Level Editor Help "Planes" doesn't save correctly using custom material in the "Level Editor"

**BigG2k Gameplay** · 07-05-2014, 07:10 AM

Hi I have made a "custom .mat" to make a background. i used the "zimmerman_ground_forest.mat" and edited it to make it look more like the pine tree from the editor to make an outside level. but everytime i close the Level editor the custom material is not applied to any of those plane... ? what is the problem here?

Here's An image to show you what it does.
[Image: Level_Editor_ERROR.png]

The plane itself it still there but it doesn't save the Material assigned to it.
is anyone aware of this problem? and if so what is the solution?

thank you.

**PutraenusAlivius** · 07-05-2014, 08:06 AM

Um, did you edit the original material? You were supposed to create a duplicate then edit the duplicate.
Another thing, it's possible the mat file cannot found the texture/has a conflict.

**The chaser** · 07-05-2014, 09:54 AM

Can you post your LevelEditor.log, located in Documents/HPL2/, please?

I'm pretty sure it'll say what is wrong there.

~~DnALANGE~~ · 07-05-2014, 11:29 AM

I think it is loading from a place the leveleditor can not find it.
Try look where you pick the plane from and let us know, or you might know yourself then..

**BigG2k Gameplay** · 07-05-2014, 02:33 PM

it is a duplicated version of the original saved in my custom story folder.

Here is the log file:

Spoiler below!

I have made a custom material for the roof too. and it loads fine. but this material doesn't. i can see that in the log it says that the material could not be created. so what do you think goes wrong here?

~~DnALANGE~~ · 07-05-2014, 04:22 PM

Background01.mat' is OR a wrong size wjhat i think is NOT..
But, did you add the meteirial in YOUR story folder?
AND did you say the leveleditor to load it from YOUR story?

**BigG2k Gameplay** · 07-05-2014, 04:58 PM

1: Well it would be weird that the texture would be at a wrong size because i've used a texture that works and edited it... i've used the "zimmerman_ground_forest.dds". the only thing that i've changed to it was the color.

2: I do not know how to say to the "Level Editor" how to load it from my story?? but i have a custom roof texture that i've made but it work and load properly...

**The chaser** · 07-05-2014, 05:43 PM

Make sure your texture (not your material) is in your Amnesia folder, like:

'C:/Program Files (x86)/Amnesia - The Dark Descent/redist/custom_stories/BigG2k TEST1/textures/Background.mat

And, inside this folder, to have the .dds. Remain to make it so that Background01.mat points out to your texture.

**BigG2k Gameplay** · 07-05-2014, 06:32 PM

it is still not working after trying what you said. i will just use the regular zimmerman material instead and a greenish box light to make it look more like those 3D pine trees. anyway thanks for the help

**Mudbill** · 07-05-2014, 07:13 PM

Open the resources.cfg file located in the Amnesia root folder, and add the custom_stories directory if you haven't already. This might be the issue, because the editors use that file.