Trying to fix W3X2lni for patch 1.33

[KitsuneTailsPrower]

Hello hive,

.I'm attempting to fix W3X2lni for the latest Warcraft 3 patch. I know how to read and write LUA, which the program is written in. However I lack the understanding of Warcraft 3's internal object editor fomat and would like some guidance. By loading the latest patch data from 1.33 I can read the object data but it comes out corrupted (You can open it in WE but its all wrong). If you used previous Wacraft 3 patch files the object data would be "skipped" entirely. Here is what I have so far:

 

[Bribe]

Perhaps @Drake53 may be able to shed some light?

 

[Drake53]

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[BogdanW3]

Here, incomplete of course, but it won't fail as much. You'll only lose client-only data (names, models, etc) with this, but I've also not tested it much. Use with caution, or just don't use converters at all

 

[Dark-Zalor]

@BogdanW3
I've tried that last version, and objects seems to have all disappeared for the map.

What options should I unactivate when you're talking about

or just don't use converters at all

thanks for the help, you're all giving to the community.

 

[BogdanW3]

I mean using tools like this at all, or at least not until they get properly updated. My update was the bare minimum to make it not break on all object data. The things this tool assumed previously make it hard to update for new data separation, I had spent over an hour on it before giving up. If the tool-maker is gone, you can still get the modified scripts from my zip and continue from there, but I don't have the time to make something "proper" out of this

 

[Dark-Zalor]

sorry I forgot to add, I used the slk feature.

That is really great man, that You used your own time for that. We all tanks you. I have currently a project, I really like it, and I'm blocked due to that tool and v1.33 updates.

So if I can help, I'm there for testing or whatever. (I does not have skills, yet about data map system) but if someone can show me (or give me a documentation link), I can try to help.

PS: Sorry for that crappy english.

 

[BogdanW3]

sorry I forgot to add, I used the slk feature.

That is really great man, that You used your own time for that. We all tanks you. I have currently a project, I really like it, and I'm blocked due to that tool and v1.33 updates.

So if I can help, I'm there for testing or whatever. (I does not have skills, yet about data map system) but if someone can show me, I can try to help.

PS: Sorry for that crappy english.

It's ok, but sadly, the SLK part is the hardest to do and would probably require the original creator: w3x2lni set up a system that one file goes to one SLK, which from my short attempts doesn't work with the new data formats, since now it's 2 files for one SLK.
I would recommend skipping the SLK step, since SLKs aren't faster to load anymore

 

[Dark-Zalor]

ok,
so wich process do you recommand me to do, for protecting my map?

 

[BogdanW3]

ok,
so wich process do you recommand me to do, for protecting my map?

For obfuscating a map, object data is not as vulnerable now with 1.33. Use wc3protector or whatever it's called to obfuscate the script if it's jass, and to delete WE-only files, but make sure to disable all SLK stuff and script inlining because that's not usable anymore.
If it's Lua, you can use anything that would be used on "normal" Lua code, and then also remove WE-only files by any means.
If that wc3protector or whatever doesn't also corrupt the MPQ to remove the listfile and make it read-only, find some tool that does.

But this is all majorly off-topic here, and protection is not a topic I care much for.
Hopefully it helped you, but also just look around Hive for how to protect stuff, but NO slk stuff

 

[Dark-Zalor]

thanks for your very detailled answer man, I was pretty stressed about not being able to post my map.
And your post really helped me.
Thanks a lot mate!