Update 2008-12-02: For people who want to browse and extract specific files from MPQ archives, I recommend checking out MPQFS, available from the main page’s sidebar.
It feels strange to release a 1.0, but I feel it’s time for this program to get out the door as a 1.0. There are still a few things that could be better, but overall it’s doing what it’s supposed to do.
MPQ Extractor is a small program that will extract the content of MPQ (MoPaQ) archives. Multiple archives can be opened and processed at the same time, and the extraction process can be cancelled at any moment. If the program is launched by double-clicking an archive or a selection of archives, it will automatically quit once it has extracted that set of archives (and any archive added in-between).
Here’s a screenshot of how the main window looks:
Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Universal Binary, of course.
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Do you plan to make a window os version at all?
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MPQ Extractor uses the Cocoa and MPQKit frameworks which are Mac OS X only, so unfortunately no I will not.
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Very, very nice! Thanks!
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MPQKit, Sparkle, Cocoa greatness…. all makes for a very promising applications. Really… a big thanks.
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Shuu, do a google search for “mpq editor v 1.8″ or if that doesn’t work, just “MPQ Editor”. I’ve used this without issue under XP but it should work with 98/NT/2K as well.
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Fantastic! Thanks so much!
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Thank you, I’ve been looking all day for exactly this.
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I need a Windows Version :S
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I’ve posted up a link to your file on a site I run, great work!
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i had an old school verios MPQ 2000 and it only worked half the time, i downloaded it from Capmaign Creations adn thatnk you for making a mac version i ahve been looking 4 ever and finally found!
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Hey BZ, do mpqs still have extractable (listfile)’s? I’d love to have a browser for extracting single files…
Of course that’s more work for you
But these 1gb+ WoW files are a bit of a beast. PTR 2.1.0 patch.MPQ is 1.13gb… and common.MPQ is like 3.57gb now… -
KarlKFI: just grab MPQFS :p
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Erg, guess that’s what I get for not going to the main page… I suggest a sub page navigation menu!
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Very smooth. Except when I use it on Starcraft data files (all I’ve tested it on), it doesn’t extract most of the data. I know from using other MPQ utilities that there are a load of wav files in there, and other things. But this extractor only seems to find about 7MB of the 64MB.
Just tell me if I’m missing something.
If not- work for the next version I guess! -
Ah. I guess that’s a list file thing.
MPQFS works very well by the way! -
Listfile integration for known Blizzard files is forthcoming (and improved support in MPQFS).
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It would be nice if we could list the files within the archive and selectively extract specific file(s).
Otherwise – great job – did what I was looking for…
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nevermind I’m an idiot – read prev comments.
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WOOO! I TYPED IN MPQ EXTRACTOR NOW AND I GOT IT! FKN HELLZ YEA! FK ROOWOOWOWO!!
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Sooooo now I have these .m2 files. What do I do with those? I sure wish there was a tutorial somewhere around here… >_>
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Thank you so much for making this! I’ve been looking for a MPQ utility for Mac all day!
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NEED WINDOWS VISTA VERSION WRITE ONE!
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[quote comment="2122"]NEED WINDOWS VISTA VERSION WRITE ONE![/quote]
No, there are plenty of MPQ utilities for Windows. Search on Google, I’m sure you will find one that suits your needs. -
I’m sorry if im braindead, but how does this app work? I clicked open, but it wont open my map files…
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they are warcraft 3, frozen throne map files, if that makes a difference
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[quote comment="2278"]they are warcraft 3, frozen throne map files, if that makes a difference[/quote]
Are those files protected map files? If so, the current version of MPQ Extractor will not open them. I will be adding support for such files at a later time. -
ah, yes they are protected. but even when i try to select one of the standard warcraft maps included when you install warcraft it wont let me.
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[quote comment="2289"]ah, yes they are protected. but even when i try to select one of the standard warcraft maps included when you install warcraft it wont let me.[/quote]
If by “it won’t let me” you mean you cannot select the file in the open dialog, then that’s a bug and I will address it. In the mean time, you should be able to drag the file on the icon of either MPQ Extractor of mpqfs and it should work. -
Nope, not only can I not select any of my warcraft maps (stock maps included) in the open dialog, I’m unable to drag the files onto the icons of either MPQ extractor or mpqfs. Dragging them to the icon results in the map being moved from its original place to the folder in which the applications are (in this case the desktop).
I have both the latest version of MacFuse and the latest version of MPQ Kit, although I’m not sure what to do with the MPQKit.framework folder that I get when I extract the file. Maybe that’s the problem?
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[quote comment="2305"]Nope, not only can I not select any of my warcraft maps (stock maps included) in the open dialog, I’m unable to drag the files onto the icons of either MPQ extractor or mpqfs. Dragging them to the icon results in the map being moved from its original place to the folder in which the applications are (in this case the desktop).
I have both the latest version of MacFuse and the latest version of MPQ Kit, although I’m not sure what to do with the MPQKit.framework folder that I get when I extract the file. Maybe that’s the problem?[/quote]
You don’t need MPQKit.framework if you’re not going to write an application that wants to access or create MPQ archives.I’ll look into the bug. Thanks.
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I hope this extractor is better than the last one I tried, thanks anyway!
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Great tool. You are to be congratulated on an excellent implementation on your first 1.0.
I just wanted to access the music from the game for the fun of it. Highborn lament is a beautiful piece. Having worked on games I’m curious to see the texture maps and models and how they are constructed so its off to find out how to open these other files.
again, congrats and thank you!
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papabear:
I recommend using mpqfs to browse the large archives of World of Warcraft. It’s much faster and more convenient than extracting them with MPQ Extractor. -
I’ve downloaded and tried every single Windows XP MPQ extractor I could get my hands on. And not one of them opened the WoW sound mpq file, which is what I want, currently at Patch 2.4. Anyone found a program that can do this?
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Ruthumz: I do not develop software for nor use Windows (not for anything but playing games), so I’m afraid you’re not going to get answers here.
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Do you have an MPQ extractor for OS 10.3?
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Tom: No, in general I have dropped all support for 10.3 a long time ago. Sorry :/
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Screw windows- lol
Im making a grinding bot for macs and this is Exactly what i needed.
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once you extract all the update files, where should you drop them in your wow dirrectory so theywork?? or can you only put them into your dirrectory as mpq files?? help!!
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TJ: I do not know if World of Warcraft will load files from disk. I frankly do not know much about WoW modding.
If you need to repack a set of files as an MPQ archive, you can use DropMPQ (also available from this site). I currently do not offer a tool that can update an existing MPQ archive, although MPQKit certainly supports that.
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i tried to deprotect a map called chaos but it can’t make it unprotected.
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Genius
Was looking for something to view the WOTLK soundtrack and this fitted the bill. Thank you so much.As an aside would there be any mileage in having a file explorer type interface to enable a user to extract only the files they want? Or does the MPQ structure not allow that? Cracking app anyway
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KikiZass: MPQFS does exactly that. Check it out; it’s available from the main page’s sidebar.
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Worked like a charm. You rock.
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thank you. im looking forward to using it
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