Issue with terrain.slk

[s[i]n]

As of a few patches ago, putting a modified terrain.slk in TerrainArt\ no longer works. I've tried moving it to _retail_ as per Adding Shared Container Tech with Version 1.32.6 this thread -- which doesn't work either.

I've been using this to create a rock tile that is unwalkable so that I'm not placing a million pathing blockers. Is there a fix and/or alternative to this?

The weird thing is, my modified miscdata.txt seems to be importing correctly, but Terrain.slk does not.

Cheers

 

[s[i]n]

Bump -- Still haven't solved this issue. Currently rendering the map unplayable due to removed rock pathing. Anyone have advice?

Here's the map im working on:

 

[Wazzz]

I know it's quite a bit of time after this was posted, but I would be curious to see if anybody has any solutions to this as well. I've recently been trying to play around with terrain.slk myself and am not having much success in getting the game to acknowledge the custom file.

 

[Dr Super Good]

In theory a third party tool could be made to enforce the different pathing since the terrain type and pathing have no direct relationship as far as map data goes.

 

[Wazzz]

In theory a third party tool could be made to enforce the different pathing since the terrain type and pathing have no direct relationship as far as map data goes.

Do you know anything about dealing with terrain.slk? I've found it to so far be kind of a dead end trying to get it to work.

 

[Hermit]

HiveWE can supposedly directly edit the pathing.

 

[s[i]n]

I want to let anyone searching know that I finally solved this issue.

First off. you need to move your Terrain.slk into "retail/TerrainArt/Terrain.slk" within your warcraft III folder.

Then. you need to go into regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Blizzard Entertainment/Warcraft III

If "Warcraft III" does not exist in that folder (for me it did not), right click Blizzard Entertainment and click New --> Key

Rename that new Key Folder "Warcraft III"

Within this Warcraft III folder create a new DWORD called "Allow Local Files". Set that DWORD value to 1.

Hey it works again.

Cheers

 

[BogdanW3]

That system is called Local files and they were always meant to require the registry key, which can also be seen if you try to do it in an older versions like 1.26. What should be noted is that _retail_ is the correct root folder for the Live version of the game and _ptr_ is the correct root for PTR. Also keep in mind that local files override map files.

 

[Xthreo]

I want to let anyone searching know that I finally solved this issue.

First off. you need to move your Terrain.slk into "retail/TerrainArt/Terrain.slk" within your warcraft III folder.

Then. you need to go into regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Blizzard Entertainment/Warcraft III

If "Warcraft III" does not exist in that folder (for me it did not), right click Blizzard Entertainment and click New --> Key

Rename that new Key Folder "Warcraft III"

Within this Warcraft III folder create a new DWORD called "Allow Local Files". Set that DWORD value to 1.

Hey it works again.

Cheers

Thank you! It worked like a charm!