Unlimited Height

[stupidwaldo]

I was reading a post today and I read a response that talked about a modification that let the height level go infinately high. Can anyone point me in the right direction to find this?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Sorry, no such modification exists. WC3 is a piece of computer software using DirectX 8 or OpenGL to display graphics. Both of these interfaces have no support for infinity when it comes to 3D positions (which are floats or double floats nowdays, both of which are restricted in size) and thus it would be impossiable to reach infinity. The maths for calculating the graphics for a triangle with its Z demension set to an undifined value would also be impossiable to physically compute. Thus what you are asking is physically impossiable for WC3 to support, I would advise looking for a game which does allow it however I doubt there is any as infinity and computers generally are not very good if handled improperly.

I can however tell you there is a modification which involves simply importing a custom text file into a folder into your WC3 directory which allows you in WE to ignore the usual heigh raising and lowering restrictions thus allowing you to raise or lower terrain to any value WC3 is capable of supporting, unfortunatly it is not infinity so it may not be what you are after.

The modification I described above involves modifying the MiscData.txt found in the WC3 RoC MPQ under the UI folder and changing the maximum terrain slops and related fields to high values so that the limates do not exist. You then make a folder in your WC3 install directory called UI and put the modified one in it and then restart WE. Like I said this has nothing to do with infinity but is the closest thing you will get to it.

 

[stupidwaldo]

That was what I was looking for. Thanks for the help

 

[stupidwaldo]

Can someone tell me exactly where to find this? I spent about 4 hours searching my computer and I didn't see anything like it

 

[Dr Super Good]

I am sure WC3campaigns has a tutoiral or package telling you exactly what to do, I remember learning it there.

 

[stupidwaldo]

Ok thanks, ill try that

 

[stupidwaldo]

make a folder in your WC3 install directory

What do you mean by install directory?

 

[meOme]

The folder where you installed WC3 I guess. Like "E:/Games/Warcraft III/"

 

[stupidwaldo]

The folder where you installed WC3 I guess. Like "E:/Games/Warcraft III/"

No such folder exists. E drive has no folders in it

 

[reason 3]

Try this? C:\Program Files\Warcraft III

 

[Chief-Oblivion]

That's because E drive is your removable disc drive... Here is the file, just drop it in your warcraft folder which is MOST likely held in this path.

C:/Program Files/Warcraft III

Or something like that. Just drop this file into that folder.

MiscData.txt

 

[stupidwaldo]

That worked. Thanks a bunch for all your help

 

[Chief-Oblivion]

Yep, it's extremely useful because when you lower the terrain enough with that it becomes water as well. ;D

 

[Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo]

Narf I don't get it work.
I created a folder I named "UI" in my Wc3 directory. Afterwards I copied the MiscData.txt in.
However nothing really changed. I still cannot raise the cliffs above level 2 without raising the surrounding terrain as well :/

This should work for JNGP or? (It didn't work with the normal editor as well though ;( )

Edit: Never mind. Found an tutorial on Wc3c.