Also Known As: banshee_revora (Steam) Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Location: Brazil
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:
Getting your minimap looking good in the C&C3 World Builder!
Subject description: There is always a way in, isn't it? Hack'n'roll, baby!
So, EA gave us a program that doesn't generate proper minimaps, right? Don't worry. Fans always find out a way to sort things. At least, this is what wildcrash from the official C&C forums did.
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"Hey all,
I figured out a way to make minimaps. Thought I'd share.
1) go into WorldBuilder and load up your map
2) hit CTRL+F to go into top view, and zoom out until you can see the whole map.
3) go to the edit menu and uncheck waypoints, object maps, until all you see is the bare map and the objects on it. ( If you have the map seeded with Tiberium, you should remove it for the time being)
4) hit the Print Screen key, go into an image editor like PhotoShop or GIMP, go
File - > New and then Edit-> Paste.
5) Crop the image into a square by holding down the shift key and dragging across the image so that only the map is selected. Hit Enter.
6) (with a catch) I had to flip my image vertically in order to sync up with my map. This may not apply to you, but It's just something I'd watch out for.
7) go to image -> Image Size and reduce the image to 128 or 256 square.
8) Save the file as a Targa (.tga) file with the map name and the extention "_art.tga
example: if your map is
"my_map. map"
its minimap file would be
" my_map_art.tga"
put it in the same folder as your completed map.
And LO!
A working minimap.
Hope this helps people. Good luck with your maps."
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Buddaboy has posted a copy of this tutorial in the Blue Zone Tutorials, so it won't be lost with the hordes of posts from the EA forums. QUICK_EDIT
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