[Help]Creating new map from scratch anyone good idea how to do!

[CØĐ£Ř||Mã©hÍñє]

well am wondering if someone can design new map from scratch to conquer


that mean he can design his own map not getting EU map and add it


if you someone can do please dont miss giving us information cuze really iam looking for that guides hardly

cuze i got new tournament and wanna create new map to be stable for the Tournaments and custom too thanks for reading


Best regards,

[pro4never]

It's not a simple task.

Basically you will want a high level of gui/graphic manipulation knowledge. The simplest way to do it is to create a program that will create a grid for the desired map dimensions and allow you to place down 3x3 graphic tiles and set access information for each tile (height/access).

Then when you click compile you will need to do a few things...

#1: Write a dmap file based on the tile information/dimensions/map name

#2: Write a puzzle file (dmap file links to this) is a x/y table of images for the map (keeping in mind that images are NOT single x/y coords but are a 'chunk' of coords.

#3: Write an ANI file which links up the image table with actual images in your client

#4: Place the images for the map in the correct location (linked from ani file)



The actual file types are VERY easy to structure (took me all of an hour or two) but good luck setting up a program from scratch that will do all that and work with dds files properly (Note: XNA works for it, haven't seen a good solution for java which was what we were writing our map creator with)

Sadly Noah is super busy with school so he hasn't had time to finish our prototype map editing software

[CØĐ£Ř||Mã©hÍñє]

ooh yea i know itsnt simple but i think for sure their are many peoples here can create new map from scratch also i can pay for that if they would like!!

[pro4never]

Actually as far as I know there is only one or two map creation programs ever outside of tq. Sparkie made one and Yakuza has one (fairly sure it's the one sparkie made). Outside of that I've not heard anyone even claim to have such software. Ours never got very far mostly due to noah being hella busy and me staying the **** away from GUI/Graphic manipulation cause it's an area where I have virtually 0 exp. I just stopped after structuring the files involved and determining how they are used.

[CØĐ£Ř||Mã©hÍñє]

yeah i saw Yakuza works before i asked ultimation about creating map he said it will take too long + he quit CO Private server coding

[_DreadNought_]

Originally Posted by CØĐ£Ř||Mã©hÍñє

yeah i saw Yakuza works before i asked ultimation about creating map he said it will take too long + he quit CO Private server coding

Another great code quit.

[KraHen]

Originally Posted by _DreadNought_

Another great code quit.

As far as I know he was a designer.

[~Falcon]

Originally Posted by KraHen

As far as I know he was a designer.

Ultimation? You ******?

[StefanHAKER]

As Far As I Know , There are some Fully flat land maps...
You Could edit them using Paint Net

[Arcо]

Originally Posted by StefanHAKER

As Far As I Know , There are some Fully flat land maps...
You Could edit them using Paint Net

and what about the dmaps.

[ChingChong23]

simple really, create a map in any file format in paint, create an app that loads up that image, allows you to draw non walkable areas around it, saves it as a dmap, cuts your image up into chunks then converts them to dds format, make an ani file or whatever and your done.

i'll make an editor for it in a week or whenever im feeling better.

[pro4never]

The easiest way actually would be to use a tile based system.

Program creates a grid which you can 'drop' pre-made tiles onto and set access levels/height for. Once done chunk the tiles into final images, write the ani/scene/dmap files.

While technically simple it's far from a 'simple' task. That's also not including map objects at all...

That being said, if you do decide to write up some basic system that would be interesting to see.

[SYSTEM 32]

Or make an editor that slices it out to tiles after ur done making the map.
Like u make the map in photoshop, save as png, jpg or something.
Then uploads it with the editor, wich will slice it in tiles (Not yet, but showed how it would be).
Then u can click like Y/N on every tile, Y will make them walkable, N will make them DMap.

Walkable?
Y(yes) N(no)

Example:

[albert0]

then it's posible, is posible create a editor for own benefit?...
right now i'm thinking create that tool. in C# with DirectX, OpenGl, GDI or Ogre(mogre in .net).
I need create new maps for my Server.

I still cant decide by the graphics library, but I'm sure I'll take DirectX or OpenGL.

[pro4never]

Originally Posted by albert0

then it's posible, is posible create a editor for own benefit?...
right now i'm thinking create that tool. in C# with DirectX, OpenGl, GDI or Ogre(mogre in .net).
I need create new maps for my Server.

I still cant decide by the graphics library, but I'm sure I'll take DirectX or OpenGL.

Seeing as dds is geared towards and wrapped right into directx, I'd say that's an obvious choice.

That an XNA in C# works very nicely (hell, it deals with dds images right out of the box w/o issues)