compiling 3 files

[hellmind]

Ok, heres my problem (hope this is the right section) I have 4 map files (texture, feature, height, metal) for use with mothers mapconv, I made a batch file to compile them, but when the compile it gives me 3 files (map name is omahabeach) omahabeach.smt, mini.bmp and mini.dds, Reading from various tutorials it says that you should end up with a smf and smt file. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

[Beherith]

Dont use mothers mapconv, its buggy as hell.
Use this one: http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=21458
Parameters are more or less the same
mapconv.exe -l -i -x 500 -n -100 -o omahabeach.smf -t texture.bmp -f feature.bmp -a height.bmp -m metal.bmp

It supports a wide range of input formats other than bmp as well.

[SinbadEV]

Huh, the bmp and dds files are temporary files generated during the process of map creation so it's likely it's failing between generating the SMT (tiles) and generating the smf (everything else)... we'll need the console output so either run your batch file from a cmd prompt or add ">log.txt" to the end of your command (will dump the output to a file called log.txt)

edit: also do what Beherith said too so
mapconv.exe -l -i -x 500 -n -100 -o omahabeach.smf -t texture.bmp -f feature.bmp -a height.bmp -m metal.bmp>log.txt

[SirArtturi]

Well, afaik mothers conv is pretty much bug free so dont mock it behe!

Yes, seems like the compilation is failed during process and leaves you without proper files. Are you sure your images are right size?

But anyway, Behe's compiler is a big winner so I recommend leaving the mothers to the past...

[Beherith]

True, I dont know why, but I thought you were using users mapconv. My bad, disregard the negative comment about mothers, as it really does get the job done almost 100% of the time.