Posts from King's Bounty: Crossworlds - Mapmaking

As you know, "King's Bounty: Crossworlds" has a map editor that allows you to create a separate scenario. In this thread, I suggest we discuss the aspects of the challenging task of mapmaking for this game.

I have a question: after creating a map, I see a gray grid with nothing on it. I found where to place objects, but how to create the landscape (e.g., draw grass) remains a mystery to me. Also, I don't know if it's possible to expand this map to larger sizes or, conversely, reduce it.

I have a question: after creating a map, I see a gray grid with nothing on it. I found where to place objects, but I don't know how to create the landscape (e.g., draw grass). Also, I don't know if it's possible to expand this map to larger sizes or, conversely, reduce it?

The answer is simple: READ THE MANUAL!

I started reading the manual, and when I got to the information about textures, I was very disappointed. Walkthrough creator, did you find the texture file, did you download it? Did it work for you? And how long did it take to download? But the main question is: where? Where can I download this sourcemedia? I looked on the official website, but it's not there :(. Or maybe I just didn't find it...

They discussed this on the forum, I need to search for it... And also, sourcemedia seems to weigh as much as 14 GB!

This was discussed on the forum, I need to search... And also, sourcemedia seems to weigh as much as 14 GB!

They warned about the large size in the manual. I'll search where it is on the forum. But it seems to me that even on my computer, such a file will take a whole day to download :(.

Added 19 minutes ago
No, I didn't find any topics about this file on the forum. Please, give me a link :(.

The texture pack is only available on the game disc; it wasn't on kingsbunty.ru, at least not the last time I checked, but that was a while ago.

The texture pack is only on the game disc; it wasn't on kingsbunty.ru or anywhere else. At least, it wasn't the last time I checked, but that was a while ago.

Is the texture file on the "KB: Crossworlds" game disc? Are you sure? Then I'll look for it... Wait, I think I understand, you mean the actual textures, the file where they are stored! But how do I add them to the editor :eek::)?

Winner, extract the archive into any folder, but preferably on the same drive as the installed game. Specify the path to the sourcemedia folder. The editor.ini file should contain something like this:
sets ~sourcemediafolder "C:\_games\kbaddon\sourcemedia"
In the editor itself, open the textures tab; there will be a list of textures divided into groups. Select the desired groups by double-clicking; the font of the groups should change to bold. After that, you will see the list of textures itself.
To increase the size of the location, you need to click "resize landscape" on the Landscape tab, and then expand it by the desired number of squares in the desired directions. The default map size is 4x4. The starting location in Legend is 12x12 squares. It is advisable to increase the size of the location when no changes have yet been made to it. Otherwise, the editor may freeze (or may not). You also need to consider one detail: the size of the location does not change instantly, but over some time, perhaps within 1-2 minutes; the developers did not provide any progress bars for this. You just need to wait until the editor displays the already changed value of the ratios. If you click on something during this time, it may also cause the editor to freeze or crash.

I created a "sourcemedia" folder in the game's directory, but nothing appeared. I copied the contents of the "textures.ini" file, which is located in the game's data folder, into it. Perhaps I need a different file? Could you provide a screenshot? I don't understand at all. Did these textures work for you? Can you describe in detail what you did?

I think I found it! Now, let's wait for it to unpack.

Yes, I found this sourcemedia, unpacked it into the game's folder, but there's no effect. So, please describe in detail your actions if they led you to this result (the textures appearing) :(:(.

The winner doesn't necessarily need to place the textures in the game folder. I described everything in the post above. Go to the file
"...\King's Bounty - Crossworlds\editor\editor.ini"
There, find the line
sets ~sourcemediafolder
and specify the path to the folder with the extracted textures. If you've done this and it still doesn't work, then write, and we'll try other options.

I added sourcemedia to the game folder because the original path is "_games/kbaddon/sourcemedia," meaning the "sourcemedia" folder is inside the addon folder. Or am I wrong? Okay, I'll try to figure out the complete path tomorrow. But what will it look like?

By the way, I found folders that have the same names as the texture groups in the selection (humanland, spiderboss, etc.) and placed them directly in sourcemedia. As I already mentioned, there's no effect. Could you tell me how you personally enabled the textures?

Winner, my game is installed at:
C:\Games\King's Bounty APCW
and the texture pack is located here:
C:\_games\kbaddon\sourcemedia
There are no hidden meanings in "_games" or "kbaddon"; these are just folder names. You don't need to move or rearrange anything in the sourcemedia folder; don't mess with the directory structure, or it won't work properly.
Here's the complete content of editor.ini:
setf ~atomseditable 1
setf ~undosize 16384
sets ~sourcemediafolder "C:\_games\kbaddon\sourcemedia"
sets ~font "arial"
setf ~r_shadowmap_4sample 1
setf ~r_blur_shadowmap 0
setf ~editoruseadapter 0
setf ~execcount 10

If you're having trouble specifying the texture pack, you can simply delete the editor.ini file; the next time you launch the editor, you'll be able to manually specify the path to sourcemedia.

Yes, yes, finally! :smile03: When I entered the correct path to the folder in editor.ini, the textures finally appeared! Although, for some reason, they are all grouped together – all the tabs contain the same textures :confused:. But that's not very important :). Now I'll study the manual and start building the campaign. If the editor really has a nice interface, maybe I'll even finish it :smile04: :smile26:! Thank you so much for your help! :):):)

Help, if anyone knows what to do! When loading, instead of video cutscenes, there's a black screen. During gameplay, instead of the map, there's a black screen, but the sound is present. Is this a video card issue? Video card: Radeon HD 6600. Thank you in advance!

Winner, it is also very important that the path does not contain Cyrillic characters, as this may lead to crashes and texture bugs.

Added 9 minutes later
I searched around and found a link to automatically unpack these textures!
http://www.1cfiles.com/Crossworlds/Sourcemedia.exe
Feel free to use it.