w3 viewer wont start

[Fall]

I just started map editing a few days ago. I downloaded warcraft 3 viewer, unzipped it, and opened the .exe file. It begins to load, with the Treeview box opening in the upper left portion of the screen, then up pops the usual Microsoft error box, stating: This program has encountered an error and needs to close, blah blah blah.

I've tried unzipping the file again, DLing the .zip file again, even from other sites. No luck. So what the heck? A missing .dll would be my first guess, but I have no idea which, or how to find out.

Any help would be grand.

 

[Wolverabid]

Using Windows 95/98/ME/XP there shouldn't be any problem. If you're using Vista, the required .dll files may very well indeed be missing.

 

[wugiboy]

just get magos' wc3 model editor, its quite faster then wc3viewer, and it should work on Vista

 

[Fall]

I am using Windows XP, so what on earth could the issue be? I will try magos' wc3 model editor, but after hearing to much praise for Warcraft 3 Viewer, I'm reluctant to give up on it.

 

[HappyTauren]

Warcraft 3 Viewer sucks.
Magos owns.

magso runs everything 95% flawlessly. Viewer does only like 60%.

 

[Kimbo]

Warcraft 3 Viewer sucks.
Magos owns.

magso runs everything 95% flawlessly. Viewer does only like 60%.

Magos corrupts some of my models.
Magos doesnt have all the capture stuff that wc3viewer has.
Magos can't view custom skins on models (you have to path models).

Thus, viewer>magos in viewer terms.

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

Actually I find Magos better than viewer in ways. My MPQ is FLAWLESS. Sometomes the model viewer will miss parts out of my model/skin even with all the boxes ticked.

 

[kentchow75]

>>Magos can't view custom skins on models (you have to path models).
I tried to open a mdl file on destop (Skinless) on magos. Sure no skin was viewed.

After that, i copy and paste the skin on destop, then open the mdl on magos, the model is skinned. Why?

 

[Kimbo]

because the texture file is on its directory path? duh?