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Mrslobodan wrote:Can somebody tell me exactly what settings to use when making a 2 km map ? The settings which pops up after you click "New map", is it size:1024 scale:2 for 2 km maps ?

gx wrote:Yes MTS....

Any way good luck this is a really great idea for a map and somewhat essential for any half decent game covering all recent conflicts.

Mrslobodan wrote:alright, what's MTS btw?


Thanks m8! yeah it truly was something special with this war, I think it's a worthy opponent to hell

Here is a picture from a testmap where i will test all the things i'm not 100% sure of. On the picture you see white spots on the rubble at the house, I used garbage_detail where the white spots are. My question is can i make it look better from a distance ? or will it always be these white spots when you look at it from a distance ? I know it gets better when moving closer to it but when i use my grass layer which is layer 1 and press set low detail and generate it always makes it look better from a distance aswell, does that only work for layer 1 ?

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gx wrote:"Message to short"
Did you set a lowdetailtexture number to it?

Mrslobodan wrote:Should the number be 1 for every layer? and do you mean LowDetailType? Because I can't find the LowDetailTexture.

EDIT: Ok I changed the values like you said and now it works I guess i should set all layers lowdetailtype to 1 aswell?

CTRifle wrote:mini map is later, you will see it on the right side toolbar. Click reload then show. With north/south, I would just look at the terrain raw file and see where it faces (remember it is flipped over the x-axis) oh, but you wont see anything if you havent added any terrain yet

rhino wrote:Step 2: Basic MiniMap, for temp/preview use
Just encase you do not know how to make a basic MiniMap already I will go though how to do that now. It's normally a good idea to generate one of these for just a preview of what it will look like before you might go though a lot of work depending on your map size and its also good for just a temperate minimap used for Test builds etc and when your map is final you can replace it with your "perfect" final minimap.


to do this, with your map open in the level editor and in the Editor>General Bar on the right, if you scroll down a little you should see a little minimap bit like this.



If you click on the generate button, you will probaly have to wait afew secs then will pop up a small preview in the top left corner of your main view of the minimap you have just generated.



As you can see, it looks pretty **** in its current state, lots of objects missing and just a load of shadows on the ground. You can also use this for navigation as you can see, there is a little green box on the map with the location of your camera, click on a diffrent location on the MiniMap and your camera will warp strait too there. I tbh don't use it much as a navigation tool as it blocks too much of your view, need to generate a 2048x2048 image and keep it loaded which kinda defeats the point, but its up to you, there if you need it

After this MiniMap is generated, it saves it (and overwrights any previous MiniMaps you have unless backed up) to the editor folder of your map (\Battlefield 2\mods\*your mod*\levels\*your map*\Editor\minimap.dds)

Now if you want to make this into a temp minimap for WIP tests or w/e, you can open it with Photoshop and skip to Step #. Otherwise continue with the tut

CTRifle wrote:mini map is later, you will see it on the right side toolbar. Click reload then show. With north/south, I would just look at the terrain raw file and see where it faces (remember it is flipped over the x-axis) oh, but you wont see anything if you havent added any terrain yet

Alright, could you tell me how to do it a little bit more detailed? Where can i find the terrain raw file, what should i open it with etc.
Or is it easier to just see the minimap while in the editor?