctly, simply because if you add some gibberish in there, it doesn't error/crash. Send me your mission folder please.

[SaltyNewt 11]

fixed it, turns out I was in the wrong mission folder, I was in the one in steamapps instead of the one in Documents, thanks for the help though.

[HazJ 1289]

 

Glad you got it sorted.