Reduce the map size

[rysnt11]

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So how i reduce the map size?
Since i had a ''map size is too big, please choose other map'' in my wc3

 

[Pharaoh_]

http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=101586
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/widgetizer-1-3-0-9-a-62920/
http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=79326

 

[Dr Super Good]

1. Remove imported content. Imported artwork is very big so removing it will greatly decrease your map size.
2. Improve compression on imported content. Lower bitrate audio or higher compressed images will be smaller.
3. Optimize the map before publication (hosting).
4. Improve trigger design. Using functions for comonly repeated routeines and systems for MPI instead of separate triggers will reduce the size of code.
5. Simplify the map, removing unneeded object fields.

1 and 2 make the largest difference.
3 makes a variable difference which can help for 1 or 2 more imports.
4 and 5 will only be a couple of KB atmost with 5 probably being bytes.

For 3. Using vexoirans optimizer on the final map (warning this will prevent it from opening in the edtior so make a backup) will free up a few hundred KB for complex maps.

The maximum map archive size (imports get compressed so only go by archive size) is 8 MB. Archive size is the size of the map file (not on disc as that is size to the nearest whole block).