Tools - THW

LithUnwrap - UV Mapping Tool

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:32:17 GMT

A great tool for UV mapping and creating UV maps out of pre-existing wc3 models.

Filetypes supported- .lum .obj .3ds .asc .Iwo .x .dof .ms3d .cob .nod .mdl .md2 .md3 .prm .smf .pof .oof .peo .geo .sod .l3d .3do .act .bdy .skn .bmf .mdc .mdo

Saves UV maps as- .bmp

The learning curve on this tool is moderately high.

Here is a tutorial on one of its many uses, UV map creation from an existing model:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/s...d.php?p=720122
( I must say this tutorial is quite good *wink)

W3Colorpicker v2.4i (& Tooltip Creator)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:14:25 GMT

Homepage: www.christopherhauck.de

The program at least works on Win XP and Win Vista, but should also run on other Windows versions.

Description:
This program is a colorpicker, gradient creator and tooltip creator in one.
It also can save colors and is "minimizeable" (see screenshots on my HP) which makes it very useful when working with W3 or graphic programs.
(The program is displayed as small sidebar then)

Features:
- Language can be set to English and German
- RBG- Hexadecimal- and HTML-values
- Pick colors from a scheme or directly from your screen
- Tray icon instead of taskbar entry
- Minimizeable --> can be used in combination with other graphic programs like photoshop to remember colors
- You can easily save your favorite colors to use them throughout your map or your homepage
- Automatically colors or gradient-colors your texts with up to 3 different colors.
Also works for BB Code! :-)
- Can automatically check the program version. (If there is a new one, you can download it with 1 click)
- You can create links to maps, websites, folders, ... in the popup menu
- The program contains a comfortable tooltip creator with instant preview and rich edit

More Screenshots here: http://www.christopherhauck.de/f2_colorp.php
(Click on the british flag in the top right corner to change language to English)

Enjoy!

W3 Tooltip Creator 1.4

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:57:19 GMT

W3 Tooltip Creator is a program that will help mapmakers creating tooltips.
The program features Rich Text Editor, Tabbed Interface, Own file format ( .TCF for normal files and .TPR for project files ), Creation of Warcraft 3 codes from rich text and vice versa , Ability to rapidly create hero level descriptions, Tooltip Previewer, Create tooltips in warcraft-like interface, Gradient text support, Tray Icon, Color Picker, Ability to edit and save Warcraft III map custom strings.

War3 Cache Converter 1.0

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:04:57 GMT

The War3 Cache Converter lets you extract game caches from Campaigns.w3v and from savegames and export it to SLK sheets. Those can be edited in Excel, Open Office or SYLK Pad.
Then it lets you convert the SLK table back to a Campaigns.w3v file to put it back in game.

This requires the .NET framework 2.0, which you can download here. It's a command line tool.
Type CacheConv register to register the .w3v and .w3z file extensions to the tool and CacheConv unregister to unregister them. When registered it will auto-convert those files to SLK when double clicking them.

Otherwise just drag and drop a .w3v or .w3z file onto the tool to convert it to slk. Or drag and drop an slk file onto the exe to get your changes back into Campaigns.w3v.
Or type "CacheConv inputfile" in the command prompt (without quotes).

Possible Use Cases:

Custom Ladder Systems: I don't know if the Save Game trigger actually works, but if it does, you could create bnet maps that automatically save a savegame that contains game cache data when a game is over. A tool running in the background could monitor the file system and wait for the creation of this savegame, then use CacheConv to extract desired information and finally automatically report the results to a webserver.
Gamecache Maintainance: If you ever hit the 256 game cache limit you will be thankful to be able to simply remove some of the game caches manually with this tool. Also whenever you're not sure if there are the correct values in the game cache you can now easily check it out.
Debugging: You can write all sorts of debug information to gamecache and later analyze it in Excel. I've added 2 special tags for that purpose: Integers with labels that start with # will be displayed as ids (eg AHbz, hpea ...) instead of numbers. Values in a category that starts with < or > will be sorted ascending/descending by their labels. This can be useful for logging actions to the gamecache and to get the output in the correct order.
Especially for AI file development a log can be really useful.
Excel macros can then be used to evaluate the gatherd information.
Injecting Data into the Game: Might be useful for singleplayer campaigns, to precompile certain tables (for example with an Excel macro) and put it in-game with a custom Campaigns.w3v file.

BLPaletter 1.5c

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:50:00 GMT

BLPaletter converts BMP, TGA and JPG images to paletted BLP images.
These often compress better than usual JPG compressed BLPs.
For example it compresses a 256x256 texture to 33kb in a map of mine.
Note that paletted blps work better with MPQ archive compression than ordinary jpg blps,
so that you can only accurately compare file size after importing them into a map.
Since version 1.3 it can also create JPG compressed BLPs.
Fixed Mipmapping issues in version 1.4.
Fixed an alpha channel issue in version 1.5b.

Simply drag and drop the input image onto the executable and it'll be converted to blp.

To make use of the available options use a command line such as:
BLPaletter <input.tga|input.bmp|input.jpg> [<output.blp>] [<number of colors / quality>] [-j | -p] [-mipN]

Replace the N of the -mip parameter with a number between 1 and 16.
This will limit the number of generated mipmaps to a max of N.

For icons and interface textures always use -mip1 because they do not use mipmapping .
Or -mip2 if you support people with really old computers who have the texture quality setting at low.
For model textures simply leave out the -mip parameter.

Examples:

Code:

  BLPaletter D:\icons\BTNSomeIcon.tga -mip1    -> Will create D:\icons\BTNSomeIcon.blp with 256 colors and 1 mipmap  BLPaletter D:\icons\BTNBlah.bmp 128    -> Will create D:\icons\BTNBlah.blp with 128 colors  BLPaletter D:\icons\a.tga D:\icons\b.blp 64    -> Will create D:\icons\b.blp with 64 colors  BLPaletter "C:\Program Files\Something\SomeTexture.tga" Target.blp    -> Will create Target.blp with 256 colors in the current directory (watch out: you need " when a path contains a space)  BLPaletter C:\x.bmp C:\y.blp 85 -j    -> Will create C:\y.blp with JPG compression and a quality of 85%  BLPaletter ..\Textures\MountainKing.bmp -p -mip8    -> Will create ..\Textures\MountainKing.blp with 256 colors (paletted) and 8 mipmaps at max

You can also download this additional GUI frontend made by Acaykath, put it in the same directory and use that.
It will give you nice buttons and things you can click on.

Warcraft 3 Item Creator v3.0.4

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:04:44 GMT

Creates professional and symmetric tooltips, perfect if you have a lot of items that needs to have the same apperance, but you don't want to spend hours of perfecting the tooltips manually. Easy to use, and highly customizable.

Screenshot of the tool in action can be found here.

MPQDraft 13/9, 2006

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:55:41 GMT

MPQDraft is the industry standard modding tool for Blizzard games, including Diablo I & II, Starcraft, Warcraft 2: BNE, and Warcraft III. It allows in-memory patching of game data files, added features through plugins, and creation of self-executing mods

MPQ Extractor 1.0

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:50:09 GMT

MPQ Extractor is a small program that will extract the content of MPQ (MoPaQ) archives. Multiple archives can be opened and processed at the same time, and the extraction process can be cancelled at any moment. If the program is launched by double-clicking an archive or a selection of archives, it will automatically quit once it has extracted that set of archives (and any archive added in-between).

WC3 Banlist 3.0

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:38:44 GMT

This program is created to make an effort at keeping your Warcraft III custom games (for example DotA) free of notorious leavers. Thereby it offers a local database (to which you can add people yourself) to alert you when a "leaver" joins your game or someone you've kept some information about.

The program can do this in various ways:

Play a sound as soon as a leaver is detected, or banned
Display a text in-game floating at the top of your screen
Copy a text into the clipboard, so you can view the comment by pressing CTRL-V

Further features include:

Synchronization with other people's banlists via the Banlist.nl Buddy Banlist System
Integration of clans' banlists / safelists
Showing the country of or ping to joined players or the host
A real-time chat interface for Warcraft III using built-in stylesheets to match the Warcraft III-look or another look to your liking
An anti-download option which enables you to have people who try to download the map (when hosting) auto-kicked
Automatic slot-reservation for your friends and clanmates
Automatically copying the game name if your friend joins a game

MPQ FS 0.3.3

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:10:23 GMT

mpqfs (or MoPaQ Filesystem) is a FUSE filesystem for Blizzard Entertainment's MoPaQ (.mpq) archives. With it, you can use regular system tools and applications such as Finder and QuickTime Player or standard UNIX programs to access the content of such archives.

MoPaQ archives have been used by Blizzard Entertainment since the original Diablo to store game assets.

mpqfs is powered by MPQKit, an object-oriented framework for manipulating MoPaQ archives. For details on the project, see http://www.devklog.net/mpqkit/.

Hive Toolbar

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:28:53 GMT

The toolbar for all Hive geeks!
contains:
-Clean menu, Clean history, caches and cookies.
-Pop-up Blocker.
-Fast zooming, to get the samll details on THW ;).
-Fastlinks to your favorite site; The Hive.
-Fully costumiseable.

Also contains a google search, but thats no "hive-like" :D.
-------------------------------------
V0.01 - Puplic Release.
V0.02 - Screenshots, better backgrounds, New icons.

PS: Sorry for spelling errors.
For all FF users, please wait, im working on a firefox competable version.

Warcraft III Unit Balancer

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:28:15 GMT

Ever been making a game and found it painful and annoying to edit the units, test and repeat to get balanced units? Now you can use this simple program to easily balance your units.

As this is written in HTML, it supports all computers that have been made in the last 10 years.

Warcraft Screenshot Reader 1.01

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:57:29 GMT

This is a program that decodes save codes from Warcraft III screenshots. This is usefull for RPG-style maps that allow to save the character. Instead of writing down the save code, just take a screenshot and use this program to copy the save code to the clipboard.

See the http://warcraftreader.wiki.sourceforge.net/ for more informations.

The program has been updated. It is now released under the GPL.

3ds -> GMax

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:18:29 GMT

A small file for importing .3ds-files into the gmax-editor

My friend made this and allowed me to upload it here. Hope you have a use of this.

MDL <> MDX Converter

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:41:13 GMT

Converts between MDX and MDL files.

- Click "Convert" and choose one or more files to convert.
- Click "Repeat" to do the last batch over again. This
is useful if you had an error in your MDL and just went
back to fix it.
- You can also click and drag files onto the program
from Explorer or open MDL/X files with it. This makes
converting a file as easy as going into the right click
menu in Explorer.

Sevion's Tooltip Creator v1.0

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:21:49 GMT

This program I've created was based on another tooltip creator program I've used a long while ago. I lost it and cannot find it so I decided, "Why not create my own?" Well here it is. It has three preset guidelines for Units, Items, and Spells. If you don't like the guidelines you can choose to go without them with the No Guideline feature so you can add or take out the ones you don't want to use or want to use. When you copy it copies everything for you and then checks to make sure it's correct.

Wc3Browser 0.5 (updated)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:05:10 GMT

Wc3Browser allows one to browse the poorly implemented, unfiltered, serverlist in Warcraft 3. This tool gives you the ability to filter servers to find interesting games. This version have only been tested on TFT but it probably works on original too. Please note that you have to view the custom-games screen in Wc3 (before tabbing out) for Wc3Browser to find any games.

To run this, you'll need:
.NET Framework 2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
Latest WinPcap (4.0.2) http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

Changelog
---------------------------------------
Wc3Browser Release 0.5
Copyright � E.Sandberg (Risc), 2007-2008
This program is freeware.

Release 0.5
-Complete rewrite of the old source
-Icons make it to see if it's a RoC or TFT-map
-Map filename enumeration
-Choose to filter either map or game title
-Filter auto-complete

Release 0.22
-Added a "Reverse Filter" option which will exclude
all matches found in the filter instead of including them.

Release 0.21
-Fixed filter not updating timestamp correctly.

Release 0.2
-Added sound when filter-list updates.
-Added timestamp for servers.
-New icon.

Release 0.1
-Initial release

Darwine

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:28:41 GMT

Darwine is a tool that will let you run Windows Warcraft 3 tools on MacOS X
This is open-source and legal because it is based on recreated windos binaries
download it from the link because it is to big for me to upload and it changes often.

MazeTriggers v1.4b

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:54:44 GMT

This program aids in creating common Maze Triggers. It creates the following triggers with the information you input:
1. Collision
2. Region Death
3. Ice Sliding
4. Ice Skating (Turn on ice)
5. Commands such as -name, -color, etc.
6. Terrain Kill
7. Simple Wisp Whirl

Mdx Pather

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:12:56 GMT

MDX Pather 1.01
Released 7-12-06
Contact: PM Guesst at www.wc3campaigns.net

This program provides a faster way to change texture paths
in MDXs. To use this program on an MDX quickly, you can
use set MdxPather as one of the 'Open with' options. Right
click on and MDX, go to 'Open with', click 'Browse...',
and find the program. After that MdxPather will appear on
your 'Open with' list for MDX files.

Wc3CTGen

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:12:34 GMT

Current Version: v0.3.0
If you ever get tired of using separate programs to make the colored text you desire for your in-game text, this program is for you. Wc3CTGen stands for Warcraft 3 Color Text Generator, and it will allow you to generate color codes quickly and efficiently, allow you to preview your text with different backgrounds and foregrounds, and can generate gradient texts with the gradient wizard. Its pretty clear on how to use it, just use the menus provided at the top of the main window. Enjoy! Feedback is welcome!

LordOglog's JASS Death Region Creator

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:45:58 GMT

This program makes JASS code for killing units when they enter a region.
It is usefull if you are making a maze map and you have alot of regions and you don't want to make hundreds of different events.

Features:
Region prefix (if your not using the default "Region ")
Saves as a .j file
Special Effects (large list and you can enter your own)
Pauses units and has a changeable wait time before killing them (so it doesn't kill the unit before the special effect has finished).
Attachment points and modifiers.
Safe Players.
Help window.

Credits:
Me LordOglog.
SFilip for telling me a better way to do region code, and for helping me find the format function.
moyack for all his help with de-bugging and improving the generated code. Thanks!
Also lastly to Anitarf for pointing out a little bug in the code!
Also to Volverabid for help getting this tool uploaded here.

Requirements:
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 which can be downloaded Here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

There is also a sample map in with the program.

Mefhisto Warcraft III Tool 1.4.2

Sun, 04 May 2008 15:40:47 GMT

"Mefhisto Warcraft III Tool is a complementary application for Warcraft III gamers and map makers to make their life a little easier while in the heat of battles. This is not any hack or bannable application, as it makes no changes to the gameplay; The biggest advantage you will receive from this application, is the amount of time you will save in-game."

Current Version: 1.4.2 May 2008 Changelog

Features:

Simplification for Custom Keys
Advanced Game Configuration
World Editor Tweaks
Various Game Modes
Simple and Clear Interface
Easy Set Up with Configuration File
Multi Language Interface

Contains:

Backpack Helper
Hit Point Shower
Windows Keys Disabler
Replay Auto Saver
Builded-in Replay Charter

and more...

Visit website for more info Mefhisto Warcraft III Tool Web Site

Config.ini configuration guide Configuration Guide

Or if You like, post on hiveworkshop forum Hive Workshop Post

Warcraft 3 Image Renamer

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:19:12 GMT

Warcraft 3 Image Renamer v1.3.2

A complete solution for W3 valid icon resource production. Your only concern should now on be the main design, then scale resample it down to 64x64 as W3IR shall take care of the other tasks, including adding borders and renaming files in a suitable manner. If you�d like, it can also pack up your BLP icons as a ZIP archive, based on the WC3Sear.ch standards. No more time spent on giving icons names and borders by hand, one by one! Your roughneck is here!
For details, please check the new and improved documentation of W3IR!

Thank you for choosing W3IR!

Features:
- 17,48ms per processed bitmap file
- support for 24&32 bit input images: bitmap, Targa and Photoshop Document files (*.bmp, *.tga, *.psd)
- support for 24 bit output images: bitmap, Targa and JPEG files (*.bmp, *.tga, *.jpg)
- neat GUI with high ergonomics
- easy mass-bordering with 7 border formats: BTN, DISBTN, PASBTN, DISPASBTN, Autocast, Attack Type and Upgrade
- easy mass-renaming for bitmap, Targa, Photoshop Document, JPEG and Blizzard Texture files
- ZIP packaging for BLP files
- colour extraction (RGB, CMYK, HSB/HSV) and RGB scrambling

�2006-2007 Octavian Cucuta a.k.a. BlackDoom
Project contact: w3ir_bd@yahoo.com

Developped over 8 months, from o9/o7/2oo6 to o5/13/2oo7 in Borland Delphi 6 Personal. Licensed under GNU GPL Version 2, June 1991.
Source code available on request, according to respective owner license.

BLP <-> TGA Converter

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:19:33 GMT

A simple shell file converting BLP to TGA and reverse.

Wc3MapOptimizer 4.6

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:42:20 GMT

Optimize maps, make them smaller and faster, even unopenable in World Editor if you want them to.

Total Commander MPQ Plugin 1.0.0.19

Sat, 12 May 2007 15:42:36 GMT

Archive plugin for Total Commander. Allows you to create, list, extract and change files within MPQ archives. A listfile usable to load MPQs is included.

WinMPQ v1.64

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:11:42 GMT

This is an mpq archiver that uses SFmpq. It has an interface somewhat similar to WinZip. It currently has many features and is one of the best mpq archivers around.

Jass Craft

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:10:29 GMT

Here is official release of JassCraft. (Also know under the codename NewJazz or Jass Shop Pro 2). This version was made out of the Mystix text editor. Means that all features might not be added. Also try the different highlight styles. I recommend Heaven's Blade and Black March. Remember that I'm still working on this so if you miss something from Jass Shop Pro or have a suggestion/bug report please post below. From 1.1 JassCraft has .mdl editing support.

Warcraft 3 Tooltip Converter 1.1

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:18:19 GMT

Helps mappers to present projects by converting Warcraft 3 World Editor language to html and standard forum language.
Very easy to use and fast tool.

Runs on every OS, you only need a JavaScript supporting browser (like Safari, Internet Explorer or Firefox).

Version 1.1:
Supports tooltip titles and converts them to bold.