Map Request

wizard8873 · Post by **wizard8873** » 21 Jan 2006, 02:51

I have a request to make a map of Europe. I started to make the map but photoshop messed up on me and now i have to find the cd to install it again

. I did however finish a heightmap, a metal map, and a feature map. Since this was the first time i was making a map, they might not be so great but you can change them and touch them up. I wasnt sure on the size limit of map in TASpring so I started to make the map a 64X48 or somewhere around there i believe. I know this is a huge map but i love having huge battles, i hate crowded maps. i wasn't too sure on how to exactly make the feature map so all of the things(trees, grass, and vents) are on one layer. I also didn't know how to create start positions so those arent included yet. Is there anyone who would be interested in doing this? It would be greatly appreciated.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 21 Jan 2006, 08:19

Europe's landscape is a little larger then we traditionally shoot for with TAS mapping scales... I guess once someone did egypt... so it isn't unheard of, but I've always though of the scale of a map to be about 20 or so acres, not a full continent large.

wizard8873 · Post by **wizard8873** » 21 Jan 2006, 09:55

ya, i know its larger than what i even made but i think it would even make for a cool map as the size it is. to have it to actual scale i think we would have to wait until supreme commander. Me and a friend just came up with the idea to have it because you can have land, air and sea play a major part in the entire map. its kinda balanced out. heres an image of the heightmap, at least as far as i got with it

its just a small screen shot but its 4096 X 3072

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 21 Jan 2006, 14:57

Caydr got some pre made height maps off a nasa site somewhere for his world map, perhaps they also have high-rez height maps of europe? Its worth a try, and will save you alot of work

Xcrist · Post by **Xcrist** » 21 Jan 2006, 15:25

64X48? thats a 64000 x 48000 pixel map. the bmp file of a map that big would be 2,5 gigs or so. can u handle such files?

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 21 Jan 2006, 16:43

A 64x48 map would have a 32768 by 24576 sized texture. Which, if I remember my maths correctly, would make a (32768 pixels * 24576 pixels) * 3 bytes per pixel = 2,415,919,104 bytes = 2.25 GB .bmp file. Good luck.

Xcrist · Post by **Xcrist** » 21 Jan 2006, 17:58

yeah sorry i forgot 1024x1024 = 2x2 in game (not 1x1)

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 22 Jan 2006, 08:03

You're better off doing smaller areas to a greater degree of accuracy.

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