[REL] New Map Labels 1.1

[peabody]

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

lol if i knew how to add stuff i would have told him that, you know what i know now so like i told him, you'll just hyave to figure it out yourself.

Thanks for the upload, Webster. Just for your info (since you have nothing to do....) The names on the map such as Islands and Seas etc.(specifically anything that does not have a base or other 3D object that adds a name) are in the Terrain/LocationMaps folder. They are simply a colored square 1024x1024 with the name as a selection (alpha channel). So if you need to add a name, you create a square with the text as the selection. Then in mission editor you add a map location using this dds from the 2D image map dat drop down. The ones you add to the folder will be added to the list. For the info to put in all the boxes, you can open an existing one and look at how it is set up. There are setting for what zoom level the image appears and what zoom level it disappears again. So as you zoom in you can see it, but on a mission when you are zoomed close, the lettering will not be in the way.

To correct the spelling you can either create a new one or redo the old one, but since you need to correct the alpha channel anyway it's just as easy to redo it. And you may not have the specific font used to create it in the first place so you end up redoing the whole name anyway.

Peabody