Lion
12-06-2008, 07:16 AM
The in-game mini-map is a preview of your map, and where you see your radar. The Worldbuilder editor does not create the mini-map for you. You MUST create it yourself. Without a custom art.tga file, the mini-map in the upper right corner will be black during game play. Below are the instructions:
-In worldbuilder set the camera to top down view and zoom out so you get the whole map in your view.
-Go to the edit menu and uncheck waypoints, object maps, until all you see is the bare map and the objects on it.
-Now take a screenshot of the map (hit 'print screen').
-Open it in a graphic program (Photoshop or Gimp) that can save as .tga image type (Gimp is free. You can get it HERE. (http://www.gimp.org/))
-Crop the image into a square and resize it, making it 256x256 or 512x512.
-Save the resized image as .tga and call it the same as your map name, adding _art at the end. so its yourmap_art
-Place the new .tga file in your map folder along with the other files that are already in there.
The official maps for Red Alert 3 look different. With some simple tools you can you use on GIMP, Photoshop etc. you can make it look official. If you can't do that, just use the one you already made.
-In worldbuilder set the camera to top down view and zoom out so you get the whole map in your view.
-Go to the edit menu and uncheck waypoints, object maps, until all you see is the bare map and the objects on it.
-Now take a screenshot of the map (hit 'print screen').
-Open it in a graphic program (Photoshop or Gimp) that can save as .tga image type (Gimp is free. You can get it HERE. (http://www.gimp.org/))
-Crop the image into a square and resize it, making it 256x256 or 512x512.
-Save the resized image as .tga and call it the same as your map name, adding _art at the end. so its yourmap_art
-Place the new .tga file in your map folder along with the other files that are already in there.
The official maps for Red Alert 3 look different. With some simple tools you can you use on GIMP, Photoshop etc. you can make it look official. If you can't do that, just use the one you already made.