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by socks » Thu May 17, 2007 9:52 pm
i have a mac and i need some help. I need a map maker
i have tryed inkscape and it dose not work(it sayes i must download x11 panther)
Then i tryed extra xtream?? (THAT SCREWED UP MY COMP!!!!)
and i suck with codes
acme link on that wiki page dose not open
javascript:emoticon(':?')
SO PLEASE IF ANY ONE KNOWS ANY GOOD MAPMAKER THINGS PLEASE POST!
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by ed » Fri May 18, 2007 9:24 am
Do you have access to Adobe Illustrator?
You can use
sgv2aamap .
There's a topic on it
here .
You really should familiarise yourself with making maps by hand though.
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by Jonathan » Fri May 18, 2007 5:55 pm
X11 is located as a custom package on the OS X install CDs/DVD. You should be able to run it over your existing installation (I have done it with a language package to get my local Classic to work); just make sure you don't trash it! I believe Apple also has an X11 download somewhere.
Ideally you shouldn't have to bother with the maps themselves, but it proves to be quite useful.
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by Aang (avatar fan) » Sat May 19, 2007 2:22 am
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! you can use inscape or illustrator now?!?!
AHHH! i've been making them by hand since i found out maps existed! this will make it so much easier. Now i just need inscape or illustrator
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by socks » Sat May 19, 2007 2:44 am
yea um........ my comp dose not like inkscape but thanks so i will look into the other one
p.s so u need adobe illustrator??? i have it on my school comp but not on my home comps is it free???
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by Jonathan » Sat May 19, 2007 2:44 am
Go ahead and download
Inkscape .
Edit: notice the times; this was a reply to Aang.
Edit 2: might as well reply to socks. No, Illustrator is an expensive commercial product.
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by Aang (avatar fan) » Sat May 19, 2007 2:47 am
thx.
I wondered how custang was making them so fast.....
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by socks » Sat May 19, 2007 2:48 am
also when i draw the map i then have to convert it and the name of it must say:
0.0.2.aamap.xml
and whats the numbers for????
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by socks » Sat May 19, 2007 2:54 am
i just downloded it but it still says that i nee x11 panther
WTF??
How do i fix it?? what do i need???
thanks for all ur help guys
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by Jonathan » Sat May 19, 2007 4:36 am
Install X11, I guess. See one of my previous posts for more detailed information.
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by Aang (avatar fan) » Sat May 19, 2007 5:08 am
great, x11, the one thing i don't have and don't have access to.
Maybe there is another program that does svg files................
still not having x11 is getting annoying. and i can't download it, its to big, it'll blow our quota away. Or get it of the macosx install disk because i don't have it.....
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by ed » Sat May 19, 2007 10:12 am
socks wrote: it must say:
0.0.2.aamap.xml
and whats the numbers for????
It's the map version number. If you modify the map in any way you must bump the version number so the clients and server know that it has changed.
It also must correspond the line in the map:
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<Resource type="aamap" name="metal_slug" version="0.0.5" author="ed" category="wildfort">
So, in this case the map must be called:
metal_slug-0.0.5.aamap.xml
and be in directory:
ed/wildfort/
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by socks » Sat May 19, 2007 2:33 pm
o thanks
so i make a map in Illustrator and then do that convert thing and then copy the codes a make a .xml dreamwever project and then name it
stars-0.0.2.aamap.xml
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by ed » Sat May 19, 2007 4:10 pm
Well. you make the map in (edit)Illustrator (or Inkscape).
Save it as an sgv file.
Run the sgv file through
sgv2aamap .
Copy the resulting text into a text file called something like stars-0.0.2.aamap.xml. That is your map.
Expect to have to do some editing by
hand to this file to get it working correctly.
Good Luck.
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by epsy » Sat May 19, 2007 9:01 pm
ed wrote: Well. you make the map in dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is an html designing program