Map Icon

[Ardnived]

You know that little Icon in the top right corner when you are choose a map to host/play how do I change that Icon?

 

[Just_Spectating]

something with the scenario - loading screen.

 

[Ardnived]

No its not the loading screen its the Icon that I want to change Ive already changed the Loading Screen

 

[Just_Spectating]

o that. preview screen

 

[Ardnived]

yeah, do you know how?

 

[Just_Spectating]

yeah, i think if you go to campaign editor (next to the object editor and AI editor buttons) you can change the "image(minimap)"

 

[Ardnived]

excellent I found it now can you tell me how to make an image suitable to be used there or atleast point me in the direction of a tutoriol

 

[donut3.5]

Just Spectating, no.
Here's a tutorial.
--donut3.5--

 

[Ardnived]

okay thanks. ill atke a look at that

I have another question though if someone could help me, is it possible to change the music that plays while you load the map?

 

[Wolverabid]

Warcraft III Tutorials > General Mapping Tutorials > World Editor FAQ - Work in Progress

Custom Minimap Preview

Custom minimap previews for custom scenarios is a big fashion. Some people might actually leave the game you've hosted because they think that the map sucks when it doesn't have a minimap preview. So here's a guide on how to make your own. Open your favorite image editor and make yourself a good picture. You have to keep in mind that the image should have the dimensions of either 256x256 or 128x128. Save it as .jpg or .tga if you can. If not, go get the tool Warcraft 3 Image Extractor II, open up your image and save it as .blp or .tga. Open up World Editor and then open the Import Manager and import the image. Double-Click on the image and tick "Use Custom Path" and set the path to: war3mapPreview.tga or war3mapPreview.blp to have the image being the minimap preview. You can also save it as war3mapMap.tga or war3mapMap.blp to make it being the in-game minimap.

Importing a Minimap Image

Importing Minimap images is easy. You will just have to make an image in .tga or .blp format and import it into your map and change its name. This method is used in many maps and makes the map more interesting for people who might join when hosting a game. You can choose between two sizes of images: 256x256 and 128x128, I prefer using 256x256 because there is a world's difference between the quality of these images. But also a world's difference in size :S Creating the Image (with advanced image editing program) Let's say I want to make an image, so I open up Photoshop, Photoimpact, Gimp... You will need an advanced image editing program and not just paint. You can get Photo Impact Here. Remember to make the image 256x256 or 128x128 in size and save it as .tga! Creating the Image (using any image editing program) Create a new image, set the size to 256x256 and save it as .jpg. Then open up Wc3ImageExtractor (get it here) Click Open -> Image and open your picture, then click Save -> Image and save it as a .tga or .blp image. Importing the Image Open up World Editor, then Import Manager and press Import File. After that, double click on the imported file in the Import Manager, tick Use Custom Path and set the custom path to one of these: war3mapPreview.tga - this is the preview people can see when joining the game. war3mapMap.tga - this is the in-game minimap which you can see when present in the game. Custom Loading Screen Images Magos' War3 Model Editor Can easily create custom loading screens. Custom Loading Screen Tutorial V1.5 shows an alternate method.

 

[Ardnived]

yeah I got that part but I want to know if you can change the loading music?

Oky I have another problem I did that but now the Preview Image is all white when i look at it in Warcraft

 

[Ardnived]

why wont anyone help me?

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[Just_Spectating]

iono. uhh.. the music doesnt play on loading screen, as far as i know. but if you make a trigger that plays a music of map initialization, then the music will play once the loading is complete and waiting for other players or when you click a button or w.e.

for the preview, you might have a typo somewhere in the path.

 

[Ardnived]

k thnax ill look into the typo, though, there is always background Warcraft music playing during the loading screen or atleast usually I just wanted to know if I could change that