How to reduce map filesize from ~20MB to ~5MB
Posted: January 3rd, 2011, 6:46 pm
Here's a quick and easy way to reduce your map size considerably, with seemingly NO effect on the map itself. KillerSam and I discovered it by complete fluke.
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1. Open up the CoD4 Compile Tools program.
2. Click "4. Update Zone File"
3. Remove the following lines from your zone file:(obviously it'll say your map name instead of mp_digital)
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That's it, you should be done! When you compile, your .ff file will be considerably smaller, and from testing it a reasonable amount I haven't noticed ANY changes at all to the map or in-game sounds. I never added any custom sounds in mp_digital, so if you've got sound files in your map then perhaps it will mess things up, but otherwise I would imagine it's fine.
I told the same thing to Sohvax when he made mp_meh and the map seems to run perfectly fine with the reduced filesize.
Good luck, and enjoy shorter download times!
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1. Open up the CoD4 Compile Tools program.
2. Click "4. Update Zone File"
3. Remove the following lines from your zone file:
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sound,common,mp_digital,!all_mp
sound,generic,mp_digital,!all_mp
sound,voiceovers,mp_digital,!all_mp
sound,multiplayer,mp_digital,!all_mp---
That's it, you should be done! When you compile, your .ff file will be considerably smaller, and from testing it a reasonable amount I haven't noticed ANY changes at all to the map or in-game sounds. I never added any custom sounds in mp_digital, so if you've got sound files in your map then perhaps it will mess things up, but otherwise I would imagine it's fine.
I told the same thing to Sohvax when he made mp_meh and the map seems to run perfectly fine with the reduced filesize.
Good luck, and enjoy shorter download times!