Minimap Zoom?

[thevoden]

Okay lets say I have this one big gigantic map. In the minimap it showed it all, the ocean, the islands the towns and such. I want to enter a dungeon and then suddenly hide everything in the minimap to just focus on the dungeon itself. And then of course when I'm out of the dungeons it "zooms back to normal".

 

[konerboy]

you can't do it like can that but there is an alternative "black mask" where you can hide everything you want but the map won't zoom in.

check in tutorials

 

[thevoden]

i saw it in skibi TD where the map zooms in and stuff from the minimap.

 

[Uberplayer]

Not even by setting camera bounds via triggers?

 

[Menelaus]

yeah it zooms in but the terrain is wrong. Camera(?) - Set Camera Bounds

 

[thevoden]

yeah it zooms in but the terrain is wrong. Camera(?) - Set Camera Bounds

What do you mean by the terrain is wrong?

 

[Menelaus]

Lets say your map is half dirt and half grass. Your minimap would show it as half green and half brown. When you set the camera bounds, say zooming in on a part that was entirely dirt, your minimap would still be half green and half brown.

 

[thevoden]

Lets say your map is half dirt and half grass. Your minimap would show it as half green and half brown. When you set the camera bounds, say zooming in on a part that was entirely dirt, your minimap would still be half green and half brown.

If you guys play teh Skibi TD (which is included in the latest patch of Warcraft 3 TFT), there will be mini-games that zoom in to a specific area through the minimap.

 

[Knight7770]

Hm... The only thing I can think of is making a new map, putting in and the original in a campaign, and then doing this:

Game - Set next level to NewMap.w3x
Game - Victory Player 1 (Red) Hide scores, Hide dialogs

That's basically what they do with the Rexxar campaign, from TFT.

 

[Menelaus]

yeah but in skibis td the map stays the same like i described in my previous post

 

[Knight7770]

That's puzzling. Maybe it's a JASS script?

 

[konerboy]

isn't skibi td made by Blizzard, if that so the map is un-protected you should try to open it up..

Hm... The only thing I can think of is making a new map, putting in and the original in a campaign, and then doing this:

Game - Set next level to NewMap.w3x
Game - Victory Player 1 (Red) Hide scores, Hide dialogs

That's basically what they do with the Rexxar campaign, from TFT.

thaqt won't work in multiplayer game.

 

[AceHart]

> Maybe it's a JASS script?

JASS is myterious, and ancient, and strong.
But it isn't magical.

Camera - Set camera bounds.
That's it.

The minimap is an image file inside your map.
It's fixed. Rock-stable.

And, no, Pyramid Escape does not use magic either.
But is uses an imported minimap image.

 

[thevoden]

Any tips on how to use an imported minimap-image? How do you make it look realistic?

Thanks!

 

[konerboy]

here is a tutorial for you

http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/minimap.php

you basicly need a 128x128 .tga image and then you need to import it with the path "war3map.tga" or "war3mapPreview.tga" depending on if you want it ingame image or as a preview image

 

[thevoden]

what is the minimum required? can it be 16x16 so its saves space? can it be 8x8?

 

[AceHart]

The in game minimap is 256x256.
Any other size crashes the game.

The preview minimap can be either 256x256 or 128x128.


Space can be saved by converting it to .blp instead of .tga.

 

[thevoden]

So your saying I could use like a high-quality custom-terrain in a regular game and in-game they would see it as that instead of the mini-map produced by the game?

How do I replace the mini-map in game thougH?

 

[AceHart]

You import it with the path "war3mapMap.tga".

 

[thevoden]

thanks again as always.

how do I change teh minimap ingame though? then changing ti back to the original.