Pathing Maps

08-26-2005, 04:16 PM	#1
Tim.	Below is an image, it is what I want the Pathing Map to be for a model I have. I'm sure this wont work, size and most likely other reasons. What exactly do I need to do to this image to make it the Pathing Map of a model in my game? What other specifications are there for Pathings Maps other than .TGA and the Colors?

08-26-2005, 05:41 PM	#2
Thunder_Eye	Just so you know each 1x1 pixel (or was it 2x2?) Is one square big as an barrel. So I dont think you can make that detailed pathings without making them huge.

08-26-2005, 06:34 PM	#3
Tim.	Thats what I thought. Hense why I asked. Any idea on how I could take this size and shrink it to the right size without having to draw each and every square? (Just shrinking it would be a little inaccurate I would think. Also, is there a way to render a Pathing Map maybe? Perhaps with 3dsMax?

08-26-2005, 08:11 PM	#4
Thunder_Eye	Well Ive tried to make some pathing maps and It worked pretty good. I just imported the ones existing, converted to .tga, Opened in Photoshop,learned how they worked, and made my one.

08-26-2005, 09:04 PM	#5
Tim.	Yes, making one from scratch is very easy. The issue is with a model this detailed the map will need to be very large and very detailed. Drawing pixel by pixel would require a lot of time and accuracy.

08-27-2005, 12:24 AM	#6
Thunder_Eye	Well you could always zoom in.

08-27-2005, 09:51 AM	#7
Tim.	Of course. However its a little trickey drawing a 256x256 image pixel by pixel . I'm going to try placing the model in-game and giving it 50% visability, then display the grid in the WE. That way I can just fill in anything that is on the grid and make everything else Pink.

08-27-2005, 01:08 PM	#8
Thunder_Eye	Well you said you wanted to use the image you posted? Why not just make it smaller/bigger?

08-27-2005, 02:33 PM	#9
Tim.	The issue is that when you do that, the pixel count wont be right. So I remade the image using the Grid from the WE and then shrunk it to 4 pixels per grid space. The issue is the image has a length of 560. I doubt that will work in game...

08-27-2005, 11:19 PM	#10
Tim.	Dont mind the double post, just a bump. Okay so, after a lot of time and effort, I got it perfect. It is shown below. The issue now is that the TGA comes out as 560k. Thats a little big, is it possible to lower that file size?

08-28-2005, 11:13 AM	#11
Thunder_Eye	Convert it into an .blp That help atleast some.

08-28-2005, 12:32 PM	#12
Tim.	Pathing Maps are only TGA format.

08-28-2005, 02:19 PM	#13
Thunder_Eye	Are you sure? I think I made mine in blp, not sure though