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Old October 13, 2002, 13:59   #1
Stefan Härtel
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Help needed with mapedit tools
I need some help with using those fancy map editting tools (bmp2mp, MapEdit, you know). I simply proved too stupid to use them.
Attached is an extract from Harlan's Greater Europe map that came with one of those tools, out of which I would like to make a map for a scenario. Don't pay any attention to the terrain, I will change that once I have a decent map.
Now, how the hell am I going to make a Civ2 map out of it (assumed I got the color palette and all that right -which I don't, assistance needed here as well)?
Now, I don't want any fancy explanations; No technical terms; I don't want no oversized gigamegasupermap, I want a simple Civ2 map that anyone can open and freely edit in the normal Civ2 map editor, for use as basis in a scenario.
FYI, I'm using Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE, Jorrit Vermeiren's MapEdit and GigantiByte's Bmp-2-map programme (version 1.21), Windows 2000, Windows Explorer and Civ2 FW.
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Old October 13, 2002, 15:22   #2
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1. Pick the desired map area. 10000 is the maximum, 9000 is large, 4000 is normal, and 2000 is small.

area = widthcurrent/x * 2*heightcurrent/x

2. Solve for x. I use trial and error myself, but it's not a difficult equation.

widthnew = widthcurrent/x
heightnew = 2*heightcurrent/x

3. Resize the graphic in Photoshop.

4. Launch MapEdit 2.0 and load the bmp.

5. Save as the Civ2 map.

6. This is all just a guess.
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