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ChalkEagle - Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:44 pm
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Ive checked on ssdownloads.com and over this board and havnt had much luck with what I'm looking for..unless i missed something. I am hoping there is a program out there that does this anyway. I need a program to convert an entire map to an image file. FACTS is not what I am looking for, it gives me essentially a "map" view of it. I need the whole 16384x16384 deal.

Why do I need this? I plan on using photoshop once I have the image and overlaying images over appropriate tiles...painting a picture over them more like it. Then discecting it and putting it in chunks into a LVZ. This is why I dont really want to do it with PrintScreen or screenshots from SSME, because if the pixels are off it will be reflected in the map.

I realize the size of the file would be astronomical, assuming its bmp.

If anyone has any info which could enlighten me, it would be greatly appreciated.

-Chalk Eagle

Dr Brain - Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:21 pm
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256 megs, if bmp.

Yes, you're probably best off writing your very own map->bmp converter.

Beware of the goal and flag tiles.

Bak - Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:45 pm
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. Then discecting it and putting it in chunks into a LVZ

Why not just get chunks of the map in the first place?

D1st0rt - Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:35 pm
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why don't you use CLIT?

ChalkEagle - Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:36 pm
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whoops, turns out FACTS does work, with Render Map. Although CLIT..very useful also. Thanks everyone

-Chalk Eagle

RAYfighter - Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:38 am
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ChalkEagle wrote:

I need a program to convert an entire map to an image file. FACTS is not what I am looking for, it gives me essentially a "map" view of it. I need the whole 16384x16384 deal.
-Chalk Eagle

I resize the "map" view from FACTS 16 times in photoshop, and to avoid the resampling (and smoothing), I convert it to Index color before resizing.

BTW, you could have simply asked me on chat Chalk, hey there

BTW2: is there any uber chat channel with gentlemen like MineGoBOOM, SuSE, Mr.Ekted, Bak, 2dragons,... on? So I can have my little dream to be invited there some happy day.

Mr Ekted - Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:43 am
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There will never be a chat with me and SuSE.

RAYfighter - Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:48 am
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Oh sorry I forgot that you don't play this silly 2D shooter game

SuSE - Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:56 am
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RAYfighter wrote:

I resize the "map" view from FACTS 16 times in photoshop, and to avoid the resampling (and smoothing), I convert it to Index color before resizing.

If you're using Photoshop, in the Image Size box, there's a dropdown for Resample: iirc, just use nearest neighbor instead of bicubic.

Mr Ekted wrote:

There will never be a chat with me and SuSE.

mmm, I don't even use this nick anymore

RAYfighter - Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:03 am
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SuSE wrote:

If you're using Photoshop, in the Image Size box, there's a dropdown for Resample: iirc, just use nearest neighbor instead of bicubic.

Ok I admit that I just got officially schooled... LOL
Yeah of course, nearest neighbour, just as the name implies... sigh me, and I'm using these tools for a job!

Mr Ekted - Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:34 am
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RAYfighter wrote:

Oh sorry I forgot that you don't play this silly 2D shooter game

Huh? I play PB all the time.

Bak - Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:08 pm
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yes we all have a secret chat

RAYfighter - Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:29 am
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Mr Ekted wrote:

Huh? I play PB all the time.

Bak wrote:

yes we all have a secret chat

I will take it as a "no" for now.