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Mongotorsk
12 Mar 2007, 15:21
Hello!
After I update my game I couldent find where I can import maps maded by for exampel "paint"
Where can I import maps?

evilworm2
12 Mar 2007, 15:41
Hello!
After I update my game I couldent find where I can import maps maded by for exampel "paint"
Where can I import maps?
http://www.nanacide.com/wahelp/playersguide-map.php

Mongotorsk
12 Mar 2007, 15:52
Yes I know!
The problem is when I have start worms!
I can't find where you change to an own map...

evilworm2
12 Mar 2007, 15:56
Yes I know!
The problem is when I have start worms!
I can't find where you change to an own map...
Uhm... reading?
"If you have a map that has been saved in one of the following formats: .BMP .TGA .JPE .JPEG or .JPG, then put it in "Worms Armageddon\User\Import" and use the in-game map editor to import it (using the floppy disk icon). The map can then be saved as a .PNG"
Forget paint. Download the Gimp (http://www.gimp.org) and save your maps in *.png format. You then can put these maps in user/SavedLevels/ in your worms folder.

Distrance
12 Mar 2007, 18:50
Maybe he doesnt know how to enter the leveleditor where you choose your own maps and such ;)

evilworm2
12 Mar 2007, 19:07
Maybe he doesnt know how to enter the leveleditor where you choose your own maps and such ;)
Reading the manual would help in this case. ;)

gage0501
12 Mar 2007, 21:11
Where is the level editor? :S
I lost my manual years ago

SilPho
12 Mar 2007, 22:34
Right click on the generated maps.

Mongotorsk
12 Mar 2007, 23:57
I could play own maps before I update teh game...
But after I update ther was some settings for colors there the "map editor" was before :S
THAT, is my problem!

bonz
12 Mar 2007, 23:58
I could play own maps before I update teh game...
But after I update ther was some settings for colors there the "map editor" was before :S
THAT, is my problem!
Just use the map editor on the game host screen.
Right click on the small map preview image.

franpa
13 Mar 2007, 06:07
Uhm... reading?
Forget paint. Download the Gimp (http://www.gimp.org) and save your maps in *.png format. You then can put these maps in user/SavedLevels/ in your worms folder.
er, where do i get the GIMP for windows? all i saw was source packages for linux etc.

Run
13 Mar 2007, 08:25
er, where do i get the GIMP for windows? all i saw was source packages for linux etc.
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1200/untitledvw8.png
Honestly http://www.nanacide.com/images/Emoticons/colbert.gif

Chip
14 Mar 2007, 13:32
I lost my manual years ago
I've had Worms Armageddon since the week it came out and I still have the manual :p although it is missing the front cover.

Mongotorsk
19 Mar 2007, 09:14
I know it now...
just klick with right buttom at the "mapspicture"...

bonz
19 Mar 2007, 12:05
I know it now...
just klick with right buttom at the "mapspicture"...
Guess what we were trying to tell you in our previous posts:
Right click on the generated maps.
Just use the map editor on the game host screen.
Right click on the small map preview image.

franpa
26 Apr 2007, 23:07
ah, um evilworm2, how do i make a map that works in W:A with GIMP? i open for instance the "beef race.png" map, resave it as "beef race 2.png" and W:A reports an error upon trying to load the second file =\

Melon
26 Apr 2007, 23:10
You probably have too many colours.
Go to image, then mode, then indexed. Turn dithering to none, then choose 113 colours.
You'll need to double check that black comes out as pure black, otherwise you'll end up with a mole shoppa map.....

franpa
26 Apr 2007, 23:16
if i open a image that is already indexed etc. then that option under "image" is greyed out...
- so i have to open a image
- edit it as i like
- save it
- open it then index it then save it again?
edit: no, the option is still greyed out... how is the palette getting changed if i open a pre designed map?

Melon
26 Apr 2007, 23:23
You could turn it to rbg then index it again.
There is a way to see the actual palette used and change them individually, but I'm not sure how to do that... I'm still learning too.

franpa
26 Apr 2007, 23:32
this map works fine, yet if i open it in GIMP and make zero changes to it and save it as a *.png file then the end result will stop working.
does W:A support *.PNG files at a level 9 compression?

Melon
26 Apr 2007, 23:39
Here I turned it to rbg, then indexed it at 112 colours (just to be safe), then saved it as a .png, level 9 compression, all of the boxes unchecked.
Works fine.
Hang on, silly me. I can't just upload it here.
There. rar'd it now.
-Attachment removed-

franpa
26 Apr 2007, 23:41
AH HA ! i found out what i was doing wrong :) when you "save as" make sure it is a *.png or whatever but on the next screen untick everything.
thank you melon, without your above post i would not have found this on my own :)

Melon
26 Apr 2007, 23:42
Yeah. It can't have any extra information in the image as far as I know.
I guess I didn't need to upload it, but it's there if you want it.

franpa
26 Apr 2007, 23:45
yea, you can remove the attachment :)
is "tools" "colormap" the palette?

Melon
26 Apr 2007, 23:51
Dialogs --> Color map is the palette. And you can change them easily.
I guess I've learned something. We've both helped each other!

franpa
26 Apr 2007, 23:52
now lets make maps !

Melon
26 Apr 2007, 23:55
Yeah!!!
Oh wait sorry, I thought you said MAPP.
ROFL.

franpa
27 Apr 2007, 00:07
one last thing i can't work out, i can't write text on the image =\
i wish to add my tag to the map even tho it is only a colour change, I've been wanting to do this for a while now and could never get the text thing to work in photoshop or fireworks either, perhaps you could help with gimp?
i am the person that altered this map if you were wondering where it came from oO, it was done only a few months ago "Friday, February 02, 2007".
edit: i am making a rar of it.
edit 2: DAMN YOU 100k limit, and sorry but winrar was screwing around and so i split it 50k each part except the last part obviously, it was over by 3.2k

Melon
27 Apr 2007, 10:50
I can't extract them, because you've rar'd your part files, and so they can't extract properly, I suppose they part files can't find each other.
To add Text in GIMP, you click the text tool. Choose your colour, size, (you might want to turn antialiasing off and hinting on when doing an indexed worms map.)
Click on your screen, write what you want. WITHOUT closing the text box, go back and alter the size, etc. so it fits perfectly. Then you can close it. Use the arrow tool to drag it to where you want.
When you are happy with it, go to layers, and MERGE the text layer down with your original layer. Or flatten the image. Make sure you fit layer to image size if you've gone outside the image border.
Now index your image as usual.

franpa
28 Apr 2007, 03:51
download all 3 parts and place them together then extract part 1 which will in turn extract all 3 parts, or visit http://www.clanaf1.com/name/viewtopic.php?t=106 and download the second map.
i can;t get the text to NOT be black like the rest of the image... how do i resolve this issue?

Melon
28 Apr 2007, 10:38
The Text tool has a seperate colour picker.
You cannot change anything to do with the text you are wrting once you close the box that you write in when you use the tool. Remember that.
-EDIT- Except move it, but you can't resize it, change it's colour, etc.

franpa
29 Apr 2007, 00:26
i can not get text to work because text colour is based on a indexed colour and i don't know which indexed colour it is nor do i know how to change what indexed colour the font refers to thus it is stuck as black which is stupid =\
font works fine if i convert the image to RGB but then i lose the map because everything becomes solid. (the map consists of multiple black)
the font colour chooser only works in RGB mode =\

Melon
29 Apr 2007, 12:41
OK. Go to dialogs --> Colourmap to bring up your palette. Click on the + button under the palette to add a new colour to the palette, then double click it to change it to the colour you want it to be.
If you don't wish to ADD a new colour, just use one from the existing palette, just choose the one you want. I don't think you can add more colours after 255, so you may need to change an existing one in that case. (obviuosly worm maps don't support 255 colours, but you know what I mean).
Finally, make sure it is your foreground colour (click on it once to select it.) Click the text tool, and it should now by the default colour for writing the text in.
Hope that helps.

franpa
30 Apr 2007, 07:36
will check it out once my PC gets fixed... might be a week or more till it is tho.

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