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Topic: Minimap Conversion Duplicate Problem

ryry013

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 03:07 am
Hello, I am trying to make a minimap, I followed two different tutorials on how to make a minimap for my Call Of Duty 4 map. On the first one, I got as far as playing my map with a minimap, but the minimap was the same checkerboard pattern. I could see my arrow moving around a big box on the map when I press esc, I wasn't just on the side of the map. But there was no image. So I figured there must be something wrong with my image. So I found out that CoD4 requires a TGA file and I had a JPEG. So I remade my minimap from the start. But now when I try to convert by asset, it says... Quote: ********** ERROR ********** 'mp_test' in 'texture_assets/compass_map_mp_please_work.gdt' and 'source_data/le vels.gdt' is a duplicate Conversion failed with 1 errors. Hit key to continue. I don't know what else might help so I will also post by BSP and Fast File logs... Quote: . . ########################################### COMPILE BSP ########################################### . . 1 file(s) copied. CoD4Map v1.1 (c) 2002 Id Software Inc. / Infinity Ward ---- cod2map ---- ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /main C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_13.iwd (265 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_12.iwd (33 f iles) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_11.iwd (448 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_10.iwd (230 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_09.iwd (447 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_08.iwd (66 f iles) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_07.iwd (34 f iles) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_06.iwd (416 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_05.iwd (716 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_04.iwd (765 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_03.iwd (670 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_02.iwd (1296 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_01.iwd (1456 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_00.iwd (1054 files) C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//main C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//main_shared C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /raw C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /raw_shared C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /devraw C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /devraw_shared C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//players C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//raw C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//raw_shared C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//devraw C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//devraw_shared C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw06.iwd (7 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw05.iwd (1338 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw04.iwd (1730 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw03.iwd (3705 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw02.iwd (3483 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw01.iwd (3181 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw00.iwd (2903 files) C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//raw/english File Handles: ---------------------- 24243 files in iwd files Loading map file C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\map _source\mp_please_work.map Map C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\map_source\mp_pl ease_work.map, Entity 0, Brush 808: mirrored plane ******************** *** leaked *** ******************** ================================ WROTE BSP LEAKFILE: C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\ map_source\mp_please_work.lin ================================ finding triangle windings... coalescing coincident windings... removing occluded winding fragments... assigning primary lights... finding sun shadow casters... splitting large windings... merging into concave windings... fixing t-junctions... tethering holes to their concave windings... building lightmap groups... finished in 18 seconds assigning lightmaps... finding index mapping and snapping vertices... ERROR: surface 'ch_dec_burnt_top01' is partially floating or needs to be aligned In map prefabs/blackout/bldg_2_story_village_02_open.map on entity 0 brush 17 at -1921 744 375 ERROR: surface 'me_decal_adobe_top_01' is partially floating or needs to be alig ned In map prefabs/blackout/bldg_2_story_village_03_open.map on entity 0 brush 95 at -749 680 151 triangulating all windings... 0 self-tjunctions fixed 0 degenerate tris removed smoothing normals... emitting triangles... triangulating all windings... 0 self-tjunctions fixed 0 degenerate tris removed smoothing normals... emitting triangles... combining layered materials... 139 vertices couldn't be merged because the textures point different ways emitting cells and portals... building curve/terrain collision... Adding brush neighbor bevels... Removing redundant brush collision planes... removed 591 brush sides elapsed time 0 seconds Finished processing world entity Writing C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\raw\maps\mp\ mp_please_work.d3dbsp 42 seconds elapsed . . ########################################### COMPILE LIGHT ########################################### . . ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /main C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_13.iwd (265 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_12.iwd (33 f iles) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_11.iwd (448 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_10.iwd (230 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_09.iwd (447 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_08.iwd (66 f iles) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_07.iwd (34 f iles) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_06.iwd (416 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_05.iwd (716 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_04.iwd (765 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_03.iwd (670 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_02.iwd (1296 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_01.iwd (1456 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\iw_00.iwd (1054 files) C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//main C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//main_shared C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /raw C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /raw_shared C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /devraw C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4CompileTools /devraw_shared C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//raw C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//raw_shared C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//devraw C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//devraw_shared C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw06.iwd (7 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw05.iwd (1338 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw04.iwd (1730 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw03.iwd (3705 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw02.iwd (3483 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw01.iwd (3181 files) C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main\localized_engli sh_iw00.iwd (2903 files) C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare//raw/english File Handles: ---------------------- 24243 files in iwd files using map radiosityScale 1 using map contrastGain 0.15 building collision data... building collision took 0.4 seconds ---------------------------------------- Calculating sample areas... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Getting radiosity color for each sample... Finished in 1 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Applying radiosity scale... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Loading saved light transport for sky and radiosity... ---------------------------------------- Building light transport for light sources... Finished in 13 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Normalizing transport weights... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Seeding sky light... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Radiosity bounce 1... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Radiosity bounce 2... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Radiosity bounce 3... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Radiosity bounce 4... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Radiosity bounce 5... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Radiosity bounce 6... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Finding lightmap bleeding... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Building final lightmaps... Finished in 11 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Calculating ground lighting for static models... Finished in 0 seconds. Light grid sample point file 'C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Moder n Warfare\raw\maps\mp\mp_please_work.grid' not found. Vis cache logfile 'C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\r aw\maps\mp\mp_please_work.vclog' not found; using static model origins only. Light grid sample point file 'C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Moder n Warfare\raw\maps\mp\mp_please_work.grid_auto' not found. Light grid sample point file 'C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Moder n Warfare\raw\maps\mp\mp_please_work.grid_not' not found. ---------------------------------------- Calculating light grid... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Quantizing light grid colors... ---------------------------------------- Improving quantization... Finished in 0 seconds. ---------------------------------------- Encoding light grid... Entire light compile finished in 38 seconds . . ########################################### CONNECTING PATHS ########################################### . . . . ########################################### DONE ########################################### . . Press any key to continue . . . Quote: Fastfile 1 of 2, "mp_please_work": [ver. 5] process... R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. R_FindColorCorrectionData: failed to find color correction entry 'ambush'. Usin g 'default' instead. ERROR: Could not open 'vision/mp_please_work.vision' ERROR: failed loading 'vision/mp_please_work.vision' of type 'rawfile' ERROR: Couldn't find material 'compass_map_mp_please_work' ERROR: failed loading 'compass_map_mp_please_work' of type 'material' ERROR: Could not open 'maps/mp/mp_please_work_fx.gsc' ERROR: failed loading 'maps/mp/mp_please_work_fx.gsc' of type 'rawfile' ERROR: Could not open 'maps/createfx/mp_please_work_fx.gsc' ERROR: failed loading 'maps/createfx/mp_please_work_fx.gsc' of type 'rawfile' link...compress...save...done. Fastfile 2 of 2, "mp_please_work_load": [ver. 5] process... WARNING: Could not find 'maps/mp_please_work.csv'. link...compress...save...done. Press any key to continue . . . Now I can still play my map, but there is still no image for the minimap. Just a checkerboard.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 07:57 am
.GDT files go in the source_data folder - not the texture_assets folder. Your .DDS or .TGA file to make the minimap goes in the images folder - not in the texture_assets folder as it isnt a texture. ------ A note on a couple of common mistakes when making and testing minimaps and loadscreens: 1. When you've successfully made your minimap, make sure the materials file is added to your zone CSV file 2. When your ready to test your minimap ingame, make sure the IWI file is added to your IWD file. A common mistake here is that people dont make the IWD file correctly. They rename the .ZIP file to .iwd without actually changing the .ZIP extension. Make sure you have "show extensions for common files" checked in your folder options, so that you are changing the file extension itself. The easiest way to make an IWD file for your map is to get a custom map from another mapper and grab its IWD file. Empty it of all IWI files in the images folder, put your own in it, and then rename the IWD file to your own. 3. When everything is done DONT test you map with the map's fastfiles in the zone folder. Custom maps go in the usermaps folder - not the zone folder. If you try and use the zone folder, the game wont read your IWD file.
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18Rabbit

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 08:10 am
Sounds like you have some things jumbled up. I was there too, minimaps and loadscreens are real buggers til you get one to work. I don't have a file in texture assets called mp_test. Is this possibly your compass image? You will have to remove any duplicates that you have, I would use asset manager to delete any duplicate that is NOT a stock file. Then search your cod4 folder for the duplicates that are NOT stock files and delete them. This part is frustrating and a hassle. Be patient and don't do anything rash. Do you have a file in your source_data called mp_please_work.gdt? If not create one, open asset manager, click file, click new, select level, click new entry, name it mp_please_work, don't worry about entering anything on the right side yet, click save, name it mp_mymap. Now you should have mp_please_work.gdt in your source_data folder. In asset manager, open mp_mymap, select material, click new entry, you should be able to use the compass tut from this point. Of course you need the minimap corners and a screenshot yadda yadda yadda. Your compass/minimap and loadscreen will both be materials inside your mp_please_work.gdt. gl let's us know how you make out. You might also try naming your map to mp_work_now_or_else!
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 02:10 am
DemonSeed writes... Quote: .GDT files go in the source_data folder - not the texture_assets folder. Your .DDS or .TGA file to make the minimap goes in the images folder - not in the texture_assets folder as it isnt a texture. ------ A note on a couple of common mistakes when making and testing minimaps and loadscreens: 1. When you've successfully made your minimap, make sure the materials file is added to your zone CSV file 2. When your ready to test your minimap ingame, make sure the IWI file is added to your IWD file. A common mistake here is that people dont make the IWD file correctly. They rename the .ZIP file to .iwd without actually changing the .ZIP extension. Make sure you have "show extensions for common files" checked in your folder options, so that you are changing the file extension itself. The easiest way to make an IWD file for your map is to get a custom map from another mapper and grab its IWD file. Empty it of all IWI files in the images folder, put your own in it, and then rename the IWD file to your own. 3. When everything is done DONT test you map with the map's fastfiles in the zone folder. Custom maps go in the usermaps folder - not the zone folder. If you try and use the zone folder, the game wont read your IWD file. I have my image in texture_assets and in raw/images. I added it to the CSV already. Do I have to have an IWD or can I just use the IWI if I don't have a load screen and I'm not distributing it yet... I will make an IWD when I distribute it but I'm not there yet. BUTTTTTT.............. It was in my zone file... I will try that.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 02:20 am
18Rabbit writes... Quote: Sounds like you have some things jumbled up. I was there too, minimaps and loadscreens are real buggers til you get one to work. I don't have a file in texture assets called mp_test. Is this possibly your compass image? You will have to remove any duplicates that you have, I would use asset manager to delete any duplicate that is NOT a stock file. Then search your cod4 folder for the duplicates that are NOT stock files and delete them. This part is frustrating and a hassle. Be patient and don't do anything rash. Do you have a file in your source_data called mp_please_work.gdt? If not create one, open asset manager, click file, click new, select level, click new entry, name it mp_please_work, don't worry about entering anything on the right side yet, click save, name it mp_mymap. Now you should have mp_please_work.gdt in your source_data folder. In asset manager, open mp_mymap, select material, click new entry, you should be able to use the compass tut from this point. Of course you need the minimap corners and a screenshot yadda yadda yadda. Your compass/minimap and loadscreen will both be materials inside your mp_please_work.gdt. gl let's us know how you make out. You might also try naming your map to mp_work_now_or_else! Yeah I don't know why at all why mp_test is in my error message... I have never used it in making my minimap. I did remove it with Asset Manager (duplicates) but what are stock files? The tutorials I read told me to put compass_map_mp_please_work.gdt in texture_assets. I didn't get that but I just did what they said. I will try and I like the new name, will be sure to try it for my next map =)
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 05:49 am
Stock files are the ones that come with the tools. You shot your compass screenshot with minimap corners and the way the tut said to? If you put this: + set r_fullscreen 1 + set scr_game_playerwaittime 0 + set fs_game Mods/customMaps + set scr_game_spectatetype 2 in your text box on the bottom left side and select all of the checkboxes. Put your .iwd in COD4/mods/custommaps. add material,compass_map_mp_mymap to your zone file that should do the trick.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 04:27 pm
18Rabbit writes... Quote: Stock files are the ones that come with the tools. You shot your compass screenshot with minimap corners and the way the tut said to? If you put this: + set r_fullscreen 1 + set scr_game_playerwaittime 0 + set fs_game Mods/customMaps + set scr_game_spectatetype 2 in your text box on the bottom left side and select all of the checkboxes. Put your .iwd in COD4/mods/custommaps. add material,compass_map_mp_mymap to your zone file that should do the trick. Ok, the zone file was already updated, I already did that. I got the screenshot to work and it is a 512x512TGA picture now. But the IWD is just a zip file that is named mp_please_work and has images\compass_map_mp_please_work.iwi in it, right? Because some tuts said use WINRAR and the others said don't use WINRAR... and OK, stock files are the ones like levels.gdt. Got it. edited on Jun. 17, 2010 12:30 pm by ryry013
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 05:31 am
Essentially yes. I use WinRar and haven't had any problems. After you have highlighted your folder(s) for the .iwd, right clicked and selected 'add to archive', tick the ZIP dot. then replace .zip with .iwd. In front of .iwd goes your map name. Then click okay.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 06:29 am
The simpilest way to make an IWD file for your map is to get one someone else has made for their map and rename it.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Monday, Jun. 21, 2010 06:32 pm
Ok, sorry I've been gone, but anyway... I don't get what I'm doing wrong... here is EVERYTHING I did... (and btw, I found out the error message that pops up while loading my map but I could never see because of full screen said "Could not load image 'compass_map_mp_square'") 1)Script Origins with targetname minimap_corner in top left and bottom right, just below the ground 2)Compile, Fast files... 3)Open CoD4 with Cheats, Developer, and Developer script enabled 4)Type in console /set scr_minimap_height 10000 5)Type in console /exec minimap 6)Make sure lines are straight 7)Press "Prnt Scrn" button to take screenshot 8)Open Microsoft Paint 9)Paste screenshot into Microsoft paint 10)Resize it to 512x512 11)Save as JPEG 12)Open Adobe Photoshop 13)Resave JPEG screenshot already cropped to 512x512 just inside the white lines to 24bit Targa (TGA) as compass_map_mp_square (I made a new map just for this compass to try it out but it isn't working still) 14)Put the TGA into raw\materials and texture_assets and raw\images, just to be safe... because the error message says "Can't load image 'compass_map_mp_square'" 15)Open asset manager 16)Save as mp_square.gdt 17)Go to the materials section of the big list 18)Click new entry 19)Change "materialtype" from "worldphong" to "2d" 20)Change surface type from Error To None 21)Point color map to CoD4\raw\materials\compass_map_mp_square.tga 22)Change tileboth to notile 23)Change mip standard 2x bilinear to Nomip Bilinear 24)Check nopicmic 25)Save 26)Go to level 27)New entry 28)name it mp_square 29)Leave It alone 30)Save 31)Convert Current asset only (I forgot some steps and I don't want to renumber all the ones after them so I'm making decimal steps) 31.1)Add mapsmp_compass::setupMiniMap("compass_map_mp_square") to raw\maps\mp\mp_square.gsc 31.2)Add material,compass_map_mp_square and rawfile,minimap.cfg to my CSV Zone file 32)Make a .rar file named mp_square.iwd with path mp_square.iwd\images\compass_map_mp_square.iwi 33)Put .IWD into Usermaps\mp_square along with mp_square.ff and mp_square_load.ff 34)Also copy it into custommaps mod without .ff files 35)Take .ff files out of zone\english onto desktop just in case the game uses them instead of files from usermaps for some reason 36)Open CoD4 normally, don't use "Run Selected Map" 37)Open Mod "custommaps" 38)Start New Server 39)It will freeze with error message 1/4 of the way through loading =(
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