Fa's W3X Patcher

[Fakov]

Hi all from Russia =D
I've bring you a new development in map-protect) I think you will like it)

ofc, i'm sorry for my rude english =3

What is this?

This is a programm, which patch map. After patch there will be some problems to open patched map with MPQ editors. It's not a complete protect, it's just en element of it.

How does it work?

It's magic. Only magic, really.

What's problem can be?

1) Today I know only one MPQ editor, which can open a patched map.
2) Soft Patch work in a test-mode, so rarely there is fatal error in game)
3) If you patch you map not in Soft mode - you will not to use your map in Hostbot)


Programm has short FAQ, just press button "How to use".

Also, if you afraid somethig, you can save unpatched version of your map.

Main recommendation

For powerful protect, use patch in this sequence:
1) Vexorian Optimizer Tool
2) Spazzler
3) Patcher

It can help you protect you map better)

 

[Frotty]

Toraxxx already did this a while ago, I lost the file tho.
It's really not magic, just damages some index files (or so?)of the mpq making it unable to open in any other mode than mpq 1.0

It can still be opened with Ladik's under forced 1.0 mode.

In the end my opinion on map protection is still, that it isn't worth the effort, especially since the wc3 community has shrunk that much.

Thanks for the program anyways.