Call of Duty 5: transparent Minimap

This tutorial will explain How to Make a transparent/blended Minimap

Whats Needed

• Follow the regular steps for creating a minimap on Treyarch's Wiki
• Download DDS Plugin for Photoshop from Nvidia

In Photoshop

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

• Make sure the size is 512 x 512px
• Save it as DDS: Choose DXT1 ARGB 4 bpp | 1 bit alpha

In Asset Manager

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

• Now convert this:

Menu: PC Convert > Current Asset Only

• Rebuild your FF (FastFile)

In Game

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

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 )

--Rrrkn 10:57, 7 December 2008 (UTC)