Map Explorer 0.3.1

Fly over Azeroth, drawn from the World of Warcraft Classic files on your own computer.

What's new in 0.3.1

• Fixes "Not a BLTE stream" on some Forever Beta installs. Some installs store a file's data with no 30-byte header in front of it; Map Explorer always skipped those bytes and so read the wrong place. It now reads both layouts. This should also bring back the missing textures (grey trees, bare buildings) and the missing dungeons and test maps some people saw.
• If a file still can't be read, the error now says which file, archive and offset failed, and what was found there.
• Includes the View panel sliders for how far grass and other details are drawn, and smoother loading (textures sent to the graphics card a few per frame, shaders built ahead).

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.

Everything new in 0.3.0 (walking, boats and zeppelins, meeting stones, weather choices and more) is described on the 0.3.0 release.