Just read this. I think this is what I was missing. http://ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=696#post-6864

No. I'm having no luck loading any custom maps. Ben said he'd look into it when he got a chance which is good enough for me. Not like it was my life's goal anyways. C'est la vie!

Hm...try to rename it to a name <= 8 chars. Maybe Voxel still uses them (it's a silly idea but try it).

I loaded lastmap.vxl (not sure which server it was from) into voxed with ALT+F2 and then hit P which paints your selected .PNG file onto the map from the angle your view is at. I think. It sort of freezes up for a second but be patient and viola! Other than that I am still trying to figure out this decade-old editor program.

Now I have the issue of not being able to load my "custom map" onto the server. I type in the filename (minus the .vxl extension, as instructed) and nothing happens. Everything works fine if I type gen and generate a fresh terrain map and log on via local server connect (aos://16777343)... I've tried the greencitybuild.vxl map from another thread but... no joy there either.

Has anyone successfully loaded a custom map? I was on a server where the admin announced he was restarting the server with a custom map but I never saw it reappear on the server listing so I am assuming he had problems too.

Hahaha, did you make that? It's very nice!

Wtf? You can "paint" an image on the map? Nice. I really need to further check out the map-editor.

Well... here's a start. If you're offended by nazi stuff... my humble apologies. I've been sick lately and am drinking way to much Robitussin DM. The intention is to be a humorous observation re the kind of people who like to draw swastikas on the game maps. It's just a projection onto an existing lastmap. Sadly, I don't seem to be able to load it back into a server... might need to restart but it was acting weird.

http://i.imgur.com/FLe8u.png

So if I am correct in my interpretation of this we could play on a map based off of a, for example, photo of someone's face? Or better yet... pr0n? Oh, the possibilites!

Hehe. Half a cookie works seeing how I only half-understand the voxed program. Was having some fun with it anyways. The crater looks half-decent.

Ah ok. So not texturing single blocks but using the texture as a sort of colormap. Interesting.

No BoL. You don't get a full cookie, only HALF cookie.

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/cratertxt.jpg

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/icyrocktxt.jpg

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/snowtxt.jpg

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/mwcreektxt.jpg

I guess that those showed the thing well enough.

I guess MAYBE it could be used in the map editor as a procedural texturemap? Am I right? Do I get a cookie?

Hm...ok. And how should we apply them? Every block is a voxel, so it will always only have one color. If Ben considers making blocks out of more voxels this would make sense. But atm...

I'm happy to show the first ever community made textures :)

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/monstcrate.png

This is sorta of crater texture, really does look like one looked from the map.

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/monsticyro.png

Icy rock texture. Use carefully.

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/monstjablk.png

a Shiny grass texture. Might look good near rivers or in gardens.

http://dardar.de/bilder/images/mwcreek2.png

This is mud texture.