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I also want an answer to Misha's question. In addition I really want to know how this affects our ability to use certain tools. For example WC3 Viewer user allows us to access mpq files within the game in order to extract mdx files, blp files, etc. But if the mpq files are being integrated into their new system, how will we access those files?
To add on to that, how will this affect custom models and textures? Will they still be mdx and blp?
There's so many more questions I want answers to. Will they be changing how triggers work? So many custom maps will break if they do.
What exactly is this patch doing? Is it supposed to be an HD Remaster aka better graphics and models? And how does that affect our modeling community? For years now, our modelers on this site have created models in a way that fit WC3 style. Models have always been lightweight, usually 300kb or lower, but now we could possibly have HD WC3 models so all those custom models made throughout the years will look archaic and obsolete. The same could be said for custom Skins as well. I just can't see that being very healthy to our community. This also presents another problem, if the standard for model creation becomes HD, then any new custom models you can expect to reach 1mb or higher in file size, adding that all up, the new 128mb limit for maps isn't as colossal as it seems.
Yes Wc3 was getting terribly old, I understand that, but that is exactly what I liked about it. I could always come back and know that nothing has changed and get back to what I was working on before. For a long time I have been working on a map, and I have waited patiently to make sure I get it just right (I also work very slow) before I release it. My main concern is that I have absolutely no idea how much of an impact this patch will have and I fear the worst: that it will ruin what I have been working on for so long.
As stated above there are no planned changes to how resources function.
This patch is not a graphical patch. It's all back-end functionality. Please refer to the OP. MPQ's will remain accessible.
Long term graphics updates will occur and that will mean older resources will begin to look out of place. That is unavoidable if the community wants Sc2 level graphics, which it does. The good news is that current models can be upgraded via skins as Traggey has shown us.