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@Coldensjo Coldensjo released this 06 Oct 18:43
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v0.3.0
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Fly over Azeroth, drawn from the World of Warcraft Classic files on your own computer.

What's new in 0.3.0

  • Walking. A character on foot, moved and animated as in the game, with a Smart fly speed toggle.
  • Boats and zeppelins, sailing their routes on the server's schedule.
  • Meeting stones: each one's dungeon and levels, a summons to it, and a way in. Instance portals now show at dungeon entrances and exits.
  • Weather, regions and the world map: region tints, rested areas, flight paths, a No rain or snow choice, and a No fog option so the far continents show.
  • The game's own look: its interface art, a top-left settings menu, a minimap and Go to search, zone text as the game shows it, animated lake, sea and slime water, ground clutter, colour grading, sun shadows and height fog.
  • Sound: each area's background ambience, by day and by night. Music and sound start muted.
  • View toggles to hide NPCs, objects and spirit healers, a flying speed slider (Y / Shift+Y), a cinematic camera (J), and a Highlight toggle for walkable and too-steep slopes.
  • Faster, smoother starts: shaders are compiled behind the loading screen, far-terrain textures are sent in bulk, and drawing is faster overall.
  • Clearer errors: "Not a BLTE stream" now says which file, archive and offset failed and whether the game's index and data files disagree, so reports can be diagnosed. If you see it, try Scan and Repair in the Battle.net app.
  • Many fixes: the camera no longer snaps, building parts the game never shows are hidden, helmets hide only what they should.

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.

Your game files are read locally and never uploaded. Keep MapExplorer.exe next to the app folder; your settings are kept in a data folder beside them.

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