Squadmaps (v10)

How to extract the minimaps from your game files and save them as images.

1. Locate your game files

  • Start your Steam-client and search for "Squad" in the library.
  • Right-click at "Squad" and select "Properties"
  • Got to the "Local files" tab and click on "Browse local files...". You'll see the game folder.
  • The maps are located in "Squad\Content\Maps

Open e.g. "Chora". The file "Chora_Minimap.uasset" contains the texture for the ingame minimap. The problem is that the filetyp "*.uasset" is an Unreal-Editor binary file and no simple image.

Let's find a viewer/converter...

2. Get Gildors "UE Viewer"

Download Gildors UE Viewer and extract the ZIP-file to your preferred location. There's nothing to install.

Start "umodel.exe".

Change the path to the game files like shown above and deselect everything beside "Textures".

Umodel.exe GUI

Click "OK". You'll see a directory tree. Browse the folders for files with "minimap" in it.

The "Open" button opens a viewer. Attention: Don't press ESC but "O" to get back to the tree view.

The "Export" button will save the file as TGA-Images to the folder "UModelExport" located in the directory of "umodel.exe".

From TGA it's just a small step to any other image format. Use Gimp, Irfanview, Photoshop... you name it!

Just in case the images are not enough...

3. Make interactive online maps

It's simple.