Editing the MiniMap

[DerChamp]

I searched a lot of time with google but couldn't find how to edit the MiniMap, you can see ingame in the left-down corner!
I found tuts on editing the war3mappreview and the loading screen but not on this...
please help me!
MFG Der_Champ

[Arabidnun]

Ok, your probably gonna rip your hair out after reading this, so, lets begin the insanity!


If you wanna make that black, so no one can see anything! Follow these instructions:

Spoiler:

Go to your Notepad and open it.
Go to File-->Save as This: war3mapMap.blp(exactly)
Save it wherever you want, as long as you can find it.
Go to your map, then import manager and import your document you just made.
Your document should now look like this after imported:
war3mapImported\war3mapMap.blp
Click on Use Custom Path and delete this part war3mapImported\ and the .txt at the end(if its there)
Then, it should look like this:war3mapMap.blp

Run your game and your Ingame Minimap will be Useless! lol

If you want a picture there, follow this:

Spoiler:

Get whatever picture you want and save it as 256X256 i believe.

save the file again as a TGA File
Repeat what i said at top
Rename the file once imported to war3mapMap.tga
This is an example:

With this version, the Hero Icons and stuff still show up, But I believe if you use gameplay interface you are able to get rid of those. Well, Gl Hf Hope this helps

If this is now what you wanted, please repost with specifications, and I will see what I can do.

Signed:
<_ Arab _>

[DerChamp]

Thanks alot!
That's EXACTLY what i wanted
Nice forum here!

[DerChamp]

Another question...
Must it be TGA or can it be blp too, if i want a picture there?

[Arabidnun]

If the minimap is in blp, then I believe you might be able to put on the extension .blp instead of .tga and it should work. If not, You can always get Warcraft Imageviewer Or Extractor and change the file to TGA.

Signed
<_Arab_>

[DerChamp]

Thannks i will try it!

[DerChamp]

So there i have a problem....
I made everything like you said it in the tutorial...
when i try to play the map, it loads and then when i should see the MiniMap Warcraft 3 crashes....
i tryied it with a .tga picture and with a .blp picture... i tryied it with 128x128 and 256 x 256... but nothing works Ò.ó
normally i don't make any Silly mistakes...
at the moment i have the following imports:

Loading Screen: (works fine)
UI\Glues\Loading\Load-Generic\Generic-Loading-BotLeft.blp
UI\Glues\Loading\Load-Generic\Generic-Loading-BotRight.blp
UI\Glues\Loading\Load-Generic\Generic-Loading-TopLeft.blp
UI\Glues\Loading\Load-Generic\Generic-Loading-TopRight.blp
MapPreview: (Same picture like MiniMap has / Works Fine, too)
war3mapPreview.tga
MiniMap:
war3mapMap.tga / war3mapMap.blp

The .tga file is without any compression (is this the right word in english? Don'T know xD/I'm from germany...)
The .blp File is made with Warcraft3Viewer and didn't want to add an Alpha Channel, or sth like this...

EDIT: WITH 256x256 i get a black MiniMap xD

[Arabidnun]

You saved the Ingame Minimap as a tga file?

[Ozzapoo]

I think you might have saved the wrong file with wrong filenames in the wrong places.... That's the most likely explanation.