[FIXED] Can't see many maps

I've just tried to play some maps... but many aren't showing in my WC3 "create game" browser... including all of the DOTD Beta maps...

they are in there... i can only see 4 out of 8 games in the folder i use for the maps i host often...

this is my folder:


and this is in WC3:


i have no idea why they aren't showing anymore.. i'm up to date and reinstalled WC3 after i noticed today, no change... i redownloaded the map, no change... i still can't see the map to create a game...

i couldn't confirm if i can join a map i can't see in the "create game" list... nobody could/would make a game on Europe when i asked them...

edit: i posted it on the WC3 official forums too...
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=15864256381&postId=164724178316&sid=3000#19
i don'T know if it's only me or if other people are affected...

Try shortening the map path / the map name. When the map path exceeds a certain number of letters, the maps cannot be loaded/seen anymore. Though it doesn't seem to be a too long path... try anyway.

[quote]i couldn't confirm if i can join a map i can't see in the "create game" list... nobody could/would make a game on Europe when i asked them...[/qoute] you need to clarify what you want lol. To me it sounded like you just wanted to play a game, not like you need someone to host to help you with a problem :0

This might be because of the new update...for some reasons it changed some stuff in the map folder that causes weired bugs.

it worked! i moved my folder from wc3/maps/download to wc3/maps and all my maps are showing again! hurray!

wierd , but/maps/download should work :O

It was the length of the path name.
If you have something like that:
"C:/Programs/Warcraft 3/maps/download" - then it's ok, but if you have this:
"C:/Programs/My Files/Games/Blizzard/Warcraft/Warcraft 3/maps/download" then the file path is simply too long for WC3 to cope with.

s3rius wrote:It was the length of the path name.
If you have something like that:
"C:/Programs/Warcraft 3/maps/download" - then it's ok, but if you have this:
"C:/Programs/My Files/Games/Blizzard/Warcraft/Warcraft 3/maps/download" then the file path is simply too long for WC3 to cope with.

i was using "C:/Games/Warcraft III/maps/download/New Folder" to put the maps i often host...
now i'm using "C:/Games/Warcraft III/maps/New" and i can see my maps again...

someone in the thread on the battle.net forums said that now they have a number of characters path restriction... and the maps that were problematic in the beginnign were the big names like "Dawn Of The Dead 6.0 Beta5.w3x" and "HeroLineremixRHGOLDv8[1][1].0Protected.w3x" but maps like "BTanks858.w3x" and "DawnOfTheDead5.2F.w3x" were fine because they weren't using as many characters in their names... the limit was kinda borderline with my folder names...

it's a stupid thing they did... it really doesn't make sense to limit the path like this, but i can only fix it, i can't do anything about it...

edit: today, i wanted to try playing some hero line war RH... with the name of the map being: "HeroLineremixRHGOLDv8[1][1].0Protected.w3x" every person who would join would be booted as soon as they get to 100%... i figured that the name was too long... i shortened it to "HeroLineremixRHGOLDv8.w3x" and people would be able to download it...

the game is really fucked up...

Ah I had this problem I lost over 3/4 of my maps. Oh well They are gone now.

The same thing happens on Starcraft as well.. its kinda stupid but I mean they do leave a lot of characters for the game name.. none of them really need to be so LONG lol

True, No Arguments there

i only hav 2 manps =p dota and dotd -_- '