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Yeah, I'm too lazy to update daily unless I get it going automatically, so I'm gonna write a short guide, for those interested in how it works, and those who actually want to start making their own instant maps. 
What you need
Nickjer's script This is the 4.0 'beta' for Windows, the linux versions are better but let's get realistic, we have 4-5 linux users here :lol:
That mediafire link is an EXACT mirror of what he is offering on his website. You can download it from him, or from the link. Depends on whether you want to waste his bandwidth, or mediafire's.
It's a small zip file, unzip it with WinRAR.
Extract it to wherever you want.
Since we're on .co.uk, and this is set up for .net, there are a few (minor) edits we need to make, otherwise your script is going to fail horribly.
Before you do anything, read and try to understand the README file. It should explain most of your questions fairly well.
When you're ready, continue.
Prepping for map-making on .co.uk
First, make a folder called '1' in the 'map' folder. This is for World 1.
Right click the makemap.bat file, and press Edit.
You should see some code that looks like this:
Not too much at all, I'll try to explain.
The parts you will HAVE to change to get it to work at all on .co.uk are just the URLS.
Go through the script, where you see:
http://en%WORLD%.tribalwars.net/map/village.txt.gz
replace it with
http://uk%WORLD%.tribalwars.co.uk/map/village.txt.gz
where you see
http://en%WORLD%.tribalwars.net/map/tribe.txt.gz
replace it with
http://uk%WORLD%.tribalwars.co.uk/map/tribe.txt.gz
continue with this template.
Customizing the map for early world, etc.
After the URLs, you should see a line like this:
these are all the arguments for the map outcome.
From the README file, here are the arguments explained:
For early world, you'll want to edit -z, -tp and -pp. I also set -vs to 4 for early-world since you want the villages to look a little bigger on the map. Later on, you'll need to reduce this.
Since you might not know what to set it too, here is the code I used for today's map.
as you can see, you need 5000 points to get onto the tribe dominance map, 300 for the player dominance, the zoom covers 4 K's and the villages are 4 pixels wide.
Save the file.
Go back to your map folder, copy the map.exe program, and paste it into your '1' folder.
Then go back to your map folder and try running makemap.bat.
When it asks what world, type in 1 and press Enter.
When it asks Old/New, type in new if you've never ran the script (at least not in the last hour or so), but if you're just editing the arguments to see how it looks, type in old. You can get banned for downloading too many data files too fast from the TW server!
Go into your '1' folder and you should have multiple maps ready as .gifs. If you see them, grats. If you see all empty maps, you might have made an error. Some maps will be messed up (such as noblings during early world), and some will be empty depending on the arguments you provided.
If your script failed, post the error here and I'll try to help with my limited knowledge. Also check nickjer's thread to see if your question has been answered. If you really like this, go to http://map.k-io.com/index.php and Donate to nickjer for making this possible.
That's it, making a self-updating script is all up to you. Please don't flood the forum with 50 threads called 'Killer123's maps' if they are all the same. Also, edit the colors and get some nicer fonts if you want to spruce things up.
I made this thread because more than a few people mailed me asking how I did it, and I always hated people who kept their 'secrets' to themselves just to look like they were some sort of elite coders, especially since I give all credit to nickjer for this, I could never have made this myself
Once again, his site.
What you need
Nickjer's script This is the 4.0 'beta' for Windows, the linux versions are better but let's get realistic, we have 4-5 linux users here :lol:
That mediafire link is an EXACT mirror of what he is offering on his website. You can download it from him, or from the link. Depends on whether you want to waste his bandwidth, or mediafire's.
It's a small zip file, unzip it with WinRAR.
Extract it to wherever you want.
Since we're on .co.uk, and this is set up for .net, there are a few (minor) edits we need to make, otherwise your script is going to fail horribly.
Before you do anything, read and try to understand the README file. It should explain most of your questions fairly well.
When you're ready, continue.
Prepping for map-making on .co.uk
First, make a folder called '1' in the 'map' folder. This is for World 1.
Right click the makemap.bat file, and press Edit.
You should see some code that looks like this:
Not too much at all, I'll try to explain.
The parts you will HAVE to change to get it to work at all on .co.uk are just the URLS.
Go through the script, where you see:
http://en%WORLD%.tribalwars.net/map/village.txt.gz
replace it with
http://uk%WORLD%.tribalwars.co.uk/map/village.txt.gz
where you see
http://en%WORLD%.tribalwars.net/map/tribe.txt.gz
replace it with
http://uk%WORLD%.tribalwars.co.uk/map/tribe.txt.gz
continue with this template.
Customizing the map for early world, etc.
After the URLs, you should see a line like this:
Code:
..\map.exe -w %WORLD% -%NEW% -tp 1000000 -pp 1000000 -z 00 99 -f1 ..\fonts\Arena-Condensed-Bold.ttf -f2 ..\fonts\Arial-Black.ttfthese are all the arguments for the map outcome.
From the README file, here are the arguments explained:
For early world, you'll want to edit -z, -tp and -pp. I also set -vs to 4 for early-world since you want the villages to look a little bigger on the map. Later on, you'll need to reduce this.
Since you might not know what to set it too, here is the code I used for today's map.
Code:
..\map.exe -w %WORLD% -%NEW% -tp 5000 -pp 300 -z 44 55 -vs 4 -f1 ..\fonts\Arena-Condensed-Bold.ttf -f2 ..\fonts\Arial-Black.ttfas you can see, you need 5000 points to get onto the tribe dominance map, 300 for the player dominance, the zoom covers 4 K's and the villages are 4 pixels wide.
Save the file.
Go back to your map folder, copy the map.exe program, and paste it into your '1' folder.
Then go back to your map folder and try running makemap.bat.
When it asks what world, type in 1 and press Enter.
When it asks Old/New, type in new if you've never ran the script (at least not in the last hour or so), but if you're just editing the arguments to see how it looks, type in old. You can get banned for downloading too many data files too fast from the TW server!
Go into your '1' folder and you should have multiple maps ready as .gifs. If you see them, grats. If you see all empty maps, you might have made an error. Some maps will be messed up (such as noblings during early world), and some will be empty depending on the arguments you provided.
If your script failed, post the error here and I'll try to help with my limited knowledge. Also check nickjer's thread to see if your question has been answered. If you really like this, go to http://map.k-io.com/index.php and Donate to nickjer for making this possible.
That's it, making a self-updating script is all up to you. Please don't flood the forum with 50 threads called 'Killer123's maps' if they are all the same. Also, edit the colors and get some nicer fonts if you want to spruce things up.
I made this thread because more than a few people mailed me asking how I did it, and I always hated people who kept their 'secrets' to themselves just to look like they were some sort of elite coders, especially since I give all credit to nickjer for this, I could never have made this myself
Once again, his site.
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