A new module to ponder...

@OgreBattle you must recombine the big map, resize and save it at both 1/4 and 1/8 the original size then split the small maps into mini maps...

It helps if the smallest map's pixel count can be divided into even numbers of 256 pixel chunks, making the larger minimap require double the number of 256 pixel chunks. It's not essential to make the main map conform to this rule, but it would help.

When the maps are split, the chuncks are automatically named by the splitter/recombiner, if you were to recombine an original map, a text file will be created with a grid reference in it, using and editing this text file to split your minimap will assign the correct file names for minimaps assuming the grid reference is correct (It's a trial and error process to get the map to display in the right spot).

 

Thats a start

The minimap - f#%$ its a pain. I still haven't cracked exactly how to line it up. ShadowDragoon put some effort into investigating it and his results suggest positioning has to do with the maplimits values - the KotB ones will be trial and error.

 

The main map should be divisable into 2048 x 2048 pixel chunks
The larger of the mini maps should be divisable into 512 x 512 pixel chunks
The smaller of the mini maps should be divisable into 256 x 256 pixel chunks

Make sure that the main map has the correct canvas size and it should make the mini maps easier to get working.

 

Ahhh, but the main map and the minimaps work off a different canvas Main map has a lot more black section.

 

What I usually did back in the day when I tested ToEEWB splitter/recombiner was: I calculated the topmost meaningful area of the original main canvas (the non-black area on the top left) and wrote down its pixel coords (X,Y), then I did the same for the original minimaps (1:4 and 1:8), and then I aligned the new map (both the main map and the minimaps) to the given coordinates, which simplified things. Basically, you need to make sure that the meaningful area should start at the same pixel coordinate as you wrote down, or at least be offset from it at the same distance. You can devise other similar methods of doing things: use the pixel coords for the top-left meaningful box of pixels, etc. It's still pretty tough (yeah, ToEE system of coords is a major PITA ), but you can get it to work with a little trial and error, simplifiying it for yourself using approximations to figure out where to best place your new canvas.

- Agetian

 

Well... for one thing, you wanna be asking this in the 'Maps and textures' forum

Check it out, especially stuff from a few months back. Some of our current cartographers such as Ax Thrower left long detailed threads of both their problems and their discoveries - these are threads, not tutorials (though we have a few of those too!) but they should tell you everything you need.