[Crash] WE not working

[C.B.King]

So recently ii started working on my map, i got some stuff done had no issue, then yesterday all sudden the World Editor no longer opens maps, and on occasions when it does open maps it wont save any maps, i reinstalled W3 and that didnt fix it

i thought try HiveWE but dunno how to open map in there as it not saved as a folder and nor do i know how to save as a folder

i tried other maps and that did same issue

also when i close editor it now crashes and i to use task manager to force close, anyone got any suggestions/ideas?

 

[Ravager16829]

It sounds like you're having a hardware or non-WC3 related problem. Old PC? What's your OS?

Generally, maps can't be opened by World Editor if it was made with third-party stuffs (like it was protected by someone), or you were trying to open those that were saved with the Reforged version of WE by using the legacy versions of WE (pre-1.32). Those issues were normal; there's nothing you can do other than using the third-party tools.

 

[C.B.King]

It was started and made in Reforged Editor, and it original Map

Now weird thing i noticed, if i open editor and if map loads, it doesnt let me save it, however if i save it as a new file with new name.

PC is Windows 11
64gb ddr5 6000
RTX 5090
9800X3D

but as is aid over past week it not had issues, it just randomly started yesterday

 

[Ravager16829]

Okay, your PC sounds fine.

If you can't save a map in World Editor, please post the exact error message you encounter during the operation. There must be an error if you attempt to save the map.

 

[C.B.King]

sure but all it says is unable to save, then editor crashes

 

[Ravager16829]

sure but all it says is unable to save, then editor crashes

Have you tried saving the map in an appropriate location? Usually in "Documents\Warcraft III\Maps\Test" or something similar.

If you have a special character, try removing it. It's basically a system restriction that doesn't allow things like ":" to be saved.

I'm actually quite stupid for forgetting to also mention about the "Save as a Folder" stuff. It's one of the new options being present in Reforged if I'm not mistaken. It can be selected in the "Save As" window (the "Warcraft III Scenario Folder" or something similar under File Association Type). You can only open maps that were made in folder with the vanilla World Editor, not HiveWE.

 

[C.B.King]

Ty it seems to work saving it as a folder, wish I knew this sooner as it makes it so much easier to import

I just did 200 manual imports past 2 days with like 30 different directories

Took a long time, but if I knew about folder thing could have drag drop into folder open map and all imports be in right locations

 

[Nichilus]

Find the map using file explorer, right-click it and select 'Properties'. Make sure the 'read-only' checkbox is unchecked.
It could be that windows set the file as readonly. Then WE will write the error you've shown when trying to overwrite the file.

 

[C.B.King]

Well doesn't matter i give up, i spent hours working on the map, saving as folder, then the retarted editor crashed again and deleted the files required to open map