[Trigger] Minimap change

[Phire126]

How do i make it so instead of the minimap showing up when u host a game or play a custom game, (right before the loading screen, where the players join, etc) a cutomized picture shows up like in dota v6.46b

 

[Gilles]

You look in the tutorials section? It really helps!

But I went and got you one because I'm so nice.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36797&highlight=Minimap

 

[WCverfrisser]

There is also a different way, if you don't customize that minimap image before the loading screen, it will show op there to. WHat to do:

-Download WinMPQ.
-Open WinMPQ.
-Open your map.
-Change the file war3mapMap.blp to the image you want.
-Now test your map, you'll see that your minimap ingame is changed to the minimap you changed to it.

A tip: Change war3mapMap.blp with the current minimap with an alpha image over it.

 

[valkemiere]

set the size off your pic 512x512 ( if i not wrong) the map type must be .tga
then, in your import manager set the path
war3mappreview.tga

done ^^

 

[WCverfrisser]

There is a tutorial here to change the in-game minimap: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38365

 

[Dark.Revenant]

So far there have been some errors in this thread about the minimap pictures.
The truth is that both minimaps are best at 256x256. I don't know if the other resolutions work or not, but the most optimized and stable version is 256x256. Most of the time, you don't have to worry about making an alpha channel; in most programs, an alpha channel on .tga's is just automatic. Also, the CORRECT, EXACT names for the two minimaps are:
war3mapPreview.tga - The preview you get when you host the game on Battle.net (should be a targa, or .tga).
war3mapMap.blp - The actual in-game minimap. If it's supposed to actually be used as a minimap, know that it's exceedingly tricky to align with the terrain correctly, but looks insanely awesome if you get it right (should be a blizzard picture file, or .blp).

 

[WCverfrisser]

If you open your World Editor, open your map and then click "File" > "Export minimap", then you'll get an TGA version of your minimap, you can do whatever you want with it, so it isn't that hard to aling with the terrain exactly, it is the actually terrain!

 

[Dark.Revenant]

Wait, I thought that gave the blurry medieval-map-like picture, the one you see by default?