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Map Explorer 0.2.0

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@Coldensjo Coldensjo released this 30 Sep 23:29
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v0.2.0
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Fly over Azeroth, drawn from the World of Warcraft Classic files on your own computer.

What's new in 0.2.0

  • Finds World of Warcraft by itself. No folder to choose when the game is installed in the usual way; the folder button is still there if it can't be found.
  • Screenshot mode (P). Loads everything in view at full detail, however far off, then saves the view as a PNG at twice your screen's resolution. P or Esc cancels.
  • Sound panel with master, music, underwater and splash volumes, remembered between visits. Water splashes are quieter.
  • Map names in the sea are hidden by default; press I to show them.
  • Faster drawing: nothing hidden in the fog is drawn, and game objects are read once instead of twice.
  • Fixed a line through everything at the horizon where the sea meets the sky.

Getting started

  1. Download MapExplorer-portable.zip below and unzip it anywhere.
  2. Double-click MapExplorer.exe. Map Explorer opens in a window of its own and finds World of Warcraft by itself.
  3. If it can't, 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, 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
I Names of the maps in the sea
P Screenshot
U Hide the interface
L, F, M Torch light, Alliance / Horde names, music
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