need help with studio

[vagrant]

arrrgh. took mi ages to figure out how to start up studio. now i have a new problem. i can edit the map now but i cant seem to be able to save the changes.

i ran exult.exe and then selected "black gate" then "journey onwards"
then i typed ctrl-alt-m. exult studio started up. i am able to do stuff like drag chunks onto the map and edit the terrain, but i cant save the changes.

i tried going to "file" option in studio, then "save all". this closed my exult program. i started it up again and "journey onwards". but i found my changes to terrain have not been saved. next i tried saving a game in exult after editing the terrain. then i closed exult and started it up again. i loaded the savegame and it threw mi out.

can someone please teach mi how to save changes to the map. thnx.

[IgnitusDragonn]

Ahh its very simple! The map file is saved in your /patch directory, just so you won't have your actual map file re-written.
Or atleast its that way for me

[vagrant]

its not that simple for mi. =( actually a patch directory was created by studio. but its totally empty. in any case how do you load the game that has the changes?

[IgnitusDragonn]

I lost it myself Its not so simple anymore, well if the patch directory had the map file in it, you'd copy the map file to your static directory.

[vagrant]

i got a feeling maybe i didnt set some path correctly or something. ERrrrrr. i spent like 2 hours reading through the doc to try and figure wat i did wrong but still cant get it to work. thnx for your help anyhow. anyway like i said, my patch directory is empty though i tried to save countless times.

some things are just not meant to be

[XxVenomxX]

I think if you have a patch directory, you put that directory into the exult.cfg file under the branch, and it takes over from there. No need to overwrite any files

[Dominus]

yes, see the Studio documentation for some mention of the patch dir and the necessary settings for it.

[IgnitusDragonn]

Who on earth reads documention;)

[Stephan]

Those who want to know how to do things?

[XxVenomxX]

All the *real* Exult fans do! ;P

[IgnitusDragonn]

Correction: all the Exult fans who get bored and can't be arsed to post a message on this forum for help

[XxVenomxX]

Nonono, don't go correcting my posts there, hehe.

[IgnitusDragonn]

I still love you!!!

[XxVenomxX]

That's all well and good. But still, don't go correcting my posts!

[IgnitusDragonn]

Consider it a addition instead of a correction
Now back on topic...I put a map from the patch directory to the serpent isle static directory and it was fudged up, all different chunks...why?