ingame minimap

[Superz_Ze_Man]

ive been looking for a good tutorial on creating an ingame minimap but i cant get it to work. I use a targa file and import it to the path "War3MapMap.tga" but my minimap stays the same as it would normally. So i tried a blp file using the path "War3MapMap.blp". I got a balck screen with the blp file and it didnt work. Any ideas why?

You can use paint for this right?

 

[ap0calypse]

If paint can save files as .tga, yes (I use paint.net myself and that works).
The dimensions have to be either 128x128 or 256x256 (pixels).

I've also seen some cases in which one of the two resulted in a white (not black :/) screen... can't remember which one though.
And those white screens were only for a few people, not for everyone.