How to use the warcraft 2 map editor Patch#

The only map editor (to date!) for Warcraft: Orcs and Humans is Brad Pollard's 16-bit map editor from 1994. In fact, patching any version of the game to any version post 1.15 adds the Unit Editor to the game install. In fact, the only official editor for Warcraft: Orcs and Humans is the Unit Editor which was supplied with all versions of the game post 1.15, demo or otherwise.

The mentioned 'official map editor' is fiction there was none.

How to use the warcraft 2 map editor Patch#

The final, downloadable patch updates the game to 1.21, so it is not to be used on the CD retail release. The retail CD release however reports itself as 'version 1.22', which is merely a cosmetic difference the CD version itself is identical to version 1.21. All playable demos report themselves as version 1.12, even though there are many differences between the versions (the so-called 'Interplay Demo' contains data for the Orcish hero Klaron, for instance). These are-in order-the initial two (2) very slightly different 'pre-release demos', which were not playable and consisted of Bill Roper's narration on top of images of gameplay, the two retail demos (the first and earlier of which at times goes by the name 'Interplay Demo', as it was meant to be exclusively distributed by Interplay Corp, and even shamelessly plugs the company any chance it gets), the floppy version of the retail game, and finally the CD version of the retail game. So, to wit: there are no less than six (6) distinct 'versions' of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans (not counting the various updates).

Hey, I thought I'd pop in to clarify some of the confusion (and downright false info) in this thread.