Custom World Editor??

10-12-2003, 09:47 AM	#1
cryo75	Hi all, Just out of curiosity.. did someone write a custom world editor which shows the maps in 3d just like the blizzard one?? Ivan

10-14-2003, 12:01 PM	#2
Starcraftfreak	No, only a custom 2D editor is available. Check the important threads list for Zepirs Map Editor.

10-14-2003, 01:00 PM	#3
cryo75	Is it that difficult to write a 3d version ??

10-14-2003, 04:43 PM	#4
PitzerMike	yes it is. And why would anyone do that if original WE already exists?

10-14-2003, 05:49 PM	#5
35263526	Possibly because certain Licensing restrictions wouldn't apply if a custom WE was used.

10-14-2003, 07:22 PM	#6
PitzerMike	Actually I can't think of anything you could do that blizzard would mind. And even if you use a custom WE the license agreement still applys as It's Warcraft maps you create with it.

10-15-2003, 12:17 AM	#7
JollyOven	Actually, if you use no blizzard tools at any point, then they have no ownership over the product. In theory, if you could prove that no blizz tools were used, you could sell a campaign made without them legally.

10-15-2003, 07:33 AM	#8
cryo75	Somewhere I found (and lost) a util that loaded & rendered war3 models. It was coded with C++ and DirectX. So I wondered if there was also something similar for the terrain... Ivan