Help on extracting war3map.w3e?

[douteigami]

I can find all sorts of info on the structure within the w3e for tileset information, but I can't find anything on how to extract the w3e file itself. Is there a tool for this?

I'm wanting to convert some wc3 maps into something that i can use for age of empires 2, and also possibly i'll convert the terrain to a mesh or something just for fun.

Any information would be helpful, thanks.

 

[deepstrasz]

Exporting files from a MPQ. for older versions (pre 1.29).

Casc Storages - Main page for newer ones (post 1.29).
[Instructions] How to extract campaign maps from CASC files

You can open .w3x/.w3m (Warcraft III map files as they are a sort of .mpq) with
Ladik's MPQ Editor 32bit
Ladik's MPQ Editor 32bit

Parsing metadata from w3m w3x w3n

EDIT: TriggerHappy just wrote it adequately below. What I wrote is also related to extracting files from the game archives, including maps.

 

[TriggerHappy]

All maps are MPQs even post 1.29, so there's no need for CASC.

You can also upload your map here to view the archive without downloading anything.

 

[douteigami]

Thanks, I got something thrown together quick. It also seemed easier to use the pathmap instead of terrin data. I had no idea the map sizes were so large. When I'm done I'll probably link to the code, hopefully I can make it faster by then.

update: february 25, 2020

I've been using a "custom castle defense" map for practice for this entire thing. Tree positions are really wonky, I expected them to be placed according to some grid, but there's a lot that are suspiciously arranged. Maybe the unique id for each doodad can be used to remove everything else besides the trees. I don't know the ids, so I might have to just make an empty map filled with all the varieties of trees to get them.

White = buildable/walkable, Grey = unbuildable/walkable, Black = unbuildable/unwalkable, Green = trees (probably other doodads too?)

update: march 1, 2020

update: march 3, 2020