[RenderEdge] Graphic modification for Warcraft III

[ENAleksey]

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Update v0.2.7a

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• Updated RenderStage Controller (improved hooking of standard interface rendering);
• Fixed bugs in JassAPI (wrong real <=> float convertation);
• Fixed bugs in CtrlSetDepth and CtrlSetAngle functions;
• Fixed sliders and checkboxes in sample map;
• Added descriptions of .exe and .dll files.

 

[darthbdaman]

I reinstalled Warcraft 3 from the blizzard site, and tried to run the RenderEdge.exe. It is asking me to select the "war3.exe", but I don't have one. My games exectuable is called "Warcraft III.exe". It would be nice if you could select any exectuable, and not just ones called "war3.exe"

 

[TriggerHappy]

I reinstalled Warcraft 3 from the blizzard site, and tried to run the RenderEdge.exe. It is asking me to select the "war3.exe", but I don't have one. My games exectuable is called "Warcraft III.exe". It would be nice if you could select any exectuable, and not just ones called "war3.exe"

This requires WarCraft III patch 1.26a and Warcraft III.exe is 1.28+

 

[darthbdaman]

Ah, the widescreen fix version supports newer versions so I thought this would as well. Sorry

 

[BloodForBlood]

How to fix the demo map's syntax errors(I'm using JNGP with Latest JASS Helper)??

 

[gokudede]

how do I render rendering open multiple instances in windowed mode? (sorry for english)

 

[ENAleksey]

How to fix the demo map's syntax errors(I'm using JNGP with Latest JASS Helper)??

What kind of error do you get? Please show me syntax errors log.

how do I render rendering open multiple instances in windowed mode? (sorry for english)

Just launch RenderEdge.exe with "-window" argument. You can do this by creating shortcut to RenderEdge.exe:

 

[BloodForBlood]

So,we can make it standalone by injecting RenderEdge.dll(Not the mini) with Memory Hack?And how can I make custom shaders at basic version then what language?

 

[ENAleksey]

@BloodForBlood, RenderEdge.dll can not be injected via Memory Hack.
Custom shaders are not available in the basic version, but I will try to release a new experimental version within the next week. It will contain new functions, such as reading settings from the .ini file (which can be loaded from the map) and editing standard shaders written in hlsl. The new version will also contain a patch for the shadows, now they will not use a huge amount of RAM and will not cause game crashes.

 

[BloodForBlood]

@BloodForBlood, RenderEdge.dll can not be injected via Memory Hack.
Custom shaders are not available in the basic version, but I will try to release a new experimental version within the next week. It will contain new functions, such as reading settings from the .ini file (which can be loaded from the map) and editing standard shaders written in hlsl. The new version will also contain a patch for the shadows, now they will not use a huge amount of RAM and will not cause game crashes.

So If I create a map using RenderEdge, the player have to run RenderEdge.exe to play the map??

 

[ENAleksey]

No, the map can be launched via war3.exe, users without RenderEdge just will not see graphic improvements.

 

[BloodForBlood]

No, the map can be launched via war3.exe, users without RenderEdge just will not see graphic improvements.

What about the natives?Would it work?

 

[ENAleksey]

What about the natives?Would it work?

No.

 

[BloodForBlood]

No.

Sad

 

[yxq1122]

No, the map can be launched via war3.exe, users without RenderEdge just will not see graphic improvements.

Incredible, This program will be a revolution for wc3 modding. Great work!
These are some suggestions: You can consider to patch or inject a map, not WC3 itself. This enables a map to be more universal.

 

[BloodForBlood]

Incredible, This program will be a revolution for wc3 modding. Great work!
These are some suggestions: You can consider to patch or inject a map, not WC3 itself. This enables a map to be more universal.

agreed..

 

[lan nguyen]

How to use render edge,I've run render edge.exe and open your sample map but nothing happen

 

[ENAleksey]

How to use render edge,I've run render edge.exe and open your sample map but nothing happen

What you mean by "nothing happen"? You can't load a map or you don't see difference?

 

[lan nguyen]

I couldnt see the diểnce but it worked now.btw,could u send me the source code of your dll? We are working on a map that need your dll but have to modify something

 

[lan nguyen]

We are attemp to add the 3ds and FBX support

 

[ENAleksey]

I will open the source code soon.

 

[lan nguyen]

Nice

 

[ENAleksey]

Here is the source code of the basic version. I have not updated it for a long time, there are a lot of things in it that need to be changed. I was completely focused on the experimental version, in which much has been reworked for the better.
I will soon begin to transfer the functionality and fixes from the experimental version to the basic one.
You can follow the development progress in Trello.

 

[ENAleksey]

I merged the main and experimental versions.
Source code: ENAleksey/RenderEdge

Later I will upload the updated version to the site.
Follow the development progress in Trello.

 

[shaloom]

hello fella,I opened your map "[RenderEdge] Sample Map",I can move camera ,I can moved the portrait UI,but there still didn't have shadow .Version: basic version 0.2.7 a

 

[ENAleksey]

Shadows will be in 0.3.0a version. Most likely I will release it at the end of the month. For now, you can download the last experimental version.

 

[Rhevo]

I runned the basic version on various maps but nothing changes. am i missing something?

 

[ENAleksey]

There are no visible changes in the basic version, except for widescreen fix, reduced orders delay and the removal of the fps limit. This version is useful only for mapmakers, as it adds new jass native functions, for example, for editing the UI. Therefore, all this functionality should be implemented by the author himself in his map.

To test it, just launch sample map from RenderEdge folder.

 

[ENAleksey]

Implementation of Free Camera can be found in sample map too. In addition, the Free Camera mode in the experimental version works in all maps.

 

[Rhevo]

I'm trying to use experimental version but my fps always drop below 20, is there anything that i can do to solve the problem?

 

[ENAleksey]

You can enable Default Renderer, to turn off all graphic improvements

 

[ENAleksey]

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Update v0.3.0

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Basic version was merged with experimental version v0.1.3a (changelog).
The experimental version is no longer supported.



Improvements

• Added support of Cine Filter;
• Added EnvBRDF function;
• Added Terrain shader;
• Loading .ini file from RenderEdge folder without AllowLocalFiles flag;
• Added Reload Shaders button;
• Updated Bloom effect.

Fixes

• Fixed Direct3DCreate8 hooking issues;
• Fixed searching war3.exe bug in launcher;
• Fixed shadows quality;
• Fixed shadows far clip bound;
• Fixed screenshots names and missing extensions;
• Fixed Post Processing rendering while map loading.

 

[yxq1122]

Good news that this great work has been updated. We are always waiting for it. Many thanks and respect to you, @ENAleksey.

It seems that almost all features have been achieved in this update except for Jass handling. Continue your great project!

 

[ENAleksey]

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Update

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Fixes

• Fixed reading Terrain and Object settings from RenderEdge.ini.

 

[miao233]

Is this a dynamic shadow bug?English is not good.

 

[ENAleksey]

Just go to the Shadows settings and increase FarZ parameter (you can set very large value, it will be clipped by the FarZ parameter of Camera) .
But sometimes there is a bug due to which there are no shadows in the last cascade (you can check it by enabling Show Cascades option, the blue cascade should contain the Shadows). Previously, there was no such problem, I will try to fix it as soon as possible.

 

[miao233]

Thank

 

[ENAleksey]

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Update

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Fixes

• Fixed broken TriggerRegisterWindowResizeEvent function.

 

[sonphamthe11H]

Could u add the support of shader like dota2 or starcraft2?

 

[ENAleksey]

No, but you can do it yourself. Just edit standard shaders.

 

[yki01]

Damn blizzard... sometimes I feel like Elliot of Mr. Robot reimagining the Reforged I prepurchased to be instead of 1.30.2 to be 1.26a Community version... reliving ent w/ global platform support. possible native support for mods such as MMORPG (mod here on hive as well) and more... -_- heck maybe they should have a direct chat on launcher with modders and blizz handling in each modder's paypal or patreon to each community mod they plan to share for the world and be paid as blizzard should have to make official -_-

ahh... i'm not yet on Eliot's morphine to rewrite E - to evilcorp IRL -_-


+1 here on this coolness

 

[Strydhaizer]

Hey im curious, is it possible to run this graphics at World Editor?

 

[ENAleksey]

Hi. It can be implemented, but I don't plan to do it.

 

[SpiritTauren]

Hello, I'd like to thank you for the amount of effort put into this amazing project. Please, pardon me for my technical ignorance - I'm still striving to get better with every passing day - but, would RenderEdge be capable of causing the reverse effect?

Something close to this visual style is what I'm aiming at

Spoiler

, you uploaded the image to the experimental version thread some time ago.
Ideally, would it pixelize the image even more? Akin to the old late 1990s isometric RPGs? I'm merely asking, if (again pardon my ignorance) lower const. values or smth. like negative values would aid me to reach the desired effect? If not - that's alright.

 

[KittyMaster]

I've tested and messed around with the GUI settings locally on my WC3 1.26a. It's like you integrated whole photoshop filter stuff with WC3, haha. Really impressive stuff!

Anyways, I am just an old player recently started to enjoy playing DotA again after stopped playing many years ago. Lately i am researching about various limitations of 1.26a. I've tested RenderEdge_Widescreen.mix recently, it really worked great! I can actually see more on my screen now. Thank you! @ENAleksey

There are no visible changes in the basic version, except for widescreen fix, reduced orders delay and the removal of the fps limit. This version is useful only for mapmakers, as it adds new jass native functions, for example, for editing the UI. Therefore, all this functionality should be implemented by the author himself in his map.

Now i am really curious about this version. Does it require separate application like RenderEdge v0.3.0? If yes, could you please make a version .mix version so i can use it on the platform i play wc3 1.26a on.

 

[Nickk]

Hello, first of all great program but some documentation for casual users like me would have been helpful.
Edit: NVM I figured out myself.

Edit 2: I noticed object shadows and directional light were disabled in RederEdge while using custom dnc in my map.
I have some cave/underground areas that I used to transition with simple DNC edits. Can you please help me in this regard?

 

[legluondunet]

Hello, I own Warcraft III french CD and I use the 127b update, it's lastest update for the W3 CD version.
How can I use RenderEdge with my W3 version?

 

[vincesanity]

Hopefully someone creates a similar mod for other versions (specifically, v 1.28, xD).

This thing is better than default Reforged graphics, IMO.

 

[Aedan.F]

I need help with getting this thing to run
I have Visual Studio 2017 installed, yet I am still getting an error which says: Failed to load the RenderEdge.dll

 

[david seleznovas]

Was this discontinued?