a little map problem

[thehorde420]

well, its not so much a problem as it is just puzzling to me i guess. well my map file is big. in fact i have never seen one bigger. i haven't seen a whole bunch of map files but i have seen quite a few. it is 2,414 KB. i don't understand why. is there somwthing i could have done to make it this big? is the briefing a big file, cuz this map has a briefing? i really don't know why it is so big.

[StealthyDeath]

You probably have large sounds files or they aren't in 16-bit and you imported them anyway.

[thehorde420]

yep. that would be it right there. i do have quite a bit of imported sound files that i specifically remember it telling me that they were 8-bit but i did it anyway. thanks.

[Modred]

Heh...always blame the sound files...when in fact it was I...j/k

Yeah, .wav files always take up a lot of space. And I've got some maps that are over 6 megs.

EDIT: Found one that is over 16 megs...and I'm sure there are larger.

[UED77]

Convert it to 16-bit, It is proven that the pkzip compression used in MPQs compresses 16-bit wav files more efficiently.

You can use windows sound recorder for that task.

UED77