Modding wc3 TTF

[michaelscool]

Me and a friend have made maps for warcraft before and are familiar with it and its interface and have done some coding in the past. But now we thought we'd try modding. we are not really sure how to go about it and what you actually have to do to start. like where you enter the code and such. Just wondering if anyone could offer some help or a tutorial reffering to help for begginers. Not to sure if this is the right place for posts about Modding, but ive search other sites before now and nuthing actuallysayz how to do it, and seing as this is a site for warcraft i thought id try here. thanx in advance everyone.

 

[The Helper]

This question belongs in World Editor - it is where you will get the best answers.

 

[Sargon]

Modding? What exactly do you mean by that?

 

[DM Cross]

Sounds like he's referring to trigger work.

 

[Heptameron]

Well... a huge number of mods are really just a map with new races, etc., etc. If you really want one where you add a new patch, good luck. You're probably going to have to leave everything you learned from triggers to the object editor.

 

[michaelscool]

Well me and my friend are making a full conversion NO TRIGGERS !! any ideas on how we suposed 2 do that?

 

[Sargon]

OK then, that's enough of that.

I guess you'd have to edit the mpq files to actually "mod" Warcraft? Maybe?

 

[Persen]

Im doing exactly that (but my mod includes custom triggers).

Have you got any modding experience???

 

[michaelscool]

No

we don't have any modding experiance. when i say mod i meen where you actually edit the game itself. it isn't making a map of any sort, so no triggers, or anythin in world editor. i think maybe you need a modding program just wondering if anyone has heard about anything like that or has any idea how to do it.

 

[Persen]

I am modding the game without the world editor, and you do that by editing raw data, so it's not an easy thing to do if you don't have any programming or modding experience.

 

[michaelscool]

Where

How do you Edit the raw data ? where can i find any tutorials or help on how to start modding. Could you help me?

 

[Persen]

I dont't think there is any tutorials on the internet... Maybe i could write one

 

[Im_On_56k]

How do you Edit the raw data ? where can i find any tutorials or help on how to start modding. Could you help me?

I suggest you know a bit about programming before trying to mod something...

 

[Persen]

So do i... But i'll try to help you.

 

[Red Beard]

This is quite possibly one of the best helping communities around, and help is never far away....

Some requests however, can only be described as.......

Have you got any modding experience???

we don't have any modding experiance. when i say mod i meen where you actually edit the game itself. it isn't making a map of any sort, so no triggers, or anythin in world editor. i think maybe you need a modding program just wondering if anyone has heard about anything like that or has any idea how to do it.

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[Heptameron]

How do you Edit the raw data ?

You use an MPQ editor like WinMPQ, and some text editors and stuff.

 

[Persen]

I'll try help you over msn. That would be easier.

 

[michaelscool]

thanx

alright thanx every one. umm you said maybe i should get some experiance with programming first, but like what kind of programing.?

 

[Heptameron]

alright thanx every one. umm you said maybe i should get some experiance with programming first, but like what kind of programing.?

Java, Jass, C, C++, VB... knowing one helps you understand a lot.

 

[Persen]

I guess i'm the only one who does this... Atleast on this forum.