After the recent patch, my map file does not open.
※ After the latest patch, when I try to open my map file with the world editor, an error occurs that the world editor closes. Please solve what the problem is.
Hi 선웅이,
Most people are having crashes in the World Editor ever since August 17th, 2022. On that day, Activision released a new patch for Warcraft III: Reforged that broke the game in many ways where it was not previously broken.
The contents of the patch were mostly developed by the old Reforged team in the year 2020, but that team was laid off and they were not allowed to finish their work. So, now in the year 2022, probably due to pressure from bad managers and stupid higher ups at this company, the last remaining member of the original Reforged team pushed out the unfinished patch because it contained a partially functional Ranked Ladder system, and the someone within the company was pushing for Reforged to “have a ladder system” as if this would stop players from complaining about the state of the game.
After the last remaining member of the original team released this patch, according to legend, he then left his job. And that brings us to today. The truth behind the scenes is not written anywhere publicly – and I am extrapolating and jumping to conclusions in my description here – but based on the rumors, and the stories, the Activision employees who enjoy and maintain this game are now gone. They were forced out by the leadership.
So, when your map file is crashing, this most likely happens because the game itself is nigh sabotaged ever since August 17th, 2022. Ever since that patch, dozens of people have flooded to here on the forums saying that the map editor is crashing for them. That is simply what is happening. There were a couple of responses from “Blizzard” Activision on these forums from low level “tech support” employees who are not allowed to fix anything, since the problem is the game itself and not your computer in most cases.
One of the original team members of the Reforged team who helped develop Reforged has a similar problem with his own custom map, but he cannot do anything about it because he was laid off obviously. According to legend, his map crashes because of imported custom texture assets, and so if the imported assets were removed the new August 17th, 2022 patch version World Editor might be able to sometimes work.
So, my part in this is a sad former player who doesn’t manage the time to play much, and I’m just summarizing for you what I saw in other forum threads. It has been a long time since I made a map and took it seriously on the newer versions of Warcraft 3, so this information is secondhand.
In summary, thanks for the report but word on the street is that the map editor will not be fixed until at least next year and that is the earliest it might be fixed. It might also never be fixed.
Best wishes,
~ Some guy who uses a smurf account called Susan because of a joke one time
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It would be nice to be able to provide sample maps that identify the problem.
Yes, it’s probably an imported asset causing the crash. You can remove them with an mpq editor or just remove the file if you save the map as a folder (make a backup beforehand). You could also try if the map loads with different editor settings like changing between SD and HD mode > File > Preferences.
You can visit the Hiveworkshop Discord or website where we can take a look into it.
Please let me know your hive workshop account and link.
I am called WaterKnight there too (Water in the Discord). Unfortunately, I am not allowed to post links.
But there are a lot of helpful people on Hive.
Have the same issue. The map which i worked on for 2 months around may this year is completely broken since the newest patch and the editor says error after error and cant load custom models nor some of the scripts i made. Its truly insane how they keep breaking this game man it hurts me…