Installation instructions:
1. Brood War is also necessary for the TC to work, patched to 1.07 (patch and patcher included).
2. Locate the file "patch_rt.mpq" in the main Starcraft directory and rename it to "patch_rtOLD.mpq" (you can also back it up). The TC has a file with the same name and we want to avoid overwriting it.
3. Unzip the "Alpha v2.0.zip" file in your Starcraft directory, making sure the "use folder names" option is checked.
4. Create a folder named "Warcraft" in the starcraft\maps directory, so it should read for example, D:\games\starcraft\maps\Warcraft. Unzip the "maps" file into there. These are all the maps i could recover, maybe they are all the maps ever created for this mod.
5. Unzip the "Update v2.2.zip" file in your Starcraft directory, place the Broodwar cd in your hard drive (or mount an .iso of it) and run war3tc.V2_2.exe. Now start Broodwar and the TC will load.
Choosing the campaign will let you use the new units in the Broodwar campaign. The mod was not created for this purpose but it has its own maps. In order for you to play these maps, select "Single Player", then "WCIII Expansion", select a profile, then "Play Custom" and choose the Warcraft folder. The maps should be in there. Make sure the option "map settings" is checked.
The TC consists of:
- 1 single player scenario
- 2 multiplayer maps (try "free for all" and add AIs for them, although they don't work well)
- 2 intro maps
- 11 Humans maps (maybe a complete campaign)
- 1 Demons map (incomplete campaign)
- 1 Orcs map (incomplete campaign)
When you want to play Starcraft again, rename the "patch_rtOLD.mpq" in its original name (step 2)
and rename in something else the "patch_rt.mpq" of WCIII TC. Every time you can switch between the TC and Starcraft by renaming these files. Read the info in the .txts.
Notes:
This was an unfinished project by enthusiasts so bugs are present:
- If you get a crash in a mission briefing, skip it.
- Building the barracks can cause a crash in 2 missions, just avoid building it.
- The humans mission 03 doesn't let you control your units.
- Regarding the Starcraft campaign with the units from the TC, the Terrans 03 mission and the Zerg 02 mission crash when the mouse moves.
I tried applying some fixes but with no success.
Does this work with the pirated version of Starcraft?
Yes.
When I run war3tcV2_2 I get an error:
Error1: RichEdit10ANSIWndProc procedure entry point not found in the dynamic link library C:\Windows\System32\RICHED32.DLL.
Error2: Error reading DocRTF ->Lines.Strings: RichEdit line insertion error.