How can I make a new map as my campaign layout?

Age of Empires II: DE II - Modding
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Hello everyone.
I have created a map by merging two files. The american map of the map overlays and the campaign overview. I have written in the layout.json the exact words in order to use the map:
{
“UserMaterials”:[
{
“Material”: “American Map”,
“FileName”: “Amazon Warriors of native America.dds”,
“Blend”: “None”

But no matter what file do I save or export the map (png, dds, xcf

etc), it doesn’t show when I select the campaign.
So how can I make it work?
The map is this:

American map
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2

From the top, is it like this:

{
	"UserMaterials":[
    {
      "Material": "CampaignBackgroundAveCaesar",
      "FileName": "CampaignBackgroundAveCaesar.dds",
      "Blend": "None"
    }
	],
	
  "BackgroundMaterial": "CampaignBackgroundAveCaesar",
  "Widgets": [

Do you have these files (Your names obviously) in the directory below)?

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image

If all of that is correct, I suspect your problem will be with you .dds file. Are you using Photoshop to create it? It has to be saved as a dds, but actually saving it as one can be a bit tricky I found when I made my map.

3

I used GIMP and I had to export it in order for it to be a .dds file. If I save it it is saved as xcf.