Scale of overlay map

Johnfb · 05-07-13, 01:56 PM

Does anyone know how to scale an overlay map.
I took SCREEN SHOT OF THE NAV MAP AT 500KM AND CREATED A "SEETHROUGH" MAP WITH SOME THINGS ON IT AS A PULL DOWN TO GO OVER THE MAP (sorry just realised caps were on) , over Ireland and England to be precise. Think the JFO mod and the way you can pull the "zones" map down over Ireland.
Trouble is that when I pull he see-through map down over Ireland and Eng, the scale is way off with the pull down map being too small or to thin when placed over the nav map.
I have tried various different sizes but cannot seem to find a solution, pull down see through map is always too small or too big or goes into 4 separate windows with a little of the map in each.

Any help anyone???

rudewarrior · 05-07-13, 03:31 PM

Hmmm....

Never had that problem. I took screenshots to build my zones template and just kept everything the same scale. However, the only thing I can think of is that when you define the object in the menu.ini file, you have to specify the object dimensions. If it doesn't match exactly, I don't know what happens. It may cut it off somehow, it may scale it. I just don't know.

Like I said, didn't have have that problem making the JFO! Mod, so hope that helps.

Good luck.

Johnfb · 05-07-13, 03:42 PM

I kept things the same size too but ended up with two different sizes.
I wonder us it the size of the screenshot?
I took the shot and had the officers and info bar etc at the bottom and took that off the size of the screen shot, maybe this us my issue?

Can you explain what way you took the screen shot, did you take in the info bar with the officers and icons away from the size???

Thanks for your time on this

John

rudewarrior · 05-07-13, 05:31 PM

I took several screenshots of the region that I needed to map. Then I cut and paste them into one big map together. Then I drew the template on top of that as a layer. Then took the layer and made it into a .tga image.

Regards.

Johnfb · 05-08-13, 01:19 AM

Thanks warrior, I'll give that a shot!

Cheers

Pisces · 05-11-13, 03:39 PM

The steps of the zoomlevels are determined in the ZoomLevels line (obviously

) in

SilentHunterIII\data\Menu\cfg\Maps.cfg

But I guess the code that you used to make it into a mapoverlay object also involves some scaling.

Showing a screenshot of the problem might help us. Some might even be able to find the cause in the menu_1024_768.ini code if you show it here.

05-07-13, 01:56 PM	#1
Johnfb Commodore Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 639 Downloads: 295 Uploads: 64	Scale of overlay map Does anyone know how to scale an overlay map. I took SCREEN SHOT OF THE NAV MAP AT 500KM AND CREATED A "SEETHROUGH" MAP WITH SOME THINGS ON IT AS A PULL DOWN TO GO OVER THE MAP (sorry just realised caps were on) , over Ireland and England to be precise. Think the JFO mod and the way you can pull the "zones" map down over Ireland. Trouble is that when I pull he see-through map down over Ireland and Eng, the scale is way off with the pull down map being too small or to thin when placed over the nav map. I have tried various different sizes but cannot seem to find a solution, pull down see through map is always too small or too big or goes into 4 separate windows with a little of the map in each. Any help anyone???

05-07-13, 03:31 PM	#2
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Hmmm.... Never had that problem. I took screenshots to build my zones template and just kept everything the same scale. However, the only thing I can think of is that when you define the object in the menu.ini file, you have to specify the object dimensions. If it doesn't match exactly, I don't know what happens. It may cut it off somehow, it may scale it. I just don't know. Like I said, didn't have have that problem making the JFO! Mod, so hope that helps. Good luck.

05-07-13, 03:42 PM	#3
Johnfb Commodore Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 639 Downloads: 295 Uploads: 64	I kept things the same size too but ended up with two different sizes. I wonder us it the size of the screenshot? I took the shot and had the officers and info bar etc at the bottom and took that off the size of the screen shot, maybe this us my issue? Can you explain what way you took the screen shot, did you take in the info bar with the officers and icons away from the size??? Thanks for your time on this John

05-07-13, 05:31 PM	#4
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	I took several screenshots of the region that I needed to map. Then I cut and paste them into one big map together. Then I drew the template on top of that as a layer. Then took the layer and made it into a .tga image. Regards.

05-08-13, 01:19 AM	#5
Johnfb Commodore Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 639 Downloads: 295 Uploads: 64	Thanks warrior, I'll give that a shot! Cheers

05-11-13, 03:39 PM	#6
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	The steps of the zoomlevels are determined in the ZoomLevels line (obviously ) in SilentHunterIII\data\Menu\cfg\Maps.cfg But I guess the code that you used to make it into a mapoverlay object also involves some scaling. Showing a screenshot of the problem might help us. Some might even be able to find the cause in the menu_1024_768.ini code if you show it here.