Heavy Locker

*Insert comment pestering BD for the new heavy locker here*

Just kidding, take your time :D


And by the way, everyone rate the first post! (And I can't believe some jerk gave it a -1).

This is a great program and deserves a rating from everyone who uses it.

Try even lower level than 3 to minimze the size. Another method would be to convert the waves to MP3.

So, I have a new suggestion for Heavy Locker:
It should convert all imported WAVes to MP3 (with a quality setting). I suggest to use Lame (MP3 Encoder) for that.

how do i change to a mp3?

I uploaded 0.2.9, allowing users to set the block level. Note that if your map has waves, you should try ZLIB "OFF" and a small block level (3 or less). If you are sure your map does not have any wave, you should use ZLIB "ON" and set the block level to auto-detect.


You will need a wav->mp3 encoder. You can use the Windows tool "Sound Recorder" and try to save it as Mpeg layer 3 instead of the standard PCM.

Starcraftfreak, I may eventually use the LAME encoder. The problem is: I´m still learning how to make that thing work, so I will probably focus on rewriting the HL and then I´ll move to WAV->MP3 conversion.

I appreciate that you at least consider that feature. I think it would be a good feature for HL, as it would increase the compression in some cases radically.

@All people who don't know about how to encode to MP3
I suggest to use freeware like CDex (actually a CD ripping tool, but also good for MP3 encoding). I use the Lame commandline tool, but commandline isn't good for anyone.
I suggest to avoid using the Sound Recorder and the embedded MP3 codec, as this one is very limited.

When HeavyLocker starts to build the new map-file it need to read the sources from the input map-file. And since you´re using a custom model with a custom path, it will not detect that model inside the map. Heavy Locker needs to know all the files that it will add onto the new map, and it is doing this by checking the internal map-listfile and external lists.

Suggestion: Use a external listfile and add your model path to this listfile, then set HeavyLocker to use this external listfile.

I don´t think so. The order the files are added is not important.


The lock type actually will not make diference in this case. This is weird, I never saw a problem like that. Can you send both the unprotected and the protected versions to me, so I can take a look and try to figure it out. [email protected]

where can i get 2.09? i only saw 2.08. your locker is a bit hard to use. if u click on "include listfile" then
"lock options" to level 3 obfuscicate. the listfile options are greyed out. so u dont kno if u still include them. also when u optimize/minimize the map with save as, it says its optimized but doesnt say anything about protected.

i was fiddling witht he options & i thought the map was protected but i could open in the editor. then i pushed some more buttons, probably set to a higher obfuscicate level then it crashed the editor when i tried to open.

i heard of programs that can unprotect maps & return to normal triggers.

I forgot to update the version inside the HeavyLocker code. The one on the first page, altough it says 0.28 it is actually the 0.29.


Well actually you know. When you protect the map, one of the features is to remove the listfile, to make things a bit harder to map stealers. Note that when you protect the map the "Include (listfile)" option is FIRST unchecked then AFTER that it is grayed. Protected maps should no have listfiles at all.

Well, it WILL be protected if you selected to protect it on the saving options". I will probably add a "Map protected" message the next version.

You probably selected the "Preview Mode", wich let the WolrdEditor open the map. When using the "Preview mode", the map is still openable with the WorldEditor, altough the triggers are wiped out.

Yes, they do exist, altough this is not that simple. If you use the obfuscate stuff, it will be even harder to such programs recover the triggers. I cannot say HeavyLocker makes the map "100% locked", but it WILL make things harder, even to such tools. There is no way to make a map unbreakable, coz Blizzard did not make them this way. Of course I can encrypt the whole map, but then a problem comes out: How War3 will be able to read the map if it is encrypted? I need to protect the maps, but I also must asure that they will open with War3. That´s why I´m currently rewriting HeavyLocker, to make it more stable, coz some protection procedures I´m currently doing are also makin some maps unplayable.

I´m working hard to brig you this asap. I will not release any more versions till I got this new version working. Btw, it will have some nice features, such as:

* It will be able to include encrypted "backups" inside protected maps, so they can be restored, just like ExtProtect does.
* Those backups will be compatible with ExtProtect, meaning you will be ablte to restore the maps with either HL or ExtProtect.
* Showing more info about the input archive.
* Some nice auto-detect fetures. If the map does not have any embbeded WAVE, those Wave options will get automatically disabled.
* It will be able to auto encode WAVs->MP3 for War/FT stuff, thanks SCFreak for the tip). MP3 will reduce the archive size even more, plus get rid of WAVes makes the archive compress even betterm due to wierd behavior of WAVEs;
* Advanced control over the obfuscate thing. It will also be more stable and faster.

Here is a SS for you. See the auto-detect features working:

That's really good news BlacKDicK. Thanks for doing the MP3 stuff (in my opinion people should use them only, as WAVES are huge compared to MP3 with the same quality). Now that you encode them, you get rid of the WAVE compression behaviour (first block is uncompressed). That will be a very important update for HL, one of my favourite tools.

I guess it is probably a bug with JPEG library or something related to it. The Wc3 Image Extractor II also has this issue. Increase your screen bit depth to 32 bits and I guess it should work ok.

EDIT: Btw, I got your Email, altough I won´t be able to do much till I finish this new HL version.