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Map Explorer 0.1.0
Fly over Azeroth, drawn from the World of Warcraft Classic files on your own computer.
Getting started
- Download MapExplorer-portable.zip below and unzip it anywhere.
- Double-click MapExplorer.exe. Map Explorer opens in a window of its own.
- Choose your World of Warcraft folder, usually
C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft(the folder that contains_classic_or_classic_beta_).
Nothing needs installing. You need Windows 10 or 11 and World of Warcraft Classic installed.
The window is Microsoft Edge (or Chrome) showing the app, served from the app folder to your computer only: your game files are read locally and never uploaded. Close the window to stop it. Keep MapExplorer.exe next to the app folder; your settings are kept in a data folder beside them.
What's in it
- Both continents at once, with every other map (dungeons, raids, battlegrounds, unused and test maps) laid out in the sea to the south, named from afar, to fly to or enter through their entrances
- Terrain, buildings, animated props, fire and smoke, and the game's own sky, fog and lighting, with a time-of-day control
- Water that deepens in colour from the shore out, with foam, and the game's animated lava
- Creatures and objects from VMaNGOS: clickable, with Wowhead links, name plates and their gear, walking their patrols
- Zone names, zone music and underwater sound
- Highlight chests, herbs, ore, fishing pools or anything by name, from up to a kilometre away
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Click | Look around, or open info on a creature or object |
| W A S D, Space / C | Fly, up / down (Shift for faster) |
| G | Go through walls and the ground |
| O, 1, 2 | Whole world, continents |
| T / Shift+T, N | Time of day, back to local time |
| H | Highlights |
| U | Hide the interface |
| L, F, M | Torch light, Alliance / Horde names, music |