Click on " Choose an icon" option, select the desired icon from the drop-down list and then click on the minimap to place it at the desired location. Open CSGO Advanced Radar Maker, click on " Load Radar Image" and load the screenshot you took.ġ0. You can get it off of the NVIDA website here: NVIDA.
DDS file option is not available to you, then you might need to download a photoshop plug-in. When the DDS dialog box opens click the drop down box at the top left, and change the option from "DXT1 RGB 4 bpp | no alpha" to "DXT1 ARGB 4 bpp | 1 bit alpha" As shown in the image below. Save the file to" %STEAMINSTALL%\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\resource\overviews"Ĩ. The file name should be your map name followed by " _radar" ex. Make all the necessary editions without nudging the screenshot. This is most likely " C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam".ħ. Where " %STEAMINSTALL%" is the directory in which you have steam installed.
It should be located at " %STEAMINSTALL%\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\screenshots". Copy this data, and paste it in a text file.Ħ. Also, it the console, you will see the projection data (position and scale) eg " Overview: scale 6.00, pos_x -2651, pos_y 4027". Switch to orthographic mode with the console command " cl_leveloverview x", where x is the scale factor.ĥ. Now place your player to a position where you can see the whole level from above.Ĥ. Open the Console ("`" key) and type in:-ģ. Right click on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive > Click on Properties > Set Launch Options.
While the user is still required to perform the basic tradition steps of the minimap making, CS:GO Radar Maker makes it easy to place the minimap icons (Spawn areas, Hostages and Bombsites) without needing the user to manually edit the text file for the same.ġ. CS:GO Radar Maker 1.0 is a tool by Refil Entertainment that facilitates the creation minimaps for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's maps.