~ Minas's little Map Tutorial ~ (without Photoshop)

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~ Minas's little Map Tutorial ~ (without Photoshop)​

Welcome Strangers, Vagabonds or simply Members of kayssplace to my Map Tutorial.
First, i'm sorry about, my bad english but i'm a crazy german, and germans are not known as briliant english speakers :p

Second, you need this tools:

XnView or IrfanView ( a 8bf Plugin Programm - all freeware) - i use XnView : http://www.xnview.com/en/download.html

XnView is also for Linux and Mac OS and you can create *.raw images!

Lndromat v0.99: http://www.bwfiles.com/files/file.php?id=1116
BWSurveyor RC2: http://www.bwfiles.com/files/file.php?id=337

The 8bf Plugins in the attachment!

Now we can start:

Create with your favorite paint programm your Landscape (with 256*256 px) but without a background and save it as *.png !!!

Create in the Xnview directory a "8bf" Folder and copy the attachment (8bf files). Open XnView and link the folder in the options:


Now open your *png Landscape and go to "Filter -> Adobe Photoshop Plugins" or Ctrl + G
Make your preferences with "Grain Natural" (its for the bunp map)



Save the the image again as *png and open it with your paint program and set a 512*512 px black background.
To the end you can save the finish landscape with Xnview and save the file as *.raw



Open lndromat 0.99 an search for the *.raw image. Now the Program want a *.dds file use this in my attachment.
The Program ask you, if you want copy texture files (tga) from a other lnd file, apply this and choose a lnd file (like Land1-5 or LandT or Oasis and Oasis II :p). If you don't want this, decline it and import your own tga files.

Save your new lnd file. You are finish with creating land file.

The last Step:
Unfortunately the HighRes images are very confused if you now playing this map ingame, therefore the only think you must do, is open the map with BWSurveyor and save it again.



You are now finish, and have created your own map, congratulation!

For scripting read this files:
Black& White Mapping List v1.04: http://www.bwfiles.com/files/file.php?id=218
Creature Isle Mapping List v1.00: http://www.bwfiles.com/files/file.php?id=217


The 8bf Plugins:
http://www.file-upload.net/download-3430925/Mehdi.zip.html
 
Hi Minas (and community), I'm trying to make B&W landscapes for more than 4 years. Your guide is simple wonderful, thanks.

I only have a difficult to use this proceedings with irfanview. Can you give me a assistence with this program?

I'm trying here!
 
Go to the website: http://www.irfanview.de/

Download the Programm and the plugin Software. Open a Image (your png landscape) and go to: Image -> Effects -> Adobe 8bf Filters

Click "Add 8bf Filters" and search the "Mehdi" FOlder. Mark the "Grain Natural" Filter and Click "Start selected filter".

Now choose your preferences and save the image again as .png

Open your favorite graphical programm and set a 512x512 background.

Last open it with IrfanView and save the image as .raw

Hope that was helpful!
 
Minas said:
Hope that was helpful!
Click to expand...

Absolutely, this worked very well after i downloaded the updates of Infarview!  :cheers2
A good day of attempts and learnings.

Results of the work:

"Niluz's Arquipelago"






The next step is to solve a problem with ground. My creature cant walk, even if I give the command to go. I'm not sure what i need to do, but I intend to solve the problem tomorrow.


Tanks Minas
 
Nice tutorial!

Once my Black and white comes in the mail I will be sure to use this  :D
 
I cant complete this tut....something is missing or I dont know how to make it Bump Bump :sorry :sorry
 
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