Terrain is red ??

[Anas Sardaneh]

When i follow Russell's tutorial video it generates me a terrain that has a RED surface that says "Replace Me" on each box. 

I can't put any kind of texture on it. I can walk on it tho ... 

Hope for a soon reply. 

[Anas Sardaneh]

Please find attached screen shot of my problem. The screen shot is at night. 

[russell lowe]

Hi Anas,

Have you done the "Export to Engine" step?

I would follow the terrain modification tutorial to put grass on the terrain and let us know how that goes ... also doing the "Generate Surface Textures" step.

Cheers

[Anas Sardaneh]

Thanks Russell, 

I have re-downloaded the program and started it again but the same problem occurs. I was following your tutorials step by step but the problem persists. Everything is working fine on my desktop (Windows 7) i can create terrains manipulate and pretty much import and export from the Cry Engine without any problem. 

Took the same set of files i am using on my desktop and put it on my laptop. All sorts of problems start. 

As to do with the terrain and texture. You will get the exact same texture as the image i posted above. from far away it looks greenish red from up close it changes to that in which the picture shows.

Cheers mate. 

[russell lowe]

Hi Anas,

All the material and geometry links in the Sandbox editor are relative ... this means that when you place a model or assign a texture it saves the path to that asset) rather than literally placing it into the environment.

So if the pathways aren't the same (or the texture or model is not on the new computer) you'll get the replace me texture or a yellow ball (as a placeholder) instead of the model.

One way to fix this is to use the material editor to reallocate a material or in the rollup bar of the geometry in question (represented by the yellow placeholder ball) you can scroll down and click on the model link and then navigate to your model (which should be in your levels folder.

For your terrain problem, the simplest solution would be to create a new terrain layer and repaint it.

Cheers