Importing satellite Data Freezes half way

[trezza 10]

Hey guys, So far I've managed to make the terrain of an island, make a satellite image and mask, I've followed opteryxes tutorial and gone over everything many times, but whenever i get to the import satellite and mask bit, the bar goes up to half way and then stops, if i click the X on the bar's little window visitor disappears, little help? and If you want any information on my files/computer ask for what you need to help.

Thanks in advance.

Here's some info

PC Specs:

Windows XP SP2

AMD Athlon X2 3600+ 1.9ghz @ 2.25ghz

3gb kingston 667mhz DDR2 ram

Leadtek 8600gt 512mb

SHAW 860w PSU (:o crap!)

ASUS M2N8-VMX MoBo

250gb Western Digital HDD, about 40gb free

Am I forgetting anything?

Mask_LCO + Sat_LCO are both normal 8 bit PNGs

Layers file:

class Layers

{

class pisekplaz

{

texture = "offtas\data\pisekplaz_mco.paa";

material="offtas\data\pisekplaz.rvmat";

};

class trava

{

texture = "offtas\data\trava_mco.paa";

material="offtas\data\trava.rvmat";

};

class mesto

{

texture = "offtas\data\mesto_mco.paa";

material="offtas\data\mesto.rvmat";

};

class pisek

{

texture = "offtas\data\pisek_mco.paa";

material="offtas\data\pisek.rvmat";

};

};

class Legend

{

picture="offtas\Source\mapLegend.png";

class Colors

{

/// color names should correspond to surface layer names

pisek[]={{255,0,0}};

trava[]={{0,255,0}};

mesto[]={{0,0,255}};

pisekplaz[]={{255,255,0}};

}

};

The offtas folder is located in my P:\ drive. the Layers.cfg is in P:\offtas\source with the mask, mat and maplegend

Here is an example RVMAT:

ambient[] = {0.9,0.9,0.9,1};

diffuse[] = {0.9,0.9,0.9,1};

forcedDiffuse[] = {0.02,0.02,0.02,1};

specular[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0,0};

specularPower = 1; // specular interpolator must be enabled

emmisive[] = {0,0,0,0};

PixelShaderID = "NormalMapDiffuse";

VertexShaderID = "NormalMapDiffuseAlpha";

//surfaceInfo = "landtext\bumps.bisurf";

class Stage1

{ // normal map

texture="offtas\data\mesto_detail_nohq.paa";

uvSource="tex";

class uvTransform

{

aside[] = {10,0,0};

up[] = {0,10,0};

dir[] = {0,0,10};

pos[] = {0,0,0};

};

};

class Stage2

{

texture="offtas\data\mesto_detail_co.paa";

uvSource="tex";

class uvTransform

{

aside[] = {10,0,0};

up[] = {0,10,0};

dir[] = {0,0,10};

pos[] = {0,0,0};

};

};

RVMAT files are located in P:\offtas\data with the texture files it needs.

I'm going to try removing offtas\data from the directory leaving just the texture's filename to see if the RVMAT will work with textures from it's own dir... probably won't work.

EDIT: Nope, that didn't help. by the way, just FYI the end of the loading bar in import satellite data stops under the T in data. I might not be waiting long enough but I left it for 15 minutes once and it didn't move + all of the menus were white so the whole program had crashed pretty much.

Image of what happens:

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4921/v3crash.jpg

parameters:

Texture base layer texture size is 4m x 4m

That's about all I can think to give you.

---------- Post added at 12:16 AM ---------- Previous post was Yesterday at 11:18 PM ----------

Problem Solved!

When I was explaining that the texture size was 4m x 4m I decided I would try changing that to a higher value, I used 64x64, ran the sat/mask and HORAY it worked, all of this researching for something SO VERY SIMPLE.

Oh well If anyone ever has a problem they might find my thread.

Edited July 15, 2010 by Rellikki

[bushlurker 45]

Glad you got it fixed!

all of this researching for something SO VERY SIMPLE.

That seems to summarise island-making right there, yup! :)

B

[trezza 10]

thanks bushlurker, I have it in game but the textures and trees aren't loading, I'll work it out eventually. By the way I intend to use maskmapper2 to create vegetation, I gave it a try but there were far too many trees and there was no way that I could make it any less dense, any suggestions would be appreciated!

:bounce3:

[granQ 293]

hmm, i seem to have same problem, it just crash, so frustating.

Tried everything here and searched..some error messages so you know what happened wouldn't hurt :/

[darkxess 60]

By the way I intend to use maskmapper2 to create vegetation, I gave it a try but there were far too many trees and there was no way that I could make it any less dense, any suggestions would be appreciated!

:bounce3:

Have you checked this out: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/MaskMapper_Tutorial_for_Visitor_3