Solid-colored terrain

[Czarofthewest]

Hello,

I was wondering how you can make near solid-color terrain like Risk Devolution has.

I already e-mailed priwin asking, but he seems to be inactive.

Example of how terrain looks: http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h35/daggius_2006/sneakybusiness/kinpinistunisiaok.jpg

I just need to know what I'd need to make it myself, or if it already exists somewhere.

Thanks!

 

[ap0calypse]

You have to edit one of the already existing terrain types of Warcraft.

To do this, you need a program to convert images to a .blp-format (http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/warcraft-iii-viewer-62878/ can do that).
get an MPQ viewer and export the default tilesets (http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/warcraft-iii-image-extractor-62877/ can open the MPQ and look at images).
The tilesets are named "TerrainArt\TilesetType\Tileset.blp" (so it's easier for you to find them), open those (you can convert the .blp-files to .tga with wc3 viewer, linked above) and edit them to your wish.
Some free programs that can edit .tga-files are paint.net and GIMP.

Then you need to import them with the exact same path as the one you exported.


Edit: for your information, the hive has a section for custom tilesets, but none of them is like the image you linked.

 

[Czarofthewest]

Thanks, I'll get to it.

 

[commoe]

you must haxxorz it

Edit: sorry i couldnt resist

 

[Czarofthewest]

So after I finished editing one, and it looks terrible lol, but it saved it into a BMP format. How can I get it to where I can test it?

 

[ap0calypse]

Get paint.net (free program, not too shabby) and convert it to a .tga-file.
Then convert it to .blp with Warcraft 3 Viewer (linked in my first post), I hope you've got the dimensions right because otherwise it won't work

Then just import the .blp-file in your map and rename the path (inside the import manager) to "TerrainArt\LordaeronSummer\Lords_Dirt.blp".
The terrain type "Dirt" in the "Lordaeron Summer" tileset will now be your custom one (so you have to use Dirt wherever you want your custom terrain to appear).

Sometimes it doesn't show in the editor, just start the game (test map) in order to see it then.

 

[Czarofthewest]

Alright, and I figured out I didnt use the right dimensions, but it wont be to hard for me to redo it. Hardest part was going through the process the first time lol.

 

[Czarofthewest]

Eh wait, do you know how to convert it into the square size?

 

[ap0calypse]

You mean resize the image? Paint.net can do that, basically all image editors can. Well, not the .blp-file though (it's a blizzard image, so not very surprising that no image editors know that extension).

It's a bit of searching right now, but once you know how it works, it's not that hard ^^

 

[Czarofthewest]

Got it to work thank you! It isnt exactly pretty, but I guess I'll see if i can make it more smooth and what not