i need help with maps

[FaLLeN_ShadoW]

I suck with maps.. very much but i just wanted to make my own arena map so bad but it lacks style i have a list of things i need help with if somebody could plz help me

1. how do you add color to messages like on the loading screens and stuff
2. how do you make your own custom models look like all the cool ones on this site?
3. what is a buff...
4. how do i get icons out of a game such as diablo 2 or some game like that

if somebody could plz help me i would really appreciate it!!!

 

[DeadDogNoGoWoof]

1. |c00000000 or |c16485386. anything that a combination of 8 digits in it with a shift-backslash and a 'c' at the beginning. f, a, and e also work for colors in those codes.
2. get experience in modeling.
3. a buff is something that changes the status of your unit in wc3. i.e frost armor, dazed, etc.
4. get an application that can take pictures of your screen, or do it yourself, then crop it to get your icon. first i'd suggest getting the game you want to take icons oout of.

im not sure about the legality of that last one.

 

[FaLLeN_ShadoW]

map stuff

hey thanks but i'm don't know where to get a file that can crop pictures and i didn't understand the color explanation.. at all lol

 

[DeadDogNoGoWoof]

download gimp for picture-cropping. its interface is easy and its on this site for both platforms and is a good image-manipulation program.

for colors you use |c(your 8 digit/letter code here) and to make the symbol | you use shift-backslash.

understand?

AND STOP REZZING THREADS BEFORE I HURT YOU BODILY.

 

[Rui]

|c00000000

This can be changed to |c00000001 (for example) and it will give me a new color? That would be quite cool

-Rui

 

[FaLLeN_ShadoW]

Thanks alot i get the color thing but i can't find gimp on this site. I tried using the search but it didn't work .

 

[DeadDogNoGoWoof]

yes thats correct Rui. a slightly different color if you only change one number.

http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Tools&ID=22&sid=947a7466517e23e6a80638c51cd02a50 for windows.
http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Tools&ID=23&sid=947a7466517e23e6a80638c51cd02a50 for mac.

 

[Rui]

That's wonderful! Thanks so much

-Rui

 

[FaLLeN_ShadoW]

thx alot

 

[Rui]

After that text we must type Ir (or something like this) in the end right? I mean:

|c00000000textIr << kinda like this.

Wanted to know if its the correct form of making it.

-Rui