In Progress Scene Editor Worldmap Flora layers bugged in e1.6.2

[NPC99]

I recently upgraded from e1.6.0 to e1.6.2. After editing my worldmap for a week, I noticed that my flora layers, which were present in the editor, weren't appearing in game. This happens whether I load as modded_main_map with Aurelian's MapFix or load as Main_map without it. All five flora layers have the flora layer checked, but I get the same result with it unchecked. Accordingly, I reverted to e1.6.0 and found that any worldmap which I'd edited in e1.6.2's Tools failed to load any heightmap or material maps into e1.6.0's tools. This suggests that some change has been made to SceneEditData formats between these two versions making e.1.6.2's editor backwardly incompatible with e1.6.0. I editied the scene.xscene file of a 1/9/21 version, which had never been loaded in the e1.6.2 scene editor, and copied and pasted all the entity changes that I had been working on between then an now. When I loaded this updated version in game using e1.6.0 all my flora showed. When I loaded the same version in game using e1.6.2 (without ever loading it in e1.6.2 Tools) none of my flora layers showed up. I assume whatever change introduced between e1.6.0 and e1.6.2 that makes SceneEditData files incompatible has also bugged flora layers.

EDIT - flora layer problem is unrelated to the backward incompatibility of SceneEditData files based on @hunharibo 's fix detailed below.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Forwarded to the QA team for further investigation. We will reach out again if we need more information. Thanks for reporting and sorry for any inconvenience!

 

[NPC99]

@Dejan @MArdA TaleWorlds I'm advised by @hunharibo that the Warhammer mod fixed this problem by modifying @Urist McAurelian 's MapFix mod with
this:

As I'm still on e1.6.0 for stability during terrain sculpting, I've not tested it.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Thanks, forwarded!

 

[NPC99]

@MArdA TaleWorlds @hunharibo 's fix didn't work on our worldmap and flora layers not appearing in game on campaign maps despite presence in the editor remains an issue on e1.6.5.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Forwarded to the team.

 

[NPC99]

@Dejan @MArdA TaleWorlds it seems that entering a mission scene (i.e. visiting a town scene) resets some scene parameters as missing flora layers reappear on the campaign map afterwards.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Forwarded that info as well. Thank you!

 

[NPC99]

@MArdA TaleWorlds @Dejan flora layers continue to be suppressed in 1.8.0 for world maps until the player enters a mission scene to reset some hardcoded parameter(s). However, now with 1.8.0 entering a mission scene also results in some reset to the campaign map atmosphere settings as everything becomes excessively shaded. @Dedmond pointed out the Global EnvMap Multiplier as the most likely culprit. I checked this in the editor and can replicate the shadowing with campaign_map.xml loaded in the Atmosphere Curve Editor by resetting Global EnvMap Multiplier in the Atmosphere Inspector to zero. I can only presume these bugs are symptoms of the same problem. To be clear these parameter changes occur after the first mission scene is entered and persist thereafter. Subsequent mission scene visits have no further effect.