Zh/Creating a working mini-map

基本介绍

部分模组（反恐精英：起源，胜利之日：起源）拥有一个能显示地图概要，玩家和物体位置的俯视小地图。构建这样一张由游戏内截图所修改的小地图对于制作新关卡来说十分重要。

反恐精英：全球攻势也提供小地图功能，它看上去和前几代反恐精英里的小地图没什么太大区别，但对于开发者来说，小地图的制作过程早已大相径庭。

主要的变动有：

1. 在CS:GO里小地图被称为"雷达。"
2. CS:GO里的雷达并不使用VTFs和VMTs。
3. CS:GO里的雷达图片被保存为".DDS"格式。
4. 现在只需要两个文件就能让小地图正常显示，一个'.DDS"文件以及一个".txt"文件。".DDS"文件就是小地图显示的地图图片本身，".txt"文件则是用来设定如何让游戏显示小地图。

如果你真的想仔细看看有什么具体的改变，又或者你想制作的是反恐精英：起源的小地图，请查阅：关卡俯视图

获取一张俯视图

1. 首先开始游戏，接着打开选项界面，并切换到视频设置，然后将分辨率调整为"1280x1024"并把纵横比切换到"标准"。如果你无法调整分辨率（因为屏幕过小或其他原因），亦可以在启动选项中加上" -width 1280 -height 1024"。
2. 用控制台指令<mapname>打开地图并输入"sv_cheats 1"。
3. Join a team.
4. Turn off bots in the map."bot_quota 1" using the console.
5. Bind the "screenshot" command to a key, etc. "bind p screenshot" using the console.
This is important, as using the default screenshot key (F5) will take a compressed JPEG rather than a raw TGA.
6. Remove any HUD elements with console commands "cl_drawhud 0", "r_drawviewmodel 0" and "hidepanel all".
7. Remove disturbing world effects like skyboxes ("r_skybox 0"), fog ("fog_override 1" and "fog_enable 0"), props (optional: "r_drawstaticprops 0"), etc.
8. Turn off player clipping."noclip" using the console. Then move to a position where you can see the whole level from above.
9. Switch to orthographic mode with the console command "cl_leveloverview x", where x is the scale factor.
10. Set "cl_leveloverviewmarker 1024" to show a red helper line on the right. You will need to briefly toggle cl_drawhud 1, line it up, and then toggle the HUD off again.

Sample level overview (de_dust2)
11. You can move around while cl_leveloverview mode is on. You are still in spectator mode and moving, so move the arrow keys to change the position. Now change scale so the map fits into the square defined by the red line. The right edge of your map should be on the left of the red line, anything to the right of the red line will be chopped off in a later step. Check the attached screenshot to see how this step looks in de_dust2.
12. The current projection data (position and scale) will be updated in the console, eg "Overview: scale 6.00, pos_x -2651, pos_y 4027".
13. Once everything is perfect, take a screenshot (using the key you bound to "screenshot") and write down the projection data values. You will need them in a later step.

Here are all the needed commands as bind:

• o => Overview-Mode
• p => Take screenshot

//Overview-Mode 
//Script by The RaZZeR App
bind "o" "change_resolution; clear_view; clear_map; clear_game; record_config; radar_image";
bind "p" "screenshot";
alias "change_resolution" " mat_setvideomode 1280 1024 1;";
alias "clear_view" "sv_cheats 1; cl_drawhud 0; r_drawviewmodel 0; hidepanel all; net_graph 0;";
alias "clear_map" "bot_quota 1; bot_kick all; r_skybox 0; fog_override 1; fog_enable 0";
alias "clear_game" "mp_freezetime 0; mp_roundtime 9999; mp_roundtime_defuse 9999; mp_roundtime_hostage 9999; mp_roundtime_deployment 9999; mp_warmup_end;";
alias "record_config" "con_logfile overview_info.log;";
alias "radar_image" "noclip; cl_leveloverviewmarker 1024; cl_leveloverview 5";

提示: Create a file like overviewexec.cfg (or something else), paste everything from above into this cfg. Move the file to csgo/cfg/ and run "exec overviewexec" in the console.

This script dumps the console output in a log file which is saved at "csgo/overview_info.log". Also the resolution gets changed to 1280x1024 (4:3) windowed.

Create the .DDS

Using Photoshop

1. Start up Photoshop and open the .TGA file that you created. It should be located at "%STEAMINSTALL%\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\screenshots". Where "%STEAMINSTALL%" is the directory in which you have steam installed. This is most likely "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam".
2. Using the Canvas Size tool (Image -> Canvas Size) set the new width of the image to be 1024 pixels. And in the anchor section click the top-left box.

3. In the layers panel double click on the layer labeled Background. A "New Layer" window will pop up, press OK.
4. Select areas of the image which you wish to be transparent when on the mini-map, then press the backspace key.
5. Some people like to add different colored features to their mini-maps, if you wish to do so do that now.
6. Save the image as a .DDS file. (File -> Save As). The file name should be your map name followed by "_radar" ex. (de_dust_radar.dds). The file format should be D3D/DDS. Save the file to "%STEAMINSTALL%\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\resource\overviews"
7. When the DDS dialog box opens click the drop down box at the top left, and change the option from "DXT1 RGB 4 bpp | no alpha" to "DXT1 ARGB 4 bpp | 1 bit alpha" As shown in the image below.

8. You now have successfully created the .DDS file for your map.

NOTE: If the "Save As..." .DDS file option is not available to you, then you might need to download a photoshop plug-in. You can get it off of the NVIDA website here: NVIDA .DDS Plug-In

Using GIMP

(this tutorial was written using GIMP 2.6, but should work for all GIMP 2.x)

1. Download and install the GIMP DDS Plugin 2.0.2.
2. Start up GIMP and open the .TGA file that you created. It should be located at "%STEAMINSTALL%\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\screenshots". Where "%STEAMINSTALL%" is the directory in which you have steam installed. This is most likely "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam".
3. Using the Canvas Size tool (Image -> Canvas Size) set the new width of the image to be 1024 pixels. keep the Height at 1024.
4. Select areas of the image which you wish to be transparent when on the mini-map, then press the delete key.
5. Some people like to add different colored features to their mini-maps, if you wish to do so do that now.
6. Save the image as a .DDS file. (File -> Save As). The file name should be your map name followed by "_radar" ex. (de_dust_radar.dds). The file format should be D3D/DDS. Save the file to "%STEAMINSTALL%\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\resource\overviews".
7. When the DDS dialog box opens click the drop down box at the top left, and change the compression drop down from "None", to "BC1/DXT1". Click "OK".
8. You now have successfully created the .DDS file for your map.

Create the overview script

Finally, create a text file called <mapname>.txt in <game dir>\resource\overviews\. This file will define the precise numbers needed to align the overview. The following is an example taken from de_vertigo:

For your map's script use the projection data that you wrote down in step 12 of Make the raw overview image

// HLTV overview description file for de_vertigo.bsp
"de_vertigo"
{
	"material"	"overviews/de_vertigo_radar"	// texture file
	"pos_x"		"-3168"				// X coordinate
	"pos_y"		"1762"				// Y coordinate
	"scale"		"4.0" 				// scale used when taking the screenshot
	"rotate"	"0"				// map was rotated by 90 degrees in image editor
	"zoom"		"1.3"				// optimal zoom factor if map is shown in full size

	//loading screen icons and positions
	"CTSpawn_x"	"0.22"
 	"CTSpawn_y"	"0.73"
	"TSpawn_x"	"0.63"
	"TSpawn_y"	"0.10"

	"bombA_x"	"0.17"
	"bombA_y"	"0.78"
	"bombB_x"	"0.73"
	"bombB_y"	"0.68"

	"Hostage1_x"	"0.56"
	"Hostage1_y"	"0.83"
	"Hostage2_x"	"0.48"
	"Hostage2_y"	"0.64"
	"Hostage3_x"	"0.47"
	"Hostage3_y"	"0.78"
	"Hostage4_x"	"0.30"
	"Hostage4_y"	"0.88"
	"Hostage5_x"	"0.42"
	"Hostage5_y"	"0.86"
}

"pos_x" (red line) and "pos_y" (green line) correspond to the top view of Hammer where X is left/right and Y is down/up. Lowering the scale makes the radar bigger.

To get the correct positions of all loading screen icons you have to open up your finished radar file in Photoshop. Then press Ctrl+R to get the Ruler-Tool (make sure it's set to percent). You get the correct value by dragging the top and left ruler. Note that for example 31.12% are written like 0.31.

Adding Multiple Heights

After the Wildfire update to CSGO you can now have multiple height images added to your radar. This is done by creating multiple radar files with your different paths highlighted depending on the player's height in the world. You can reference the new de_nuke for examples inside your game's files.

• mapname_lower_radar
• mapname_radar (This is the ground floor)
• mapname_higher_radar

Then add the following to your overview text file.

"verticalsections"
{
	"default" // use the primary radar image
	{
		"AltitudeMax" "600"
		"AltitudeMin" "-500"
	}
	"lower" // lower radar file
	{
		"AltitudeMax" "-500"
		"AltitudeMin" "-10000"
	}
	"higher" // higher radar file
	{
		"AltitudeMax" "10000"
		"AltitudeMin" "600"
	}
}

• Type "cl_showpos 1" in game console check the Altitude.

• The higher/lower .dds files will not be included by the Workshop publishing tool, and must be packed manually to be used on the Steam Workshop.

Conclusion

Below is a screen capture of the radar in game. If you followed all the steps correctly, then the finished product should look something like this:

Resource

Bombsite Clear Bombsite A Bombsite B

CT Icon T Icon Hostage Icon

New T spawn Icon

Introducing: CS-GO Minimap Icon Placer beta 2.0

CS:GO-MIP is a ONLINE tool that facilitates the creation minimaps for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's maps. While the user is still required to perform the basic tradition steps of the minimap making, CS:GO-MIP makes it easy to place the minimap icons (Spawn areas, Hostages and Bombsites) without needing the user to manually edit the text file for the same. You can access it at http://www.minimap.ga.

OBS: The site let you edit and convert your images to dds, look at tools sections. It is still under construction, but works already!

Other Tutorials

TopHATTwaffle's CSGO Radar / Overview Creation Tutorial

How to use CS:GO Radar Maker