Possible map problem with lenght of names ??????

[Gunner24]

The following problem WAS happening, after changing the map name from a long one to a shorter one, all is well - does that make any sense ?.

I have been working on three 6k maps and set them all for summer/fine weather, ONE of them for some stange reason keeps changing to rain and when I attempt to edit it back to fine in the editor I get white screen crash.

If I play it in solo mode and I try to change the weather to fine, I get this error : OpenFileMap 06.

I promise you I have not made this up !.

[Hook]

Close the map editor before trying to run the game.

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[Gunner24]

Close the map editor before trying to run the game.

Hmmm, I never knew it could be open at the same time, but maybe it was........

[Hook]

Hmmm, I never knew it could be open at the same time, but maybe it was...

Well, I was looking at this...

OpenFileMap 06

And it looks like a file already open error.  That's a wild guess, and I don't know for sure.

One thing I've found is that it sometimes helps not to click on things too quickly. Take your time, give things a couple of seconds between clicks when you're opening new programs (like in the launcher) or similar.  Sometimes even within a single game clicking too fast can cause problems.  I'm guessing there's some multi-threading going on (one program has more than one process running at the same time) and things aren't always finished when you think they are.

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[Gunner24]

I now have another map with this error, and I do not have the file open.....this is a map someone else made and it did work, but now I get this same error message :

OpenFileMap : 0C.

What is this telling me ?.....why is this map not usable ?.....any more idea's ?.

[Gunner24]

This is getting stranger and stranger......now another map has this message, but the first one is ok again now ???????????????.

[Gunner24]

Does this perhaps explain why I have this problem ?.

If I go into the map editor and view the 2d map, then take a screenshot picture, then exit WITHOUT saving I get the problems mentioned.

If I do the same thing and exit with a save, then all is ok.

If I made no changes to the map (all I do is take a screenprint) why should the file need to be saved ?.....anyway, it looks like this is the explanation.

[Gunner24]

No, I'm still having problems here - now it looks like it's something to do with odd OOBs being selected.

[Gunner24]

Does anyone know what the problem is here ?.
I keep having ptoblems with one day a map will work, and another day it won't !.

The two different errors I get are :

Open File Map 0c.
Save Game 06.

It appears to be very random and is VERY annoying.

[Gunner24]

Aghhhh they work, then they don't, then they do, then not....is it something to do with the "rain" ?.

[Gunner24]

Amazing, I made the map names shorter and now they work again ??????????????????.