Map Related Files

File Extensions and Meanings

dds

• Direct Draw Surface texture
• dds

m3

• Model + animations
• You can export all models to m3 files and edit it outside the galaxy editor

m3a

• Animations for specific model bones
• Used to supplement the animations of .m3 files

mpq

• container for all kinds of data
• mpq Overview

ogv

• video file
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg

tga

• standard image/picture format.
• png jpg can't be used in game

SC2Lib

• xml data for all kinds of trigger data

SC2Map

• mpq for maps, open it with a mpq editor

SC2Replay

• mpq for replays