How to make a custom map

[goatbeard589]

Hi all, I am working on a total conversion mod but have been struggling with the map.
I made my own heightmap and provinces map, rewrote all the state regions, etc. but I'm still unable to load the game into the map editor. I also tried using the Random Paradox tool which can generate a great province map but also doesn't load in for me.
I'm pretty new to modding, so I could have definitely missed something simple/obvious. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
TIA!

 

[Talvos]

While learning how to mod the map (or just modding in general), I'd recommend doing one thing at a time to a blank mod. Make a mod which just changes a few provinces. And then edit the height map, and then mod X etc. You can confirm this way that you are completing each step correctly.

I made my own heightmap and provinces map, rewrote all the state regions, etc.

There's really too many variables here to pinpoint where exactly the problem is.

 

[Pizzaraider]

Hi all, I am working on a total conversion mod but have been struggling with the map.
I made my own heightmap and provinces map, rewrote all the state regions, etc. but I'm still unable to load the game into the map editor. I also tried using the Random Paradox tool which can generate a great province map but also doesn't load in for me.
I'm pretty new to modding, so I could have definitely missed something simple/obvious. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
TIA!

Hey, I'm the dev of the RandomParadox tool.
I'm aware of the issue at this time, but if you use the latest version 0.5., you only need to replace the packed_heightmap and it should load in again (according to my experience, no guarantees). I have yet to find out why it crashes, but if you were able to create the packed heightmap in the map editor in advance (you should be able to do that by simply starting the map editor on vanilla and then importing the map?), you should be able to replace the generated content in the mod. That also means you have to replace the indirection heightmap as well

 

[TigerG2017]

Hey, I'm the dev of the RandomParadox tool.
I'm aware of the issue at this time, but if you use the latest version 0.5., you only need to replace the packed_heightmap and it should load in again (according to my experience, no guarantees). I have yet to find out why it crashes, but if you were able to create the packed heightmap in the map editor in advance (you should be able to do that by simply starting the map editor on vanilla and then importing the map?), you should be able to replace the generated content in the mod. That also means you have to replace the indirection heightmap as well

Hi, I've been having a similar issue, how do you import the map to the map editor?