Lower/Raise Terrain Properly? Nothing seems to work in patch 1.31

[Jaina Proudless]

Hello, I want to know to use the lower/raise tool on the terrain properly so that it actually works and creates high places instead of creating a tiny anthill and than refusing to work after that.

I am using the new version of warcraft without the mpq files.

 

[Pyrogasm]

You can still use a modified MiscData.txt to change the maximum slope angle. Here's how to get it to work with the new WE: [General] - MiscData.txt (Steep Cliffs) And Patch 1.30

 

[Jaina Proudless]

I tried that but it doesn't work. Is there some advanced editor that adds this feature?

 

[Chaosy]

Nope. You need the miscdata.

 

[Feng Shui]

I tried that but it doesn't work.

Try to import it and remove war3mapImported\ from the path.

 

[Pyrogasm]

It DOES work you just have to put it in the right folder as specified in the thread. Everyone who tries this says “it doesn’t work” so we say “yes it does check the folder path” and then they say “thanks it worked” when it actually does. There are many threads about this on THW that play out the exact same way.

 

[Jaina Proudless]

It DOES work you just have to put it in the right folder as specified in the thread. Everyone who tries this says “it doesn’t work” so we say “yes it does check the folder path” and then they say “thanks it worked” when it actually does. There are many threads about this on THW that play out the exact same way.

I only found 1 from last year. Maybe the game update changed the thing again?
So far I've tried the following variants of this trick with no success:

Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData
Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData.txt (.txt part of the name not file type indicator)
Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\miscdata
Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\miscdata.txt
Warcarft III\UI\MiscData
Warcarft III\UI\MiscData.txt
Warcarft III\x86\UI\MiscData
Warcarft III\x86\UI\MiscData.txt
Warcarft III\x86\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData
Warcarft III\x86\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData.txt
Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData.txt\MiscData
Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData.txt\MiscData.txt
(Warcraft III folder in my documents where the maps are stored) Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData
Warcarft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData.txt
Warcarft III\UI\MiscData
Warcarft III\UI\MiscData.txt
Importing the file into the map with the path: MiscData
Importing the file into the map with the path: MiscData.txt
Importing the file into the map with the path: MiscData.txt.txt

So far the only idea I have is trying to edit the map in the old version of the game and seeing if it works there but seems like such a clonky solution.

 

[Pyrogasm]

[General] - MiscData.txt

If you are on Warcraft version 1.30: Place it in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\war3.mpq\UI\MiscData.txt".

Here's another one: Miscdata.txt doesn't work help me.

 

[Jaina Proudless]

I've tried 19 variants so far with no luck. I've got a couple dozen more variants to try out in mind but I want to try narrowing it down a bit...

1) in which "Warcraft III folder" is it supposed to go into? the one where the application is? The one where the maps are? The main one?

2) is "war3.mpq" just the name of the folder? it's not an actual file with a mpq extension?

3) is "MiscData.txt" a folder name which the MiscData file with the txt extension supposed to go into?

4) is the text file named "MiscData" or "MiscData.txt" (effectively "MiscData.txt.txt if taking the extension into account)?

5) are the letters M and D in "MiscData" capitalized?

6) what exactly in the "MiscData" text file indicates the cliff limit? is it the "MaxSlope=90" line? i downloaded mine from the tutorial page but judging that 19 of the most intuitive solutions failed i suspect something may be wrong with it.

7) does this really work for my version? it says for version 1.30 but i have version 1.31

 

[Pyrogasm]

It definitively does work in 1.31. Here's the solution:

I think one of the recent patches reset local file enabling to false, wherefore your miscdata.txt will not apply any functions.

1 You'd have to make sure your miscdata is present in your warcraft 3 installation folder and then subfolder UI (Warcraft III\UI).
2 Then open regedit and navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III"
3 Create a new D-word value (32 bit), named "Allow Local Files" and set it to "1".

This will bug out buff icons ingame (all buff icons are displayed as black) as long as in use, which is negligible i'd say.

And then place the file as MiscData.txt in C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\UI if you did not change the default installation folder. This is not either of the x86 or x86_64 folders, but the main wc3 installation folder. The war3.mpq folder is no longer necessary because that folder was removed from the CASC structure (apparently).

Doing these steps worked for me. I used the MiscData.txt from this tutorial: Advanced Terraining Tutorial

 

[Jaina Proudless]

It definitively does work in 1.31. Here's the solution:

And then place the file as MiscData.txt in C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\UI if you did not change the default installation folder. This is not either of the x86 or x86_64 folders, but the main wc3 installation folder. The war3.mpq folder is no longer necessary because that folder was removed from the CASC structure (apparently).

Doing these steps worked for me. I used the MiscData.txt from this tutorial: Advanced Terraining Tutorial

Now that's what I am talking about! A solution that works! Thanks a lot. I was begining to lose hope.

 

[Pyrogasm]

All you had to do was search for it, like I suggested.