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#1 Dec 21, 2012 at 11:38 UTC - 0 likes

Somehow my SC2 map file exported all dependencies and imported files into a folder. Now, I cannot open my map. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

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I guess the editor automatically saved itself as EditorTest01. It is working now.
When I try to open the map it says, "Files are missing from your StarCraft II installation."

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#2 Dec 21, 2012 at 13:08 UTC - 0 likes

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When I try to open the map it says, "Files are missing from your StarCraft II installation."

This means that the map file is broken. Map files are actually mpq files. It's comparable to zip and rar files and is an archive format created by Blizzard.
They contain multiple files. If you extract them or save the map as componentsList via "Save as", you will see those files in a folder.

To open the map, you need to open the "componentsList.SC2Components" file with the editor.

You should always be able to "fix" broken map archives by extracting their content using a mpq-editor and opening the components file in the editor and then saving them again as a single map file.

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#3 Dec 23, 2012 at 18:29 UTC - 0 likes

When you use Test Document, the editor saves an EditorTest map that the game then loads. This method allows you to test unsaved changes to your map.

In 1.5 there was a bug preventing you from opening that EditorTest map in the editor. Should be fixed for HotS.

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