Extractor problem

[Lawes]

Hi, i compiled the latest mapextractor from trinitycore to build my customs maps

I dont know why, the extractor wont load my custom wdt like Error loading WorldMaps%s%s.wdt

EDIT :

Well its bcs i put only 1 map in the map.dbc...

so, its possible to only extract/make map, vmap, mmaps from the customs maps ?

[Amaroth]

From my experience, extractors tend to be very unreliable when it comes to getting correct source files for generating server side map files. They don't read MPQs really in a way client does, which leads into situations when extractors can easily extract data for wholly another version of map, than which is being displayed by client in game. Whoever wrote them just didn't count with modding, I guess.

One note about extractors you probably are not aware of - they read DBCs only in Locale folder. So, if oyu haven't put your map.dbc into patch-enGB-3 (or whatever language version you have), this simply can't work for you at all.

[Lawes]

they read dbcs on customs patchs : patch-4.mpq, patch-5.mpq (it works)

i just wont build map vmap and mmap of blizzard maps, only customs, and idk how to do it.

[Amaroth]

Well, but thats what I'm talking about. What extractors like to do is use the first instead of the last WDT they find in MPQs and then just work with ADTs marked in that WDT, which is, in case you have edited your map, ofc outdated. So, if you have completely deleted some blizzlike map and made its fully custom, your own version, extracting maps won't work for you unless you delete original blizzlike map data from blizzlike MPQs. Modifying blizzlike MPQs may btw start causing crashes as far as I know, so if you want to try it, I recommend making backups.

[Lawes]

will try with fake empty MQP