libmpq can't open patch.MPQ - invalid offset in mpqheader.
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#6 libmpq can't open patch.MPQ - invalid offset in mpqheader.
It seems Blizzard did some changes to the MPQ archive
format in WoW 1.10 or 1.11, but just to patch.MPQ.
First, the MPQ header has changed slightly, so libmpq
refuses to open patch.MPQ. At offset 0x04, libmpq
expects a 0x20, but patch.MPQ has a 0x2C at this
location. Hacking libmpq to ignore this change,
succeeds in opening the MPQ file, but WoWmapview
crashes while reading AreaTable.dbc. The file offset in
the MPQ file seems to be incorrect, as the DBC magic
"WDBC" is not there. When I've got some spare time,
I'll have a deeper look into the patch.MPQ, and
probably will come up with a patch, but poorly,
WoWmapview development seems to be stalled.
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I just came here to post the same thing. It appears there
are 3 new DWORD values in the header now. Here's why
development is stalled:
The wowmapview project's web space got shut down by
sourceforge.net after they received a DMCA violation email
from the ESA, claiming that it is an "unauthorized access
program" in violation of their copyrights.
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FYI, Darjk has fixed this in the 0.48 beta version of
wowmodelview.
http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/addons-2090-1-wow-model-viewer-updated.html
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Ha, got it :)
As I'm using Linux and have no Windows dev environment
around, I had to change a bunch of things to be able to
compile it natively under Linux with GNU Automake/Autoconf.
Then, after some testing, I found the problem(s). libmpq
assumes a block to be encrypted when the block position is
different from the actual read result. As a quick hack, I
added a check for the four block skew, and voila, I can read
the MPQ file.
I'm too lazy to come up with a set of diffs, so please
download my Linux source package and compare the files
yourself with the official release. To compile it
successfully, you need zlib, an OpenGL implementation (MESA
is slow, but enough to compile WoWmapview) and libsdl, all
libs need to have development headers in place (usually in
/usr/include).
Ah, btw: DMCA sucks, I'm so happy not to live in the USA ;)
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WoWmapviewer Linux port with fixes for WoW Patch 1.11
(Ok, SF.net doesn't like my file ^^)
Get it here anyway:
http://codav.de/kram/misc/WoW/wowmapview-linux-0.5.tar.bz2
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wowmapview 0.6 works with patch 1.11. It is discussed here (includes a location
to download app and src):
http://rpg-exploiters.shoq.net/forums/viewtopic.php?
t=3378&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15