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About this site

wc3custom.net was made by phyrex1an as a "fun thing to do when I have spare time", as the "project" evolved he also started to learn c#.net and wrote a tool that could provide the page with data. Last he used his waste jass skills to create a snipped that could export data from a custom map. Warcraft 3 Custom Ladder was born. Today, phyrex1an is rich from the support money he got from the millions of people enjoying his ladder. Well, maybe not. Most of the site is custom made but uses a few components from the Zend Framework.

Must I register?

If you are a normal player then there is no need at all to register, the only thing you must to is to make sure that your game status is submitted to the site when you play a map with a ladder. You can use the Ladder Tool even thought you aren't the host of the game you join. I suggest that you have the tool turned on as soon as you play a custom game with the ladder, you don't want to lose precious points just because nobody had the tool turned on.

If you are a mapmaker and want to use the ladder in your maps then you must register to be able to add maps to the database.

About the tool

The Ladder Tool is written in C# with the .net framework, the Tool is not open source but is free in the sense that it doesn't cost money, and never will cost money, to use. If you are interested in how I parse the gamecache data from the save game file then contact me at thehelper.net. BlacKDicK made the save game decoder I used, huge credit to him and the people behind the wc3 file specifications.

How do I use it?

Simple,

  1. Download the Ladder Tool, install the .net framework if you don't have it.
  2. Start the Tool
  3. Under Program press Wait for savegame
  4. Enter a custom game with the ladder built in
  5. Enjoy the game
  6. When the game asks you to save the game, save the game. The name does not matter.
  7. The stats will be auto submitted to the ladder.
  8. Repeat from 3 if you want to play a new game, else close the program.

What does "Delete Savegame" do?

It deletes the savegame. Yes, really, that it what it does. When the ladder data is submitted the tool will delete the savegame so you don't have them wasting space. However, if you really like to keep the savegame then this option is not suggested.

About the Jass script

Everything you need to know is in the demo map, don't bother if you aren't a mapmaker.