tile elevation displacement

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tile elevation displacement

Unread postby gwgardner » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:17 pm

I'm blithely going along scenicing and suddenly notice that a couple of tiles have shifted up in elevation. A river is now buried, and track is now many feet below ground. Neither the river nor the track shifted height, just the tile they were on. Any ideas how I can correct this? And also, how did I cause this!?
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Re: tile elevation displacement

Unread postby Toripony » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:33 pm

The only way I know to undo this is to restore the tile from a backup. Last resort is to replace that tile with the original one generated when you loaded the terrain. Of course, that requires re-doing your terrain work (Snap-to-track and other sculpting) for that tile.

Sorry to see it happen to you; it's one of those quirks that perhaps no one will ever know the cause. To everyone building a route, it can never be stressed enough... backup, backup, backup, backup, backup...
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Re: tile elevation displacement

Unread postby PapaXpress » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:05 am

I had the same problem. I ended up removing what tracks I had and then restoring the terrain tiles. The damage may not be as bad as you think.
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Re: tile elevation displacement

Unread postby gwgardner » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:27 pm

Thanks for the replies. Now I just need to figure out how to identify which tile it is. I guess that's going to be in the editor somewhere. I'll look.
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Re: tile elevation displacement

Unread postby PapaXpress » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:39 pm

You can find the tile number in the lower left hand corner of the screen in the editor.
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Re: tile elevation displacement

Unread postby gwgardner » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:50 pm

thanks again. Everything restored, and I'm a happy camper indeed. I had a backup from the day before, and don't have to make any changes to the track or the river. Awesome.
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