Getting Minimaps working with C&C 3 Worldbuilder

[Sonic 296]

Credit to Wildcrash from the Official C&C 3 Forums for posting a guide to getting minimaps working correctly with C&C 3 Worldbuilder.

 

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.

 

This guide has been posted at Blue Zone Tutorials (via Project Perfect Mod) so it will always be easy to find.

[Nikolai_84thSpetznaz 0]

Hey, thanks for this, I've been looking all over the place to fix the minimaps The only problem is I'm having trouble finding my CNC3 maps folder, I can't find in the directory or in the My Documents cnc3 folder. Any help?

 

heres an insight to what i'm looking at

 

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[TheBlackOut 7]

Your maps save in [Drive Letter]:Documents and Settings[username]Application DataCommand & Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsMaps

[Nikolai_84thSpetznaz 0]

Hey thanks a lot, I was looking around for hours

[Sonic 296]

If you look at the C&C 3 map pages here at CNCNZ.com you would have found the map install instructions

 

How to install C&C 3 maps - Windows XP Users:

To install the maps if your using Windows XP, simply extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file to your C:Documents and Settings[uSER LOGIN NAME]Application DataCommand & Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsMapsMAPNAME folder on your hard drive. The MAPNAME will of course be the name of the map. EG if a map was called "TiberiumWars" you would extract contents of the .zip file to the C:Documents and Settings[uSER LOGIN NAME]Application DataCommand & Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsMapsTiberiumWars folder. Some zip files might be set up so the folder is created for you when you unzip it.

 

How to install C&C 3 maps - Windows Vista Users:

The process is the same but the location is different. To install the maps if your using Windows Vista, simply extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file to your C:Users[uSER LOGIN NAME]AppDataRoamingCommand & Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsMapsMAPNAME folder on your hard drive. The MAPNAME will of course be the name of the map. EG if a map was called "TiberiumWars" you would extract contents of the .zip file to the C:Users[uSER LOGIN NAME]AppDataRoamingCommand & Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsMapsTiberiumWars folder. Some zip files might be set up so the folder is created for you when you unzip it.