maps png picture material

[poepel]

local _mapName = string.lower( game.GetMap() )
local _mapPicturePath = "maps/" .. _mapName .. ".png"

local _mapPNG = Material( "../maps/no_image.png", "noclamp smooth" )
if file.Exists( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) then
  _mapPicturePath = "../" .. _mapPicturePath
  _mapPNG = Material( _mapPicturePath, "noclamp smooth" )
  print( "Loaded " .. _mapPicturePath )
else
  print( _mapPicturePath .. " not found." )
end

This load the map image if i have it on my drive, but not when the png is in a workshop file.
is it possible to copy from the workshop file to the maps folder?

with file.Read and file.Write
or have someone other ideas?

[pervert]

The only directory that can be written to is the /data/ folder.

[poepel]

  local _mapName = string.lower( game.GetMap() )
  local _mapPicturePath = "maps/" .. _mapName .. ".png"

  local _mapPNG = Material( "../maps/no_image.png", "noclamp smooth" )
  if file.Exists( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) then //look for original png
    file.Write( _mapPicturePath, file.Read( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) ) //Write original file to data/maps/   //file.Write to data/maps/mapname.png
    if file.Exists( _mapPicturePath, "DATA" ) then //look if it was successfull
  		_mapPNG = Material( "../data/" .. _mapPicturePath, "noclamp smooth" )  //use the new png file
  		print( "Loaded " .. _mapPicturePath )
    else
      print("Loading failed")
    end
  else
    print( _mapPicturePath .. " not found." )
  end

this failed:

 file.Write( _mapPicturePath, file.Read( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) )

did i something wrong or is it not working? (file exists, i can read the file, but writing is not working)

[Sean Bean]

[QUOTE=poepel;52492759]

  local _mapName = string.lower( game.GetMap() )
  local _mapPicturePath = "maps/" .. _mapName .. ".png"

  local _mapPNG = Material( "../maps/no_image.png", "noclamp smooth" )
  if file.Exists( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) then
    file.Write( _mapPicturePath, file.Read( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) ) //file.Write to data/maps/mapname.png
    if file.Exists( _mapPicturePath, "DATA" ) then
  		_mapPNG = Material( "../data/" .. _mapPicturePath, "noclamp smooth" )
  		print( "Loaded " .. _mapPicturePath )
    else
      print("Loading failed")
    end
  else
    print( _mapPicturePath .. " not found." )
  end

this failed:

 file.Write( _mapPicturePath, file.Read( _mapPicturePath, "GAME" ) )

did i something wrong or is it not working? (file exists, i can read the file, but writing is not working)[/QUOTE]

Moku already said you can only write to "DATA".

[poepel]

i am writing to DATA:

_mapPicturePath = "maps/" .. _mapName .. ".png"
file.Write( _mapPicturePath, ... //file.Write -> "data/maps/" .. _mapName .. ".png"

i read in "GAME"
and I am writing in "DATA"
but the writing is not working

found the problem! :D the subdirectories wasn't there in data folder ... :D