Pics of my Upcoming RPG---Edited Spells!!

Ok I'm gonna tell very quick what to do.

Use an MPQ extracting program to extract HumanAbilityStrings.txt and HumanAbilityFunc.txt (other races can be chosen aswell: UndeadAbilityFunc.txt, NightElfAbilityStrings, etc, etc).

In (i use Human for example) HumanAbilityStrings.txt are located the descriptions of the spells. Ofcourse, you can change this.

HumanAbilityFunc.txt contains the paths to the special effects and icons that are being used. You can change the special effects to whatever you like (use an MPQ viewer to see what special effects there are. They are .mdx files). You can also do this for icons.

Now, when u've edited all this, you must put them back in the .w3m by using MPQ2k. A tutorial for this can be found on the net, maybe even wc3campaigns.com.

If u wanna add your own icons, just name it exactly (not really needed) like the icons for the existing spell and put them in the .w3m.

Use the War3 Image Extracter to change files from .blp --> .tga and vica versa.

Hope this helps........maybe I have explained it a little wrong, ask the experts for the good explanation :D :p

I want to warn you now before you put too much work into this map, currently custom mpq files put into the w3m does not work in multiplayer. A few seconds into the game, everyone gets desync errors and disconnects. I found this out the hard way and had to revamp my entire summoner system in my RPG. I tell you it was devastating and almost made me drop the entire project.

Hopefully I was able to warn you in time. :(

so... you can play a mpq-edited map over the internet with somone who just have the .w3m?

that's really good ^^

EDIT: just saw the post above mine. :(

Could u try testing this map over bnet with mutliple ppl and see if this map works with the edited spells?

I'll test it as soon as possible.

If you test the map and it doesn't work try revealing the minimap in game and during loading and use the default campaign screen for loading.

Wow, that's awesome, man. What program(s) did you use to do this? You should write a tutorial on this, it'll get a lot of publicity, I bet.

Sorry TO BUSRST everyone's bubles here. BUT no here seemed to notice that HE DID NOT change the actual mana costs, abilitie Functions, or damage. He merely changed the names, and icons.... Big whopty do....
Now if he had found out the correct way to Use "Game - Preload File: UnitAbilites.slk" we would have a different stories.
I congradulate you for discovering the text, but who really cares about the icon?
When you get chain lighting as the guard tower's main attack we will talk. =)

I think what U said was very uncalled for. Give credit where credit is due! For some people finding that is good! Just because it's not up to YOUR expectations don't need to diss it like it was nothing!:confused: :confused: :mad:

the mana costs seems changed to me..

only the ressurection is the same

That's not the point, idiot.

so.. dude i still didnt got it.. how can i make speels like you with what your doing this ???

And I'm sorry to 'BUSRST' your 'bubles' as well, but nobody's really gonna give a crap about what you have to say, seeing how you so expertly demonstrated your extreme intelligence in this post. The truth is that while the game has been out for the jaw-dropping amount of time it has been (what, a month? two?) and I'm sure that your full expectations were that we map editors could bend and twist the very essence of the game to our whims by now, creating fifty foot tall naked sorceresses so you could sit there and go "heh, heh heh... boobs." the reality is that it just isn't so, and it'll certainly be quite some time before we can fulfill your endless dreams of giant nude elves. So until then, every discovery (no matter how small and insignificant seeming that changing the text and icon for spells) is important. And by the way, he did more than 'just' change the icons and tooltip texts; if you look reaaaaal close (or if anyone else could just kinda glance at it once and see it, you may need some more observation) you might see that he changed the graphics for the spells too, because I don't really remember Starfall originally being meteors. Or Death and Decay making flames.

So to summerize, in case you were having some difficulty following me in that last paragraph (Seeing how I was using such advanced vocabulary as 'and' and 'the' and I'm not entirely sure you could comprehend it), here's everything in terms you can probably understand.

HIM SMART. YOU NOT. SHUT UP STUPID HUMEE YOU GIVE ME HEADACHE.

-Darkmoogle

(edit: I was so pissed by him I completely forgot to comment on the important thing: Nice job on the stuff, Dev. =))

PacoX,

I like how you wasted your time and everyone else's by blabbering on about nothing of any importance. If you think it would be so great go spend your time doing that, instead of make it sound like this is a waste of time.

Sheesh, some people's posts are beyond me. (I apologize for the unusefulness of this post as well, beyond it's intended point)

Nicodemus
ICUDemons

I know that you can move the button slots around without any crashing on the internet. So I am not exactly sure what you mean by that. Also, I've seen custom pictures work on b.net as well.