[General] How to change a 1.30 map to 1.28 map

[Veldris]

So i'm trying to change my 1.30 map to 1.28 I've tried it and...

First try: It crashed WE

Second try: it corrupted my Map

Any ideas to changing a map verison?

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

I'm no expert on the subject but I would say locate the differences then change your map accordingly. If your map contains units from players 13+ then change the unit colors to be pre- 1.29 teams.

 

[Chaosy]

Delete all triggers. If it works gradually move triggers back

 

[Veldris]

I'm no expert on the subject but I would say locate the differences then change your map accordingly. If your map contains units from players 13+ then change the unit colors to be pre- 1.29 teams.

Team colors are from 1 to 13 [ORIGINAL]

Delete all triggers. If it works gradually move triggers back

As for deleting all triggers idk if that might work it may Rely on units/doodads/specialEffects

 

[Veldris]

Also there's an error Called [Trigger function does not exist : BlzSetspecialEffectScale

That's probably because of the new Patch of WE 1.30 SE Scaling

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

So follow Chaosy's example and delete the triggers that contains special effect scaling and other functions that aren't in 1.28. As I said; Find the differences and delete whatever functions aren't in 1.28.

 

[Veldris]

So follow Chaosy's example and delete the triggers that contains special effect scaling and other functions that aren't in 1.28. As I said; Find the differences and delete whatever functions aren't in 1.28.

Did so and still crashing

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

What size is your map? I don't remember what version introduced the larger map sizes, but I don't think 1.28 allows for any bigger than 256x256.

 

[Veldris]

What size is your map? I don't remember what version introduced the larger map sizes, but I don't think 1.28 allows for any bigger than 256x256.

192x126 smth like tat

 

[Rigborn]

Patch 1.29.0 - Liquipedia Warcraft Wiki Check these and try to find an alternative to those natives. For example, use dummy units instead of BlzSetSpecialEffectScale.

 

[Dr Super Good]

What you are asking is not really possible. Blizzard tries its best to keep maps forward compatible with future versions of Warcraft III but newer maps (saved with newer version of World Editor) are not designed to be backwards compatible for obvious reasons.

Multiple binary file formats might have changed between 1.28 and 1.30.

 

[Veldris]

Patch 1.29.0 - Liquipedia Warcraft Wiki Check these and try to find an alternative to those natives. For example, use dummy units instead of BlzSetSpecialEffectScale.

What you are asking is not really possible. Blizzard tries its best to keep maps forward compatible with future versions of Warcraft III but newer maps (saved with newer version of World Editor) are not designed to be backwards compatible for obvious reasons.

Multiple binary file formats might have changed between 1.28 and 1.30.

Can I move all my Data to a new map? like Triggers/AbilityDATA/itemdata/buffdata? I can renew the Terrain easily but can I move it's stuff?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Can I move all my Data to a new map? like Triggers/AbilityDATA/itemdata/buffdata? I can renew the Terrain easily but can I move it's stuff?

As I said, multiple binary formats might have changed so copy and paste might not even work. Such backwards compatibility of newly made maps is not a design consideration.

You can always investigate the binary files yourself and write a converter. That said I recommend sticking to supporting the newest version of Warcraft III, especially since Reforged is just around the corner.

 

[Wrda]

What's even the point of changing your map version to any previous one?

 

[Veldris]

What's even the point of changing your map version to any previous one?

You see my friend can't play in 1.30 so I have to make a 1.28 one

 

[Veldris]

As I said, multiple binary formats might have changed so copy and paste might not even work. Such backwards compatibility of newly made maps is not a design consideration.

You can always investigate the binary files yourself and write a converter. That said I recommend sticking to supporting the newest version of Warcraft III, especially since Reforged is just around the corner.

I just realized that my other map can be switched from 1.26 1.28 1.29 1.30 all together without any corruptions whats that?

 

[Sieben]

You see my friend can't play in 1.30 so I have to make a 1.28 one

I'm sorry I can't help you here, but maybe it would be easier if you could find a way so your friend can play in 1.30+, it would save you a lot of trouble. My personal opinion on this matter is that everyone should play with the latest version of the game, otherwise it gets overly complicated to get players to play together (your case is one exemple, among many others)