I broke my game(solutions?)

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Hey, I just broke my map yesterday

I was messing with the 'map options' and clicked the wrong thing

hang on I'll create a few pictures to make things clear

I opened map option

changed the game data set... big mistake...

and now even if I exclude buffs they appear any way

look at the buffs in this image, they aren't supposed to be there

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Now I've tried every other data set option, default was what it was on, but now no matter what option it is on the map remains broken.

Please please please tell me someone knows an answer, please

otherwise I've just destroyed my map forever

sorry if this is not a trig/script or jass problem

 

[Chaosium]

I might be mistaken, but I think that if you just delete the buff in the Stats - Buffs, the game will use the default WC3 buff. I'm not sure it's even related to the map options

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Thanks,

It's actually quite a big help... and although the below message is going to be opposed,I do appreciate it

Previously before I made this mistake, It did not show buffs... not the buffs I deleted.

Which was perfect, no problems there, but now it shows buffs

and if I replace the buff with a buff that doesn't show(doesn't do anything and is not displayed) then it puts a picture of a smiling face and soon after my game crashes

HELP!

 

[Chaosium]

Did you try to revert the game data set to the default? Also, try to make another map and run the same experiment, so you can see if it happens only in your map.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

I have reverted it to normal and in I have used an older version of my map and reloaded all the trigs and object data in order to avoid this error

but it just came back

actually what it seems, is that sometimes when the game is run the bug is not present, but other times it is

I noticed just recently that units have also been reset to default, yet in the editor they are custom!

I seriously do not get how the world editor can have such a serious glitch

I'll try the same glitch on another map and report back

 

[Chaosium]

Well this is seriously messed up. My advice would be to reinstall the game, but maybe you should wait for some other answers.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Ok I tested it with a different map and the result is the same

So just to clear thins up

these are then things I have done to try and fix the bug

Things I have done:

reverted back to an old version of my map without bugs and reloaded triggs and object data
Tried all three object data settings
tried using a do nothing buff to replace the buff in hope it would work
used an optimiser and new gen WE, no fix found

 

[Flux]

So if you make a test map with custom abilities, when you run the map the abilities are set to default? The icon, hotkey, descriptipn, effect is reverted to default?

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

it seems to effect descriptions mostly

but all buffs
and some units life mana and armour

heroes seem to be mainly untouched except for a few

problem is

in the world editor they are all customised to the right hot keys and bla bla bla

but when the game is actually run, it is reset to default.

if I change it... it makes no difference

 

[Flux]

Have you tried re-installing like Chaosium suggested?

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

I tried using an older patched version of warcraft

but I didn't reinstall it...

I will have to do that tomorrow, I'm not near a computer.

I'm pretty sure changing the patch is the same as reinstalling....

but it didn't work

tomorrow I will reinstall... but I no longer have a CD so I'll use a pirated version... results my vary

 

[edo494]

sometimes, when you remove the thing from Buff, it will just use the default one for that ability, rather than not using any

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

the problem with that is

in previous versions of my game, I could remove the buffs without any fault

and

units
tool tips
abducted hot keys are affected too.

it's a defiant bug