Turning a map into a background template
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:18 pm
The new Somnos maps can make organizing worlds difficult. Here is one way to help.
1. Figure out which map-set you are on. (rsw home->Play->select Uses map set "X" for the game you are interested in, then browse the list until you find a match).
2. Right-click on the image of the map, select Save Image As...
3. Open said image in an image editor (Paint.NET is a good Windows freebie), resize to roughly 4-8 times original (depends on how much space you like to work with).
4. Same somewhere convenient (not in a hidden or system folder, and somewhere accessible from your user log-in).
5. Start up the RSW client, start up the game, File->Preferences then Map Images. "Add Folder" where you saved the file, then load the file as your background.
Presto, instant template to help lay your map out onto.
1. Figure out which map-set you are on. (rsw home->Play->select Uses map set "X" for the game you are interested in, then browse the list until you find a match).
2. Right-click on the image of the map, select Save Image As...
3. Open said image in an image editor (Paint.NET is a good Windows freebie), resize to roughly 4-8 times original (depends on how much space you like to work with).
4. Same somewhere convenient (not in a hidden or system folder, and somewhere accessible from your user log-in).
5. Start up the RSW client, start up the game, File->Preferences then Map Images. "Add Folder" where you saved the file, then load the file as your background.
Presto, instant template to help lay your map out onto.
