[Pearson]

Hello.
Me and my team creating new map(City or world what ever you want) for our gamemode.how can we use mapandreas for this?

[NaS]

You can't natively. You could extend MapAndreas if you edit the Z Map, but if you have the resources I'd really suggest using ColAndreas. It's not only easier, but it provides way more functions as well.

[Pearson]

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Originally Posted by NaS You can't natively. You could extend MapAndreas if you edit the Z Map, but if you have the resources I'd really suggest using ColAndreas. It's not only easier, but it provides way more functions as well.

What do you mean in resources?

[NaS]

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Originally Posted by Pearson What do you mean in resources?

ColAndreas needs quite some memory (noticably more than MapAndreas) for obvious reasons, if you have enough this shouldn't be a problem.

My server for example uses around 800 MB, after running for a bit (also other plugins are loaded, but 600 should be minimum using CA).

[Pearson]

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Originally Posted by NaS ColAndreas needs quite some memory (noticably more than MapAndreas) for obvious reasons, if you have enough this shouldn't be a problem. My server for example uses around 800 MB, after running for a bit (also other plugins are loaded, but 600 should be minimum using CA).

I bought dedicated server yesterday.
24 GB ram,
2x 2TB

[Hansrutger]

If I understood correctly (I haven't tried this myself) you can set Z-coords yourself with this:

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MapAndreas_SetZ_For2DCoord(Float:X, Float:Y, Float:Z); // Use it to safe SetZ changes to a file (else they arent permanent)

It's taken from this: https://sampforum.blast.hk/showthread.php?tid=275492

With this being said, you will have to go through the most annoying thing ever - manual work. If ColAndreas provides a better option, which from my understanding it does, I highly recommend going with that, I doubt the RAM usage will be a problem for you.

[NaS]

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Originally Posted by Pearson I bought dedicated server yesterday. 24 GB ram, 2x 2TB

That is more than enough. If you don't run hundreds of servers, CA will not be a problem.

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Originally Posted by Hansrutger If I understood correctly (I haven't tried this myself) you can set Z-coords yourself with this: It's taken from this: https://sampforum.blast.hk/showthread.php?tid=275492 With this being said, you will have to go through the most annoying thing ever - manual work. If ColAndreas provides a better option, which from my understanding it does, I highly recommend going with that, I doubt the RAM usage will be a problem for you.

For creating the ZMap for MapAndreas you can also use ColAndreas. Raycast every square meter (or finer and/or calculate a median) and write it to a ZMap you're gonna use on your server.
But well, if you already implemented CA, I don't see a point in changing back to MA.
You can also exclude laterns, signs etc for the whole world and generate a slightly more accurate ZMap than the default one.