Question for Deprotection

[kidoleo]

thanks! edit: what if after i use that program to extract out the listfile and i run xdep and there is still unknown.xxx

[Senethior459]

Then the listfile isn't complete...

[Risen]

I think xdep still puts the file0000.xxx into the 'deprotected' map right? Because wc3 has no problem reading them..
But yeah, With RMPQEx + a huge map, There's bound to be some files it can't retrieve.

Ohh, Yeah I just remembered, Alot of the time, Smart mappers will put random files (very small) into the mpq archive named "ghriognh iotn4io gerioj" that way you'll think you left a few out.

[Senethior459]

I don't know if it puts them in. Maybe it does, but most of the other programs don't extract files with no name unless you specifically tell it to (vs. using extract all).

[kidoleo]

I tried using the method on a simple map and i deprotect it and the objects are not restored.

[Senethior459]

If they're widgetized, you'll need to use Silk Object Console on the map.
If they're just not being put in, open the original map and extract them (all of the war3map.w3* files), open the deprotected map in WE, open the Object Editor, click the File menu, and choose Import Custom xxx Data... (xxx changes based on the tab of the object editor that you're currently in). Repeat for each tab.

[kidoleo]

open the original map and extract them (all of the war3map.w3* files)

All of the w3* files? This includes the i extracted everything out but when i import i cannot see the files in the folder that i extracted to.

[Senethior459]

I'm not understanding what you mean with that sentence...

[kidoleo]

I clicked import files (WE) and i directed the path to desktop, but there are no files i can click on my desktop for me to import the files. When i have already extracted all the .w3* files out to my desktop with MPQmaster.

[Senethior459]

You're in the Object Manager, right?
Also, make sure you're looking for the right one. If you're importing while you're in the Items tab, it will only show the war3map.w3t out of all of them, and if you're on the Units tab, it will only show the war3map.w3u, etc.
It's possible that you're just in a tab that doesn't have a file, like if the map (hypothetically) had no units and so no .w3u, but you were on the Units tab and trying to import it.