Chrono Vortex Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) To generate all the HD previews, CnCNet comes with the CNC Maps Renderer. You can pretty easily use it to generate your own full sized previews, like this one: These are the steps you'll need to take: Open the directory where CnCNet is installed, find the Map Renderer folder and open it. Open Command Prompt (located in C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe). Drag and drop the file CNCMaps.Renderer.exe from Map Renderer folder into Command Prompt. Hit space, type -i (hyphen "i") and hit space again. Locate the map you want rendered. Drag and drop it into Command Prompt. Hit space and type -p (hyphen "p"). If you've done everything right, the command should look something like this: "C:\[CnCNet Directory]\Map Renderer\CNCMaps.Renderer.exe" -i "C:\[Map Directory]\[Map's Name].map" -p Just hit Enter and the renderer should generate a preview in the same directory as your map. Edited September 16, 2017 by Chrono Vortex 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Vortex Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) @YosefAnan I don't really have a way to record anything. Could you take a screenshot of the command you entered? Edited September 15, 2017 by Chrono Vortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lud0wig Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) 12 minutes ago, YosefAnan said: What is "Command Prompt" and wher is it ? I dont have it in my folders of the game! omg... Just search for "cmd" or "Command Prompt"... For example, on Windows 8.1: Edited September 16, 2017 by Lud0wig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezer_2000 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) What the hell? This program has its own GUI for years! Download from this topic: https://forums.cncnet.org/topic/3806-ra2-yr-maps-a-ginormous-collection-of-maps/ Upd: Spoiler Prompt commands if you dare to use this program without GUI: don't forget to use -S to show start positions on the map. Edited September 16, 2017 by Ezer_2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Vortex Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ezer_2000 said: What the hell? This program has its own GUI for years! Download from this topic: https://forums.cncnet.org/topic/3806-ra2-yr-maps-a-ginormous-collection-of-maps/ Right, but if you try the link to download the latest version, it doesn't work. The only available version there is v2.3.0. I suspect the version that comes with CnCNet is the latest. If it is, this would be the only way to run the latest version without access to download it independently. 1 hour ago, YosefAnan said: I have already searched for that by clicking on "windows" button with R on keyboard .. it's not in my PC. Can you upload it? Asking for an upload of Command Prompt because you can't find it seems silly. I'm pretty the computer needs it to run properly. It should be located in C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe. If you really don't have it, you may be able to download it from somewhere on Microsoft's site. Edited September 16, 2017 by Chrono Vortex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lud0wig Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, Chrono Vortex said: If you really don't have it, you should be able to download it from somewhere on Microsoft's site. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fir3w0rx Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) On 9/16/2017 at 9:05 PM, Chrono Vortex said: Right, but if you try the link to download the latest version, it doesn't work. The only available version there is v2.3.0. I suspect the version that comes CnCNet is the latest. If it is, this would be the only way to run the latest version without access to download it independently. The map renderer that Ezer_2000 linked to above (version 2.3.0.0, released 2016) is actually newer than the map renderer that comes with CnCNet (version 2.0.8562.0, released 2015). Edited September 21, 2017 by fir3w0rx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fir3w0rx Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) On 9/16/2017 at 7:46 PM, Ezer_2000 said: Prompt commands if you dare to use this program without GUI: What is this... 1981? (Oh whoops double post . There should be a merge feature for normal users!) Edited September 21, 2017 by fir3w0rx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Vortex Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 51 minutes ago, fir3w0rx said: The map renderer that Ezer_2000 linked to above (version 2.3.0.0, released 2016) is actually newer than the map renderer that comes with CnCNet (version 2.0.8562.0, released 2015). Ah. That fact combined with the map renderer being removed from the latest version of CnCNet kinda makes this post obsolete. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fir3w0rx Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 8 hours ago, Chrono Vortex said: Ah. That fact combined with the map renderer being removed from the latest version of CnCNet kinda makes this post obsolete. Oh well. It's been removed? But mine's still there?? I guess maybe if you do a clean install then it will no longer exist. Your instructions in your first post are still relevant for the stand-alone version though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Vortex Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, fir3w0rx said: It's been removed? But mine's still there?? I guess maybe if you do a clean install then it will no longer exist. Your instructions in your first post are still relevant for the stand-alone version though. I mean, yeah, running the update doesn't delete the renderer files, but anyone who gets CnCNet now won't have it. And if there's a version available that's more recent that has a GUI then there isn't much reason to do this. Edited September 22, 2017 by Chrono Vortex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezer_2000 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 No difference for me. But you can use GUI's ".exe" for your newer version too. More comfortable and faster. 21 hours ago, fir3w0rx said: What is this... 1981? Say this to @Chrono Vortex, he kind of like to use command prompts. Actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fir3w0rx Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 @Chrono Vortex What is this... 1981? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lud0wig Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 C'mon... it's not that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fir3w0rx Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 10 hours ago, Lud0wig said: C'mon... it's not that bad Yeah I'm just kiddin, it's ok. It's good for watching ASCII Star Wars Spoiler Make sure Telnet Client is enabled (in Control Panel) then goto good ol' command prompt and type: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl (Don't forget to disable Telnet Client afterwards). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aWarNoob1 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Hi guys, i'm having trouble using the renderer. I've got version 2.3.0.0. I've tried with so many maps but all fail. Here is the log I get: "[Info] Parsing snow.ini [Info] Parsing snowmd.ini [Info] Parsing snowmd.ini [Debug] Engine type detected as YurisRevenge [Info] Engine autodetect result: YurisRevenge [Info] Initializing filesystem for the YurisRevenge engine [Fatal] Rules or art config file could not be loaded! You cannot render a YR/FS map without the expansion installed [Fatal] Ini files couldn't be loaded [Error] Could not successfully load this map. Try specifying the engine type manually. Rules loading failed. Please make sure the mix directory is correct and that the required expansion packs are installed if they are required for the map you want to render. It appears an error ocurred during image rendering." I also can't send bug reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[CC] RaVaGe Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 @Grant Pin this, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v2elite Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) will it be transferred also if someone loads the map from me through a multiplayer game? I don´t know if it is supposed to be like that but i still get such HD Previews in the normal CnCnet Client: Edited October 13, 2017 by v2elite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aWarNoob1 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 On 9/15/2017 at 9:57 AM, Chrono Vortex said: To generate all the HD previews, CnCNet comes with the CNC Maps Renderer. You can pretty easily use it to generate your own full sized previews, like this one: These are the steps you'll need to take: Open the directory where CnCNet is installed, find the Map Renderer folder and open it. Open Command Prompt (located in C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe). Drag and drop the file CNCMaps.Renderer.exe from Map Renderer folder into Command Prompt. Hit space, type -i (hyphen "i") and hit space again. Locate the map you want rendered. Drag and drop it into Command Prompt. Hit space and type -p (hyphen "p"). If you've done everything right, the command should look something like this: "C:\[CnCNet Directory]\Map Renderer\CNCMaps.Renderer.exe" -i "C:\[Map Directory]\[Map's Name].map" -p Just hit Enter and the renderer should generate a preview in the same directory as your map. I've gotten the HD image in my custom map folder, but the cncnet client still uses the low reso image for my custom map. How to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[CC] RaVaGe Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I'll add a guide on how to add high reso previews into maps if you can get 2 other people to motivate me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPwny Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegistryEditor Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[CC] RaVaGe Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 5:57 AM, McPwny said: do it. 6 hours ago, RegistryEditor said: Seconded. I'll do it soon, go download, xcc mixer and notepad++ in the meanwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aWarNoob1 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Has the guide been made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YosefAnan Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 9/15/2017 at 9:10 PM, Chrono Vortex said: I don't really have a way to record anything. Could you take a screenshot of the command you entered? Sorry man I just now saw your post. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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