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09 Aug 10, 08:20PM
(This post was last modified: 09 Aug 10, 08:21PM by Salohcin.)
U thought I knew everything about mapmaking, but now im confused :D. When I type /savemap and type a name for my map, then i go away or something. When I look at the maplist, it says untitled map by unknown, how do I make it where it says the "mapname" by Salohcin?
I mean I thought i knew eveything lol
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/mapmsg "Replace the text here with whatever you want"
Be sure to have the text in the quote marks.
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or
do it the menu way
1. left click (only in edit map mode)
2. Map operation.. and
3. "Create/edit a map message
and type down your "tittle map msg by someone"
u can also use color text in mapmsg
link:
Read Wiki Color Text
ignore the Commend line "-o" its for server. dont put -o mapmsg
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Ok, and how do you add your screenshot to it, so you can see it at the maplist?
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packages/maps/preview/readme.txt
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Can't find it on the readme. lol. So how do you add the screenshot?
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u mean take a pic on Screen?
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09 Aug 10, 11:18PM
(This post was last modified: 09 Aug 10, 11:18PM by Gibstick.)
Take a screenshot, re-size it to about 200x150, then put it in /packages/maps/preview/. Name it the name of your map (for example, ac_werk.jpg). For best results take the screenshot with a low resolution so you don't have to scale as much and lose quality. The readme jamz is talking about can also be found
here.
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(09 Aug 10, 08:40PM)THESOUNDOFRAP Wrote: or
do it the menu way
1. left right click (only in edit map mode)
2. Map operation.. and
3. "Create/edit a map message
and type down your "tittle map msg by someone"
u can also use color text in mapmsg
link: Read Wiki Color Text
ignore the Commend line "-o" its for server. dont put -o mapmsg
Just changed a word ;)
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10 Aug 10, 03:59AM
(This post was last modified: 10 Aug 10, 03:59AM by Salohcin.)
ok, i took a pic, put it in /packages/maps, then i resized it to 200x150. Now what?
And I saved it as my map name.
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Now have fun playing it :)
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But it doesn't show the screenshot on the thing :( what do i do?
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F12 in-game to take a screenshot of your screen. Then in your AC files go to screenshots and it should be there.
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(10 Aug 10, 03:59AM)Salohcin Wrote: ok, i took a pic, put it in /packages/maps, then i resized it to 200x150. Now what?
And I saved it as my map name.
You don't save the picture in /packages/maps, you save it in /packages/maps/preview.
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Use the command "mapshot". ;-)
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10 Aug 10, 08:26AM
(This post was last modified: 10 Aug 10, 08:26AM by #M|A#Wolf.)
How do you know this stuff?!?!?!
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I know this because I made the preview for ac_werk :>
The only thing that isn't broken.
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Ok, I took a screenshot of my map, then I quit AC and went to the files. I clicked on screenshots and dragged my screenshot to packages/maps. Then I previewed the picture and resized it, then i saved it. When I go to my map, It still doesn't show the picture. Did I do something wrong?
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It must be a jpg and it must be in the packages/maps/previews folder.