Wtf happened to the mpq format

[gorillabull]

i just opened my wow directory to listen to some music and all the data files's format has changed!!!11 now it just says the file type is data.xxx xxx being some number how are people extracting from this and putting it on youtube like : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlAFf-IyKI??

 

[Dr Super Good]

how are people extracting from this

Using a CASC editor. The people who made MPQEdit also have made a CASC editor as a separate program (as they are functionally very different). Blizzard is phasing out MPQ due to various problems and replacing it all with CASC. The main advantage is that it allows them to update more frequently as updates take only a small fraction of the time to apply as they did with MPQ. It also should improve game loading performance in versioned games which require replay support for old versions (SC2).

Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft and Diablo III all use the CASC file system. StarCraft II Legacy of the Void will also migrate StarCraft II over to the CASC file system. I am unsure about the card game but as a guess it probably also uses CASC. This effectively renders all MPQ specifications above 0 obsolete as outside dated installations (which require an update) and installation media (old versions, all new ones are CASC) there are no more MPQ 1+.

StarCraft II might still use a modern revision for maps, or it is possible they will phase it out and replace it with some CASC extension.

Old games all use MPQ0. If they are ever re-released as part of BattleNet 2.0 they might change it CASC as well.

 

[gorillabull]

ooh very interesting + reputation