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DerTo
6 Jul 2007, 19:16
How can i import big maps that i've made by myself? It always says, the'd be too large when i put them into the import folder...
Cheese
6 Jul 2007, 19:32
Put the maps in your SavedLevels folder and select them by using the drop-down menu in the map editor.
bonz
6 Jul 2007, 19:58
Indeed.
Big maps (as any PNG maps actually) are supported, not imported.
franpa
7 Jul 2007, 03:28
yes, but if you dont know how to convert your big maps... it would just be heaps easier if big maps were able to be imported, most likely this will be added in a future version.
DerTo
7 Jul 2007, 16:42
In which filetype do i have to save the maps in the savedlevels folder?
shall i save it in png or something else? (maybe bmp)

When i put the map in png in my saved levels folder, it says error opening map file...


...what do i have to do when i have a bmp-picture 300x30000 and i want to play it in wa??
Muzer
7 Jul 2007, 19:26
png.


Did you save it in paint? The image has to be palleted and 112? colours.
DerTo
8 Jul 2007, 12:56
How can i say to paint: " i want this picture with 122 colours"?? :p
franpa
8 Jul 2007, 13:22
you can't.
robowurmz
8 Jul 2007, 13:29
Download Irfanview and then you can set the colour depth to whatever number you want, and save as a PNG.
bonz
8 Jul 2007, 22:44
I'd suggest you read the readme file again.
The height and width of an oversized maps must be divisible by 8 without a remainder.
(X mod 8 = 0 and Y mod 8 = 0)
300 / 8 = 37,5 though. Change it to 304.

The simplest way to get a map with a proper colour palette is to put the BMP file into the import folder, import it and then re-save it in the map editor.
Or use an existing, working map, erase everything and build your own on top of it. (In a proper image editing program though.)
SilPho
8 Jul 2007, 23:47
I thought importing wouldn't work with abnormal map sizes
Lex
9 Jul 2007, 04:06
All the colour map specifications are here, in the Worms Knowledge Base: http://worms2d.info/Colour_map.
DerTo
9 Jul 2007, 13:41
I thought importing wouldn't work with abnormal map sizes

Right, importing does only work at maps with "normal" size...

For the next update: it would be much easier if you could import any size of maps...
GoDxWyvern
9 Jul 2007, 13:58
Just out of personal curiosity, I've always wondered why people are actually using the Import function. I have never used it before and never felt the need to, in fact it seems completely dispensable to me. What advantages does it have over the map editor and its capability to load .png and .bit files?
Muzer
9 Jul 2007, 17:25
Answer, before one of the updates, WA was never able to use pngs in savedlevels. All colour maps used to have to be imported. Now, it's just kept there ofr consistency, so people don't go "OMG WERE DID DART BOOTON GO?!?!?!?!"

If you mean why are these people using it, because it's simpler than getting a palletted PNG witht he right dimensions, if you only have paint.
DerTo
9 Jul 2007, 18:40
Download Irfanview and then you can set the colour depth to whatever number you want, and save as a PNG.

Ok... I downloaded Ifranview and I changed the colour depth to 112. The map is 700x10.000. Now Worms sais: "Invalid Map Dimensions. Must be divisible by 8x8."
What means it, what do i have to change on the map size?

EDIT: It goes... thank you^^

EDIT... NEW PROBLEM:
The black isnt transparent anymore... my worm can stand on it...???
What do i have to change at this window: http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9597/transparenzcp8.jpg ...?
GoDxWyvern
9 Jul 2007, 18:59
EDIT... NEW PROBLEM:
The black isnt transparent anymore... my worm can stand on it...???
That's a "bug" in IrfanView, if you will. Its reduction algorithm changes RGB(0,0,0) (true black) to RGB(3,3,3). One way to solve the problem is to open that map in Paint and to re-fill everything that's supposed to be black with the black colour you can find in Paint's standard palette.
DerTo
9 Jul 2007, 19:11
That's a "bug" in IrfanView, if you will. Its reduction algorithm changes RGB(0,0,0) (true black) to RGB(3,3,3). One way to solve the problem is to open that map in Paint and to re-fill everything that's supposed to be black with the black colour you can find in Paint's standard palette.

Now it sais again "Error opening map file" :eek:
SilPho
9 Jul 2007, 20:03
Paint might have fiddled with the palette again, try repeating the process.

If you like, a free Paint Shop Pro version is available here.
http://merri.net/psp/
Although that's version 4, I use version 7 and I think the latest is essentiall version 11. Alternatively try the gimp.
bonz
10 Jul 2007, 00:25
Fix your colour palette problems with this:
http://www.getpaint.net

Free & better than MS Paint.
Lex
10 Jul 2007, 04:56
Just out of personal curiosity, I've always wondered why people are actually using the Import function. I have never used it before and never felt the need to, in fact it seems completely dispensable to me. What advantages does it have over the map editor and its capability to load .png and .bit files?Before BITMonkey was created (before any beta updates), the Import function was the only way to make .BIT files from external maps.

I agree that it is currently obsolete, but I still keep my maps in progress in the user\import\ directory, because that's where I have all my old ones.
redwraith
12 Jul 2007, 20:35
Fix your colour palette problems with this:
http://www.getpaint.net

Free & better than MS Paint.

This program is awesome! Extremely nice for a free tool.