CAN'T GET CONTAINERS TO SHOW IN GAME

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  1. Crazymage_555

    Crazymage_555 New Member

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    Hello,

    Hi i'm new here. Can somebody help me? I have edited the tarant map and placed containers and items in it but, when I Start up the Game and go to tarant they are not there. Does anybody know how to do this?
     
  2. Sinbad

    Sinbad New Member

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    Two questions:
    • 1. Did you delete all the oddly named files in your Sierra\Aracanum\modules\Arcanuym\maps\ subdirectory?

      2. Are you trying to go back to places that you have already been with a character without using a saved game in which that character was never in Tarant or at least those areas of Tarant?

    If you did not do the first, then the saved conditions in those files will over-ride your modifications and they will not show up.

    If you try to do the second, then you will crash the game. Making changes anywhere in Tarant that is on the main map is tricky unless you have never been to Tarant at all with the character in that game, so that's your best bet. You are more likely to get away with making changes to maps that you access by going through a manhole or up or down stairs, but again, you must never have been there with your character. The saved games keep track of where you have been and if the modified map does not match their records exactly then it crashes the game or will not let you load that saved game.

    Editing the original maps is a very tricky thing that you have to be very, very careful about. I hope this has helped.
     
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    Crazymage_555 New Member

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    I have never gone back to tarant in a saved game. I just use my starter save which I use to start a new game. Also those wierd looking files in my maps directory, should I delete them or move?

    Thanks for the help Sinbad.
     
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    Delete those files any time you edit the maps in the main Arcanum module. They will prevent changes from showing up, especially any kind of container or chest. I know this from personal experience. :) Arcanum just regenerates them when you start the game the next time, but this time it incorporates your changes into them so that they show up.
     
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