Is it possible to edit SA map? (write something on it?)

[[JOKER]Miczi]

Let's say I want to make a map with good stunting spots, that would replace the normal map ingame. How to do it? Can I do it in paint or is it more complicated? How high is the risk, that I, with my highly impressive skills in fucking up everything, might fuck up the game?

[Devilboy665]

If you want to be complicated use 'Photoshop' and 10 other programs. If not, 'Paint' or 'Paint Dot Net' is best possible choice for editing png images like radar 1,2,3,4,5,6..70,80,90,100..150,160,170.. or the big map, as seen in GTA:SA options menu. ps. There is no risk if you do it the right way.

[Matz]

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[[JOKER]Miczi]

No idea how to use it, but Im googling

Which file is the map?

Edit2: fuck it, Im stupid. Could anyone explain me it step by step... please?

[Matz]

gta3.img in models folder. lol same I don't know how to use it.

[[eVo]PvtBenny]

Well first you will need to access the gta3.img, imgtool should work to extract the files that make up the radar (the map you see in the radar to see where you are)

Then you need txd workshop to extract the image files from the Radar files (could be .bmp files or .png im not sure but it will be in a image format) then you do your work in paint or what ever and you put them back into the radar file using txdworkshop. And then those .txd files back into the gta3.img.

Ive done it like this when i was working on the snow covered and filled threads on the tires of the cars when i had the Snow mod running on SAMP. It should also work on the radar map.

[Devilboy665]

LoL! Well.. best thing for it, in my opinion is 'TXD Workshop'. Google for it and download it. I don't wanna share links.
Simple tool, just run it, open gta3.img (in gta:sa folder-models). There you will see all the txd's and dff's. Note that txd's will have a picture preview of each file contained.
Not sure how is the map thing or radar thing called but just search for it. Then, when you find some specific file (txd) you want to edit, just click on the texture and left click- extract file as (png, bmp...). Then open extracted file with paint dot net and edit it the way you want.

btw. You could google for "detailed radar mod", for san andreas, so it can help you find files and replace and edit them.

So in short: TXD Workshop - play with .img's - Paint Dot Net - edit - import edited png's back to txd file (remember to keep the same names) Click save - done.
Test game with every few things you edited, so your SA wont crash.

WARNING: Do not replace PNG files with TXD files, as PNG's is what TXD is made of (some have multiple images)
REMEMBAR TO DO BACKUP!

[EnzoMortelli]

yup everything important has been said, only one thing i want to add:
Get yourself a detailed radar mod (google it, you can't miss it) and paint the spots on that.

Advantages:

• map looks awesome
• you have all the files you need to edit already there, so
• you do not have to search them all one by one.

I'd recommend Alcy's img editor, you can import the files all at once with that, i'm using that one without problems for years now.

[Devilboy665]

yup everything important has been said, only one thing i want to add:
Get yourself a detailed radar mod.

You could google for "detailed radar mod", for san andreas, so it can help you find files and replace and edit them.

yup everything important has been said

[EnzoMortelli]

woops.
ignore my post.

[[eVo]PvtBenny]

Yea everything had already been said like 2 times before 665's post dont know what he was thinking.

[[JOKER]Miczi]

Well, so far I ended up with my fucking up my game. I did a back up of gta3.img but... dunno. Anyway, I have the setup file somewhere there xd

[Swanson]

You were absolutely right when you said you are highly skilled in fucking things up hehe.

[[JOKER]Miczi]

Fixed. I will try once again later

[EnzoMortelli]

Normally editing the pics shouldn't fuck anything up at all, but that's the exact problem with SA-modding:
You never know before what fucked up part of the game will be fucked up afterwards.
Given the example of the TM-custom map, made specially for TM. If you install that and play on TM all runs fine. But if you use it on SAP you will instantly crash anytime you try to land at Los Santos International Airport. If anybody ever finds out why this happens that'd be worth a scientific dissertation.