Playable ROC beta

[Revilo]

Hi i was wondering if anyone knows of a place i can download a playable copy of the beta ?

 

[qqluqq]

a beta its released for over 5 years why need a beta

 

[Revilo]

I was hoping to get the models so maybe playable isnt the best description.

 

[JokeMaster]

If some on has it i want it too.(I wnat the beta fs model and orc horserider!)

 

[Hallfiry]

Well, i allready disemboweld the beta untill it was totaly empty, but if you want so have it, look at the description: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TM88XgkEXM

 

[Revilo]

I found those but i couldnt get them to work it kept asking for the disk i dont know if my download was corrupted so ill try a again.
and if its not corrupted is there any way of getting past the disk thing ?

Edit: ok i downloaded it properly this time but the blp files seem to be empty ! any suggestions?

 

[Hallfiry]

the blp files aren't empty, they are splitted in multiple files, because the mipmaps (different zooms for better quality) aren't inside the blp file.
Use this little pack i made. Copy the three files into the folder where the blps are together with their .b01 .b02 files and so on and doubble click the converter.bat, this will convert the blps and then convert them to tga, that you can easily view them with irfan view. http://rapidshare.com/files/297374775/Conversion.rar

 

[Revilo]

Quick question why are there two beta files ? and do i need to put all the mpq files from both of the beta files in ?

Edit: ok ive followed the instuctions to the letter and there doesnt appear to be any difference i still cant open them.

 

[Hallfiry]

I meant this one:

 

[Revilo]

I dont seem to have anything saying 123456 or anything like that.

ok so this is a shot of what i can find for the druid of the talons blp:

 

[Hallfiry]

but you extracted the blp files from the warcraft 3 beta i thought?

 

[Revilo]

From the mpq file in the beta1.rar
shall we start again where ive just got the two rar files ?

 

[Hallfiry]

I'll now give you a guide how to install the game and use the textures (or most of them, the interface textures are buggy).
1.Extract all files from the rar archives to a folder.
2.Mount the Beta image with a program like virtual clone drive or daemon tools.
3. Start the installer that you extracted from the archives.
4. Install the game with the installer
5. Run the patch w3b_103.exe
6. Put the War3BetaCrack.exe into the warcraft 3 beta folder
7. Now you can play it.
8. To use the textures, extract them from the mpq files in the warcraft 3 beta folder, not the setup.mpq from the rar files.
9. do what i tried to describe with the posts above.

 

[Revilo]

Right i see the light now but erm whats a virtual clone drive ?

 

[Hallfiry]

virtual clonde drive is a free tool by slysoft, that lets you mount cd images
you can find it with google

 

[Revilo]

I dont know if ive done it wrong but its asking for a cd key i know that would be fine normally but now....

 

[Hallfiry]

I said install it with the installer that you extracted, not the autorun
is it really so hard?????
Hundrets of people were able to play it even without me saying anything and just downloading it from rapidshare
dr. Octagonapus baaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Revilo]

as far as im aware thats what im using its labelled install !

Edit:Many apologies i was clicking the wrong Install link

 

[Revilo]

Just to prove i got it right :