Map Edit Prob

[TeknoMerc]

after a 6-month SMAX hiatus, I'm back.... and I have a map editing problem.

after putting the final touches on a huge custom map, I had trouble with creating random fungus. I used Edit Map->Create/Remove Fungus->Medium->Add and saved the map. it placed fungus and Fungal Towers. when I loaded it up in a game or thru the map editor again, no Fungal Towers existed, but the fungus did!!!

what's the deal? is it a map editor prob or an alphax.txt prob?

thanks,
TeknoMerc

[Avenoct]

See response in Strat section. This thread does belong here though.

-Smack

[TeknoMerc]

Scenario Creation

thanks for the response. after trying a few things, I have an overall question.

I would like to use a custom map over the course of several games for testing different strategies and factions. what I did before was create the map, then crank up SMAX with New Game with Load Map . each time the factions start in a random location. so far, so good. however, fungal towers do not survive the Save Map and Load Map OR Save Map and New Game with custom map steps. the FT DO survive the Save Scenario and Load Scenario and New Game steps. however, scenarios lock in the same factions in the same locations -- no randomness.

Question: how do I use the same map file with Fungal Towers, but select different factions and random start locations from the beginning of the game???

OR do I have to set up group of scenarios on the same mapfile with differing factions in differing locations and randomly pick one to play?

TeknoMerc

[Cybergod]

I think that your problem has to do with SMAX regarding Fungal Towers as units, rather than natural landscape (you select them form "Add Unit" section).

This means, I believe, that on loaded maps in standard SMAX the towers will not appear on your desired places. I think that they will be scattered around in random fungal locations. In scenarios they should most probably be there.

[TeknoMerc]

-DING- and the book section that I looked at said New *Units*.

thx Cyber, I'll try some more ideas I have based upon this.