HiveWE - World Editor 0.6

[eejin]

Any clue..

Did it crash upon opening a map or straight away when you launch it?

 

[Edy]

Did it crash upon opening a map or straight away when you launch it?

Straight away, didn't even start just saw the c prompt opening and that's it.

 

[hexhound]

I tried to run this since the new world editor messed up all my string data. When i start it, it crashes and says "unable to find file in hierarchy: filealiases.json". Before i update my graphics drivers, can someone confirm that it works with the latest patch of warcraft? Thanks in advance.

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

same problem here and it was working prior to the 1.31 patch, so I assume it doesn't work with the latest patch,

 

[BogdanW3]

@Clanzion @hexhound Patch 1.31 has changed the whole CASC structure and much more so you will have to wait for the new HiveWE version to be released if you want to use it with the latest patch.

 

[hexhound]

@Clanzion @hexhound Patch 1.31 has changed the whole CASC structure and much more so you will have to wait for the new HiveWE version to be released if you want to use it with the latest patch.

Thanks. luckily for me i realized i had a a 1.30.4 installation on a laptop that i can use for now.

 

[Null]

Idk what happened. It doesn't work.

 

[LordHatchet95]

@Clanzion @hexhound Patch 1.31 has changed the whole CASC structure and much more so you will have to wait for the new HiveWE version to be released if you want to use it with the latest patch.

I almost repeat the same question like the others...

It seems it goes as you said... CASC was changed, therefore many important files got messed/missing...

Well, let's just hope it gets working once again after some fixes

 

[BogdanW3]

@LordHatchet95 CASC file structure and w3i and wtg file formats have all changed; the first two are simple to overcome, but wtg seems to have been changed completely. It is all being worked on, and you can use the version without wtg (trigger) support if you build it yourself from the github repo.

 

[Dr Super Good]

@LordHatchet95 CASC format, w3i and wtg file formats have all changed; the first two are simple to overcome, but wtg seems to have been changed completely. It is all being worked on, and you can use the version without wtg (trigger) support if you build it yourself from the github repo.

The CASC local storage format used by Warcraft III has not changed since it was introduced to Warcraft III. I wrote a Java CASC local storage access API to allow data retrieval from Warcraft III CASC local storage and no modifications to the code were required for it to support 1.31.

What has changed is the file structure within the CASC archive. The folders and TVFS files are named and structured differently. Any hard coded file paths may require modification to support 1.31.

 

[BogdanW3]

That is correct, I used the wrong word. Sorry, I'll edit the post to not create confusion.

 

[Regno]

Anyone knows how to change the path?

I gave it wrong path, tried reinstalling, yada yada. I have no idea where to change it.

 

[eejin]

Anyone knows how to change the path?

I gave it wrong path, tried reinstalling, yada yada. I have no idea where to change it.

You can change it in the registry by going to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HiveWE\HiveWE"

 

[Regno]

You can change it in the registry by going to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HiveWE\HiveWE"

Thanks a lot for the quick answer.

I have one last question. Will HiveWE support local files? As in, my map has some of its files in a folder in the WC3 Directory. They are not loaded in with HiveWE - so some doodads are missing.

Is it also possible to import custom doodads? The normal World Editor supports it afaik.

 

[Frame]

application developers I need your help, what if showing this error?

 

[Regno]

application developers I need your help, what if showing this error?

Same problem as me. Go to registry as mentioned above and change the path for the tool.

 

[eejin]

application developers I need your help, what if showing this error?

Same problem as me. Go to registry as mentioned above and change the path for the tool.

Warcraft 1.31 changed some thing regarding the game data layout. HiveWE 0.6 will work again with 1.31.

Thanks a lot for the quick answer.

I have one last question. Will HiveWE support local files? As in, my map has some of its files in a folder in the WC3 Directory. They are not loaded in with HiveWE - so some doodads are missing.

Is it also possible to import custom doodads? The normal World Editor supports it afaik.

It should load local files, but I will look into it.

What exactly do you mean with importing custom doodads? If you mean exporting from one map and importing in the next then that's something I'm planning on doing in the future (but not soon).

 

[Regno]

Warcraft 1.31 changed some thing regarding the game data layout. HiveWE 0.6 will work again with 1.31.

It should load local files, but I will look into it.

What exactly do you mean with importing custom doodads? If you mean exporting from one map and importing in the next then that's something I'm planning on doing in the future (but not soon).

Alright, sweet.

 

[eejin]

It's been almost a billion years, but
HiveWE 0.6

Big stuff this time around:

Fancy Trigger Editor
More highlighting, more colors, more buttons. Now you can create new categories, (vjass) scripts and comments. It not also generates map script which allows you to do end to end scripting fully in HiveWE!

You can create as many tabs as you want and put them in any configuration you feel like. Big thanks to Daniel-Atanasov for submitting the improved syntax highlighter!

The rest of the changes have to do with a lot of quality of life changes and small improvements to the doodad palette which should be a bit more usable now.

Changelog
Additions
- Map script generation!
- Improved Jass highlighting
- Improved Jass autocomplete
- Tabs in the trigger editor now configurable
- Trigger comments shown and editable
- Rudimentary find window in trigger editor
- Move camera with arrow keys
- Shortcuts for opening/saving maps
- Improved doodad pathing placement
- Cool application icon
- Doodad copy and paste
- Doodad positioning with numpad
- Improved themes

Changes
- Camera is now a trackball type instead of TP/FP hybrid
- Camera drag now proportional to distance
- Camera now changes with terrain height
- Doodads height after terrain change now interpolated
- Doodads now selected with one click instead of two
- Changed theme for palettes to make the design flatter

Fixes
- Clicking on minimap now moves you to the correct location

Download the new version at the top of the page!

And lots of thanks to BogdanW3 for relentlessly fixing bugs and adding features!

Backup your map before using HiveWE!

 

[pyf]

application developers I need your help, what if showing this error?

Same problem as me.[...]

@Frame: please consider buying the game.

@Regno: whaaat, so you too have a folder named 'Pirates Games'?

 

[yxq1122]

Good job! Thanks for your hard work! @eejin

 

[stan0033]

Does it have subfolders like in original 1.31?

 

[RED BARON]

Hmm seeing as one is required to agree to a much worse version of the license agreement for updating Warcraft to the newest patch, as they transfer it to the new battlenet, I wish there was a way to have this run on older patches of Warcraft as well.

 

[eejin]

Does it have subfolders like in original 1.31?

For the imported you mean? It doesn't for import management as you can now just use normal Windows Explorer for managing imports.

 

[Sakata Gintoki]

hello does anyone know what this message means?

 

[eejin]

hello does anyone know what this message means?

You can ignore it and HiveWE will still function normally.

 

[feber13]

Hello, I like your tool I have problem to change the route, when you start the program it does not ask for it back I understand that it uses casclib if it is possible to put that option to change the route

 

[BogdanW3]

There is a "switch folder" option if that's what you mean. After pointing to a different folder, restart HiveWE.
Also, if you are using an older version, you can use regedit to specify the folder you want the files to be loaded from (String value called "warcraftDirectory" inside of 'Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HiveWE\HiveWE')

 

[ZUNKEN]

Doesnt work for me https://i.imgur.com/LB5jbwe.png can someone help

 

[BogdanW3]

@dogshit322 You probably had Warcraft 3, the World editor or a casc viewer open while trying to start HiveWE. You must close them before starting HiveWE

 

[Azgarzîr]

I have this problem...Imgur

 

[eejin]

I have this problem...Imgur

Probably an OpenGL 4.5 issue. See this page.

 

[Jocker]

For me the application just crashes for some reason. Dont know why and I am using it for the first time.

Here's the log:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: HiveWE.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5d98fba0
Fault Module Name: ucrtbase.DLL
Fault Module Version: 10.0.14393.2990
Fault Module Timestamp: 5caeb96f
Exception Code: 40000015
Exception Offset: 000000000006e01f
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 3c0c
Additional Information 2: 3c0c65f53e4c94731671d30577ce3c59
Additional Information 3: 51c3
Additional Information 4: 51c38ae863078804c30ce1c90385e5ac

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[xorkatoss]

Can I just say that this is actually pretty awesome?

Spoiler: Images

I'm rarely checking the progress of HiveWE and every time I'm impressed!

Definitely didn't expect it to support the UI natives so soon.
I did some fast testing and everything seemed to work fine.

I could actually use this editor for jass coding

Suggestions:
-since Ctrl+S already exists I would also recommend the Ctrl+F9 shortcut for test map (it's a lot more convenient for me at least)
-make it able to delete triggers with Delete key, also is the delete confirmation necessary?

-when making a new trigger shouldn't this code be added by default?

function Trig_NewTrig_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_NewTrig takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_NewTrig = CreateTrigger(  )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_NewTrig, function Trig_NewTrig_Actions )
endfunction

I'm not exactly a pro coder lol but I think it might be useful for some people? (beginners like me)


Also when I open it, this error appears but everything works fine:

Spoiler: Error

keep up the good work guys!

 

[xorkatoss]

since my last comment was Jan 17 and today is Jan 30 I guess it's ok to double post right?

I'm sure most of you already noticed that HiveWE is no longer use-able.

Spoiler: Hive WE 0.6

and then it just force closes.

 

[BogdanW3]

The casc library with HiveWE 0.6 wasn't compatible with reforged (1.32), once the new version releases, this will be fixed

 

[Michael Silcock]

That's one small step for a modder, one giant leap for the WC community.

Even more relevant now I think!

 

[Tal'Rarity]

So this doesn't work for older wc3 versions? I am wondering if there is a version I could download that supports below 1.29?

 

[EnterpriseReforged]

So this doesn't work for older wc3 versions? I am wondering if there is a version I could download that supports below 1.29?

this was from the github

• You are running Warcraft 1.31 or newer.
  HiveWE does not and will not support anything lower than the most current Warcraft version. If you need support for an older version then you can download an older HiveWE version.
  HiveWE version to game version mapping:
  

HiveWE Version Warcraft Version
0.6 1.31
0.4, 0.5 1.30
0.3 1.29
0.1, 0.2 1.28.5

 

[Robbepop]

From what I have tested this doesn't work with reforged. Are there any plans to make the editor work on/with reforged maps as well? From comments I see that it indeed works for Reforged (somehow) but for me even install didn't happen. (Win10)

 

[BogdanW3]

There are unreleased versions, built from github

 

[dhguardianes]

I had trouble loading terrain. without all the doodads(model)

faild doodads

• dhguardianes
• Feb 23, 2020

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Is this still being worked on? I would love to use this in Reforged since it has proper syntax highlighting and the normal editor does not.

 

[dhguardianes]

Is this still being worked on? I would love to use this in Reforged since it has proper syntax highlighting and the normal editor does not.

yep, is worked, i have problems when the model collide
i can't see behind models doodads blah blah of model light

 

[Zwiebelchen]

yep, is worked, i have problems when the model collide
i can't see behind models doodads blah blah of model light

Granted, I don't know much about how hiveWE actually works, but it sounds strange to me that this is so incompatible to Reforged, considering its still based on the same engine.

But thanks for all your hard work. Can't wait to try 0.7 when its out!

 

[dhguardianes]

Granted, I don't know much about how hiveWE actually works, but it sounds strange to me that this is so incompatible to Reforged, considering its still based on the same engine.

But thanks for all your hard work. Can't wait to try 0.7 when its out!

Sorry I didn't explain it clearly, i'm test on 1.31 patch :v

 

[Zwiebelchen]

The casc library with HiveWE 0.6 wasn't compatible with reforged (1.32), once the new version releases, this will be fixed

Any ETA on that?

 

[BogdanW3]

That post is no longer valid as the old library just didn't support the beta, it is the massive change in the Casc files that prevents the old version from working, but anyway:
Version 0.7 is being worked on

 

[Zwiebelchen]

That post is no longer valid as the old library just didn't support the beta, it is the massive change in the Casc files that prevents the old version from working, but anyway:
Version 0.7 is being worked on and on a github issue I've seen a time estimate of next week

As always, the Hive community is doing the gods work. Can't wait to try it out.

 

[Macadamia]

Hello there.

Never had the privilege to test this editor. When I left wc3, the only 3rd party WE that existed was Zepir's, W3ZMap Edit, and of course it does not work properly with reforged maps, even for basic editing like terrain.

Having a standalone editor that does not depend on wc3 WE is an amazing thing. I suppose some people don't understand why, but a long time ago, Zepir's tool was the only thing that allowed you some specific changes in maps, that no customized version of WE would allow.

Anyways, I hope you guys are not giving up, Reforged editor still has many limitations, even if it is an improvement from the old WE. I would really like to be able to test a vJass version of this HiveWE that would be 100% compatible with Reforged.

Tried version 0.6, but it fails to open the Casc storage so I gave up for the moment.

This said, keep the good work, it really looks like it has immense potential.