Considering I have the map korean 2.9a_un.w3x inside path_to_your_map_folder, an example would be:
Run the command path_to_wcstrings.exe a map_name map_name map_name any_word. wcstrings/wcstrings.exe command Translating a map from scratch Considering that wcstrings folder was made inside working directory, we can do. To run a wcstrings command, you need to put path to wcstring and then the command. Now you should run the following command (run = type and then press enter): A quick way is using windows key + r:Īnother way is searching for Command prompt: Make another folder with name of the map + its version such as Eden Rpg 3.2. Create a folder inside it called Wcstrings. Setting up a working directoryĬreate a folder with the name of the map such as Eden Rpg. It would look like this:Ĭlose MPQ Editor, we just used it to check if it was read-only or not. There are many guides about this such as: If thats not possible, you can try deprotecting. For such cases, you should either get in contact with map owner and get unprotected version. Don't bother translating because you won't be able to edit the warcraft map when it is in this mode. When it says, it means that the map is protected. Depending on the map, it will say or not: Click ok, no need for any additional parameter.
Open MPQ Editor and click on open mpq:Ĭhoose your warcraft map and confirm. To be able to view these files, you can use MPQ Editor.
How to open warcraft 2 map editor zip#
IntroductionĪ warcraft map is stored in a format called MPQ, which is like a zip that has a lot of files inside it. Magepowers has a detailed video on the translation process using wcstrings. There are plugins for sublime and notepad++ that support this I now made my own tool for translating, so might want to check that instead. This is a guide intended for translating a wacraft 3 map when you are not the owner of such map (there are ways to make a map be multilanguage if you are the developer of it).