Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 1:35 pm Post subject:
BUG:One corner missing in game
Anyone have seen this before?
I open the map in worldaltering editor 1.4.3 and it looks fine.
But in game one corner is missing, not sure what happens here.
And anyone knows what does that info at top right corner means?
Your map is too big, there is a size limit (the width + height must not exceed 510) and if you go over it the game will just load blank tiles or possibly crash.
The "info" is what version of Phobos you're using. This only appears in test versions of Phobos, if you use a full release you wont see it. _________________
Well, i reduce the size under that limit 510, but problem still there. I treid lots of times, this bug usually occurs after massive copy, paste operations. QUICK_EDIT
I did that, too. Guess what?
It looks fine in FA2, just as WAE. But in game, it gives a blank corner at bottom left instead of bottom right when using WAE.
This suggests that it is very likely to be caused by editor itself. QUICK_EDIT
The same issue was discussed here. As well as having a size limit there is a limit to how many tiles (other then grass) you can add to a map too. _________________
I have read that, but i think may be the situation is different here, because this bug does not always shows up.
If there is a limit, that means no matter what i added to map it will end up in a mess. But the current situation is, I can still add more tiles to map but i can not predict the outcomes, sometimes it just goes fine, but if the blank appears it can never be removed.
It seems that, for each operation done, there is a chance for the saving be irreversibly corrupted. QUICK_EDIT
A bit late but Mig Eater pointed to the correct solution, to patch the game.
Your map is crossing IsoMappack5 section decoding limit (about 9750 lines). Happens with big map and high tiles variety/detail. For the last set of tiles that weren't decoded, game fills them up with clear tiles.
Your map is not corrupted on saves from FA2/WAE. Data is still there. When the IsoMappack5 lines are in the borderline of the limit, any change in tiles could result in encoding difference in size. So, sometimes it works and at other times it won't. FA2 stores tiles from top-right, so last tiles are at bottom-left. WAE seems to be doing from the other diagonal. Pavement case in the other thread, has used tools where tiles are sorted/shuffled before encoding, so tiles anywhere on the map could be last tiles.
To fix:
1. Patch gamemd.exe to extend the decoding limit. By using ModExe tool - https://ppmforums.com/topic-37926/cc-executable-modifier/
In ModExe, load gamemd.exe, then load the attached hack ini and right-click on hack and set Modified. Hack can also be applied with any hex editor. Ares will continue to work with this patch.
Or use CnCNet YR beta, which already has the patch. If you have YR Client based mod, yrpp-spawner can be used which includes this patch - https://github.com/CnCNet/yrpp-spawner
2. For borderline cases, can try MapResize tool to check if it reduces the IsoMappack5 section size to below the limit - https://ppmforums.com/topic-55391/mapresize/
Open the map in MapResize tool and click resize. If this option works, then map can be shared even with others who don't have the game patch. Editing the map with FA2/WAE will change the section size, so have redo this process again.
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BUG:One corner missing in game
