Battlefield 3 Minimap Generator

A tool for generating minimaps for Battlefield 3 maps

Dependencies & Credit

MinHook - https://github.com/TsudaKageyu/minhook

DirectXTex - https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTex

UI is done with ImGui - https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

FB SDK (with small changes and additions) - https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/battlefield-3/90022-frostbite_sdk-eastl.html

Usage

1. Start the game, join a server

2. Inject .dll into the game

3. F1 to enable the UI and freecamera

   • Use WASD to move the camera
   • "Zoom" can be changed by changing the OrthoView size

4. With the UI open and the ortographical view enabled, drag an area for the minimap

   • Note that rendering is depending on camera height. Objects higher than the camera do not render
   • Resolution is the width and height of one cell in the grid in meters
   • The resulting images will be limited to window height

5. Press "Generate minimap"

   • Images will be dumped in Battlefield 3\BF3MinimapGenerator\LevelName\map#\grid_#_#.tga
   • A file called info.txt will also be created with the following data
     • Side length of one cell in pixels
     • Amount on cells in a row/column
     • Side length of one cell in world units
     • Center coordinate of each cell

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