[SOLVED] Noggit cant find my new map

[Kaeru]

Hey there, Im new in WoW modding and have a problem with Noggit. It doesnt show the new map.
I followed some tutorials and dont know what im doing wrong.

Tutorials:
viewtopic.php?t=26
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=255

This is what I did so far:
-created a new .wdt and the .adt files
-fixed the .adt files with offsetfix.bat
-extracted the Map.dbc and added the rows (i tried two different files from locale-deDE.MPQ and from patch-3.MPQ)
-packed a new patch 'patch-a.MPQ' with the right directory order and copied it into the Data-folder ( i also tried it in the deDE-folder)
-created the same subfolderstructure in my C:WoWModdingWorld of Warcraft directory with the extracted files
-replaced my server Map.dbc with the new one

I repeated the tutorials three times with different map sizes, Noggit still dont show the map but i can use the .tele function to get there... (cant find any .adts but the world seems to exist).

Please help me I cant wait to create my own world

[Ascathos]

What's the file path to the dbcs ? Are you using the wow folder in which the custom patches hold those dbcs ?

[Amaroth]

Make sure that your map is in /world/maps/(mapname)/ directory, that you have correct "mapname" in map.dbc and that you have map.dbc either in DBFilesClient in root WoW folder (so NOT in Data folder, just to make sure you get me right) or in /DBFileseClient/ folder in your patch-a.mpq.

Also make sure that your patch is in correct data folder. If you have multiple game clients in computer (for instance, I have 5 of them ), you might be putting patch into another client than Noggit is getting data from, so doublecheck your noggit.conf if you truly are putting patch into data folder where noggit is getting data from.

I hope something of all of this can help, otherwise you might want to upload somewhere your MPQ with map.dbc, ADT and WDT files so we can check them on our own for you.

EDIT: Btw, thumbs up for actually describing what were you doing before something went wrong, not many folks can do so . Makes a lot things a lot easier.

[Kaeru]

Okay, thanks a lot for your answers =)

My patch is in this folder:
C:WoWModdingWorld of WarcraftDatapatch-a.MPQ
(for now I only have one WoW to be modded )

And the extracted Map.dbc is here:
C:WoWModdingWorld of WarcraftDBFilesClientMap.dbc

Here are my extracted .wdt and .adt files:
C:WoWModdingWorld of WarcraftWorldmapsKaeru...

The noggit.conf has its default path:
ProjectPath = C:WoWModdingWorld of WarcraftData

And my patch-a.MPQ folderstructure looks like this (the Map.dbc also is in the DBFilesClient folder):

[Amaroth]

"ProjectPath = C:WoWModdingWorld of WarcraftData"

It should be C:WoWModdingWorld of Warcraft, while it leads into root folder where data folders (data and dbfilesclient) are stored.

[Kaeru]

Thanks, it works!
But I have new problems now...
I created a little hill and textured it just to test the functions. The first thing I noticed was that the ground texture changed to lighter yellow where the raising tool was used. Is that normal?

Then I saved the world to test it on my server but WoW crashed (check the error message).
I remembered that I have to replace the Map.dbc of my server... but now I cant start the World Server (I use the Trinity Repack by Jeutie and my client is from this website: http://frostmourne.eu/forum/topic/1944/connection-guide).

What files did I actually edited with Noggit? Not the patch-a.MPQ but the extracted files in the WoW directory? Then I have to pack these files into a patch again if I would like to test the map with other people?
And what is to do with the MapDifficulty.dbc?

Hope you can help me again

[Amaroth]

I have never seen such error... What DBC editor are you using? I hope its not Taliis or some other ancient think... Are you using MyDBCEditor?

[Kaeru]

Yes I use Taliis as recommended in this tutorial: viewtopic.php?t=26

[Amaroth]

Very bad choice. Outdated like hell, corrupting data quite often. Use MyDBCEditor from tutorial pack from Steff (Getting started: Tutorial).

[Kaeru]

Okay I am going to test that tomorrow.

[Kaeru]

I followed the steps shown in Steffs Tutorial (viewtopic.php?f=78&t=3381) and tested Noggit. It crashed very often in Mulgore and some other regions. Now Im using Noggit SDL 1.4 (beta) -> noggit_3.0.15.exe and that seems to work very well.

At the moment Im extracting all the files into the ClientFiles folder and I would like to know what client is the best to be modded. Im using this one: http://frostmourne.eu/forum/topic/1944/connection-guide.

Maybe its already modded and I should download a better version?

[Amaroth]

Get .22 version of .exe, its the newest. Here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... aring#list

About downloading DBCs, its completely unnecessary. Open MPQ Editor, go to File menu, select Open MPQsWith Options, go to your locale (enDE?) folder and mark all MPQs there. In window which appear afterwards select Merged mode, click on OK. Now you can just go to DBFilesClient folder, select DBCs there and extract them by using ctrl+e. And here you go, you have all blizzlike DBCs.

[Ascathos]

Simple error.
YOu extracted the wrong dbc version, e.g. from locale-xxXX-1 or entirely wrong version at all.
Make sure you get the lastest.

[Kaeru]

Thanks Amaroth and Ascathos, everything is working now!
I was away for a couple of days but now its time to continue learning WoW modding

[Ascathos]

Thanks Amaroth and Ascathos, everything is working now!
I was away for a couple of days but now its time to continue learning WoW modding

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