HiveWE - World Editor 0.10

[Greedy Martyrdom]

Any idea how to configure 1.26 WE's color theme? Dont have 1.31.1 unfortunately (or not)

 

[Daffa]

Any idea how to configure 1.26 WE's color theme? Dont have 1.31.1 unfortunately (or not)

I would recommend Jass New Gen Pack for 1.26

 

[Wiimeiser]

Trying to load , but it refuses to select my Warcraft III installation. I keep selecting the folder but the dialog just pops back up. Must be incompatible with 2.0

I could only get it to work by selecting my 1.31 installation, and even then it just crashed trying to load a 2.0 map.

 

[Ravager16829]

Trying to load , but it refuses to select my Warcraft III installation. I keep selecting the folder but the dialog just pops back up. Must be incompatible with 2.0

I could only get it to work by selecting my 1.31 installation, and even then it just crashed trying to load a 2.0 map.

Maps that are saved on 2.0. are INCOMPATIBLE with older versions.
Yet another example of how new Reforged update has a backward compatibility issues with older maps.

 

[_lycan]

Maps that are saved on 2.0. are INCOMPATIBLE with older versions.
Yet another example of how new Reforged update has a backward compatibility issues with older maps.

maps are never assumed to be backwards compatible once you saved them, it was just that we haven't had any meaningful changes in a long time. 2.0 has many issues but backwards compatibility is your own issue, do version controlling and keep older versions saved in your drive.

 

[Wiimeiser]

No, I actually started the map on 2.0. I tried expanding it, but no matter what I do, it crashes if I mess with the map dimensions in any way.

 

[BogdanW3]

Maps that are saved on 2.0. are INCOMPATIBLE with older versions.
Yet another example of how new Reforged update has a backward compatibility issues with older maps.

not necessarily

 

[BogdanW3]

Trying to load , but it refuses to select my Warcraft III installation. I keep selecting the folder but the dialog just pops back up. Must be incompatible with 2.0

I could only get it to work by selecting my 1.31 installation, and even then it just crashed trying to load a 2.0 map.

version 0.6 doesn't work with 1.32+, it's been this way for years, it's not changed.

 

[AncientWizard]

Seems like i can not use it. I can't "Select Warcraft Directory", i selected game folder and window is open again. I have v. 2.0

 

[Ravager16829]

Seems like i can not use it. I can't "Select Warcraft Directory", i selected game folder and window is open again. I have v. 2.0

Reforged version is not compatible with HiveWE 0.6. Bogdan had already said this multiple times.

 

[AMarkov]

First comment in 2025.

What language is the project written in? What is the development history and development difficulties?

Is there any development of compatibility with Ref2.0+? and what is the compatibility problem? with changing binary data?

Is it possible to create your own directories for units, abilities that are parsed for a regular editor when saving? And how often do errors occur at the current stage that crash the project?

It is very important to maintain the stability of the current project. What edits does HiveWE make to the map after which it can break?

 

[Ravager16829]

First comment in 2025.

What language is the project written in? What is the development history and development difficulties?

Is there any development of compatibility with Ref2.0+? and what is the compatibility problem? with changing binary data?

Is it possible to create your own directories for units, abilities that are parsed for a regular editor when saving? And how often do errors occur at the current stage that crash the project?

It is very important to maintain the stability of the current project. What edits does HiveWE make to the map after which it can break?

Bogdan said that Reforged versions aren't officially supported with this tool. Nothing has been changed so far since the last update of this tool happened.

 

[BogdanW3]

First comment in 2025.

What language is the project written in? What is the development history and development difficulties?

Is there any development of compatibility with Ref2.0+? and what is the compatibility problem? with changing binary data?

Is it possible to create your own directories for units, abilities that are parsed for a regular editor when saving? And how often do errors occur at the current stage that crash the project?

It is very important to maintain the stability of the current project. What edits does HiveWE make to the map after which it can break?

C++, it's on Github too as you could've seen from the description

The version on the main branch supports 2.0+. You can build it yourself if you'd like to play around. It's intended for more advanced users anyway so just compiling shouldn't be hard given the readme (unless you are trying to do it on linux or sth, although even there I didn't have much trouble)

The way "directories" are done in the regular editor provides no such capabilities. And no crashing errors really occur as far as I know.

Not sure what this question is meant to entail - a map saved with HiveWE is completely openable in the vanilla editor in the general case, and the only thing you ought to lose is custom pathing

 

[HydraulicHydra]

Nice program.

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

Amazing tool for Terraining, the only world editor so far that doesn't cause my laptop to flare up. As a result, I have to spilt my triggers and terrain into separate programs.

 

[eejin]

For version 1.32+ you can try this build I made. It should be good for terraining, doodad placement and object editing. I need to fix the maps script generation for Jass but it works for Lua. So if your map is Jass you have to save it with the normal World Editor before playing it.

 

[Retera]

Do you have a build for Linux also?

 

[eejin]

Do you have a build for Linux also?

I don't have one ready but theoretically it should compile fine on the most recent Clang or GCC. If it doesn't I would consider it a bug. If you try and run into any issues then do ping me as I'd be more than happy to try and resolve the issues together.

 

[Ardenaso]

For version 1.32+ you can try this build I made. It should be good for terraining, doodad placement and object editing. I need to fix the maps script generation for Jass but it works for Lua. So if your map is Jass you have to save it with the normal World Editor before playing it.

also for HD or is it only for SD?

 

[eejin]

also for HD or is it only for SD?

Both SD and HD work. You can switch between them in the settings menu.

 

[eejin]

1. I'll check this out and see if I can reproduce.
2. Maybe related to 1. Will see

 

[PerPlumeShake]

I didn't notice this Editor before, i would like to ask few questions.

Would i able to make my make less laggy if i use this?
Would i still able to use/open my map in Wc3 world editor after i used this?
Would i able to do some GUIs the same as the world editor or even better?

I hope i could get my answers cause I'm down bad searching for a better alternatives to make my map less laggy when playing and other sorts of things.

 

[BogdanW3]

I didn't notice this Editor before, i would like to ask few questions.

Would i able to make my make less laggy if i use this?
Would i still able to use/open my map in Wc3 world editor after i used this?
Would i able to do some GUIs the same as the world editor or even better?

I hope i could get my answers cause I'm down bad searching for a better alternatives to make my map less laggy when playing and other sorts of things.

Hey there!

It's a separate editor and it has much better performance.
Yes, it doesn't make the map incompatible with the vanilla world editor.
GUI triggers currently aren't supported for writing/creation, it's intended to be used by more advanced users who'd mostly write in code

 

[eejin]

It's been a long time since the previous release. It took a while as this is a big one and life happened, but I'm happy to make it available to all. We actually had a Reforged compatible build up and running within a week or two after Reforged was released which is already... five years ago. This version should be the first one where you might prefer HiveWE to do certain tasks like terraining and object editing. Go have fun!


Here is the (mostly complete) list of changes. I probably forgot a couple over the years. Many thanks to @BogdanW3 for his continued support!

HiveWE 0.7

Added

• Reforged support
• Lua support
• Object Editor
• Unit Palette
• Unit/doodad animation support
• Unit/doodad lighting
• Reposition units by dragging
• Reposition doodads by dragging
• Doodad scaling UI
• Select units/doodads in Palette/OE buttons
• Shortcuts for opening palettes (same as regular WE)
• Load proper tileset blight texture
• Doodads follow terrain pitch/roll
• Doodads properly scale and rotate

Changed

• Improved reset camera shortcut to center on current location
• Improved transparency rendering
• Default theme is now Dark
• Selection circle autosize for doodads/units

Fixed

• Doodad palette is very buggy all around
• Trees show incorrect texture
• Unit fly height is ignored
• Wrong sequence extents cause incorrect culling
• Windows will stay open when main window is closed (Thanks insanity_ai)
• Custom tilesets load in the wrong color format (Thanks TriggerHappy)
• Object editor crashes in invalid race (Thanks TriggerHappy)
• Boats don't float on water (Thanks insanity_ai)
• Unit fly height incorrect above water (Thanks insanity_ai)
• Water does not occlude objects (Thanks insanity_ai)
• Stand sequence not properly detected due to case sensitivity (Thanks insanity_ai)
• FPS does not match vsync (Thanks Triggerhappy)
• RGBA water textures were treated as RGB (Thanks LazZ)
• Doodad are sometimes placed too high/low (Thanks insanity_ai)
• Lava cracks are black/green due to RGB/BGR mismatch (Thanks insanity_ai)
• MPQ export misses files (Thanks danielsheartbeat)

 

[herm1t]

Is it possible to enable HD assets in editor? The checkboxes don’t seem to work

 

[Griffith]

It doesn't open for me for some reason. i have installed all the required files and have warcraft 3 1.31.1 (I don't have 2.0)

 

[Elprede]

It doesn't open for me for some reason. i have installed all the required files and have warcraft 3 1.31.1 (I don't have 2.0)

For HiveWE 0.7, you need Warcraft 2.0.3+ or the game's CASC files to run it. For your Warcraft 3 version, you can use HiveWE 0.6, but it has less features, and the issues that were fixed in 0.7 remain.

 

[Ravager16829]

Is it possible to enable HD assets in editor? The checkboxes don’t seem to work

Idk about this problem. Maybe BogdanW3 can help.

It doesn't open for me for some reason. i have installed all the required files and have warcraft 3 1.31.1 (I don't have 2.0)

Pretty much what Elprede said. It's only for the recent Warcraft 3 patch (2.0.3). If you have 1.31.1, you need an older builds of HiveWE, which lacks several features and bugfixes.

As a last resort, if you have an older versions of WC3, try sticking to JNGP/WEX instead, which are unsupported.

 

[eejin]

Is it possible to enable HD assets in editor? The checkboxes don’t seem to work

Yeah this seems to be a bug. I will fix it for version 0.8

 

[eejin]

To keep myself from only releasing every couple years, I've decided to do more but smaller releases.

HiveWE 0.8

Added

• Toggle to hide click helpers
• Billboard rendering
• Revived trigger editor from an earlier build
• Pathing map import/export

Fixed

• HD (or other setting) toggle(s) didn't work
• Water didn't load in HD (but is still non shader based)
• Fix models clipping if they are too big

 

[Power]

Terrain heights there is no way to bypass that right?

Overall this tool is so good!

 

[eejin]

Terrain heights there is no way to bypass that right?

Overall this tool is so good!

What do you mean? HiveWE allows you to change the terrain to the minimum/maximum that the game support. Unfortunately more is not possible as the file format the game uses limits the maximum elevation.

 

[Power]

What do you mean? HiveWE allows you to change the terrain to the minimum/maximum that the game support. Unfortunately more is not possible as the file format the game uses limits the maximum elevation.

Yeah i wish there was a way to bypass that

 

[kokon]

Ehm, i edit the map via this editor and then i open it with 2.0.3 vanila editor and pathing map is not present. How should i deal with it?

 

[eejin]

Ehm, i edit the map via this editor and then i open it with 2.0.3 vanila editor and pathing map is not present. How should i deal with it?

The vanilla world editor will overwrite the pathing map you've created in HiveWE upon saving. Right now you would have th extract the war3map.wpm file to keep around and put it back in after you've saved it with the vanilla WE. You can use a tool like MPQEdit for this. I will improve the user experience of the pathing tool in the future.

 

[kokon]

i'm curious will pathing map work in normal editor if i create a building in the center of the map with a pathing map from exported HiveWE

 

[eejin]

i'm curious will pathing map work in normal editor if i create a building in the center of the map with a pathing map from exported HiveWE

Yes, you can draw the pathing map with HiveWE, export it (button in the pathing palette) and use that as a texture for a doodad.

 

[Unkeeper]

Ive made a map on the latest wc3 editor/game version
then found this looking for a better we, but when i try to run test my man, it just stays at the wc3 home screen, no signs of errors or crashes other than that

 

[Ravager16829]

Ive made a map on the latest wc3 editor/game version
then found this looking for a better we, but when i try to run test my man, it just stays at the wc3 home screen, no signs of errors or crashes other than that

For reference purposes:

[General] - Testing map reforged loading screen

This might be a stupid question but... Is it possible to skip the new Reforged loading screen and jump straight to loading the map? This "gate" appears every time I test my map

www.hiveworkshop.com

If you want to load map files in Reforged you have to pass this kind of DRM check first, which requires logging into Battle.net with an account that has the license (can be either ROC CD-Key or Reforged) every a month, even if you start the game and immediately exit afterwards.

 

[Unkeeper]

For reference purposes:

[General] - Testing map reforged loading screen

This might be a stupid question but... Is it possible to skip the new Reforged loading screen and jump straight to loading the map? This "gate" appears every time I test my map

www.hiveworkshop.com

If you want to load map files in Reforged you have to pass this kind of DRM check first, which requires logging into Battle.net with an account that has the license (can be either ROC CD-Key or Reforged) every a month, even if you start the game and immediately exit afterwards.

not sure if i get it, i have a paid version, and it runs just fine when testing on vanilla WE. What am i missing here?

 

[eejin]

Ive made a map on the latest wc3 editor/game version
then found this looking for a better we, but when i try to run test my man, it just stays at the wc3 home screen, no signs of errors or crashes other than that

Could you share your map with me? Then I can test and debug it

 

[eejin]

Hey everybody! HiveWE version 0.9 is ready for release and it has some features that I think everybody will love. Thank you @Wselfwulf for the cool icon !

HiveWE 0.9

Added

• Global search menu that you can call anywhere by double pressing shift
  • Allows you to instantly search units, items, doodad, destructibles, abilities upgrades, buffs and common editor actions from anywhere
• Ability insights directly in the Object Editor.
  • The Ability Insight document was created by @ScrewTheTrees and further improved by the Warcraft 3 community to document the behaviour for different abilities such as when AI uses them, what negative values do and which don't work at all and much more. Click here for the original document. Changes made there will be reflected in the next HiveWE update so you can share your information with the whole community to make mapping better for everybody!
  • 
• Render all teamcolors instead of always only red
• The unit palette now checks if it can place the unit or whether there is another unit/doodad there

Fixed

• Some models vertices/uvs would clip
• Fixed AABB frustrum culling
• Ability data fields weren't correctly written
• Deleting a doodad with a large pathing map wouldn't clear the whole pathing
• Sometimes the shortcut to switch selection mode wouldn't work
• Even brush sizes (2, 4, 6, etc) didn't properly center around the cursor
• Deleting/moving a doodad with large pathing wouldn't update the pathing properly

 

[Power]

Keep up the good work! This tool has so much potential!

Thank you!

 

[Kyrbi0]

That's incredible; the omni-search, and the idea of incorporating the community "Insight" doc directly into the Community WE. Siiiiick.

 

[esdo]

so you cant copy paste triggers with this? i dont got the option to do so. im trying to install a missle system on my map.

 

[SABREWULF]

Is this going to work on the old version of Warcraft ( I use the old one ) 1.27b?

 

[Ravager16829]

Is this going to work on the old version of Warcraft ( I use the old one ) 1.27b?

The current version of HiveWE (0.9) only works on Reforged. The previous build (0.6) only works on Warcraft 3 1.31.

None of HiveWE builds are intended for older versions of Warcraft. 1.31 is bare minimum for using HiveWE.

If you want to stick with 3rd party WEs on 1.26/1.27, better use either JNGP or WEX. And keep in mind, those WEs are officially unsupported anymore due to some features being integrated into vanilla WE on the latest Reforged patch.

 

[nana7mi]

Hi, if you're using Hivew 0.9, your graphics card supports OpenGL 4.5, you have Warcraft III Reforged installed, you've selected the correct and clean path, but Hivewe still won't launch, I hope this helps you:


Check your Warcraft III language setting — you need to have the English language installed.

 

[MrScamp]

Hi, I need some help. I’m having a bit of a problem with HWE09. When I launch it via a shortcut, the program opens, then a white editor window appears, and it closes. What could be the issue? Has anyone else come across this?

 

[Ravager16829]

Hi, I need some help. I’m having a bit of a problem with HWE09. When I launch it via a shortcut, the program opens, then a white editor window appears, and it closes. What could be the issue? Has anyone else come across this?

There's one post right above yours. You might want trying that.

Other than that, it could be non-related to the program's issue, mainly Windows. I could be wrong.