Please do not talk about unprotecting maps here Unprotecting maps is not right its like crime and YOU GO MAKE YOUR OWN MAP AND BE HAPPY! Don't be gay n00b!
1. You can if it is yours but you should not if it is not. It is like stealing information and using it as if it is your own. It si gay stuff and people who unprotect maps are gay themselves.
2. If you like something in the map (such as skin or model) you should either contact the map creator if you can have permission to use the file or allowed to edit it.
3. You should not steal other people's hard work. They work very hard and n00bs don't know the meaning of " tough work " experience. Eventually when they grow up you may have a " crime " mind doing ilegal things. Map making is not a piece of cake and if your jealous and won't admit the map is " ass kicking " say loads of positive things and get playing it very often.
4. Unprotecting maps is not right also, if you do then your lame and all the files in the map which are imported will be removed because unprotecting is not safe and will crash your game if you play the map unprotected.
5. If you JUST want to tweak or make it better because you have cool and interesting ideas, DONT unprotect the map - the author knows best he has experienced what is needed and what is unnecessary, just contact him/her for that idea request (suggestion)
6. The author want his/her own privacy so no other people can edit his/her map, respect that as authors get really angry and others who unprotect & edit it may even realese a new version when its not even official!
7. If you just want to see a highly advanced map in action and how it is developed by just unprotecting it DON'T! Ask the author " how you do this " " teach me how to do that " etc, its better to learn that way than to just look around when its already protected. If the author does not answer and or tell you give it up, tough luck.
Thank you for reading. (I would like to be moderator so I can delete all posts containing unprotecting information but I can't because the team is full. I can make the site a cleaner and safer place though if I do as you can see here.)
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Bravo! Bravo! now that is a good speech! and yet the thing that i liked most was that you spoke words that came Only from your mind and what you've (probably) witnessed! goodjob!
and to all those faggot ass n00bs out there! you had better read this, Pay attention to it!, and OBEY IT! Or else suffer the consequenses in Jail! or with a new crime record!
True u shouldnt mess with maps and mess them up by unprotecting them it sucks just make ur own maps and if u want help or something ask creators not stealing their maps...
The authors not gonna tell you how they did something... and i think its ok as long as you dont release a stupid 1 unit stat changed version under your name. and also you should give the maker credit. but when people get info on how to unprotect a map some noobs gonna get the info, unprotect something, and do what i just said not to do. so your kinda out of luck
That is utter nonsense! You have been listening too mutch to the recording industries. You CAN NOT steal something electronic like that. Its not stealing. Stealing means taking something physically from someone else so they no longer have it. Also, the license agreement specifices that Blizzard owns what you produce with the map, not you. And they don't want map "protection" (since it reduces scene producitivy) so deal with it.
Hmm? I telling about not to unprotect maps. I am not saying anything about copyright, you can only unprotect maps though if you have permission or your a important person such as Darky.
I notice you all mention asking the original map author about how to do thing if they did something in their map that you are curious on how it was done. You got to keep in mind that 99.9% of all map authors will either not bother responding or if they do, they just tell you off in a similar (but much more rude) fashion you stated here, (i.e. "go build your onw map, ****-face!") Map authors I noticed are genrally uncooperative, since if they know how to do something noone else does, they like to stay "king of the mountain" and keep it to themselves. I've unprotectred map only for educational purposes, not to change things or steal models... -VGsatomi
I don't see anything wrong with unprotecting maps as long as you're only modifying it for yourself or just looking at the triggers. If you're looking to upload a version of the map for public use even if you are giving credit to the owner you should as permission from the owner first. If he ignores you, then that;s too bad and you should not upload it.
If you would not help someone who asked, that's your preferance. But you got to keep in mind that triggers, especially when using mathmatical variables, required the same level of programming as other things that are based on C++. Not everyone knows that stuff, so it's not so easy to say "Learn it for yourself." Not everyone has time to learn a programming language just to set up a trigger, so observation of existing ones are essential for some map makers. I'm very proud of my maps, too, and Ive had them ripped by other people before, but I'm not going to be a paranoid selfish prick and protect everything as a result. If even one person learned something from my maps by opening them up and observing, then that, to me, would be a greater reward then being some trigger know-it-all who has maps that no one can touch. -VGsatomi
Once again, i have to post something for one of these dumb topics... Blizzard wants noobies to edit maps to see how all this stuff works, like triggers, starters wont know how to do triggers right snap dab, no they wont, they will only wonder how... and probuably never make a good map, As for me, i edited a map when i first got on here, and once i found world editor on my computer... ¬ ¬ but they want you to edit a map so you can get skill also, thats how i started making great maps. Your post to edit maps, i mean what if the map creator never put up his e-mail address? you wouldnt be able to ask him. Just do it on your own, but dont take credit for the map. I have to agree taking credit for a map you didnt do, is gay! I bet you first edited a map to see how everything works on world editor at first, and if you did and you dont admit it on here, you are truly immature.
SophoHmm? I telling about not to unprotect maps. I am not saying anything about copyright, you can only unprotect maps though if you have permission or your a important person such as Darky.
Nonense. Anyway who can figure out how to unprotect a map can do so. Remember people who protect maps are not helping the comunity, they are working against it for selfish reasons.
Trying to learn something is not selfish, bud. Creating more experienced/educated mappers helps the community because it provides it with higher quality maps.
SophoHmm? I telling about not to unprotect maps. I am not saying anything about copyright, you can only unprotect maps though if you have permission or your a important person such as Darky.
Nonense. Anyway who can figure out how to unprotect a map can do so. Remember people who protect maps are not helping the comunity, they are working against it for selfish reasons.
Well LifeDreamer protecting a map its not a selfifh or not helping a comunity , its just because the map makers dont want peoples to edit their maps and put abuses stuff in it or their names even though the map is made by someone els , let me tell you something, the best way is make the map on your own use your knowlege anything you dont know just Come To This Forum And Ask like me www.wc3sear.ch got alots of info you wanted to know here if you want something from the map maker just email or /whis on bnet to ask him they he not answer cause hes away , hes not answer in the email cause he busy , everyone got alot of things to do so be patient. i argree with Darky , map makers should not unprotect the map .
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