Downgrade map from 1.30+ to 1.27?

[Jahjahbinks]

What would be the easiest way to downgrade maps from 1.30+ TFT and Reforged to 1.27b? I remember some software that can export all unit data from a map and stuff.

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

For 1.31 and below, replace w3i and trigger files with older wc3 versions. For 1.32, not really practical yet.

 

[Jahjahbinks]

For 1.31 and below, replace w3i and trigger files with older wc3 versions. For 1.32, not really practical yet.

What are the trigger files?

 

[Strydhaizer]

What are the trigger files?

The .w3t file inside your map.

By the way please post this kind of thread next time to World Editor Help Zone not in Map Development.

 

[Jahjahbinks]

I swapped the files from a map that works on 1.27 but my map wont open in 1.27 we or wc3. What could have I done wrong?

By the way please post this kind of thread next time to World Editor Help Zone not in Map Development.

Will do.

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

the trigger files are the wct and wtg files.

 

[Kostyarik]

Soo.. any summary? =)

 

[Tal'Rarity]

This doesn't seem to work unless you don't mind losing most of your data/map.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You could try using W3x2Lni v2.7.0 .

It can apparently convert maps into text form. Form that you may be able to convert them into some legacy version.

 

[Jahjahbinks]

This doesn't seem to work unless you don't mind losing most of your data/map.

Yes. I quote this for anyone considering a try. Far as I know, there is no ez way.

 

[Daffa]

1.31 is a pain to convert down. 1.30 still uses similar data to 1.29, so it should be easier to migrate them.

When you try to open the map in 1.27 editor, what error you get?

 

[deepstrasz]

@Drake53 if you please.

 

[Drake53]

I have a tool (work in progress) that can automatically downgrade a map's war3map.w3i file, and notify you if the map script uses natives that aren't available in the patch you want to downgrade to. It also downgrades some WE-only files (not the trigger files though, I have done 0 research on those so I can't work with those at the moment).
I haven't released it as an .exe yet so if you want to try using it you need to use visual studio.

 

[Map Designer]

whats so special about 1.27?

I think the casual cracked version is 1.26 if im not mistaken. its also compatable with version switcher from 1.24 to 1.26

 

[DaneTheBeast]

He wants to downgrade a single map, not the whole game, that's where the issue is. That would require editing the map in some tricky ways as people here have suggested. Drake53's work seems very promising so that might be a one-stop solution in the future

 

[Kostyarik]

I have a tool (work in progress) that can automatically downgrade a map's war3map.w3i file, and notify you if the map script uses natives that aren't available in the patch you want to downgrade to. It also downgrades some WE-only files (not the trigger files though, I have done 0 research on those so I can't work with those at the moment).
I haven't released it as an .exe yet so if you want to try using it you need to use visual studio.

Sry m8, do u have a win64 compiled one? =)

 

[Drake53]

Sry m8, do u have a win64 compiled one? =)

I never really publish my projects so I hope I didn't mess up. This release targets .NET Core 3.1 win-x64. If it doesn't work, you may need to install .NET Core Runtime.
When you run it from the commandline with no arguments, it will tell you what arguments it expects.
Let me know if you run into any issues.

EDIT: My tool now has a proper user interface, thread here: Map Adapter