Yet another tool.exe problem.... PLEASE HELP ME!

alex88simon88 · Post by **alex88simon88** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:57 am

I know there are alot of answers in this forum but I could not find it, so here I am now asking for help.
I am following the video tutorial number 7 for begginners on this site. When here's what I get when I type in what I am supposed to do.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition> tool bitmaps levels\splinter\bitmaps
Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
### splinter_ground.tif
data\levels\splinter\bitmaps\splinter_ground.tif: Cannot handle 5-channel data
==> !!WARNING!! failed to open TIFF: not a TIFF file <==

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>

And the video says the warning should be about how the bitmap is greater than 1 bit alpha being compressed as DXT 1.
When I look for the bitmap that is supposably supposed to be created, it isn't there for Guerilla to open.
I would appreciate any help! ThankS!

frozenflames · Post by **frozenflames** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:26 pm

go back to step one of the tuts
make sure you have the same save options as he does

alex88simon88 · Post by **alex88simon88** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:05 am

Yeah, I finally went to step 1 and did it all over. I also noticed by doing it over again, I saw a difference in the picture that was saved. Yesterday night, I got through the first 5. Today I hope to get through the last 4 of them. So I found my problem for now. Case closed.