zhubby / GuildWarsMapBrowser

Browse the Guild Wars maps using your .dat file.

Guild Wars Map Browser

Browse the Guild Wars .dat file. Included features:

• Searching and filtering the internal files in the dat.
• Rendering 3D terrains for all maps.
• Fly around in and explore the maps in first person.
• Export and import full maps and models to Blender.
• Hex editor viewer of files.
• Playback of audio files.
• Extract 3D models and textures.
• And more

How to use

• You might need vc_redist_x86 (Microsoft Visual c++ Redistributable) that you can get here or direct download link.
• Download GuildWarsMapBrowser.exe from releases and run it.
• To import into Blender see the guide in the release notes or check this reddit post

Preview

Here is an preview of Monastery Overlook as seen rendered in GuildWarsMapBrowser and pre-searing Ascalon City And here is an example of rendering some models:

And imported Pre-searing Ascalon City in Blender:

Golem imported in Blender

Viewing textures in Guild Wars Map Browser:

Audio playback and controls

Building

To build just clone the repository and open the .Sln in Visual Studio. Build in x86 mode (release or debug). Cannot build 64-bit.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.MD

Credits:

Decompressing the .dat file uses the source code from:

• GWDatBrowser
  • Specifically I use: AtexAsm.h/cpp, AtexReader.h/cpp, GWUnpacker.h/cpp, xentax.h/cpp
• The Guild Wars community for being supportive and showing interest in the project.