I can confirm that the easy mode for the Data Editor only works for the Warcraft III assets and not for the StarCraft II’s as well. It’s better we didn’t have to waste time on this but have them all in one place. It’s that you would have the choice to use the engine even further in the way StarCraft II offers.įrankly, it’s a pain to recreate Warcraft III stuff in StarCraft II or StarCraft stuff in Warcraft III. That shouldn’t mean not being able to play the original Warcraft III (Classic). They were working on it long before last year’s BlizzCon.įusing the games is the best option.

The new SC2 editor features have nothing to so with the disastrous Reforged release. There are other new features as well like extending the number of levels of cliffs from 3 to 15 and allowing you to move the players of a map straight to another upon completion. So they made a lot of updates that also included mechanics for WC3 and DotA-style maps. The SC2 editor never attracted the same kind of support as that of WC3 and a lot if mapmakers cited missing tools that helped make it user-friendly. To do those you had to script them yourself or borrow from someone else who had. But the editor never had the tools for standard WC3 mechanics like heroes with experience and inventories, upkeep, a day and night cycle, or water travel. They did a Rock the Cabinet arcade contest with a Warcraft theme. They also included HD updates of the heroes.

Back in 2015 the Starcraft II editor got all the Warcraft III assets including related sounds and spell animations.

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