[General] 100% file size loss after using wc3mapoptimizer and doing the preview trick

[riky]

my workflow is the following:

1. save the wc3 map
2. open map with ladik mpq
3. remove war3map.mmp, replace war3mapMap.blp with a custom one (after more test just removing the .mmp is enough to trigger the issue, the .blp update can be skipped)
4. protect with 5.0wc3mapoptimizer, even tried tried all the settings on the optimizer.

The end result is 100% smaller maps (1kb) which are obviusly unplayble

this happens also on newly created/melee map. However i dont do the step 3 the optimizer works, so i can either protect the map or edit the map preview in the mpq not both

i tried and got another modder that works on the same map to share his configuration of wc3mapoptimizer and the executable archive with me. That didnt work either, so this really baffles me.

Any help would be appreciataed

 

[Gnuoy]

What exactly do you want help with?

 

[Daffa]

Is it not possible to just put the files as import? I'm not pretty smart with loading screens

Map Optimizer is not preferable for patches above 1.28 because of the new natives and potential instabilities with the changes brought by newer patches. Have you tried tools like PK YDWE and Frotty's Map Protector?

 

[riky]

hi, i go around the issue by using https://app.w3protect.eu (which should be frotty). But the thing is that the other modder has no issue with vex optimizer and the same map, so im wondering if there is something weird going on