Im sure i had knocking around on my computer somewhere a converter to change mir3 maps so they would work on a mir2 server, am i just going mad or did i actually have something like this? :/
Mir Map converter?
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Would be good if you could find and release this =) and do you have any idea to as what it was called?
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No thats the problem, if i had it i would have gotten it from here, i guess as you havent heard of it, its likely that i was just dreaming. Unless anyone can tell me different lol.
Just like converting a map from mir to soma is impossible? Or possibly WoW characters/armours to soma?
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well yeah.
an app cannot simply 'convert' a map, and expect it to work on an entirely different game.
1. the headers are different
2. the objects/tiles are different to each client
3. the file directions are different to each client /snow /forest
4. even if you put mir3 tiles/objects in the client it would still not be read because the client.exe does all the work, not the .map
5. the colour is different, you cannot simply use a 24bit colour map, in a 256 colour game.
need i go on ? :P
an app cannot simply 'convert' a map, and expect it to work on an entirely different game.
1. the headers are different
2. the objects/tiles are different to each client
3. the file directions are different to each client /snow /forest
4. even if you put mir3 tiles/objects in the client it would still not be read because the client.exe does all the work, not the .map
5. the colour is different, you cannot simply use a 24bit colour map, in a 256 colour game.
need i go on ? :P
Well, thats my soma server......My character is a bloodelf, and im stood in Bichon Wall, a map that was converted directly from Mir to Soma and the character ported directly from WoW to Soma. So yes it is possible to port something directly from one game to another with the right program.
So if this is possible, i dont know why it wouldnt be reasonable to believe that I had at some point assumed I had a Mir3 to Mir2 map converter no?
I knew it was possible, just very few people have the tools, because the soma community is alot smaller than the mir community things are not freely available. Hopefully if things go to plan, I will have a nice Soma server, with World of Warcraft characters/armours/weapons and Mir maps. Hence the reason I wanted a Mir 3 to 2 converter, and the point of the thread, I guess ill just have to have some nice chats with people and get them to make me some pretty maps hehe.
It could be possible, basically, if you manage to export a mir3 map full size into a bmp, then upload it into a mir2 object will as a whole image, then just add atributes.
Imagine the file size of that for each map though lol.
Least with the maps converted to soma, all the object files are converted too so each map is minimal in size.
I know this isn't exactly a constructive reply but why would you want to port Mir 3 maps to Mir 2 anyway ?
I can't see anything in Mir 3 that would benefit Mir 2 tbh, if anything Mir 3 is worse as you can't even enter a shop but have to rely on an NPC outside.
In the time it would take you to create an app to do the task you're asking, you could recreate a similar Mir 2 map version anyway.
I've played four or five differnt Mir 3 servers and the Euro & US official ones and none have made me want to go back and carry on. Mir 2, on the other hand, creates the desire to log on and level that little bit more.
I can't see anything in Mir 3 that would benefit Mir 2 tbh, if anything Mir 3 is worse as you can't even enter a shop but have to rely on an NPC outside.
In the time it would take you to create an app to do the task you're asking, you could recreate a similar Mir 2 map version anyway.
I've played four or five differnt Mir 3 servers and the Euro & US official ones and none have made me want to go back and carry on. Mir 2, on the other hand, creates the desire to log on and level that little bit more.
Xanan thing is i think, that will be crap, because it will look like your behind a building 24/7. The whole reason why you go invisible/clear when behind objects, is because they overlap you. Now if you made the entire map into 1 object.... when you wear a clear or hide, you will go compleyley invisible. It would look ****.
Basically I wanted to port from Mir3 to Mir2 then from Mir2 to Soma....Ill just have to make do with mir2 maps
