No.

Google the symptoms, click first result, read it.

how about garena? i want to install it through crossover, but it wont load there is a bar for installing but it is not moving. can you help me? :)

first of all thanks,i have downloaded my dota finally, but then i have some issues with this thing that keeps on saying;

Please insert the CD labeled "The Frozen Throne."

everytime i try to open and it wouldnt launch at all not unless i open the warcraft TFT installer.
its like it would like me to open my installer for the rest my life to play with this dota tft warcraft.
is there any way i could just play it without leaving the installer open all the time??

p.s btw
very happy

You can download the torrent above. (Easiest solution)

If you have the CD case or the manual, you can snail-mail it in to Blizzard HQ along with 10$, to get a replacement CD. Instructions are here: http://battle.net/support/en/article/cd-key-in-use-by-your-name See edit below. (Yes, that article is about a different error message than what you are receiving, but the replacement method is the same for every error.)

But that would not invalidate your old cd key and you still won't be able to register it with your battle.net account. Which is bad.

So, if you request your current cd key to be invalidated instead, you would not get a new CD, but you could download the full installer legally from your battle.net account here: http://battle.net/account/management/download/ I think that's the way to go. (Or just torrent it.)

–3ICE

Edited by 3ICE: They just removed that article and replaced it with with a generic "contact us for help" one. It looks like now all you need is a photo of the receipt and the case/manual for a new CD key. I have archived the old instructions here, in case you want to follow them instead:

Mailing Information:
- We suggest you use some form of tracking to make sure your mail gets to Blizzard Entertainment. If we do not receive your package we can not send the replacement.
- For all situations please fill out this Packing Form. (That form was removed as well. I found a copy here.)
- Note: There will be no charge to replace your CD-Key as long as you send in the original CD-Case with the original CD-Key sticker attached to it. Once we receive your package, we will disable the existing CD-Key and assign you a new one and return it to you by mail. You will need to mail in the CD case for the replacement CD-Key to the P.O. box listed below.
- If the CD case is missing then there will be a fee of $10 for your key replacement. In this instance, the existing key will not be disabled. You can send the manual or game CD with a $10 US dollar money order for each CD-Key replacement, no personal check or cash will be accepted. If it has been less than 90 days since you have purchased the game and you include a copy of the sales receipt showing the purchase date within 90 days, the $10 fee will be waived.
- Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing and return shipping.

Please send all necessary materials to the following address:
CD-Key Replacement
Blizzard Entertainment
P.O. Box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623

–3ICE

call DialogSetMessage("Difficulty", var_Dialog)
set var_DialogButtonArray[0] = DialogAddButton("Easy", var_Dialog)
set var_DialogButtonArray[1] = DialogAddButton("Medium", var_Dialog)
set var_DialogButtonArray[2] = DialogAddButton("Hard", var_Dialog)
call DialogDisplay(Player(0), var_Dialog)

The above JASS code was not syntax checked, I probably got the number and order of parameters wrong. But it will do, for demonstration purposes only.

But I think you will want to look at this page next:
http://www.3ice.hu/blog/war3host/

try:
"D:\Blizzard\Frozen Throne.exe" -window

Edited by 3ICE: Adding space requirement. And again, I have deleted a comment you left for it is an utter waste of space and I answered it three minutes ago. Please put a little more effort into it next time…

Let me quote the crucial part:
"If you did not install Warcraft to it's default directory, then you will have to replace C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\ with the correct path."
"Path" means the location where you copied the folder to.
It could be D:\Warcraft, or D:\My stuff\games\war3\, or even D:\New Folder 2\. I have no way of telling, only you can find out where you copied the folder to.

Edited by 3ICE: I have deleted two of your comments because I have deemed them utterly worthless. They were also doubleposts. This is not a chat program. Users are expected to write in good style. Full sentences, invocation, collected thoughts.

But luckily it doesn't change anything, your shortcut will work the same. I often copy my Warcraft folder between computers and the windowed shortcut never fails to work.

Edited by 3ICE: Just make sure you are linking to the right path. If your folder is at D:\Warcraft\, then use that instead of the Program Files one.

I ask again; What file?

–3ICE

What file?

–3ICE

If your brother plays the game and you have any feedback good or bad criticisms i count on you to share them with me!

p.s.: The answer is yes.

Step 2: Attach your screenshot.

And how to add screenshots?

Edited by 3ICE: Merged doublepost.

Maybe i need a picture of my Map…?

I will try without it and if it is badly needed, i will try to capture something.

Edited by 3ICE: The correct phrase is "badly needed" instead of "hardly needed".

Where do i am supposed to post my map?
On the Battle.net topic?

I am doing all right. (But I have exams tomorrow, next week and the week after next.)

I've changed many things. Tonight i will test it with a friend and tomorow i will register myself!

I hope you're doing well !

++

could you send me a free CD key :D

Thanks and Happy New Year !

-updated with my email in brackets :D

Edited by 3ICE: Removed e-mail address. Deleted doublepost.

Awesome.

I'm working on a final version but i have a few issues. The widgetiser erases some units' skin. So you can build those units but they've got not model at all. So i guess i have to uncheck some squares.
Not a big deal i guess.

I just wanted to say hi.

When i will finish, i will register myself and post my map.

Ps: I have created your hero :)

You will have to whitelist JNGP or disable your antivirus. (The latter is strongly not suggested!)

But my antivirus Mcafee treats it like a virus. And when i try to extract it from the zip, it erases four files so the editor cannot be launched.

please , hurry , because my devil sister kill me if she know about this ..

Edited by 3ICE: Merged doublepost.

Ahaha nice :)
I'm creating your character right now. And his name will be 3ICE! with a Psychic Link of course ;))

hum… first could you erase for me some unused skills or units?
I send you the list in a few minutes

actually no need to erase for now

i tried to open a my map on zepir editor and i had an error!
I tried to dl the Jngp but no way to find it on google. And when i found a link.. the link was empty.

Edited by 3ICE: Merged 5 posts into one.

Edited by 3ICE: Fixed a typo, added a request for my hero to be slightly overpowered, a note about capitalization of 3ICE, and some screenshots on how to register below.

First, find the website (forum.3ice.hu).

Then, click register in the top-right corner menu (register).

By the way if you click "I agree" you officially sell me your soul and I inherit all your belongings. (joke)

Your username will probably be Hygarion.

Your e-mail address and a safe password for your account, like:
uUH3JPVq
xbwjm3cD
sZru3Npt
fChz6nCp
4qupWf8K
I like to generate my passwords with Random.­org: https://www.random.org/passwords/?num=10&len=24&format=plain&rnd=new

Realm, Battle.net account name, Clan tag are all optional (But 99% of the members fill it in, because that's how I know they are real people.)
And as an extra safeguard against spammers you have to type 333 in the 4th box. (It works on most spam scripts, even ones that have a captcha solver.)

Solve the captcha. (I can guarantee it won't be as easy as in the example above. But I set it to the easiest difficulty as to not waste anyone's time.)

Click "Submit" to register.

Give me some days to release a final version. And i will put it in your forum. Even if i don't know how. But you will tell me in time.

Mind if i name one of my hero "3Ice" ? for you great job?

I'm a so happy.

Thanks both for that present for chrismas. Awesome!

So what's now? Can i widgetised an optimised map or the opposite?

Tell me more to reduce loading time and why not turn my map into an awesome one. Even if it is already awesome right? :p

More seriously, time is money my friend. For me, it is normal to give you what you deserve. Otherwise that would make me like a …an asshole.

Some people has created their consulting firm and they get richer day after day - as paypal i guess. You're like a consultant for me. You did the duty you're rewarded.
This is capitalism.
And Santa Clauss likes capitalism! ahah

Ps; i sent an email with the link of my map to Vexorian. let see if i'll have an answer.

It's not like the world is going to explose right now.
Good luck with your exams even if "luck" is nothing to deal with exams.

I'll be back on Wednesday. (Visiting parents, then grandparents, then my nieces and nephews.)

Edited by 3ICE: Oh yeah, and after that it's exam season until February… :s

Let keep in touch.

Hygarion

PM him on wc3c, you will need to send the whole map.

–3ICE

Oh no it is alright. There are many unsused or useless units even skills i dont mind if i cannot delete them.
But if using that zepir's editor could avoid crashes AND if it isn't too hard to use it would be nice to use it once and for all to erase useless stuffs.

So do i have to send to Vexorian my map or just to ask him to remove that limit ?
Do you have his email or forum website ?

You spent a lot time on my map and you gave him a lot of advices that deserves 70 $ !

Just received 70$!

Edited by 3ICE: Of course that's only 67 dollars after paypal's ridiculous transfer fees. They milk us hard, one transaction at a time.

I can delete it for you. Send me the latest version.

Yeah. We can't optimize, even if we drastically reduce the object count. I removed over 2000 objects (ability levels) and it still fails to optimize. I guess there are about 1000 more objects that need to be removed. But that'd mean a great deal of your work was for nothing and that's unacceptable. (I base this on the error messages. The "what I'm guessing is a variable counter / array index" keeps decreasing as we lower the object count, it will hit zero (no error) after around 3000 objects are removed.)

But widgetizer makes your map hard enough to edit. Only people who have the Dewidgetizer tool can mess with your map now. And the load time is wonderfully short after widgetizing. (Doesn't help the map size though.)

Also, send your map to Vexorian, he can fix this. I think all we need is the removal of a hardcoded limit. Say he has an array initialized as: mod object[10000];, that can only hold 10k mods. If the map has more than that, there is no support for that map. To fix this all we need is to change that to int mod_count = count_mods(); and then mod object[mod_count];. This way the next hardcoded limit would be: 32k (already 3 times better), or on a 64bit system: 2B (awesome).

–3ICE

And i still have the same problem when i use the vexorian's map optimiser ==> Same error "too much mods in object".

I guess i must forget about mapoptimiser and use the widgetizer ?

I got to play your map today, and I have to say it is very impressive. There is a ton of content!
Warcraft handled the 600 levels of Psychic Link without any lag. All I had to do to get it running is Widgetize it. (I did it with all except 2 options checked, but the default settings are good too).
Screenshot:

The process took 6 minutes.

And the widgetized map loads in under a minute! (Still can't protect it though…)

Widgetizer makes a copy of the map, so no backup is needed. The result will be at:
C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\!\Widgetizer\Output\ (Path depends on where you extracted the Widgetizer folder to.)

–3ICE

Edited by 3ICE: Working on a version that doesn't crash when deleting abilities, in case you still want it. (Abilities over 80 levels reduced to 3) I went through all abilities one by one, and found these: One to another, Ancient, Bad Psychic Link, Coppery Breath, Dark Connection, Encore, Water Coagulation, Water Coagulation Test, Necrophage, Ancient (1), One to Another (On Tower), and of course Psychic Link with its 600 levels takes the prize. (I used Zepir's Editor to avoid crashing.)

Edited by 3ICE: Done. I'm e-mailing it to you right now.

I've found tutorials about indexing and hashtables into hiveworkshop but i'm too lazy to read and do them.
The funniest thing is i was about to release this last version on my map and quit and this one is full of bugs. Haha

I don't have the strength to jump into a massive project anymore. But you're a very good teacher. I will do what you wrote about adding % of damage. It is clever to add/remove depending of how many kills it gets. 100 kills = removes +99% and add +100%, better than add +1% 100 times.

Say more about that widgeting-thing. if i was able to greatly reduce the loading time that'd be awesome or even perfect.

Hmm about my laptop i don't now the specs. I just bought the best computer as always. A sony one.

You spent a lot of time on my map, i will send you 10 more dollar. Time is money my friend.

If you found a way to clean up my map, to make it playable again and why not to rework that "psychic Link" ability, i will send you 50 buck (at least) up to 100 depends on the job.

Answer me if you're interested because i don't want to look into this problem while you're doing it too.

Anyway you're a great guy!! Approachable, gentle and very clever. And you have a big heart to help someone like this.Thumbs up for you 3ice. And i mean it.
!
Ps(1); Oh yeah, to check up my map, i used to use vexorion mapoptimizer first and play the game. When i don't do that, i must wait for 1 hour because the game is up … taht might help you to play it… if it is stille playable.

I have an "old" version without maybe things but it will be ugly for me to restart from this one, because i've spent several hours to produce the lastest buggy version which wasnt buggy until 3 days ago though i only added few featurers.

Ps(2): Sure. if you're not interested or you cannot help me anymore, a version without the Psychik Link ability would be nice.

253 kills:
Binary: +1% + +4% + +8% + +16% + +32% + +64% + +128%
Decimal: +100% + +100% + +50% + +1% + +1% + +1%
Single: +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + …+1% + +1% + +1% 253 times.

254 kills:
Binary: +2% + +4% + +8% + +16% + +32% + +64% + +128%
Decimal: +100% + +100% + +50% + +1% + +1% + +1% + +1%
Single: +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + …+1% + +1% + +1% 254 times.

255 kills:
Binary: +1% + +2% + +4% + +8% + +16% + +32% + +64% + +128%
Decimal: +100% + +100% + +50% + +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + +1%
Single: +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + …+1% + +1% + +1% 255 times.

256 kills:
Binary: +256%
Decimal: +100% + +100% + +50% + +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + +1%
Single: +1% + +1% + +1% + +1% + …+1% + +1% + +1% 256 times.

To go from 253 to 254:
Binary: remove +1%, add +2%
Decimal: add +1%
Single: add +1% (always this simple)

To go from 9 to 10:
Binary: remove +1%, add +2%
Decimal: remove +1% 9 times, add +10%

To go from 10 to 11:
Binary: add +1%

To go from 11 to 12:
Binary: remove +1%, +2%, add +4%

To go from 255 to 256:
Binary: remove +1%, +2%, +4%, +8%, +16%, +32%, +64%, +128%, add +256%

A much simpler idea would be to rework the towers into hero towers. Each kill levels them up by one, balance it with the attribute gain. They would share xp globally, so no extra work necessary.

By the way, what are your computer specs? Must be very impressive to be able to handle such an enormous project. I'm on 4GB ram with a core i5 cpu, and a mid range 1GB video card (Runs Starcraft II at 200 fps when all settings are on lowest.)

While waiting for warcraft to load, I found a map symmetry bug: Move Chez Antoine 1 unit to the right to fix it.

If you want the map without the Psychic Link ability, let me know. (Takes a bit of work to delete it without crashing.)

Thanks for the 10$, you are very generous.

I'm working on a fixed version of the map as we speak. I'll be mailing it to you in a few hours. (Feel free to move the "Psychic Link fix" trigger to wherever you like. I'll put it at the top.)
Working with GUI after such a long time of pure JASS really opened my eyes to just how bad GUI is. So slow and limited! But everything is possible. :)

Loading time is reduced by wigetizing. PitzerMike made a nice tool: http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=79231
I don't use it myself, as none of my maps suffer from too long load times. (Generally 7 to 10 seconds.)
The order in which you should use the two tools are: Widgetize, then optimize (protect).

MUI triggers in GUI used to rely on a trick:
You created placeholder global variables and then overwrote them with local variables using custom script. Then you could use those globals as locals in triggers that have this trick at the beginning. This workaround was very limited, and a better solution exists today with hashtables.

Sadly, there are no good tutorials out there that I could find. Maybe use the one with indexing (first result for mui gui war3).

I can't use hashtables at all, because I decided to leave my editor unpatched, for better compatibility with third party tools.

–3ICE

Edited by 3ICE: Update - It is going to take a while. War3 simply refuses to open your map and I need to play it in order to see how the abilities work.

Edited by 3ICE: Update - It opened! Everything is in order now.

Edited by 3ICE: Update - Err, it is still loading after 10 minutes. Stuck at 27%

Mind if you fix those abilities? I will pay.
Of course i will send you 10$ right now for the time you spent on my map. As i've spoken on my mail time is money.

And what advice(s) could you give me to greatly reduce the loading time ?
you can teach me good things, and i'm all listening.

And i read upper you can teach how to create GUI and MUI triggers, that would be nice to learn. Maybe after Christmas if you're busy.

Again thanks!

Ps: it would be nice to at least fix the "Psychic link" because it is very important for my map.

Edited by 3ICE: Merged doublepost.

I checked and found that there are 131645 lines in your string table. It is ridiculous!

Some entries are repeated hundreds of times.

For example this one 2002 times:
A0WW (Psychic Link)

This one 1014 times (Has multiple copies, each with different Ability IDs):
One to another

This one 402 times:
A0WK (Encore)

This one 324 times:
A0X9 (Dark Connection)

This one 222 times:
A0WX (Necrophage)

And so on…

I am almost too afraid to look at the object editor.

Yup, I guessed that right. Tabbing to Abilities froze my computer and crashed the editor after 2 minutes of hard lock up. I gave it some more processing power on my second attempt and got it to load. There are two Psychic Link abilities (One is named "Bad Psychic Link", I think for a good reason), and another one with 600 levels. This is too much.

To fix this, you are going to have to rework that ability. You can't have 600 levels on an object and expect it to work efficiently. You can, however use triggers to achieve the same effect (nearly the same, anyway).

After deleting the biggest offender, A0WW (Psychic Link), I am able to protect your map. Though it would benefit both your editor's and the players' game load times to fix the other abilities too. (The ones I listed above.)

In case the editor crashes when you try deleting it (mine did), you can use any external tool or hex editor to force-delete the ability and then clean up the string table with a regular save command.

–3ICE

p.s.: It also takes a very long time to load your map in the editor. Twenty to fifty times as long as my biggest project, Maze Designer. 11 seconds vs 9 minutes. (Though my map is in JASS so I have a slight advantage there. Not having to load any GUI triggers helps.)

It has been a pleasure seeing the World Editor being taken to the extreme, thank you. I learned a new thing today. (Ability level limit.)

Edited by 3ICE: Added p.s.

Edited by 3ICE: Removing link as requested:

Ah, could you hide the link i gave you 2 day ago to my buggy map ?
thx

I don't know how to upload a map so i sent you an email. I will try after dinner to upload to your MediaFire.

Let keep in touch.

Hygarion

I can receive from any address at this domain name (*@3ice.hu) but I'd prefer a link to some file upload website (MediaFire comes to mind) as to not clog up my inbox with a big file.

–3ICE

It's fine i can send you my map. It is not a secret map that i don't want to share.
To which email do i have to send it?

If you don't trust me, send your map to Vexorian, and he will tell you what's wrong with it.

i have a few troubles with this program.
It used to work well, and since i made some modifications on my map - and i don't know what because i did some one day and others an another day, and no way to remember what i've done - i have an error message

" optimize string usage: Extremely big number of mods in object.
address;1195620 ; 7006"

When i uncheck "Optimize string" there's no more error message BUT no way to play with my map anymore.

I ran into your post randomly, and well, i hope you'll be the man for me as you have been for the others.

In anyway, thanks!

And now when i try to erase an unit, there's an error message saying "not enough memory" and the world edit shuts down itself…

Edited by 3ICE: Merged doublepost, removed 1 swearword

…for some of us at least.