Custom In-Game Minimap while maintaining Player Icons

[bugbear]

PROBLEM SOLVED


I know how to import an in-game minimap image to replace the default one, but how would i go about allowing the icons (like the red squares representing buildings and player locations) to still show up?

When I import my custom black image it does not allow the player to see the location of units on the map anymore.

 

[Black Hawk]

on the editor, get the minimap image, and just black out anything you dont want on an image editor, i remember there bieng a command on the editor to do that

 

[bugbear]

You're going got have to be more specific on how to retrieve the minimap image, sorry.

 

[Black Hawk]

i dont really remember, try pressing Print Screen when on the custom games menu thingy in the game, then just copy paste on your editor program, remember to crop though. I dont remember the command, sorry.

 

[bugbear]

I dont believe that would show where players are currently on the minimap. That would basically yield the same results as what I'm doing now.

 

[Black Hawk]

well, did you set the minimap back to the normal image?

 

[bugbear]

I'd like to request you do a step by step process of what you're trying to explain for me to do exactly, since I'm not connecting the pieces together well apparently.

Well I changed the minimap and now it crashes the game after its done loading. Any idea why? i've attached the blp and the jpg I converted it from. It shows up as a black minimap in the loading screen, but it crashes after loading.

They are 128x128 converted with WC3 Viewer.

Edit: Fixed it by simply changing it to 256x256