If you want to edit MPQ archives I suggest you get SFmpqapi for your favourite programming language. I'll not talk about the MPQ format here since Quantam did it already. MPQ are like "zip" or "rar" files as they contain aĭirectory structure with compressed files. If you want to "play" with the map files, you'll also need a hexadecimal editor.Ī freeware alternative is XVI32 found at but it lacks quite a bunch of useful features. Simply add all your listfiles to this list and most unknown Specify external listfiles that will be looked up for fmissingįilenames. You can get the latest listfiles for Warcraft at Īll the above mentioned editors have a settings dialog where you can If you only see unknown files when opening maps or other archives you will also need up-to-date listfiles. This one also allows creating executable patches which requires MPQDraft in the same directory.
You can also use Ladik's MPQ Editor which you can get here:Īnother option would be PowerMPQ which is also available in Italian and German: Read the documentation and installation notes.
I suggest WinMPQ (ShadowFlare), you can get it here: "W3M" and "W3X" and also map files as well as "W3N" campaign files can be opened with any MPQ editor that supports Warcraft 3. These are:Īnd in your " C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\Maps\FrozenThrone\":Īnd in your " C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\Campaigns\":Īlso by installing updates a new archive will be added that holds the most up-to-date files from the patch, namely If you have also installed the expansion The Frozen Throne, you'll have other archives that hold the new files. In your " C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\":Īnd in your " C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\Maps\": Installation is clean, you should have these files (of course, thereĪre other files in there but I'll uses these for exemples): I'll also describe the new format of in the expansion The Frozen Using you may have to figure out some differences in the file formats. That's why some files format can vary depending which version you're I'll talk about files of Warcraft 3 Retail (initial version) here, You'll need Warcraft III Retail installed let's say in I'm French so please, forgive my English! Finally, use this documentation at your own risks: I take no responsability if you corrupt your maps.
I did document here the current version used by Warcraft III Retail (initial version) make sure the file you're looking at or modifying are using the same version/format as describbed. The specification of each kind of file depend on its version. This was made without any help from Blizzard Entertainement and did not involve "reverse engineering" of the Warcraft III engine. Specifications of Warcraft III maps files ( *.w3m and *.w3x). This documentation contains almost all the
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