Problem with removing unused ZDoom textures with Slade

[edward850]

I found out ONE thing with SLADE though, it's does one VERY weird thing with it's purging of unused ZDoom textures. First it goes through all the Textures used as expected, it just seem to do a waaay too wide stroke when deciding what's unused. Waaay too wide. Even if I try to exclude animated textures it also deletes used textures. However, what it does next is really baffling, it goes on to check for flats, but it's not flats it's trying to purge, but all lumps, scripts and graphics that are not maps.

You have very likely setup your flat markers incorrectly. They must be between F_START and F_END, any variation can run the risk of your entire wad being classified as flats as those markers are the only thing that indicates that.

[IgnyteZero]

I found out ONE thing with SLADE though, it's does one VERY weird thing with it's purging of unused ZDoom textures. First it goes through all the Textures used as expected, it just seem to do a waaay too wide stroke when deciding what's unused. Waaay too wide. Even if I try to exclude animated textures it also deletes used textures. However, what it does next is really baffling, it goes on to check for flats, but it's not flats it's trying to purge, but all lumps, scripts and graphics that are not maps.

You have very likely setup your flat markers incorrectly. They must be between FF_START and FF_END, any variation can run the risk of your entire wad being classified as flats as those markers are the only thing that indicates that.

Might have been it

[Enjay]

You have very likely setup your flat markers incorrectly. They must be between FF_START and FF_END, any variation can run the risk of your entire wad being classified as flats as those markers are the only thing that indicates that.

Could be. I've just looked inside the WAD and there is FF_START and a F_END. So, they are mismatched. I didn't realise Slade was so strict about that. Useful to know.

[edward850]

Sorry, typo, F_START and F_END. FF_START isn't actually a real marker and is just to get around a vanilla limitation of one flat range, but you are therefore meant to put the flats at the very top of your wad as it adds everything before it.

[IgnyteZero]

Sorry, typo, F_START and F_END. FF_START isn't actually a real marker and is just to get around a vanilla limitation of one flat range, but you are therefore meant to put the flats at the very top of your wad as it adds everything before it.

Okay, so I should change it to F_START and F_END?

[Redneckerz]

Sorry, typo, F_START and F_END. FF_START isn't actually a real marker and is just to get around a vanilla limitation of one flat range, but you are therefore meant to put the flats at the very top of your wad as it adds everything before it.

Okay, so I should change it to F_START and F_END?

Yes.