Map Compression

[NoobMapmaker]

Does any1 know of or have any recommendations for a efficient map compression program?

 

[nosebaer]

yes. You can use the normal heavylockerversion, the map gets also protected by this tool.

http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/protect.php

there you find it.

another one is the extprotect-file, which also can be found on this site.

 

[Shadow_Fox]

Vexorians optimizer, i'm pretty sure it's on this site, would recommend it, as heavylocker is obsoleted by it.

 

[nosebaer]

well it doesnt really optimize it.
If you tested it, there will be a bigger map after...

and extprotect is one of the best protectors and optimizers.
I use it too!

 

[wd40bomber7]

Ok for the record both Heavylocker and Extprotect have a serious flaw, during obfuscation the execute function action is not considered, corrupting any map with that type of action. Also for the record Vexorian's Map Optimizer is THE BEST, nothing surpasses it.

ALso Extprotect actually makes your map BIGGER (most of the time), not smaller.

The more 'imports' in your map the less any protector/optimizer will make it smaller. However With two 300 kb model imports Vexorian's map optimizer halved my map size.

 

[gavdaman88]

I'm confused... which one is the best, there seems to be more than one opinion! I was about to ask about a compression program too.

 

[wd40bomber7]

Its Vexorian's Map Optimizer. The other people really don't understand the difference between the two. However I have used all three. And the others aren't even on the same page as Vexorian's. No one after a side by side comparison can disagree that Vexorian's comes out ontop.

Also its what icefrog uses. (the maker of dota) And we all know that if icefrog does it, it must be perfect. (sigh)

 

[NoobMapmaker]

Any1 got teh link for the Vexorians optimizer ? i cant find it on this site

 

[wd40bomber7]

Go http://www.wc3campaigns.net/ (tools section)

 

[nosebaer]

no, sir!

Its Extprotect! It quartered my map size, when i didn't have models in it,and also no sounds!!!

But WHEN you have models in it, then wd40bomber7 is right, then the best one is vexorians.

 

[wd40bomber7]

Exactly no sounds & models make it much easier to make the map smaller. Vexorian's not only makes the map smaller, it replaces certain BJ jass actions with natives, (makes map run faster) Replaces constants with their actual numbers. (more speed) And can be used to enforce isunittype protection. It also uses five or six different map protection methods. While extprotect uses about three. Extprotect also saves a copy of all the files in an encrypted file inside the .mpq which allows you to unprotect it by a password. That file takes up space, so if your not planning on unprotecting the file its a waste

 

[nosebaer]

ye^^
and the extprotect protects the map also
(who didnt thought of this)

 

[wd40bomber7]

Ummm. That was the whole point of what we've been talking about. On a 1 to 10 scale of how absolutely pointless that thread was I give it a -10. Congratulations. And since you didn't notice my argument was AGAINST Extprotect you obviously didn't even read my whole post.

Final proof, heres a map (the same map) one used vexorian's one used Extprotect. On top of it all, I'm almost certain that the one that used Extprotect is corrupted. I took special care to use the newest one.

The bottom one is the original.

 

[nosebaer]

did you put models in the map?

 

[wd40bomber7]

There are no models in that map, because I removed them to prove my point

 

[nosebaer]

oh well...

But at my maps it worked...