You’ll start with a Town Hall and several Peon-type units, but not much else. Map Settings: In the Scenario menu, select Player Options and make sure both players 1 and 2 are enabled to make this a two-player map.Ĭlick “Test Map” in the toolbar to launch your map in Warcraft III. Select the “Start Location” unit and place it where you want player 1 to start, then switch the selected player to Player 2 and place another Start Location. Starting Locations: Next, switch to the Unit Palette. Draw a trench right down the middle of the map.

In the Terrain Palette, make sure “Apply Cliff” is enabled and “Decrease One” is selected. Terrain: Let’s modify the terrain by adding cliffs. Let’s make a very simple two player melee map.Ĭreating a new map: In the File menu, select New Map, and let’s leave all settings at their default values for now. Asset Manager: Imports/exports custom assets such as icons, models, sounds, etc.Object Manager: Manages everything in your map: units, scripts, audio, cameras, all the things.AI Editor: Lets you customize artificial intelligence (AI) settings for maps and campaigns.Other things the editor does that we won’t be talking about here include: Object Editor: Handles in-game units, abilities, buildings, and lets you create custom units.Sound Editor: Export/import sounds and music and manage audio assets.Trigger Editor: Manage map scripts as well as custom events and triggers.Terrain Editor: Modify map geometry, place units and doodads, define regions.

The major toolsets of the Warcraft III editor are accessible via the Module menu. While we’re in the preferences, you can also personalize some parts of the UI coloring scheme in the Visual and Text Colors tabs to improve accessibility. If you’re using headphones, you may want to dial the editor volume down by going into File -> Preferences and then to the Sound tab. Hold CTRL and scroll down with your mousewheel to adjust the clipping plane. If you see your screen going black as you zoom out, that’s the clipping plane cutting off your camera. If you already have Warcraft III installed, launch the editor from the game’s tab in the Blizzard app.īefore we get started, we might want to do some housekeeping.

know how to create a Custom Game and share your map with your friends.

have a basic understanding of how to adjust Unit Properties and.

be able to use the Terrain Editor to lay out a basic map.

know about all the editor’s primary Modules.

Whether this is your first time or merely your first time in forever, come with us as we crack open the Warcraft III editor and run through the fundamentals of map creation.

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