Multiplayer

so whats the deal with multiplayer??

40 (more or less) ppl playing together with a mod called warsoc.

The team hasn't discussed too much about the multiplayer stuff yet. Things like player limit and things that will be thrown in the multiplayer version to specificly help multiplayer version (such as General Chat, LFG, World Defense, etc.)
So everything is undecided at the moment and I cannot give too much information about this feature.
A user called "MindWorX" is programming a program called "WarSoc", it will give the power to players to click "Start Game" (single-player) and when any single-player game is started while running WarSoc, players that know your IP or IP of another WarSoc enabled map will join. Even if it's a single player file such as a campaign.
Also, this program plans to make it possible for a variety of players to play in any map of the campaign they want while others in the same campaign can play in another. When Wc3:WoW is released, you can run from Valley of Trials to Sen'jin Village and there can be players playing in Valley of Trials, Orgrimmar, Barrens, etc. This will definately give that MMORPG feel to the game. We just hope we get as many players as possible to play this online! What've you got to lose besides some space on your hard drive? It's a free MMORPG! What more can you ask for?
And to those who wonder if we will make patches for the multiplayer version, the answer is yes, we'll update the campaign as best as we can and remove any bugs found if possible. We'll consider these patches rather than new versions... unless if your characters get deleted after replacing your older version of Wc3:WoW Online.

and here i was being told by u a while ago that this would never happen in a million years lol but meh w/e...
have u guys thought about a central server yet? like u know how on wow emulators and stuff they use internet servers all that would require is some probably extremely easy coding to make a program which just listens to an adress on the internet and then when a connection is made to it it links it to the other 39 users online or w/e... i mean this would enable easy globalisation of them map and huge amounts of servers could be raised every where (believe me this is do able if u have ever run any type of server e.g wow then u will know it is)

First, I did say it may never may in a million years. I also said that the only way to do it is if we had some really great program or modification that'd enable it; then I said Blizzard would probably be the only people with enough knowlege to do it.
Anyway, I have thought about it. But it'd cost about twelve(12) dollars a month and I'm not really sure if I truely want to spend money on this. Once it is done, I might set up a PayPal donation button. And if I do and I recieve enough money to keep the server up for atleast two(2) months, I will definately have Wc3:WoW up and running on a special server that will be monitored by me.
Although the single-player version is unprotected, I think it would be safest if we had the multiplayer version protected, to avoid law suits since if the mod is hosted somewhere else illegally and we are the ones who take responsibility and credit for it, we'd take the blame. So the multiplayer version will be protected. I know the cost of servers and a bit how they work because I and a couple friends tried making an MMORPG. The making of it failed because of our programmer leaving in the middle of working. But I visited a site that pretty much rents/sells servers to people for a monthly fee. For best stuff, it costs about 12 bucks. Maybe more.

so the multiplayer will Not be free?

It will be free. But not for us, the makers. We'll need to probably set up special servers for the game, which may cost us, the team, money monthly. We'd put up a donation button on the website for people to voluntarily aid us in helping you guys. It's not selling the game, just making it function. And to make it function properly, it will need some advanced stuff that money CAN buy. :)

It isn't required that you donate money. But if we get no donations, the public will play a very laggy server.

well if i had the money i would gladly help with your budget but unfortunatly im 14 years and dont have a job..

No problem. Like I've said, it's not at all a requirement; Just a recommendation once the final version is ready (may take YEARS!)
I still haven't figured out how lag will work out with the multiplayer version. But I'll announce what I can once I get information about it.

That'll be so cool if it was included. Damn haven't been on this forum for alot of days now, and so many interesting updates!!....

Originally Posted by Jombo1

well if i had the money i would gladly help with your budget but unfortunatly im 14 years and dont have a job..

You ain't alone, we're two now.

Thank you very much for your support, Mand_470 and Jombo1.
Unfortunately will not be compatible online until it is finished and that may take years to do. It takes alot of dedication and commitment to still work on a mod that's been being worked on for almost four years now. And I plan to go all the way with Wc3:WoW.
Once again, thank you Mand_470, Jombo1, and all of our other supporting fans for their support for Wc3:WoW!
-Craka_J

Lag Mostly Depends on your upload speed, As long as your upload speed is good, the server will run fine,

I suggest for the multiplayer servers have different ones for different Ping's
such as
0 - 50 Ping's
100 - 200 Ping's
200+ Ping's

I mostly play in 50 ping games such as COD2 ones :)

That's the plan. ;)

Good i'll be one the 1st one :P

MMORPG O.o You realy are throwing away every boundry aren't you? World of Warcraft watch out, there is competition coming ^^ and maby this would be even better than WoW becouse 1.)It's free (for us atleast) 2.)It is in warcraft III wich just is realy cool ^^. so... will it also be possible to just play single player or with just one friend instead of hundreds of people joining you ^^?