How to save map size?

[TassadarOnWeed]

I've been thinking how importing custom skins/models to maps would take up a gigantic amount of space for the map itself, is there a way to actually reduce the amount of space used? I heard that if you modify the actual units given (ie. footman) towards the unit which you need for a game, then shouldn't it save space? Please, if anyone knows, or knows ways on how to reduce map size, please tell. Thank you.

 

[ikillforeyou]

Unless you have massive amount of units it shouldn't matter, and i'm pretty sure it does.

Just ask somone to optimize the imported files, and use a map optimizer, if you want.

 

[scorpion182]

use mdx squisher to reduce models size, and BLP laboratory to reduce blp files size.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Using vexorians optimizer will render the map unopenable but can cut map size by up to 500 KB if triggers are heavilly used.

 

[TassadarOnWeed]

Using vexorians optimizer will render the map unopenable but can cut map size by up to 500 KB if triggers are heavilly used.

Does that also make it technically protected?

 

[Dr Super Good]

No as maps can never be protected. It may render the map unopenable to WE though if you set it to remove the WE only files. You can always release the unoptimized version on the side and are infact encouraged to.

 

[manstie]

Well if you do protect your map it makes it harder for people to make rip-off maps of your map... Because when you deprotect it, all the imported files dissapear and are quite impossible to recover.

You can always release the unoptimized version on the side and are infact encouraged to.

Do you mean... you are encouraging him to release his map unoptimized?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes so people can open it to learn from or fix compatibilty problems with it if a WC3 patch released in the future messes it up. As I doubt he will care much for it in a few years time.

Also as long as you keep the versions updated regually, no hacked ones can take off (or pooly hacked ones).

 

[Graber]

I have used that mdx squisher and nothing, the file was 197kb and after squisehed it was 197kb too.

 

[Dr Super Good]

they are presquished then.

 

[tml616]

197kb isn't a lot, you could have it 40 times bigger and it still is ok

 

[Dr Super Good]

I think he meant just 1 model is 197KB.