How do I convert old .wdg map files to the new .wz format?

[Kacen]

Hi.

I want to use some old maps in my game and I want to know how to use EditWorld to convert the .wdg map files to .wz map files.

[Kreuvf]

Recently the German board-member 'Black NEXUS' posted a solution to this on our boards at warzone2100.de.

Create a folder called 'maps' in your Warzone 2100 GPL-main folder.

Use WDG-Explorer (Windows-only) to unpack the map into an empty folder.

The folder contains the following files:
*.gam-file
addon.lev
folder 'Map1' containing:
DInit.bjo
Feat.bjo
Game.map
Struct.bjo
TagList.tag
TTypes.ttp

Rename the folder 'Map1' into the name of the map, e.g. '8c-UltimatePower'.

Do the same thing with the *.gam-file.

Rename the addon.lev to '[MAPNAME].addon.lev', e.g. '8c-UltimatePower.addon.lev'.

Create a new folder '/multiplay/maps' and move the folder of your map, e.g. '8c-UltimatePower', into that directory as well as the the renamed addon.lev.

Select the maps-folder containing your map and the renamed addon.lev and pack it into a zip-archive with '[MAPNAME].zip' (e.g. 8c-UltimatePower.zip).

Afterwards rename the file-extension to *.wz.

You now have the Warzone 2100 GPL-map-version of your *.wdg-map.

You can even add map-packages this way. For every map you have an own folder and one *.addon.lev-file.

Have fun with this ;D

Links
German explanation of how to get your old *.wdg-files to work on Warzone 2100 GPL

[lav_coyote25]

following the explanation from above...

[Kamaze]

And before someone asks:
We can't convert and redistribute them on wz2100.net.
Because we aren't the copyright holders nor do we have the permission from the authors.

[rcbecker1]

Are you going to make new ones for the people who just got lost in the maze of that last answer.
rcbecker1

[kage]

i think coyote and perhaps a few others contacted a lot of mod authors to see if they could convert and gpl (or apply another very liberal license) a lot of the older wdg's. i don't know where to get the converted stuff, though.

[UrbanVoyeur]

Recently the German board-member 'Black NEXUS' posted a solution to this on our boards at warzone2100.de.

Links
German explanation of how to get your old *.wdg-files to work on Warzone 2100 GPL

Wiki'd here: http://wz2100.net/wiki/development:modd ... .wz_format

[lav_coyote25]

any one can contact myself... to make arrangements...

address is in the profile.

i have a windows installer that will install as  "C:\Warzone 2100_206_png"\maps\map_pack.wz

[Kacen]

I tried it and it didn't at all work for me...

It won't appear in the maps list in the game.

[Serman]

I tried it and it didn't at all work for me...

It won't appear in the maps list in the game.

What you need to do is, go to your Warzone 2100 folder.
Create a new folder named 'maps'
Put your map files (each should map should have two files, .wz and .lev) in the 'maps' folder, and they will appear on the game list.

[kage]

What you need to do is, go to your Warzone 2100 folder.
Create a new folder named 'maps' (.wz and .lev)
shove all your custom maps in there, and they will appear on the game list.

that's great for personal use, but not suitable for distribution -- if you want anyone else to have it, it's best to put it in a .wz

[lav_coyote25]

that's great for personal use, but not suitable for distribution -- if you want anyone else to have it, it's best to put it in a .wz

actually he should have left that bit off about the .wz and .lev  off.... 

starting a new sentence with

adding your  (mapfilename.wz)  and (mapfilename.addon.lev)  should be in the maps folder.

[basher5_2]

i am new
i downloaded some game mods but they are in the wdg. form and i do not know how to convert them at all i did try to download the WDg explorer but i cannot get it on my computer i have a windows 200 xp so i dont know why it wont work plz help.

[C01eMaN]

if there was a commandline version of the wdg extractor a simple batch script would do the conversion job

[Terminator]

Just tryed to convert 4 maps. 2 of those had their own tertiles (terxtures) . So I dont know where to put its.... I think nowhere right ?

Simple maps (without any other textures) had converted good. But maps like Ariza (btw in Lav-coyote pics exemple he choose ariza & textures seems were deleted after all manipulation), Aurora,... .

How be this that ?

I know that NEWST terset is coming.. will it solve this problem ?