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WAR
Last wiki revision 2023-10-28
WAR (possibly short for Warcraft Archive) is the custom archive format used for Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion.
However, the format was very simple and third-party tools were eventually made to open these files. The MPQ format was created as a replacement and first used with the release of Diablo and made its way to future game releases.
Despite this format being used for Warcraft II, the Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition release uses the MPQ format.
Categories
- Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
- Warcraft II
Source
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/WAR · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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