Product Chat / Missing Heightmap Error

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benjiboy
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2019 10:45
I tried building Sci-Fi Pack.fpm after building Sci-Fi Drones.fpm and got this :-

Runtime Error: 0 : BT Error: Heightmap doesnt exist Function: BT BuildTerrain ()

I've experienced this before but I cannot remember the circumstance.
Is this known?
I searched here and on the GG forum but drew a blank.
I also posted this in the bugs forum on Steam and got no response.
Maybe one of the regulars here can comment?
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cybernescence
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2019 16:30
I don’t know why this is happening to you but I know that GG doesn’t actually use the image based height map that Blitz uses as a default. However GG does need a default image height map to be present when initially loading an fpm map file - either as part of the loaded map or from the default one stored in (I think from memory) the effectbank\reloaded\media folder. Height data for the terrain is actually loaded from a data file within the fpm zip and the image based file that the error message is complaining about isn’t used but needs to be there.

Does a restart of GG then a reload of the fpm fix the issue?

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benjiboy
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2019 09:27
Thanks for the reply cybernesence.
Yeah, it does. Seems that doing two builds one after another tends to generate this or another error - for instance I just loaded The Big Escape after building Sci-Fi, and when I try to create stand-alone it says it can't find the fpm!
I don't suppose doing two builds in succession is a common occurrence in a real development environment, but it looks to me as if GG is not clean resetting after a build/load new map.
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