my map size is big but the map is not that big

wcs rufus · Post by **wcs rufus** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:46 pm

my map size is big but the map is not that bigis there any way to make my map kb smaller

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:50 pm

are you saying the filesize of your map is too big?

wcs rufus · Post by **wcs rufus** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:12 pm

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:15 pm

when your all done, you can bundle all the necessary files into a .pk3 file, and then it will be compressed. a .pk3 file is basically a renamed .zip file.

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:18 pm

If you use custom textures, you can convert *.TGA files that dont use the alfa channel to *.JPG... that will save some space.

Serph · Post by **Serph** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:53 am

anyone know any good tuts for ps with scopes and alpha channels all the ones i find are for psp

wcs rufus · Post by **wcs rufus** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:23 pm

thx i know how to put them in to pk3 but i did not know it would make it smaller
thx a bunch

Serph · Post by **Serph** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:33 pm

whats your file size? if your using custom textures just change to .jpg for the ones that dont use alpha chanels...

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:43 pm

For paintshop just add a mask . When you choose mask->new you can choose how to make the mask such as chooseing any non zero value and then choose mask-> edit . Hide the color layer and invert the alpha layer so that the black areas of your image will be masked or just edit the alpha layer and when you are done use mask-> edit again to return you to the normal layer . Save as a 24 bit tga it will include the mask so it will really be a 32 bit .tga

Serph · Post by **Serph** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:46 pm

photoshop please not paint shop pro(aka gayness)

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:32 am

With photoshop you need to switch from layers to channels in the lower right of the screen. Then you can see the alpha channel.

The size of your BSP file depends on the face count of your map. If you have a lot of models, the count will be very high. So to make the file smaller, you have to delete some of the models. You can also reduce the face count by using caulk texture on all the faces the players will never see.

Common pk3 file sizes are around 2-3Mb for small maps, but they can go as high a 6-7Mb, if there are a lot of custom textures.

Serph · Post by **Serph** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:37 am

ty tltrude, for that, although ive gotten that far... Just wondering if you've seen a nice little tutorial on that kinda stuff?