map is too big

[elite281]

ive made a map and my friend was going to host it when it said"this map file is too big, please try a different map." we dont know what to do, ive tried optimising it, but it was literally the same size. I think it might be my model but who knows. the map cant load becasue it exceeds the limit of 5mb (it is around6.5mb)
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[Puppetier]

Maps cant go bigger then certain limits or they cant be hosted , if you got any music take it out that takes up alot of space, the only way to fix it is to get rid of extra files.

 

[Just_Spectating]

Squish some of your models

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

I'm compressing every file in my 3.5gb (C drive right now. Just do that, it squishes junk out of files and then gives them a smaller size. Extract all the models, stick them in a folder along with the map without the files on it. Run the compress thing in Tools (right click My Computer Icon) then name the file it is in something like AAAA so it gets compressed first!

Oh wait a sec... I got something wrong there...

Actually, just rightclick the files and tick Compress to save disk space. Dunno if it makes it smaller or not..

Yep, it's in advanced.

OK, i testsed this with a few Zip files, it doesn't seem to change the files much, only a few KB...

 

[Oziris]

Music if u have delete or some big size models that will do it!

 

[AmadiTheGreat]

Music if u have delete or some big size models that will do it!

Not necessarily, my friend used to have an RPG/Adventure/Hack'n'slash map, which had NO imported models, NO imported sounds and NO imported stuff except for loading screen and prewief. It was somewhere around 5MB or so..

It was, however 448x448 using every frigging centimeter of the map, had tons of triggers, almost 300 or so abilities (Perhaps more..) and tons of heroes and creeps. Some quests and so on. I don't understand how he succeeded at getting it over 5MB tho, but anyway..

 

[Jacek]

I'm compressing every file in my 3.5gb (C drive right now. Just do that, it squishes junk out of files and then gives them a smaller size. Extract all the models, stick them in a folder along with the map without the files on it. Run the compress thing in Tools (right click My Computer Icon) then name the file it is in something like AAAA so it gets compressed first!

Oh wait a sec... I got something wrong there...

Actually, just rightclick the files and tick Compress to save disk space. Dunno if it makes it smaller or not..

Yep, it's in advanced.

OK, i testsed this with a few Zip files, it doesn't seem to change the files much, only a few KB...

dude, read the threads, don't post just to post

he can't HOST the map because of too big size. BNet has 4 MB filesize limit and there is no workaround. you have to delete some of your skins/models/sounds/music.

@kaitech[sand]: mpq is a very efficient compression, not much you can squish using .zip/.rar

 

[Mechanical Man]

Lol, only Jacek made an useful post. And 4mb limit is not only for battle.net, it's also for LAN games thus no multiplayer at all if the map exceeds that limit. (Unless you alter a mpq, but this is worth only for massive total conversions)

 

[Oziris]

Omg the loading screen is around 5MB then delete the picture

 

[Link_Iceblader]

I've got the size problem too when i tried to play on LAN. I only exceeded a few kb, so i downloaded this Optimization Tool from the Hive's database. It decreased the size by ~300 kb AND decreased loading times and lagging. Maybe this Tool could hlp u too?

 

[Ham Ham]

Just compress the skins and textures.
Its very easy, and you can reduce your map size by 30~80%

1)Download the War3ModelEditor on the Downloads section.
2)Install it
3)Open the War3ModelEditor, go on "edit", then "properties"
4)Set the blp quality to 20

Now open all your textures, go on "window", "texture manager", then just export the textures, replacing them.