Warptweet Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 www.epicwar.com Thats a website that allows you to upload Warcraft 3 maps onto it. Somehow, it is able to create an accurate image of the minimap of the map. The files are .w3x files. I'm wondering, does anyone here have any idea how on earth they create the minimap image automatically? It probably involves php, or possibly some method of extracting the minimap graphics. Is this possible normally with PHP? Or is this a matter of other coding languages? Any leads would be appreciated, thanks. EDIT: I just noticed that in the editor program (Warcraft III: World Editor) there is a button when you go to file>>export minimap that allows you to create an image of the minimap to a selected directory. SCREENSHOT: http://www.uploadpoints.com/public/g4PhNnj0B3wIqdlvIlbzwhm1ThGHHvTlnhIzKrnKiZSM0176bW.png Possibly, just possibly, there would be a way to "mimic" the same method the world editor uses in order to create this minimap? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65012-extracting-minimap-source-from-a-file/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
NArc0t1c Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Easy, Someone play's it in w3 and takes a screenshot. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65012-extracting-minimap-source-from-a-file/#findComment-324456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warptweet Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 I need this automatic. www.epicwar.com When you upload a warcraft map, it instantly has the minimap image. My users can't wait until I'm online, and finished manually taking a screenshot, snipping it to size etc. That would be unreasoanble. Like epicwar.com, it's all automatic, allowing maximum profiency for map sharing. I need the same. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65012-extracting-minimap-source-from-a-file/#findComment-324459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles2304 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 It wouldn't be unreasonable if you did it before you released the map . . . Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65012-extracting-minimap-source-from-a-file/#findComment-324468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warptweet Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 Below I attached an example of one of thousands of warcraft 3 maps. It really is nothing, just a test thing I whipped up, it still has a minimap nonetheless. You need to extract it from the zip file. You cannot open it if you do not have the Warcraft 3 World Editor. Although, you can still test it and play around with it to see what kind of secret you can extract. I noticed that if you open it in notepad, you can get the NAME of the map, which is at the beginning of the file, "Just Another Warcraft III Map" which is just one of the things that I'm also extracting. [attachment deleted by admin] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65012-extracting-minimap-source-from-a-file/#findComment-325079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NArc0t1c Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Try contacting the webmaster of that website. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65012-extracting-minimap-source-from-a-file/#findComment-325502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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