Error creating minimap

Who is Mike Jones?

I am trying to create a minimap now for my map but I keep getting this error.

"Error: 8 memory leaks in 'Heap' <664 bytes>"

Anyone know how to fix it?

Rudy.cz

Dou have minimap extents and commander camera entities placed in the map ?

Who is Mike Jones?

Yes they have been added to the recommendations mentioned. Still getting the same error.

Soul_Rider

I keep getting that everytime I try and create a minimap, I have tried on a couple of different maps. I'm wondering if the overview generaotr I use is out of date, as in, it needs to be changed parameter wise. Sorry I can't help with the solution, but I can confirm a similar issue :)

Magneto

I keep getting a bug where certain large pieces of geometry fail to be displayed, seems to happen about every other time it's generated.

Who is Mike Jones?

WooHoo I'm not crazy. How do we make the devs aware?

Rudy.cz

I had this problem also, it was caused by "Vents" layer for creating colored vents on minimap. It helped me make the gameplay_extents entity a cube.

Magneto

This is becoming a real annoyance now, i've tried building over ten times to get the minimap to show everything properly, im about to give up and just have an incomplete minimap and blame the game, when are the devs going to start fixing and improving the tools?

Krozu

<!--quoteo(post=2015450:date=Nov 8 2012, 03:52 PM:name=Rudy.cz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rudy.cz @ Nov 8 2012, 03:52 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2015450"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I had this problem also, it was caused by "Vents" layer for creating colored vents on minimap. It helped me make the gameplay_extents entity a cube.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

"gameplay_extents" typo maybe? If i'm right you're talking about minimap_extents, and yes, it should be a square if you want everything to show up properly.

Who is Mike Jones?

mine is squared but still no help.

Rudy.cz

<!--quoteo(post=2018645:date=Nov 10 2012, 08:37 PM:name=Krozu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Krozu @ Nov 10 2012, 08:37 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2018645"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->"gameplay_extents" typo maybe? If i'm right you're talking about minimap_extents, and yes, it should be a square if you want everything to show up properly.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Oh yes, sorry.

SN.Wolf

My batch file looks like this

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->START "Overview Map Generator" /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\natural selection 2" Overview.exe %1 ns2
Pause<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
Seems to be working fine when i drag/drop the level on it

Regn

I get an error every time I create the minimap, in my own maps as well as the community map, but when I wait a while longer for it to finish it will create the minimap anyway.

Krozu

One picture > Wall-o-text

Bad:
<img src="http://s17.postimage.org/4w4txuq3j/edi_bad.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://s17.postimage.org/a8tobzdzz/game_bad.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Good:
<img src="http://s17.postimage.org/p28bwqlr3/edi_good.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://s17.postimage.org/q38klv2qn/game_good.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

So remember, always make a square! Although i doubt this has anything to do with you're problem, re-validate / reinstall would fix it i suppose.

Magneto

To create a perfect cube, add the extents and use the resize tool, hold shift and stretch it as big as you like.

Krozu

<!--quoteo(post=2019766:date=Nov 11 2012, 05:32 PM:name=Magneto)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Magneto @ Nov 11 2012, 05:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2019766"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->To create a perfect cube, add the extents and use the resize tool, hold shift and stretch it as big as you like.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I simply look at the X and Z Scale properties of the entity and set the lowest of the two to be the same as the highest. Takes like 2 seconds and gets the job done. :D

Who is Mike Jones?

The issue is because the mini map isn't squared. It has to be a perfect square or you will get the error.

Shrimm

I get " Error: 8 memory leaks in 'Heap' " Every time I test my map but it loads and plays fine, including the minimap.