Resizing the map?

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Resizing the map?

Post by *Boinkage*! »

Is there a way to resize a map in BZEdit? As in make it say, 800 X by 400 Y large?
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Post by Winny »

You could always group the whole map and shrink it...

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Post by Legolas_ »

To further Winny's post, look into the direction of scaling.

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scale 1 1 1
Would make objects* normal size.

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scale 1 2 1
Would make objects* twice the normal size in the Y axis, while the other axes stay the same

*Correct me if I'm wrong and the scaling changes more than just object size. I believe the distance between objects will still have the same ratio.
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Post by optic delusion »

you cannot make the world extents anything but square.
you can fake it by making large invisible boxes.
It can cause problems with flag spawns, and sometimes players get stuck in tiny slivers of map if the box isn't perfectly sized and placed.
check out spazzy mcgee's perpendicular
I'll try to make sure that map gets put back up tomorrow.
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