7. You will likely get an error message after you open up "War3 Data (GA)" (maybe War3AI (GA) as well) telling you it can't find the dependencies. THAT'S OKAY, continue saving them, ignore the errors that pop up. The default location to save them is probably Documents\Starcraft II\Mods. We will be moving these files to a different location later because the editor is stupid and needs them somewhere else. I will get to that in the next step.
8. Go to Program Files (x86)\Starcraft II
9. Create a folder called "Mods" there. Why doesn't this folder already exist you may ask? Because Blizzard sucks and likes to watch you suffer using their crappy editor. Deal with it.
10. Create a folder called "WarCraft" inside the folder called "Mods"
11. Copy and paste all your saved mods into that "WarCraft" folder.
CONGRATS! You should now finally be able to open this map file. Oh, and remember to thank Blizzard on their official forums for making this so easy for you!
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This is wonderful. Thanks Renee!
I ran into some problems figuring out how to open this file though, so I'm dropping this for other windows 10 users
Here's some instructions for you guys who run Windows 10:
1. Open the editor
2. Click the open folder icon near the top left to open up a map/mod
3. Click the battle.net tab on the window that pops up and log in using your credentials
4. For source, select Map/Mod Name
5. Type War3
6. Download War3 (GA), War3AI (GA), War3 Data (GA), War3 Extra (GA), and War3 Terrain (GA). NOTE: TO SAVE THESE, YOU WILL HAVE TO OPEN THEM AND THEN CLICK SAVE AS AND YOU WILL NEED TO USE SPECIFIC FILE NAMES. File names are given in this link and below for convenience: http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/player-zone/warcraft-modding/75959-the-proper-way-to-use-war3-mod-ga-in-you-map/#posts
War3 (GA) -> WarCraft.SC2Mod
War3AI -> WarCraftMeleeAI.SC2Mod
War3 Data (GA) -> WarCraftData.SC2Mod
War3 Extra (GA) -> WarCraftDataAbil.SC2Mod
War3 Terrain (GA) -> WarCraftTerrainArt.SC2Mod
7. You will likely get an error message after you open up "War3 Data (GA)" (maybe War3AI (GA) as well) telling you it can't find the dependencies. THAT'S OKAY, continue saving them, ignore the errors that pop up. The default location to save them is probably Documents\Starcraft II\Mods. We will be moving these files to a different location later because the editor is stupid and needs them somewhere else. I will get to that in the next step.
8. Go to Program Files (x86)\Starcraft II
9. Create a folder called "Mods" there. Why doesn't this folder already exist you may ask? Because Blizzard sucks and likes to watch you suffer using their crappy editor. Deal with it.
10. Create a folder called "WarCraft" inside the folder called "Mods"
11. Copy and paste all your saved mods into that "WarCraft" folder.
CONGRATS! You should now finally be able to open this map file. Oh, and remember to thank Blizzard on their official forums for making this so easy for you!