Method 1. Use MPQ master to easily extract resources from War3Patch.mpq.
Method 2. Use WinMPQ to open the War3Patch.mpq in your Warcraft III directory. Select all of the files in there, and extract them to a folder. You may have already noticed that the files all begin with "Unknown," we'll change that later.
Open up the hex editor, and start from the first file in the list, and work your way to the last file. SEE LEGEND BELOW to figure out your extensions
LEGEND: RIFF WAVfmt - If you see WAV RIFF in the hex editor, that means that that file is a .WAV file. MDLX - If you find a file with MDX and MDL in the hex editor, that means that that file is a .MDX file. BLP - If you see BLP in your file, that means that the file is a .BLP file.
Nothing in particular - If you just see a bunch of weird characters and no specific file extensions, that means that I have no clue what that file is. Almost forgot...The Brains, AI - if you look around in some files, you will see a small group of letters that are like AI. AI, AL, ETC.
So, how long does this take? It depends on your skills with a computer.
You have to look at the beginning characters of the file in the hex editor. Look for characters in a sequence that make up a Warcraft 3 file extension.
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Hmm, there is a much easier way by creating a fake War3Patch.mpq file(it should be empty), placing it where you installed the game and applying the patch. Then each time you open the War3Patch.mpq file with a mpq browser you will see everything like in every else mpq file.
