[GUIDE]How to extract the vmaps on Linux and on Windows

[Helias]

Step 1

For Windows...

We must copy the files make_vmaps.bat, makevmaps_SIMPLE.bat, vmap_assembler.exe and the file vmapExtractor3.exe in the folder of World of Warcraft, after we must execute the file make_vmaps.bat and after we must execute makevmaps_SIMPLE.bat.

Now we have the vmaps and we can enble LOS (in the file mangosd.conf).

For Linux...

We need to install some software and we can install those with this command:

sudo apt-get install cmake libghc6-bzlib-dev

Now if we see the file makevmaps_SIMPLE.bat..

vmapExtractor3.exe
md vmaps
vmap_assembler.exe buildings vmaps

pause

We see that we need two extractor for buildings and vmaps so we can configure/compile they.

For vmapExtractorv3 we must go to folder dep/libmpq ("Because vmap_extractor depends on libmpq for reading mpq files, you will have to build libmpq prior to vmap_extractor.") so write in the terminal:

cd sources/mangos/dep/libmpq

after configure it with those commands:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make

After that go to folder sources/mangos/contrib/vmap_extractor_v3/ so write this command:

cd ..; cd ..; cd contrib/vmap_extractor_v3;

Make the file executable so write those commands:

cmake .

and

make

Now copy the file vmapextractor in the folder of World of Warcraft and execute it:

./vmapextractor

and the Buildings is ok!

For create the file executable vmap_assembler we go to the folder /sources/mangos/contrib/vmap_assembler/ and write those commands:

cmake .

and

make

after copy the file vmapextractor (that you find in the folder vmap_extractor_v3/vmapextract) in the folder of Worlf of Warcraft and execute it but remember that write also the <input_dir> and <output_dir> and create the folder vmaps before execute it (the folder Buildings is already create if we follow until now).

example:

mkdir vmaps

./vmapextractor Buildings vmaps

Step 2

For both OS:

After open the file mangods.conf we must modify

vmap.enableLOS = 1
vmap.enableHeight = 1
vmap.ignoreMapIds = "369"
vmap.ignoreSpellIds = "7720"

(you can to find already configurated).

If you don't need the vmaps you can put vmap.enableLOS = 1 and vmap.enableHeight = 1 to 0.