Map Editor for Age of History 3

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

Do we need a high end pc to use it ?

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

3 hours ago, Unity said:

honestly no but it all depends on your hardware 

thank you

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

On 2/8/2024 at 1:01 AM, Łukasz Jakowski said:

In the main folder you have the map background that will be in the game, the main map background.

 

In the Map Editor folder you have an optional map background just for the map editor, for example if you have drawn how the provinces you want to divide.

 

 

Thank you, maybe I will create a mod in far future (at least in 5 yrs). I will not forget that

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

@Unity I'm a real nub, how enter the map editor ? 😭

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

7 minutes ago, Unity said:

wdym? it's like the aoh2 map editor you'll have to configure it in the config file

I get it, but what app should I open with ?

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

1 minute ago, Unity said:

it's a EXE file you need java installed to run it

Thank you

[RomanLed 0]

I started making a map, but then I saw that the province ids looked huge compared to the provinces. Apparently my map is too small (1000x2000 pixels). Will images of armies, cities, flags, etc. be as large and how to fix this?
 

Edited October 7 by RomanLed

[Łukasz Jakowski 13,052]

55 minutes ago, RomanLed said:

I started making a map, but then I saw that the province ids looked huge compared to the provinces. Apparently my map is too small (1000x2000 pixels). Will images of armies, cities, flags, etc. be as large and how to fix this?
 

It is very small, 1000x2000 pixels.
AoH2 uses: 4440 x 2600
AoH3 uses 17760 x 8600

 

You can upscale this map in the Config.json file located in the map folder in two ways by increasing these values:

 

DefaultMapScale: 4,
ExtraMapScale: 3.0,

As a result, the map will appear larger in the game than it does in the editor.

 

More information will be in the game files:

game/_FAQ/Map/Config_File.txt

 

[eNeXPii 34]

I act like this, if numbers are bigger then province something is wrong...

Edited October 7 by eNeXPii

[Noobs Dudes 213]

Well, best to start early.

[Nowarhia 75]

Can someone send me link to map editor for AoH3?

[Noobs Dudes 213]

works pretty well

[DimitriComrade 8]

I`m so sorry for dumb question, but where I can download the actual version of map editor? I don`t fing in this topic link for downloading. Sorry again if i`m blind or dumb

[Łukasz Jakowski 13,052]

Map editor is in the game files:

 

map/MapEditor_2.jar

map/MapEditorSettings.txt

[DimitriComrade 8]

On 10/26/2024 at 2:14 AM, Łukasz Jakowski said:

Map editor is in the game files:

 

map/MapEditor_2.jar

map/MapEditorSettings.txt

Oh, thanks! I`m just missed it. 

So, next question for all users: How to make own BG of map?
I`m talking not about matrix sistem (like 0_0, 0_1, 1_0, 1_1), but about how to crop, how to make it beauty and cool. Maybe there is a recommended programs, that I( and any modder) should use?

[DimitriComrade 8]

I have a problem
I make a map BG, 8x4 pictures. Every have size 2400x2320 . I`m edit data in "Config.json" files and in settings of mapeditor. But Mapeditor show me a black screen. What I will do? Please help me

[Iceman 294]

14 minutes ago, DimitriComrade said:

I have a problem
I make a map BG, 8x4 pictures. Every have size 2400x2320 . I`m edit data in "Config.json" files and in settings of mapeditor. But Mapeditor show me a black screen. What I will do? Please help me

The original game map opens without problem?

[Łukasz Jakowski 13,052]

23 minutes ago, DimitriComrade said:

I have a problem
I make a map BG, 8x4 pictures. Every have size 2400x2320 . I`m edit data in "Config.json" files and in settings of mapeditor. But Mapeditor show me a black screen. What I will do? Please help me

Show screnshot of all background files(how it looks and is named in the folder), and the config file

[DimitriComrade 8]

14 hours ago, Łukasz Jakowski said:

Show screnshot of all background files(how it looks and is named in the folder), and the config file

There. Every pic have a size 2400x2320
Same photos I have in a "Main" (.../Background/main). Other folders i don`t edit

14 hours ago, Iceman said:

The original game map opens without problem?

The original game played well with original map. (Just only 1 problem with long loading game, but I think it`s my laptop problem with 4 GB RAM. I buy them 4 years later)

[Łukasz Jakowski 13,052]

I think everything is fine. Maybe the problem is with your low RAM.
The default Earth3 map in the map editor uses 1.8 GB of RAM.

So the solution is:

Temporarily, when working in the map editor, replace all the background/main images with 1px x 1px images to reduce the amount of data loaded into RAM.

[Iceman 294]

7 minutes ago, Łukasz Jakowski said:

Temporarily, when working in the map editor, replace all the background/main images with 1px x 1px images to reduce the amount of data loaded into RAM.

Changing the bit depth of the images from 32 bits to 8 bits can also work. I got a few black screen opening big maps with 32 bit depth images and solved it that way.

[Francis Underwood 16]

I used the cut from Provinces mode to make some provinces to be cut, but it seems that only the first province that I pressed Enter was deleted in the game. The provinces I made that need to be cut after the first one do not seem to be displayed in the game. I want to know why it is not showing, please help me...

[DimitriComrade 8]

3 hours ago, Iceman said:

Changing the bit depth of the images from 32 bits to 8 bits can also work. I got a few black screen opening big maps with 32 bit depth images and solved it that way.

I have depth  24, and edit it to depth 8 and... IT WORKS!!! Thank you very much!h