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Mods & Development / Palette2PAL Palette Converter (PPL > PAL)

« on: February 27, 2026, 03:58:53 PM »

Palette2PAL converts WAR2 PPL files to PAL format compatible with most GRP tools (SFGrpConv, RetroGRP etc),

The script self copies to %PATH% so once run once, you can run it locally from any directory.

I guess it might work for War1 palettes as well, I haven't tested.

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Server.War2.ru / [Release] Windows Network Latency Optimizer

« on: December 08, 2024, 02:18:19 PM »

Since so many suffer from latency issues despite having otherwise decent connections I thought I should repost this here

This is the same script I wrote for Harry in an earlier thread but it fixes a bunch of other issues that affect latency, e.g.,

* Disables network throttling (by default windows reserves 20% of bandwidth for multimedia applications)
* Disables FlowControl/InterruptModeration/AdaptiveIFS at the driver level
* Disables all offloading to the NIC, CPU is faster
* Disables green energy options that restrict bandwidth
* Disables Jumbo Packets which interfere with VPN traffic

And a bunch of other optimizations.

If you change from ethernet to wifi or vice verse OR change network card, run the script again.

Run the script as admin, right click -> run as Administrator.

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Server.War2.ru / [Release] New Shaders for HD users

« on: November 23, 2024, 04:38:40 PM »

z-cubic is a "keys cubic" so called ideal filter based on the formula B+2C=1 (similar to Mitchell Netravali but maximally sharper)

z-cubic-soft is one tap softer, looks nice with cartoon style graphics as in war2, trees render a bit like remaster.

z-cubic-sharp is one tap sharper than z-cubic, some may prefer this.

Place them in your Shaders directory and modify the shader= line in ddraw.ini/dd-hd.ini

Code: [Select]

shader=Shaders\z-cubic-bilinear.glsl

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Server.War2.ru / Drop Player Countdown

« on: July 25, 2024, 01:42:11 AM »

Fifteen seconds to drop players is far too short, in later titles Blizzard increased the drop timer to 45 seconds.

What should it be, ideally?

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Strategy & Replays / dJ_boSs Saint vs Mystical spb - tight game

« on: July 07, 2023, 05:04:57 AM »

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1859831769

Game starts at 22 minutes

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Mods & Development / Smoother Key + Mouse Scrolling plugins

« on: March 22, 2023, 01:47:48 AM »

Hello, are there any plugins to get "Starcraft style" smooth scrolling in War2?

by default key scrolling moves the screen in 64px increments (and 32px if you click and scroll with the minimap)

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Mods & Development / Improving Warcraft II unit pathing (idea, poll inside)

« on: March 08, 2023, 12:26:20 AM »

In my opinion

The most archaic feature of Warcraft II is the unit pathing, units get into jams going one way across the map but move freely in the opposite direction

First, how difficult would it be to improve the pathing without building from source code? the A* algorithm has been mentioned elsewhere (but without source might not be realistic)

and second is this something the community would want? poll below

https://strawpoll.com/polls/w4nWrWK0xyA