C&C 3 KW World Builder's black image issue with saved maps

[kamyarnemati]

Hey guys,

I'd discovered the C&C 3 Kane's Wrath world builder a few weeks back, after playing this amazing game for almost 10 years. You can imagine how awesome it feels :)

I've been working on my first map recently for days. But when I save the map in order to check it's content in the game for the purpose of actual experience I realized that the map's image (the overall map picture with those red circles on it to place players' numbers) in the Skirmish page is almost black except for the seas which are in blue despite the fact that I have textured the entire map using different textures.

I have read the entire 93-page manual but didn't find any related notes on that.

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to tweak any settings in the world builder.
Am I missing anything?
I would appreciate if anyone could help.

Regards,
Kamyar

[Elite_Hanfxxx]

Just like you created the actual map, you have to create the minimap. Otherwise it is just black, as you have already seen it. How to create minimap is explained in this guide: https://www.gamereplays.org/kaneswrath/portals.php?show=page&name=kanes-wrath-tiberium-wars-world-builder-guide

[kamyarnemati]

Originally posted by Takatsuki Sen:

Just like you created the actual map, you have to create the minimap. Otherwise it is just black, as you have already seen it. How to create minimap is explained in this guide: https://www.gamereplays.org/kaneswrath/portals.php?show=page&name=kanes-wrath-tiberium-wars-world-builder-guide

Such an amazing tutorial. Thanks man!

[Unknown]

Visit: MiniMap [www.tksworld.de]

it's in german but you can Translate.!


Create a minimap

Your card will work without minimap, but then you have no overview card in the game. To create your outline map you need a graphics program! Change to bird's-eye view with "CTRL + F". First, you have to disable all ads under "View" for example: grid, Show Lables, Show Waypoints, Trigger Areas or Tiberiumfelderradius. "Show Map Bounaries" must be activated. Now you press your middle mouse button (mouse wheel) to center the map, then zoom out with the mouse wheel until you can see the complete orange edge marker (see here :). Now press the "Print" / "Print" button on your keyboard. Make sure the mouse pointer is not inside the map! Switch to your graphics program (here's a tutorial for GIMP) and add the image and cut everything out of the orange border, leaving only the inner (visible in game) area (see here :). Then you have to bring the image to a size of 256x256 pixels and mirror it vertically (see here:, It remains to be noted that it is horizontal in Corel Paint Shop Pro [thanks to CJAnti] - you have to mirror the image from top to bottom, whatever it is titled in your graphics program.). Now you can save it in your map folder as "TGA" (Targa bitmap).

The image must have the following name:
Assuming your card has the name "Kane" then you can find it under: "C: \ Documents and Settings \ YOUR WINDOWS NAME \ Application Data \ Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars \ Maps \ Kane" (if you can not find the folder look here) ,
In your folder is already a "TGA image" name "Kane.tga", your image you save now under the name "Kane_art.tga". So you always have to add "_art" to the name. Now you also have a minimap in the game. You can now re-enable the ads in the World Editor. Of course you have to replace "Kane" with your card name!