HELP....Utx issues

[Lord_Simeon]

Hmmm....i've rarely used actual Utx packages, but due to my SP being in multiple parts, i'm using a general one for multi used textures.

So, here's my problem.
I've been hammering into Wangara2, adding a few more textures to Wangara.Utx no rpoblem, but when i've loaded up OSM-WangaraBETA2 i get about 12 no texture errors. now these textures we're in Wanagara.Utx but have somehow dissapeared?
What am i doing wrong? Is it like MyLevel where if you haven't used them they remove themselves?
I thought once saved that was it, saved.....groan.... :hammer:

[SuperApe]

What am i doing wrong? Is it like MyLevel where if you haven't used them they remove themselves?
I thought once saved that was it, saved.....groan.... :hammer:This is quite likely something similar. I have to used Utx files for OSMT and while working on that package, I have to be careful. In my case, one particular texture, the OSM SinglePlayer gametype screenshot FamilyPhoto is usually lost after editing that texture package. I'm not 100% on the details of why, but it is definately related to the same "use it of loose it" protocols we deal with in a myLevel package. I have to explicitly reimport this FamilyPhoto tex to it's proper place and save after modifiying the utx. Last time I worked on it was when I added SkaarjAssassin and SkaarjLord textures and I remember having to go through that. But, if I don't modify the .utx, it's stable of course.

I guess one way to ensure textures are being properly seen as being used, is to use them in ways the Player won't see, but the Editor will. I know I use the "You Died" texture as a Skin on the OSMObjectiveManager, so that the overlay will always be available to mappers wanting to set up a DeathScene with it.

[Lord_Simeon]

Yep, after further investigating this is the exact problem.
The only textures that were culled were wep textures (with the weps being in a MyLevel package).
I was thinking of adding multiple static mesh cubes off to the side of the map with all the textures from the package on each cube.
Be a bit tedious doing it, but no chance they will dissapear.

[SuperApe]

I was thinking of adding multiple static mesh cubes off to the side of the map with all the textures from the package on each cube.
Be a bit tedious doing it, but no chance they will dissapear.Remember, there's no reason they need to be visible, they just need to be used in some way. Like the Skins slots on the OSMObjectiveManager go completely unused, but the editor still sees the "You Died" texture I have in there. Whatever works, I say. :p

[JohnnySix]

I had the same issue making skins for a playermodel a while back - it stemmed from me not opening the entire package before adding new stuff - just like ape described.

You just need to make sure you do the 'load entire package' thing before saving, as it won't just append new textures , but overwrite the old package with a newer , sometimes smaller package. :mad:

Nothing worse than checking your package and finding it's smaller than it was last time you looked. :o

[Lord_Simeon]

Nothing worse than checking your package and finding it's smaller than it was last time you looked.
ROFL :evil:

I'm going to keep a good eye on my package from now on. ;)

[JohnnySix]

ROFL :evil:

I'm going to keep a good eye on my package from now on. ;)

It pays to, else one may look one day and find MyPackage is corrupt. :blah: