Xetanth87's Campaign Splitter - Turn Custom Campaigns into separate Maps (now with Archon Mode)

[deepstrasz]

Can this be used for versions lower than 1.31? Asking for a friend.

 

[Xetanth87]

Can this be used for versions lower than 1.31? Asking for a friend.

I have only tested campaigns saved in 1.31.1. The extracted maps worked on both 1.31.1 and 1.32. I'd guess it won't work backwards, but I think it should work forward. If I can play a 1.28 campaign in 1.31.1, I think playing the map extracted from one could work as well.

 

[Shar Dundred]

How does your tool react to maps that have custom object data in addition to the campaign object data?

Is it even capable of combining the two or will it overwrite the map data?

 

[Xetanth87]

How does your tool react to maps that have custom object data in addition to the campaign object data?

Is it even capable of combining the two or will it overwrite the map data?

It takes the campaign data as a base and applies all map modifications on top of it.

If you create a new unit and name it "George" (unit name field) and in the map you change it to "Steve" (unit name field), the map unit name field will overwrite the campaign unit name field. This also works with map units that are copies of campaign units.

As for strings, it keeps map strings intact, but offsets the campaign strings by the number of map strings, and changes all campaign data strings to be offset by the same amount as well. The reason I have to do this is that maps and campaigns use the same string index for different texts, and keeping 2 of them with the same index makes one of them appear in both places.

You should try it yourself, and tell me if you find any problems with it.

 

[yxq1122]

Is it possible that you integrate your awesome tool into World Editor e.g. WEX or JNGP?

 

[Xetanth87]

Is it possible that you integrate your awesome tool into World Editor e.g. WEX or JNGP?

I have not used any of those tools. This tool is meant to be used by players, not mapmakers, so it doesn't make sense for it to be part of an editor.

 

[Xetanth87]

New feature that will be added soon: Automatically adding a difficulty dialog to each map, since Reforged doesn't have an in-game difficulty selector.

 

[Tommi Gustafsson]

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New feature that will be added soon: Automatically adding a difficulty dialog to each map, since Reforged doesn't have an in-game difficulty selector.

And anyways, the in-game campaign difficulty selector was broken in TFT as well, so that it applied the chosen difficulty to the first map only. Map makers had to create this kind of a dialog anyways, if they were aware of the bug.

 

[Shar Dundred]

Map makers had to create this kind of a dialog anyways, if they were aware of the bug.

Or they just didn't because, well, they didn't care.

 

[Xetanth87]

And anyways, the in-game campaign difficulty selector was broken in TFT as well, so that it applied the chosen difficulty to the first map only. Map makers had to create this kind of a dialog anyways, if they were aware of the bug.

There is a fix for that. Maps started from custom campaign buttons use the custom campaign difficulty, but maps started from the "Continue" button after victory use the official campaign difficulty.

 

[Tommi Gustafsson]

There is a fix for that. Maps started from custom campaign buttons use the custom campaign difficulty, but maps started from the "Continue" button after victory use the official campaign difficulty.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

But from the point of view of an uninformed player, the difficulty dialogue box is still probably the best option. Please just make it optional in the case the map maker has already made such a box. (Because our Dwarf Campaign and Gnoll Campaign already have such a box. However, Dwarf Campaign can already be downloaded as separate maps, so we would have the issue mostly with the Gnoll Campaign.)

 

[Xetanth87]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

But from the point of view of an uninformed player, the difficulty dialogue box is still probably the best option. Please just make it optional in the case the map maker has already made such a box. (Because our Dwarf Campaign and Gnoll Campaign already have such a box. However, Dwarf Campaign can already be downloaded as separate maps, so we would have the issue mostly with the Gnoll Campaign.)

I know. I already did. You can see it in the preview

 

[Quincy He]

Can't wait to try this out. But I'm getting this runtime error on clicking "Browse". Tried JRE SE 8 & JRE 18. Any idea why?

 

[Xetanth87]

Can't wait to try this out. But I'm getting this runtime error on clicking "Browse". Tried JRE SE 8 & JRE 18. Any idea why?
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Since it seems to be started by you clicking "Browse", I think it couldn't find your "Documents" directory (the default directory for the File Chooser window). You could try to type/copy a directory path into the text box and then click browse. Tell me if this helped or didn't help.

 

[Tommi Gustafsson]

I tried this on Gnoll Campaign and it seemed to work fine. I played the split maps on patch 1.30.4, though. Hopefully, they work in Reforged as well.

 

[Quincy He]

Since it seems to be started by you clicking "Browse", I think it couldn't find your "Documents" directory (the default directory for the File Chooser window). You could try to type/copy a directory path into the text box and then click browse. Tell me if this helped or didn't help.

Hey I tried filling in some directory names in the text field but still getting the same error. But I managed to run it by using the following command I found online:

java -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true -jar CampaignSplitterGUI.jar

Now I can split w3n files no problem (Playing Mordorks Quest in Reforged 1.32, AMAZING). Great work BTW!!
I think this might be a bug in Swing. Not sure why it only manifests on my machine (My locale is ZH_CN maybe?)

 

[Xetanth87]

Hey I tried filling in some directory names in the text field but still getting the same error. But I managed to run it by using the following command I found online:

java -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true -jar CampaignSplitterGUI.jar

Now I can split w3n files no problem (Playing Mordorks Quest in Reforged 1.32, AMAZING). Great work BTW!!
I think this might be a bug in Swing. Not sure why it only manifests on my machine (My locale is ZH_CN maybe?)

Are you running some custom version of Windows? If yes, that could be it. I have no idea about locale, though. I'm glad you found a solution!

 

[kingfirex2]

WOW!!!! Great job man i always wanted a tool like this thnx

 

[tulee]

Thanks for this tool xetanth87. I will try using it tomorrow on Reforged.

 

[Xetanth87]

Thanks for this tool xetanth87. I will try using it tomorrow on Reforged.

I'm glad you like it. If you find any problems, please tell me.

 

[elysium]

Hi, i downloaded everything needed, but when i go to open the programm with java, java flash a black page and then dont do anything, how can i do?

 

[Xetanth87]

Hi, i downloaded everything needed, but when i go to open the programm with java, java flash a black page and then dont do anything, how can i do?

You might need to download a newer version of Java. If you don't have Java 8 or higher, it won't work

 

[tulee]

Trying to use it now, but the java download is requiring me to make an Oracle account just to download that legacy version. Is there any way to avoid requiring us to sign up to it, or is it a requirement to access the java plugin.

 

[Xetanth87]

Trying to use it now, but the java download is requiring me to make an Oracle account just to download that legacy version. Is there any way to avoid requiring us to sign up to it, or is it a requirement to access the java plugin.

I haven't downloaded it in a while, but I remember needing an account the last time I did. I'll check for another link when I have some time. If you find one without authentication by then, you should tell me.

 

[Warseeker]

There is an option to show the name of the next map upon victory. This is very useful for campaigns with branching paths, because map transitions are not possible in Reforged.

Interesting. So campaigns that uses map transition like the Founding of Durotar will not let you go back and forth between submaps? It's a shame. I was really hoping to get my custom campaign Legacy of Lordaeron to work on Reforged...

 

[Xetanth87]

Interesting. So campaigns that uses map transition like the Founding of Durotar will not let you go back and forth between submaps? It's a shame. I was really hoping to get my custom campaign Legacy of Lordaeron to work on Reforged...

Sadly those don't work simply because of the lack of map transitions in Reforged. My tool shows the name of the next map only when the game is ended with victory. So it wouldn't help in this case.

 

[Kululum]

Hello i tried to use your splitter on Legends of Arkain campaigns and this popped up at 5 of 6 campaigns (one worked fine) is there anything i can do to make it run properly?

Btw this splitter is really incredible finaly way to play custom campaings without cracked old warcraft3. Great job!!

 

[Xetanth87]

Hello i tried to use your splitter on Legends of Arkain campaigns and this popped up at 5 of 6 campaigns (one worked fine) is there anything i can do to make it run properly?

Btw this splitter is really incredible finaly way to play custom campaings without cracked old warcraft3. Great job!!

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Protected campaigns like Legends of Arkain cannot be split using this tool. There's nothing I can do about that. You can try other campaigns

 

[tulee]

I haven't downloaded it in a while, but I remember needing an account the last time I did. I'll check for another link when I have some time. If you find one without authentication by then, you should tell me.

Ok, I found this link which worked.
https://www.java.com/download/ie_manual.jsp
Didn't need a login. It worked perfectly for your tool. It might be worth mentioning in the description that you can use anything newer than the java version you specified, since i was originally trying to find that exact version on the web.

As for your tool, it was fantastic.
Just played Fallen Kingdoms campaign with it, had 0 issues whatsoever.

Fallen Kingdoms

[Current Version - 3.1.5 - CLOSED PROJECT] What would have happened if Illidan Stormrage had managed to complete his spell in the ruins of Dalaran and had destroyed the Frozen Throne with the Eye of Sargeras? >> Description > Name - Fallen Kingdoms > Difficulty - Normal > Context - This...

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I know Quenching offers similar campaign feature, but using that tool is so much effort and quite stressful since I don't actually know how to use it. Your tool is extremely simple to use, and your youtube video explains exactcly what to do with the maps. I was so surprised when the items transferred over to the next missions. There is actually no reason for me to ever play on an older version of Wc3 ever again for campaigns, with the exception of the things you mentioned, protected campaigns + map transition campaigns.

I really hope more people become aware of this tool, cause watching others scramble over which wc3 version works correctly for which campaign seems a little like unnecessary effort, since all the pre 1.32 bugs have been fixed in 1.32+ that were causing compatibility issues for older campaigns.

Can I ask why you recommended to put the difficulty settings to "default"? I didn't understand what you wrote there in the description. My understanding of default is it would set it to "normal" difficulty if 3 difficulty options are available, but it seemed like you thought that was the best choice or something. Sorry I didn't get what you meant there.

Anyway, this tool is a life saver for the CC community, thanks Xetanth87

 

[Xetanth87]

Ok, I found this link which worked.
https://www.java.com/download/ie_manual.jsp
Didn't need a login. It worked perfectly for your tool. It might be worth mentioning in the description that you can use anything newer than the java version you specified, since i was originally trying to find that exact version on the web.

As for your tool, it was fantastic.
Just played Fallen Kingdoms campaign with it, had 0 issues whatsoever.

Fallen Kingdoms

[Current Version - 3.1.5 - CLOSED PROJECT] What would have happened if Illidan Stormrage had managed to complete his spell in the ruins of Dalaran and had destroyed the Frozen Throne with the Eye of Sargeras? >> Description > Name - Fallen Kingdoms > Difficulty - Normal > Context - This...

www.hiveworkshop.com

I know Quenching offers similar campaign feature, but using that tool is so much effort and quite stressful since I don't actually know how to use it. Your tool is extremely simple to use, and your youtube video explains exactcly what to do with the maps. I was so surprised when the items transferred over to the next missions. There is actually no reason for me to ever play on an older version of Wc3 ever again for campaigns, with the exception of the things you mentioned, protected campaigns + map transition campaigns.

I really hope more people become aware of this tool, cause watching others scramble over which wc3 version works correctly for which campaign seems a little like unnecessary effort, since all the pre 1.32 bugs have been fixed in 1.32+ that were causing compatibility issues for older campaigns.

Can I ask why you recommended to put the difficulty settings to "default"? I didn't understand what you wrote there in the description. My understanding of default is it would set it to "normal" difficulty if 3 difficulty options are available, but it seemed like you thought that was the best choice or something. Sorry I didn't get what you meant there.

Anyway, this tool is a life saver for the CC community, thanks Xetanth87

When making a custom campaign you can choose to include the difficulty selector that appears in the custom camapaigns menu (Variable difficulty option). Custom campaigns that have difficulty selectors as dialogs at the start of each chapter will usually disable this selector. The default option will add my dialog selector to each map only if the campaign has the variable difficulty option. This enables the functionality of difficulty selection for campaigns that need it and makes it so a secondary difficulty selector dialog isn't added to campaigns that already have one.

 

[Ravenwood Skye]

Quite the useful tool, gives me the power to play custom campaigns, a feature I thought lost a long time ago, at least for my own journey.
After just having the pleasure of playing through the Enhanced set of campaigns, I will be moving on to another set, none other than your very own! I can't wait to see what they have in store, and I'll be around to review them after I run through them - the ones currently completed, at least.

I know that eventually we will meet at the end of eternity (not quite Eternity's End, hah), when I finish the complete series, and I am eager to get there, on a new journey. For now, I'll be seeing you again soon, as I've got some campaigns to play!

 

[tulee]

Hey Xetanth87, was just wondering, I am getting an error when splitting the remake of Mordork's quest:

Mordork's Quest Remake

The tale of the Archmage Extraordinaire continues with Mordork's Quest Remake, a custom campaign for Warcraft III version 1.35. Originally released in 2004, this fully remade campaign follows the noble Mordork Clavicle and a new cast of characters, including the rash Dummash Hellscream and the...

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To my knowledge, it does not have transitions and is not protected, so I am not sure what to do.
Was just curious if you had a solution.

Edit: Just tried Exodus of the Horde/Scourge of Lordaeron TD edition, Mathias Chronicles 2, and Battle for Azeroth War of Thorns campaign, they all had the same issue, like this:

Edit2: Nightmare book pointed out an older version of your tool works on the campaigns, but the newest doesn't:

Exodus of the Horde: TD Edition

EXODUS OF THE HORDE TD EDITION "You must rally the Horde and lead your people to their destiny!" (c) Medivh OVERVIEW "Original Blizzard campaign, but fully remastered in Kingdom Rush tower defense - select towers from the list and build them on preset position to hold enemy hordes. The main...

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[Xetanth87]

Hey Xetanth87, was just wondering, I am getting an error when splitting the remake of Mordork's quest:

Mordork's Quest Remake

The tale of the Archmage Extraordinaire continues with Mordork's Quest Remake, a custom campaign for Warcraft III version 1.35. Originally released in 2004, this fully remade campaign follows the noble Mordork Clavicle and a new cast of characters, including the rash Dummash Hellscream and the...

www.hiveworkshop.com

To my knowledge, it does not have transitions and is not protected, so I am not sure what to do.
Was just curious if you had a solution.

Edit: Just tried Exodus of the Horde/Scourge of Lordaeron TD edition, Mathias Chronicles 2, and Battle for Azeroth War of Thorns campaign, they all had the same issue, like this:


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Edit2: Nightmare book pointed out an older version of your tool works on the campaigns, but the newest doesn't:

Exodus of the Horde: TD Edition

EXODUS OF THE HORDE TD EDITION "You must rally the Horde and lead your people to their destiny!" (c) Medivh OVERVIEW "Original Blizzard campaign, but fully remastered in Kingdom Rush tower defense - select towers from the list and build them on preset position to hold enemy hordes. The main...

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This is very weird.
I've downloaded the latest version and it worked:

Edit: Mordork's Quest Remake doesn't work with any version

 

[deepstrasz]

Edit: Mordork's Quest Remake doesn't work with any version

Does the program work on protected maps within a campaign file?
@Med. MapGuy any hints why your campaign might not work with this software?

 

[Xetanth87]

Does the program work on protected maps within a campaign file?
@Med. MapGuy any hints why your campaign might not work with this software?

I found the problem I have yet to post the update. Mordork's Quest wasn't protected. Neither protected campaigns and neither protected maps work with the splitter.

 

[Xetanth87]

Hey Xetanth87, was just wondering, I am getting an error when splitting the remake of Mordork's quest:

Mordork's Quest Remake

The tale of the Archmage Extraordinaire continues with Mordork's Quest Remake, a custom campaign for Warcraft III version 1.35. Originally released in 2004, this fully remade campaign follows the noble Mordork Clavicle and a new cast of characters, including the rash Dummash Hellscream and the...

www.hiveworkshop.com

To my knowledge, it does not have transitions and is not protected, so I am not sure what to do.
Was just curious if you had a solution.

Edit: Just tried Exodus of the Horde/Scourge of Lordaeron TD edition, Mathias Chronicles 2, and Battle for Azeroth War of Thorns campaign, they all had the same issue, like this:


View attachment 405971

Edit2: Nightmare book pointed out an older version of your tool works on the campaigns, but the newest doesn't:

Exodus of the Horde: TD Edition

EXODUS OF THE HORDE TD EDITION "You must rally the Horde and lead your people to their destiny!" (c) Medivh OVERVIEW "Original Blizzard campaign, but fully remastered in Kingdom Rush tower defense - select towers from the list and build them on preset position to hold enemy hordes. The main...

www.hiveworkshop.com

Both of these problems have now been fixed.

 

[eejin]

It's very nice to be able to play custom campaigns in Reforged. The tool worked for most maps but did give me some issues on a couple, namely:
Thievery Campaign and The Chosen Ones

Also, a nicer folder browser dialog would be very nice to have, the default one is painful to use.
You get a nice big fat approval

 

[Xetanth87]

It's very nice to be able to play custom campaigns in Reforged. The tool worked for most maps but did give me some issues on a couple, namely:
Thievery Campaign and The Chosen Ones

Also, a nicer folder browser dialog would be very nice to have, the default one is painful to use.
You get a nice big fat approval

Thanks for the approval! I'm going to look into those 2 campaigns to see what the issues are. As for the dialog, do you mean the textbox or the filepicker window? And can you tell me in what way I should change it?

 

[eejin]

Thanks for the approval! I'm going to look into those 2 campaigns to see what the issues are. As for the dialog, do you mean the textbox or the filepicker window? And can you tell me in what way I should change it?

The filepicker window. It would be great to have the native Windows dialog for that. E.g.

 

[Xetanth87]

It's very nice to be able to play custom campaigns in Reforged. The tool worked for most maps but did give me some issues on a couple, namely:
Thievery Campaign and The Chosen Ones

Also, a nicer folder browser dialog would be very nice to have, the default one is painful to use.
You get a nice big fat approval

Thievery Campaign has a missing chapter title (can't be opened by the World Editor either) and The Chosen Ones is protected. I've added better error messages that explain this.

I've tried making it use the native OS filepicker before, but I still haven't found a solution. The filepicker starts in Warcraft III\Maps, so it won't be too hard to find the campaign you want to split. You can also paste a path in the text area and then browse from there or split.

 

[NoobChan]

Hi
im not good in English and Zero knowlage programing. but i just want to play custom campain in warcraft.

this is as far as i can get.only second human book can split.so i just want to know what is protected map? and if it got protected that mean i cant split that map? can anyone explain for me what is it. i will try my best to understand.

 

[Xetanth87]

Hi
im not good in English and Zero knowlage programing. but i just want to play custom campain in warcraft.
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this is as far as i can get.only second human book can split.so i just want to know what is protected map? and if it got protected that mean i cant split that map? can anyone explain for me what is it. i will try my best to understand.

You can't split campaigns that are protected by their authors. Legends of Arkain is one such campaign. There's nothing I can do about that. Most campaigns are unprotected, so you can try other campaigns

 

[HuanJuan]

It made things work under not just reforged, but in other game versions too. I had a problem when I wanted to play campaigns under 1.30, and I decided to use this tool. In some campaigns it worked. The reason why I used not just for Reforged, but under 1.32 is: the machine I have it has a slow processor, and it crashed the game when I opened the custom campaign selection menu. But the real problem was Windows 11. 5/5 stars, I recommend. I mean, I recommend YOUR CAMPAIGN SPLITTER! Not Windows 11!

 

[Ravager16829]

It made things work under not just reforged, but in other game versions too. I had a problem when I wanted to play campaigns under 1.30, and I decided to use this tool. In some campaigns it worked. The reason why I used not just for Reforged, but under 1.32 is: the machine I have it has a slow processor, and it crashed the game when I opened the custom campaign selection menu. But the real problem was Windows 11. 5/5 stars, I recommend. I mean, I recommend YOUR CAMPAIGN SPLITTER! Not Windows 11!

Windows 11 has known for compatibility issues (missing 32-Bit DLLs), which prevented some older WC3 tools to be opened on new machine.

Can't use MPQ Master and Jasscraft on Windows 11

I just installed Windows 11 after my computer had a problem regarding viruses and want to mod Warcraft 3. When I'm using Windows 10, older Warcraft 3 tools like MPQ Master and Jasscraft can be opened without problems. With Windows 11 came, it caught this every time I start both of them. The...

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I can't open War3 File Converter

I downloaded War3 File Converter, but every time I try to open it, it says, "Application was Unable to Start correctly 0xC0000142". I tried running it on every different compatibility version. Nothing works. Could someone please help me make the File Converter work or find an alternative to it?

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[Goffterdom]

Hey there.

Awesome tool!

In the case of a campaign where imported assets size would amount to something >1.5gb I'm guessing it will make each map >1.5gb as well (and therefore unplayable, you can't launch such a map from the game, only from the editor). Just wondering.

 

[Xetanth87]

Hey there.

Awesome tool!

In the case of a campaign where imported assets size would amount to something >1.5gb I'm guessing it will make each map >1.5gb as well (and therefore unplayable, you can't launch such a map from the game, only from the editor). Just wondering.

Yes. I wrote about this in the 'Known Issues' section. 256 MB is the maximum filesize a map is allowed in order to be played from the custom games' menu. You can still play it from the editor, which might not be pleasant, but it's the best we got until Blizzard removes/increases the filesize limit (IMO there should be no limit for singleplayer maps). And yes, assets take a large part of a campaign's filesize and since they do get copied to each map, each map will be roughly the size of the campaign.

 

[ilidandin]

Hello, I am new to the website and I would like to say that thank you very much for the tool and I just used your tool and these 2 things are happening to me which I don't understand when I enter the game I find this

moreover, this is what happens to me when I use the tool in the joes quest remake custom campaign

The thing is that in joes quest gold it works perfectly for me but not in remake, I'm playing both in classic mode and it also tells me that the split came out successfully

 

[Atshiel]

Protected campaigns like Legends of Arkain cannot be split using this tool. There's nothing I can do about that. You can try other campaigns

Damn, I was wondering if with archon mode added to the tool it'd be possible to play all of Turnro campaigns

Tool's looking awesome, can't wait to see how many custom campaigns could be played with this!

 

[Ravager16829]

Damn, I was wondering if with archon mode added to the tool it'd be possible to play all of Turnro campaigns

Tool's looking awesome, can't wait to see how many custom campaigns could be played with this!

I don't think Turnro campaigns are compatible with Campaign Splitter (or even Quenching Mod), but since those series are quite old, you might experience a lot of issues:

The issue is Resurrection of the Scourge was made for legacy Warcraft 3 and has never been tested in Reforged. As such, you are bound to come across some issues when playing through the Quenching Mod.