No More Map2dif-ficulties!

- DOES NOT SUPPORT MOVING PLATFORMS

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Version 1.01 -

Changed background
Added Reload + Fix button

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New .exe program: DIF Fix

This is basically a program for the previous form of editing.

Export your dif in Constructor with the legacy dif export function, and then run it through this.



Download: www.mediafire.com/download.php?w23z5fmiya0

Readme file:

Quote:DIFFix is a file created with Multimedia Fusion 2,
or MMF2 for short.

Multimedia Fusion 2 stand-alone applications use
an .exe process that is required for them to run.

Some people create malicious programs with MMF2,
and because every MMF2 stand-alone application
uses the same runtime .exe, antivirus programs
may detect DIFFix, as well as every other
Multimedia Fusion 2 application, as a threat.

If you get a warning on DIFFix, it should be
considered a false positive.

However, I cannot guarantee that this program is
totally glitch-free, or that it will work properly
on your system.

This program is intended only for use with
Torque Constructor-legacy-exported DIF files.

-Seizure22

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Annoyed by the frequent crashes and errors of map2dif, I decided to check what exactly causes that detail level 0 error.

It turns out it's a simple bit of code at the end of the dif.

First, export your creation with the legacy dif export function in Constructor.

Open it up in a hex editor (I'm using HxD) and scroll down to the bottom.

Find the bit of code with two ÿ's.



Highlight all the numbers after the second ÿ, and replace it with

Code:00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

and then save.

Map2dif has failed to convert this...but here it is.

You may just be god. With your hack, are there interior problems, such as cracks or broken segments? If not, well, you just built up quite a fan club

There are a few breaks, but I would guess it's mostly from the small scale and many segments that I built the pipes with. I've had similar results in a similar situation using map2dif. Not too sure about that wall though...

Gave it a try, and the dif loaded but it had tons of breaks and it was invisible at some angles....

I saw a thread on GG where someone had built a replacement Constructor .exe, and apparently it had fixed a few issues like that for the legacy dif.

Actually, I'm using it right now and that dif in the screen still had issues, so that's not it.

Okay.. detailing the tubes made a large difference, only the (lot of) smashed together brush faces failed this time.

Great job beating this error. It's always great to have a community member conquer a bit more of the impenetrable muck that is map2dif.

Nice job, now I can actually get back to work on some of my older crashed levels!

Oh and a question, if I open up the constructor folder and delete the default map2dif file, then put the marble blast in there and name it the same thing, will it work when I click it in constructor? I'm just asking before I do something stupid.

As long as your on pc, yes replacing it should work, that was how the map2dif file was intended to be used.

Oh... Mah.... Gawsh.
THATS AWESOME! Perhaps we can convert your taurus now, pf?

Guys, you need to understand this hack doesn't exactly work. Yes, it converted and will show up in game, but there are so many cracks and missing pieces that it is basically unusable. If you want to see for yourself (looks ok from the outside, but hellish inside the tube)... www.mediafire.com/?wzyhni4tqdy

Have you tried turning the entire thing into detail brushes? Complex structural brushes, and structural brushes colliding with detail brushes, seem to cause most of the problems.

I've been using this method while working on a dif, and the only real problem has been with the shadow stretch glitch, which can be fixed by applying NULL to problem faces.

Bump, created a program (.exe) for the process.

Hmm, I just tried it with a failed map of mine, it showed up perfectly but the whole interior was not solid. Meaning if you put your marble on it, it will just fall through.
But it's great if your going for untouched scenery.

EDIT: I think the reason for this is not the method, but simply the legacy dif export. It was not designed for marbleblast and thus it will not work entirely correctly. If you can figure out some different code to add in, or a completely different hack for another dif export. I'm afraid the interior will be simply un-usable.

goood hack you rock

how did u figure out that the last FF was the problem? i mean, its not even readable code, its just binaries.

Compared a cube used with marbleblastmap2dif and a cube exported from constructor (small files, makes it easier to compare differences).

no decompilations or any fancy tricks, just raw binaries?

Yea because there's no problem with a cube so how can the FF be in the cube when the cube doesn't give errors? If it's in a cube it isn't the problem.

I can't spawn my interior to game .
I did everything on one tutorial, but i can't spawn interior.
every time i click on interior name it don't wan't spawn
What's up???

Add your interior via the mission file, logodawid. Add this to your mission:

new InteriorInstance() {
position = 0 0 0;
rotation = 1 0 0 0;
scale = 1 1 1;
interiorFile = ~/data/interiors/yourinteriorname.dif;
showTerrainInside = 0;
};

This lets you add some interiors that otherwise don't work.

Diffix is not the best program..... for example I made a test level with MPs I used diffix and it worked, only the platform did not move.