what does starting a mod involve ?

if i was to start a mod what would that involve ? i mean like pr. but im reffering here to the exe. that is suppposed to start and use models and skins from some files i want.

How much knowledge of programming do you have?

I'm guessing none.

How about you finish the mod and come back? Mmmm?

i know basic,qbasic,pascal,c++,foxpro,vfoxpro,sql,vbasic.
and i want to know what does it take to make a mod? i mean to make an exe like in Tales of Ravignon and use models stored in mpq or whatever.
so can u help me or not.

Deepest apologies, i was thrown off by your tenuous grasp of the english language.

In short the method i am aware of involves the use of MPQDraft to create an executable .mpq archieve to replace the w3patch.mpq file in the players wc3 directory, Wc3 of course reading this file before the others.

hmmm. ok . so i can make with MPQDraft an exe and an mpq that has all my models ?

i got the file. do u know where i can find some help for it cuz i cant seem to find anything right out there.

PR is a particularly bad example as we are using a way more advanced loader than just MPQDraft. On top of that we are using some additional "hacks" that enhance PR.

But what you need is MPQDraft, right. Actually it might be a better idea to use a WC3 campaign file. You can edit it right from the WE and there is no additional trouble involved. Unless you do a really advanced project, where you want to modify EVERYTHING you might go the MPQDraft route.

what i want is this. to be able to play a map. that map has a lot of custom models. the map goes over 4mb if i add everything in it. so what can i do? i was thinkin of making a mpq with my models and souns/etc and using mpqdraft to make an exe to patch a war3 mpq (add my mpq to it). can i do that?.
more info here about what im trying to do and what probblem i have for now :
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/show...843#post235843

pls help me