Flat Map Maker

[CrazyMahone]

I have developed a mapping utility for people who might still be developing GRAW 1 maps (such as myself) -- it might work for GRAW 2 too, but it's completely untested. It's for people who don't own 3D Studio Max and want to quickly create a flat surface and then build a mission on top of that. I found it very time consuming and boring to layout the grid and put walls around it to prevent hapless players from falling to their deaths in the murky black depths below.

The utility was developed in and runs within the .Net Framework 2.0. What it does is read a GIF file of any size and, by default, generates a 5m x 5m grassy block for each pixel that isn't transparent. It then scans the image a second time and where-ever there is a "white" pixel it sets up a 3m high wall at the boundary between the white pixel and non-white (or transparent) pixel. The wall logic works if the white of the image is convex, has holes in it, etc.

You can also specify a "Z" coordinate and UNIT ID starting number so that you can generate several flat surfaces that are stacked vertically to create a floor of a 3D subterranean adventure. Specifying X/Y offset coordinates allows you to quickly append additional flat areas to an existing surface.

Is anybody interested in this utility? If so, I can bundle it up.

Thanks,

- Crazy Mahone

[fishmonger]

can you post a screenshot of what the resulting map looks like? sounds like a flat grass plane with a bunch of labyrinth walls is what this is best used for. Not my cup of tea, unless I don't understand the capabilities it has.

[CrazyMahone]

can you post a screenshot of what the resulting map looks like? sounds like a flat grass plane with a bunch of labyrinth walls is what this is best used for. Not my cup of tea, unless I don't understand the capabilities it has.

This may seem like a dumb question, but how do I take a screenshot? If I'm in the editor, hitting the "Print Scrn" button doesn't seem to actually take a picture. Is there another way or is it an error between the chair and keyboard?

- CM

[fishmonger]

can you post a screenshot of what the resulting map looks like? sounds like a flat grass plane with a bunch of labyrinth walls is what this is best used for. Not my cup of tea, unless I don't understand the capabilities it has.

This may seem like a dumb question, but how do I take a screenshot? If I'm in the editor, hitting the "Print Scrn" button doesn't seem to actually take a picture. Is there another way or is it an error between the chair and keyboard?

- CM

run Fraps and it allows screen shots out of any D3D application, or hit printscreen, tab out of the editor and open an imaging app, hit paste and there you have it.

http://www.fraps.com/

[AmEyeBlind]

or u go in the kes settings and assign a key for the screenshots

if u hit print u can alt+tab out and paste it in win paint.

[CrazyMahone]

run Fraps and it allows screen shots out of any D3D application, or hit printscreen, tab out of the editor and open an imaging app, hit paste and there you have it.

http://www.fraps.com/

FRAPS reminded me that I have GameCam. Does the same sort of thing.

[AmEyeBlind]

hi there

is it possible with that tool to edit an allready existing map?

i need to lower down everything on my map.

and a tool for that would be handy, otherwise i need to edit ~10k objects myself.

[charliebrownau]

Good work on a map editor

Any chance of an release of this without needing dot net installed ?

For those that have REMOVED DOT NET (and IE and WMP) from Windows ?

[AmEyeBlind]

hey Mahone,

are you still arround here?

is it possible to do some tool like that for the ai graph?

that it maybe sets nods in a grid, each 100?