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06-15-2006, 05:39 PM#1
HomerTheDragoon
So ive been working on this gigantic RPG, and i have about 70% of the terrain done and i go and try to test it with a friend and it says map file size to large. I have managed to play it by using vexorians map optimizer, but i was wondering if there was somthing else i could do to reduce the size. Thanks
06-15-2006, 05:42 PM#2
Thunder_Eye
Heavy Locked combined with Vex Optimizer
06-15-2006, 05:45 PM#3
blu_da_noob
Doesn't Vex Optimizer make Locker redundant?

Depending on what your imports are, you could use a graphics program to reduce the size of imported textures (can be done with http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=83092) and squish your model files (http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=83416).
06-15-2006, 05:51 PM#4
HomerTheDragoon
i hardly have any imports in. I think its because my map size is 480 x 480 and I have a crap load of doodads. :( o well i guess its time to shrink my map. unless som1 has an idea.
06-16-2006, 09:16 PM#5
Darkfox2002
Battlenet there are no map size limits on battle net or atlest I think becuase some maps I have are to big for lan but can be hosted on bnet.
06-16-2006, 09:43 PM#6
blu_da_noob
There is a max size of 4MB applied to maps for playing on BNet (not 100% sure about if this also applies to a LAN).
06-17-2006, 12:00 AM#7
shadow1500
There is a limit of 4MB on both BNET and LAN.
Some models/skins can take a lot of space, open the import manager and make sure you dont have large models, also make sure to check size of sounds/music (if you have any).
06-17-2006, 12:58 AM#8
st33m
If you have tons of doodads, get rid of a lot of them.
06-17-2006, 01:38 AM#9
Vexorian
Heavylocker's minimap optimization is pretty good. I wanted to add it to the optimizer but I am not good at handling blps
06-17-2006, 10:21 AM#10
Freakazoid
Quote:
Originally Posted by st33m
If you have tons of doodads, get rid of a lot of them.

Doodads don't increese the size, drastictly.
06-18-2006, 01:04 AM#11
Thunder_Eye
Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunder_Eye
Heavy Locked combined with Vex Optimizer
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vexorian
Heavylocker's minimap optimization is pretty good. I wanted to add it to the optimizer but I am not good at handling blps