Call of Duty 5: transparent Minimap

Making a transparent/blended Minimap

[1] Follow the regular steps for creating a minimap.

[2] Download DDS Plugin for Photoshop

1) Open up your screenshot in Photoshop, make it transparent in the ways you want it to.

2) Make sure the size is 512 x 512px

3) Save it as DDS: Choose DXT1 ARGB 4 bpp | 1 bit alpha

4) Load Asset Manager from the launcher

  a) Select 'Material' in the list, then create a 'New Entry' and name it 'compass_map_yourmapname'
  b) See picture. Change materialType to 2d, surfaceType should be <none> and blendFunc to Blend
  c) Colormap: browse for your .dds file.

5) Now convert this. Menu: PC Convert > Current Asset Only

6) Rebuild your FF (FastFile)

Now launch the map and look at the compass (and overviewmap)

Note: If you havent added your minimap to your 'zone_source/levelname.csv' file, you should do that before you remake your .ff file. ( Add material,compass_map_yourmapname )