how to put own race into mpq?

[griwes]

how to put own race into mpq? i have almost finished race, and i want to make SEMPQ to allow playing this race in melee map. can anyone tell me how to do that, which files must be in mpq etc.? (and is there any possibility to make this race 5th playable race, after 4 blizz's ones, ofc with mpq ;P?)


and also a question how (with mpq) add multiple armor and attack types?

 

[M4stah]

If you want your own race, just place it over an excisting one (Orc or Human to prevent trouble). Dont try to get it in a melee map via MPQ editing, it only takes more time.
EDIT: Also wrong place to post, ask in world editor help zone

 

[griwes]

so, that's the problem... i dont want to replace any existing race...


and it is good place to post, because i asked about MPQs, WE can't create/modify/whatever MPQs...

 

[M4stah]

Well adding a fifth race you can select BEFORE the game(Like melee) would require modding of teh warcraft 3 source code, which is illegal. Also, you can just open the MPQ of your map, extract the data files and edit them. But you can´t really add a race which is pre/selecteble

 

[[K40$]-Spectre]

so, that's the problem... i dont want to replace any existing race...


and it is good place to post, because i asked about MPQs, WE can't create/modify/whatever MPQs...

, do it like Creeps Rebellion did. Through MPQ it is not possible, but you can make a trigger in the beginning through dialogs which let's you chose your race. AI will work with the right triggers (also for new race, see also Creeps Rebellion for this).

 

[Bloody_Turds]

hope with sc2, blizz gives us atleast a few extra race slots ^^,

 

[LordDz]

hope with sc2, blizz gives us atleast a few extra race slots ^^,

IF I remember, you could create your own race slots.

 

[Kyrbi0]

You can use dialogs, but they mess with the "right-as-the-game-starts" stuff that goes on.

A much better solution is to use the player-selected Handicaps. You can catch (with a trigger) if a player has selected a certain Race/Handicap combo, and then do an "IF/THEN/ELSE" to replace their units with your custom race units.

Or just download MPQMaster and modify one of the lesser MPQs (war3xlocal.mpq or war3xpatch.mpq) with your custom stuff.