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Topic: [TUTORIAL] How to create a MINIMAP for Multiplayer (FIX)

size12point5

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 01:08 am
Sevenz... I have photoshop elements and am not sure how to do what you are saying to do. Could you please post the steps. I'm getting the same 'could not load compass' error. I think it has to do with the way I'm saving the photoshop file. I'm currently saving it as 24 bit tga. My file size is not as big as you are saying it should be. Sorry to be so dumb. Thanks.

[OUTLAW]DrUmBuM

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 10:31 am
i had the same problem forever and no one gave me the correct answer. Its so messed up how everyone fails to mention (even in the tutorial) that once you make the minimap you cant test your own map cause you get that error. In a way its a good sign that you get that error. Make sure its the last thing you do along with the loadscreen cause you cant test your map anymore after you make them both.

size12point5

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 10:52 am
Fixed. I converted the tga to a dds with dds converter 2. Made sure to save my file with winrar as a zip instead of rar file (this could have been my biggest issue). Put the iwd file in the mod folder that I'm running the game with. Made sure not to have it in the usermaps folder (this gave me an issue). Start the game with the mod that I have the iwd in and it worked fine. Holy cow it's about time. Thanks for all the posts guys. What a help everyone here is. 12.5

Sevenz

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 11:37 am
Quote: I'm currently saving it as 24 bit tga ... I converted the tga to a dds with dds converter 2 i always exported directly to DDS using photoshop plugin by nvidia.

mattneed

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 12:22 am
DRUMBUM writes... Quote: Okay so i fixed that error, but now it isnt showing up in game. I went back to square one, everything went well up until the conversion, when i hit current asset only it gives me an error saying "GDT is read only cannot convert" It did not do this the first time i converted it but it is now. idk what im doing wrong i matched up all of the asset settings just like in the screen shot...Any ideas? Thanks! edited on Feb. 13, 2008 04:30 am by DRUMBUM ok so how did u fix it cuz now im getting it!!

jmeyer1980

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 10:34 am
ok well i have searched and found no fixes for me on this. Code: Expression: dx.device Module: C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin\CoD4Radiant.exe File: C:\trees\cod3-pc\cod3-modtools\cod3src\src\gfx_d3d\r_init.cpp Line: 2106 This error only started after attempting to create a minimap and i got that console error you talked about... except hiting enter, or escape, or clicking the exit... didnt bring me to anything... couldnt spawn or anything.... and now... i cant even open radiant. i updated my gfx drivers and dx before posting. no joy.

shivix

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 10:44 am
Hey! could someone send me a preview of a completed minimap? (jpeg format?) i would like to edit it so it looks like a cod4 minimap.. you know with the green lines and grey look i will also make a tut of it.. Quote: vw0ut3r AT hotmail DOT com or just post it here

Advyll

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 08:39 pm
Ok fast question.... I have everything done, and loaded correctly as far as I can tell. everything loaded into the .csv and .gsc. I go to "test" my map, and BANG!~ CoD4 crashes on load in... now; Is that normal as someone kinda mentioned? Or do i have something messed up. And If so, any ideas??? Thanks.

_Neo_

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Saturday, Mar. 1, 2008 10:16 am
Well thanks to Elim ive managed to get my minimap generated, its zipped up as an .iwd file with my loadscreen, added material,compass_map_mp_trainingcamp to my .csv yet it still wont show up in game i just get the error in console "Error: Could not load material,compass_map_mp_trainingcamp", i didnt use dds as i dont use photoshop, the loadscreen was converted from a tga and works fine, its just this little set back holding me back from releasing my very first map.

PoSSe

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Saturday, Mar. 1, 2008 11:42 am
jmeyer1980 I had posted about this somewhere in these forums. I can't find it. All I did was remove my csv files and had the tools "update zone files" that way I started with an all new csv fike. It could be whats in that line number, but it was fast and easy the way I did it. Just put the old csv files on your desktop and try it. Good luck.