[General] How to use a custom mpq

[Paillan]

I somewhere heard about a legendary method of map making, custom mpq's, which allowed you sizeless multiplayer maps with every thing you needed, as long as all people had the mpq, my question is, how to make one of those mpq?

 

[Xonok]

I somewhere heard about a legendary method of map making, custom mpq's, which allowed you sizeless multiplayer maps with every thing you needed, as long as all people had the mpq, my question is, how to make one of those mpq?

It doesn't actually have to be an MPQ(using one slows you down too, since there's plenty of ways to mess up)
You can simply turn on local files and make a folder in your warcraft folder. Place something useful there and you can use it.
The path is Foldername\UsefulThing.mdx
or something like that.

 

[Chaosy]

@xonok
that's too "buggy".
most BLP files needs to be at the original path. With other words at the same location as your war3.exe. Who would like to have 50 blp files laying there?

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/world-editor-help-zone-98/mpq-importing-245615/

 

[Xonok]

@xonok
that's too "buggy".
most BLP files needs to be at the original path. With other words at the same location as your war3.exe. Who would like to have 50 blp files laying there?

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/world-editor-help-zone-98/mpq-importing-245615/

No not really, unless they are skins.
All skin paths on models can easily be changed.
Heck, even icon paths are relative.

 

[Chaosy]

BLP that is used as textures for models are needed to unless you want to modify each model. (and ask for permission to do so)

I tried it myself.

 

[Paillan]

So I have to put all the blp's in the same folder than warcraft .exe and the models can be put directly into the .mpq? thanks for saying it. But how do I open a mpq?

 

[Chaosy]

no no, that's if you use the folder method. You can put the model anywhere inside the MPQ or inside a folder in your wc3 folder.

however the blp files which are used as textures need to be either at the origin of an mpq file or the wc3 folder

 

[Paillan]

at the origin of a mpq? and how do I get the models inside the mpq anyway...

 

[Chaosy]

well a MPQ is basicly a RAR / ZIP / 7Z file (I hope you know how those looks inside)
The mpq file contains folders and you CAN NOT put any of those blp files inside those folders. However you can create a new folder and name it "MapNameModels" or something and put the models there.

you need to download a mpq editor to do this

 

[Paillan]

oh okey thanks.

 

[Xonok]

All models have preset texture paths(and not all are NameOfTexture.blp with no path). Changing those is in no way disallowed, as it's considered a minor edit and doesn't really affect the model's use or appearance at all.
Also, you can't just put the BLPs anywhere in the MPQ. The texture paths must still be obeyed.
Thus, there's no real gain from placing them in an MPQ. Only extra problems, such as the chance to mess up your MPQ and the need to use a separate program just for this.
Furthermore, MPQ edits are harder to copy over, making them less user-friendly, unless you make an executable for this very purpose, which in turn also requires skills and provides new ways to mess up.
A folder can simply be unzipped into the right place and it works.

So basically, why spend more effort and get a worse result?
For all practical purposes, using folder(s) is better.

 

[Chaosy]

99% of the models on hive removes the war3imported for a reason

 

[Xonok]

99% of the models on hive removes the war3imported for a reason

Not that many really. Lots of people use Textures\TextureName.blp

 

[Chaosy]

I have not seen many atleast. But w/e it doesnt matter.