Reality Factory

Tried the 'foliage' entity today (RF 0.75b) and it just crashes RF when you compile it. Sorry to be Mr Buggy but thought I'd let you know.

I'd check you bitmap entries, make sure you have defined your paths correctly, also the entries are all CAPS sensitive

All seems OK paths and caps wise. The entity should look in the 'bitmaps' folder by default, right? I also tried bitmaps\citytree.bmp and media\bitmaps\citytree.bmp with its associated alpha. found in 0.75A

crashes RF (0.75B) when you load the level

Do the bitmaps for the foilage entity need to be powers of 2? IE: 16X16, 32X32, etc? I've not used it yet, but make sure they are sized that way and try again.

There is a working foliage entity in one of the levels that come with the full installer. So the problem must be on your end

The bitmaps I am using came with the 0.75A install. They are citytree.bmp and a_citytree.bmp and are 256x256 - is that too big?

Just tried it with another texture + alpha which I have successfully used with DecalDefine (32x32). it crashes as well.

Here are the entity attributes I am using

Why don't you just look at the reference setup in the level I've mentioned

AlphamapName - a_spot.bmp
BitmapName - spot.bmp

should be:
AlphamapName - a_spot
BitmapName - spot

yes you are right - its the .bmp extension that blows it up.

Its a bit confusing because in DecalDefine I have specified the files with the extension and it works, so I thought that was the standard.

Any chance of the manual being more explicit?

Many thanks for your help with this one.

Ja its a bit tricky! But ounce you take out the extension it worx very well... I used foliage extensively in my game school of the dead! and I think its quite effective...

But be carefull in excess it can s-l-o-w the engien ALOT! Also if too many different pics need to be loaded it can crash when you look in the direction of the foliage.