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Thread: PWL / thumbnailImages complete guide!

fiur

Promising
Supreme Hero
Map Creator

posted November 15, 2007 04:18 PM

bonus applied.

Edited by fiur at 01:01, 16 Nov 2007.

PWL / thumbnailImages complete guide! (H5 TotE)

maybe you already know how to do this but anyway here is an coplete guide for both issues....:
(Picture when loading and those small thumbnailImages when you select a map to play)

PS!... first a link to a "doc" file (it contains the same but with the correct space in the lines!!
PWL_doc

PWL: (Picture when loading)

file:
“name”.(Texture).xdb)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Texture>
<DestName href="name.dds"/>
<Type>REGULAR</Type>
<ConversionType>CONVERT_TRANSPARENT</ConversionType>
<AddrType>CLAMP</AddrType>
<Format>TF_DXT1</Format>
<Width>1024</Width>
<Height>1024</Height>
<MappingSize>0</MappingSize>
<NMips>1</NMips>
<Gain>0</Gain>
<AverageColor>0</AverageColor>
<InstantLoad>true</InstantLoad>
<IsDXT>false</IsDXT>
<FlipY>false</FlipY>
<StandardExport>true</StandardExport>
<UseS3TC>false</UseS3TC>
</Texture>

file:

“name”.xdb

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Texture>
<SrcName href=""/>
<DestName href=""/>
<Type>REGULAR</Type>
<ConversionType>CONVERT_ORDINARY</ConversionType>
<AddrType>CLAMP</AddrType>
<Format>TF_DXT1</Format>
<Width>1024</Width>
<Height>1024</Height>
<MappingSize>0</MappingSize>
<NMips>0</NMips>
<Gain>0</Gain>
<AverageColor>0</AverageColor>
<InstantLoad>false</InstantLoad>
<IsDXT>false</IsDXT>
<FlipY>false</FlipY>
<StandardExport>true</StandardExport>
<UseS3TC>false</UseS3TC>
</Texture>

(“name” can be any name but they need to be the same for both files)

file:

map.xdb

look for this line or add:

<PWLPicture href="name.(Texture).xdb#xpointer(/Texture)"/>

(if the line is missing you need to extract the file from the *.h5m file and add the put it back inside)

and then the format of your dds file:

file format for your dds file (the picture you wanna show when the map is loading:

first make an "blank picture" size: 1024*1024 colour: black
then fill in your picture (the one you wanna use: size 1024*766) fill in from the top....
when you save the picture choose:
DTX1 RGB (No Alpha) MIP Map Generation? Choose No MIP maps (and 2D Texture)
the file should be approximately 513kb.....

Remember to open you "map".h5m file with rar or zip and put your dds inside.....

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And then the thumbnailImages (the small images who shows up on the left side on the map selection screen)

file:

map-tag.xdb

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AdvMapDescTag>
<AdvMapDesc href="map.xdb#xpointer(/AdvMapDesc)"/>
<NameFileRef href="name.txt"/>
<DescriptionFileRef href="description.txt"/>
<TileX>136</TileX>
<TileY>136</TileY>
<MapGoal href="MapGoalText.txt"/>
<CustomMapGoal>false</CustomMapGoal>
<teams>
<Item>1</Item>
<Item>1</Item>
</teams>
<thumbnailImages>
<Item href="pic1.xdb#xpointer(/Texture)"/> </thumbnailImages>
<HasUnderground>true</HasUnderground>
<RandomMap>false</RandomMap>
<CustomGameMap>true</CustomGameMap>
<Version>3</Version>
</AdvMapDescTag>

file:

pic1.(Texture).xdb

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Texture>
<SrcName href=""/>
<DestName href=""/>
<Type>REGULAR</Type>
<ConversionType>CONVERT_ORDINARY</ConversionType>
<AddrType>CLAMP</AddrType>
<Format>TF_DXT1</Format>
<Width>0</Width>
<Height>0</Height>
<MappingSize>0</MappingSize>
<NMips>0</NMips>
<Gain>0</Gain>
<AverageColor>0</AverageColor>
<InstantLoad>false</InstantLoad>
<IsDXT>false</IsDXT>
<FlipY>false</FlipY>
<StandardExport>true</StandardExport>
<UseS3TC>false</UseS3TC>
</Texture>

file:

pic1.xdb

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Texture>
<SrcName href=""/>
<DestName href="pic1.dds"/>
<Type>TEXTURE_2D</Type>
<ConversionType>CONVERT_TRANSPARENT</ConversionType>
<AddrType>CLAMP</AddrType>
<Format>TF_8888</Format>
<Width>240</Width>
<Height>180</Height>
<MappingSize>0</MappingSize>
<NMips>1</NMips>
<Gain>0</Gain>
<AverageColor>0</AverageColor>
<InstantLoad>true</InstantLoad>
<IsDXT>false</IsDXT>
<FlipY>false</FlipY>
<StandardExport>true</StandardExport>
<UseS3TC>false</UseS3TC>
</Texture>

and in the file:

map.xdb look for or add:

<thumbnailImages>
<Item href="pic1.xdb#xpointer(/Texture)"/>
</thumbnailImages>

(if the line/lines are missing you need to extract the file from the *.h5m file and add the put it back inside)

(you can add as many pictures you like (atleast 10... but you need to make an *.(Texture).xdb, *.xdb for each picture....)

file format for the pictures:
size: 240*180
dds format:
8:8:8:8 ARGB (32 bit)

size approximately 225kB

good luck everyone!!!

(I'll post my new map shortly (on the ToH forum you may take a look into the file if you need further information...)
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sfidanza

Promising
Supreme Hero

posted November 28, 2007 04:34 PM

I added your guide to the modding wiki:
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/heroes5/modding_wiki/mapmaking:add_pwl_and_thumbnails
In particular, it allows to post xml code with syntax highlighting, which is really nicer.

Feel free to edit it.

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Mesciurius

Tavern Dweller
Arcane Apprentice

posted December 06, 2007 03:39 PM

Thanks! It really helped!

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Seiat

Hired Hero

posted December 04, 2009 10:01 PM

I know this is a very old topic, but I don't understand this... Am I supposed to change something in the red-hightlighted scripts? And how do I create these images with all these different file types?

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