About crater's depth...

[Fifix]

Hello guys ! First of all, I'm not English by birth, so I already apologize if I make some mistakes

Well, I once downloaded the "Diablo Warcraft III" map (which can be found here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/diablo-iii-warcraft-beta-v1-19b-112705/ ), and, when I opened it with the editor, found this:

http://www.noelshack.com/up/aac/deep-f0769e7458.png

I admit I'm not the best at editing (though I really can make beautiful cards. I'm working on a campaign and will post it there once it's finished), but this... this is the first time I see craters like that. I can only raise the gound with the terrain editor, OR make a circular deep crater via trigger, but make rectangular ones... (plus, the trigger-made craters are not conserved with a save)

So I beg you How can I make craters so deep ? I bet it's by using some other editor, but really, I would really appreciate a clear answer !

Thank you.

 

[M0RT]

I heard you need to change something in mpq file to allow that, my guess is this line in war3.mpg\UI\MiscData.txt:

// Maximum slope in degrees, (86+ will disable slope limits)
MaxSlope=50

Let me know if it works

EDIT: tested, you need to change the file inside war3patch.mpq (same file, the UI\MiscData.txt), then you can change the height of terrain as you wish.

 

[Fifix]

Uh... It doesn't work. I used MPQ Master to open war3.mpq, and I then changed to value (50 >>> 87). But nothing happened.

I also tried the same with winMPQ, and with values like 90 or 999.

How did you do it ?

 

[M0RT]

EDIT: tested, you need to change the file inside war3patch.mpq (same file, the UI\MiscData.txt), then you can change the height of terrain as you wish.

The older version of MiscData.txt is no longer used by WE, it uses the one in war3patch.mpq

 

[Fifix]

Oh, yeah x) Excuse me, 'didn't notice it...

But which program did you use to open war3patch.mpq ? Oddly enough, MPQ Master doesn't work here... or I don't know how to use it :/

EDIT: by "doesn't work", I mean that all files are like "unknown.xxx" x)

 

[ikillforeyou]

Use "War3modeleditor" Then open it and paste it into a new folder called "UI" In your wc3 folder.

 

[Fifix]

I opened war3patch.mpq, I extracted MiscData.txt (somehow the UI folder appeared xD), I pasted the modified txt in it, but nothing changed in the editor. And I cannot import the new MiscData in war3Patch. :/

I'm a noob here, I know. My knowledge of the World Edit doesn't go this far.

 

[ikillforeyou]

Are you using JNGP?

Did you restart the editor?

 

[Fifix]

Ah, I'm not using JNGP. I'll try with it and let you know the results.

Anyway, thank you !

EDIT: Uhh, wait... What IS JNGP ?

EDIT 2: No need. I found out. xD

 

[ikillforeyou]

Actually, you'd need to do something else with JNGP.

But, did you restart the editor?

 

[Fifix]

I restarted it, yeah.

But to summarize. I'm here with my UI folder within my Warcraft folder, and there's MiscData modified in it. What should I do ?

 

[ikillforeyou]

Can you post your miscdata file here? i dont have wc3 available, so i cant see.

 

[Fifix]

I don't think it's worth it since M0RT explained me how to change it, but here you are.

As you can see, I changed the value from 50 to 87, beacause 86+ negates the limit.

The only thing I must do now is import it in war3patch.mpq and overwrite the other one.

 

[ikillforeyou]

Create a new folder in your wc3 folder, and call it "UI" with capitals (NOT IN AN MPQ)

set the thing to 90.

put MiscData.txt in your new UI folder.

 

[Fifix]

Well I already did this, but still, nothing happened. Tested with WE and JNGP.

My craters are still the same.

EDIT: WAIT. Forget I said anything. I think it works.

EDIT 2: Yes, it works !! Awesome, thank you very much, man.

 

[ikillforeyou]

Are you using a square brush?

 

[Fifix]

Yes, but it works too with a circle brush. Although it's uglier x)