Patch 1.30 PTR Update

Apologies for the delay in posting this. Patch 1.30 PTR got an update three days ago! (build 1.30.0.9852) Mostly balance changes and gameplay fixes. Not much for modders, but the balance changes are pretty juicy. Read the full list of changes [here].

Note: If you've been experiencing mouse lag, please do the following:
To enable the oscursor registry setting, refer to the post linked above:

Pete Stilwell said:

When submitting reports of mouse lag please include a video and system specs. To do so, follow these steps:

• Run regedit
• Blizzard entertainment -> warcraft iii -> Video -> Right-click -> New DWORD 32 bit value
• Value name -> oscursor
• Set to 1

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After a small summer break we return this month with many bugfixes and improvements to WurstScript quality of life and overall user experience.

Make sure your wurst setup tool is up to date and then update your wurst installation to get improved handling of wc3 patch versions, some new code inspection warnings, and new optimizer features.

Tool updates

• The VSCode runmap command now more reliably detects patch level - fixes several cases of "black screen" when starting the game.
• Warnings and errors about *improper usage of @compiletime* have been added, which aids in avoiding some user level programming issues.
• A handful of new wurst optimizer features (see below).
• Valid function names in Wurst, such as 'set' and 'debug' no longer generate invalid output Jass.
• We have updated JMPQ once again to improve performance and compatibility of wurst with maps not built with the vanilla world editor, e.g. YDWE and w3x2ini (Thanks to @WaterKnight)
• Shoutout to users @dulingzhi and @DengSir for contributions to the VSCode editor experience: Highlighting improved (PR #36), and language-server now better starts automatically (PR #37)

Standard library

Many new features and many merged pull requests! The standard library is doing great - here are some notable changes:

• The Upgrade Object Editing package has been improved and completed by #77
• Missing extension functions and tuple wrappers have been added by #79, #80, #81, #82, #84, #85, #86, #87, #88, #89, #90, #91
• The TerrainUtils package has been refactored for better integration and advanced functionality by #67
• LinkedList#sort has been fixed to not have exponential performance anymore
• ClosureEvents have been added to the standard library. A new package for easy encapsulated event listening.
  Code Sample:
  Wurst:

  EventListener.onPointCast(hero, MY_SPELL) (caster, target) ->
     forUnitsInRange(target, 256) victim ->
        caster.damageTarget(victim)

  Big thanks to all the amazing contributors!

While we generally don't post about WC3 esport events and streamed tournaments all too often, this is definitely an exception that warrants an announcement. This year's GCS Summer Grand Finals is something to tune into!

It's the first premier tournament to be played on the 1.29 patch. Hero balance changes, widescreen, and all that jazz that affects the base game and melee meta are to be put to action on WC3's biggest competitive stage.