Navigation Map background texture?
 

Does anyone know how to remove the background textures from the navigational map? You know, the light background textures that make it look like a well-used map. I find them a little distracting. And in my opinion it interferes with determining the depth on the nav map.

StrTactMap.tga in data/Menu/Gui/Layout

You can take a look in SH3/Data/Manu/Gui

The file you are looking for is called StrTactMap.tga

You can make a new one for your self if u like whit some paint program that can handle TGA files.

The file is a simple backround image in size of 1025x512

Does anyone know a shareware program that will handle tga files?

Is StrTactMap.tga a mask
 

Is the StrTactMap.tga file a mask like the red mask for the periscope/UZO?

Will the game play without the StrTactMap file? Because all I want to do is get rid of the old map textures on the nav map.

If you can find it, there is a mod called "CSO Clean Map Mod" that does what you want.

I think it is a mask file so if you remove it i assume you either will get a complete white background or black.

However i made up 4 new ones for you. its just a plain background whit one colour in it.

You can choose and download the one you prefer. or if you dont like either of them just give me a shout and il make some in the colour you prefer :)

But here we go.

First one is made up from the colour that is in your current file.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6836/map17sg.jpg

Second is a bit brighter but same colour scheme as the first.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3763/map28tv.jpg

Third is in bluish colour.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9425/map34on.jpg

Fourth is in lighter bluish colour.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7620/map40we.jpg


I made the download so when you unzip it (to a prefered folder of your choose)you will get one folder called Tactical Map1.

Whitin that map is 4 other folders called TactMap1 , Tactmap2, Tactmap 3, TactMap4.

Thos represent in order each colour scheme ive posted here.

Take the map/folder you prefer and place it whitin your SH3/mod directory and then you can use JSGME to enable it.

And here is the download for ya.

http://files.filefront.com/Tactical_.../fileinfo.html


Vikinger.

EDIT/

I uploaded some new maps. Saw that some had downloaded the old ones.

I just put some paper textures to the new ones so it look like fine paper. It can look a little better ingame. :)

But the dl link is for the new ones. And i didnt bother to do some readme/disclamer thing to it coz i made this mostley for von Zelda. :P

PS: The last one, Tactmap4 light blue looks best ingame coz its easier to se the light green gridlines and also the depth on the nav map.

A really nice AND FREE program is Deep Paint 2.0
It is nearly a 60 meg down load though.
Right Hemisphere made it.
They're the ones who have Deep Paint 3d.
A program that allows you to paint on 3d objects! :o

Thanks, Vikinger
 

Thanks, Vikinger.

This was really nice of you to do. I downloaded RAR file and I'll try installing it tonight.

Thanks again.

I use St. aint when working with tga files :up:

Np my friend. Iam glad i could be to some help.

In fact i got so fond of the light blue version so i use it for my self now :)

I realized that the game take place during 1939-45. :D So what is the reason to have an paper/map that looks like it is 70 years old. I guess on the sub that they did have new charts and that looked new at that time.

This is a great idea, and a good fix as well! :up:

It happened to me more than once, that I setup a course to a deeper part in the area (to lie in wait for enemies to disappear), only to find out that it was dirt on the map instead of a darker area. :damn:

The thanks all goes to Vikinger for all the work he did to come up with a solution to my question.