Hi Aaron- I've had some pretty fruity goings on here with TVi2 in loading .mgf files.
The problem is: when loaded in TVi2 the lighting is all out - it is black as if no lightmap has been generated or some such.
Eg
Open file 1 in TV= OK
close TV
open TV
Open file 1 with TV= NOT OK
close TV
scratch head
...methinks that this is where my investigations should have stopped but like Alice I was curious and continued for a couple of hours...bad move !- I can't figure out what the problem is. I need to be able to provide the article I've just written with a tutorial .mgf, but at this point I can't be sure it's going to work in TVi2 for readers. The files are fine in L3DT. It would be a shame to go through the tutorial and not to be able to see those splendid visuals at the end (I like TVi2).
I am doubtful because I tried opening the file that works and resetting the terracing to 0, keeping everything else the same, and resaving. The problem reasserts itself in the new file. The tutorial file is set up so that users can modify the mgf themselves.
I'll just send you the the one file that I know does work and one that doesn't. You could try reproducing the terracing thing.
Questions : can you reset the terracing by reactivating the pencil terrace tool and setting the slider to 0, then apply to all ?
If so, does it matter if you deactivate the terrace tool before moving on to generate the rest of the maps ?
What's the difference between saving group as... and save Map group file ?
Cheers