WINmpq error

Hi. I've been extracting original campaign missions of ROC from war3.mpq and modifying them, putting back into the war3.mpq by simply dragging and dropping them threw explorer. I tried doing the same thing with War3xlocal.mpq to modify TFT missions but when i put them back into the mpq, this is what happens. The ratio is not 0% but instead -1% and my attributes went from --- to C--. When i try and play it in the game, it says the file cannot be loaded and maybe corrupt. Anyone have any idea what this is how to fix it?

thanks in advance.

This is probably happening coz W3M/W3X are actually MPQs. There is a small rule in this case: MPQs that are located within MPQs CANNOT be compressed, hence they shouldn´t have the "C" flag on WINMPQ. You need to add those maps back to the game mpq WITHOUT compressing them. Also, when you try to compress something that is already compressed the results are not that good, that´s why they´re getting a negative compression rate.

Open WINMPQ, menu Options, Compression auto-selection tab. There you can add/set special rules for it.:D

A small tip here: Try not to mess up with the "War3.mpq","War3x.mpq","War3xlocal.mpq". You can corrupt them. Instead, use "War3Patch.mpq" wich is much smaller and you can always keep a backup for security reasons.