Map Protection

[Battlehound]

Hey me and a friend have spent alot of time working on a map (several months) and before I put it out, I'd like to get protection on it.

I followed the guide at
http://www.3ice.hu/blog/protect-warcraft-maps/#mpq

The optimizer did nothing sadly, even after checking every box. Following the tutorial to the letter, the map could still be opened without the slightest troublem.

So I decided for the other method listed by the tutorial. I got the WinMPQ program and the file mentioned (war3map.wtg), but I'm not sure what to do after that? Does anyone have any experience with this? Or perhaps an alternate method for me to secure my map?

It's up for beta testing next weekend, and after all the work we put into it, I do not want it stolen or for someone to edit it and ruin/inbalance it.

 

[Kitabatake]

Vexorian's optimizer works just fine, try again.

1. "Open..." -> select your map
2. Check "Remove as much WE-only data as possible"
3. "Save Optimized As..." -> save with different name

 

[Adiktuz]

I use vex's optimizer and use the settings as shown on a sample pic (on the resource pages I think) and it works really fine...

PS: I don't check everything, coz sometimes it does unpredictable things for me... like some triggers suddenly doesn't work...

 

[Battlehound]

Actually I was using Vex's Optimizer, but to no effect (besides optimizing the map)
As I said I followed the turtorial, checking every box.

The problem turned out to be that I hadn't hit the "Browse Button" and picked War3Patch there, this prevented the map from being secured, even if it was optimized.

Long story short: Fixed it, thx for the advice anyway. +rep because I feel so good today.