Best of the Wurst 10

In March and early April, we rolled out the previously announced wurst.build configuration file improvements, allowing for further code-based map metadata customization, and also laying additional groundwork for the independent map generation pipeline we envisage for the future of wurst.

You can now make full use of the toolsuite from the command line with our new Grill package manager. Additionally, welcome DamageEvent to the standard library: a new damage detection and modification API, which supports and uses the new 1.29 natives.

Tooling

• Upgrades to the wurst.build configuration workflow. You can now modify scenario data such as players, teams, and loading screens, all without opening the world-editor. See the Tutorial for more information.
• The WurstSetup received a face lift, including auto-update, better async tasks, and complete CLI functionality for power users.
• Objects and other allocations inside compiletime expressions are now retained for use during runtime.
• Updated switch statement with joined cases, duplicate case detection, and control flow improvements.
• Annotations must now be properly defined to not throw a warning.
• Experimental support for @LeP's "hot code reload", which enables code modifications while the map is running.

Standard Library

We are very excited about having merged over a dozen pull requests and fixed plenty of bugs, thanks to many contributors! The highlights:

• Added the new package DamageEvent for damage detection and modification, and deprecated the older DamageType package.
• The timer used for ClosureTimer executions can now be customized, allowing for the creation of a timer dialog.
• Package LastOrder has been cleaned up and fixed.
• Package Printing can now be fully configured.
• Package ClosureEvents now only listens to mouse events if those events are used.
• Package OrderStringFactory no longer generates default unit order strings, so they can be distinguished in events.
• Generalized damageTarget and isAliveTrick from unit to widget.
• Added additional overloads for flashEffect.
• Added shorthand .setDummyAbility() to make any ability castable by a dummy caster.
• Added missing field definitions in UnitDefinition and AbilityDefinitionWindWalk .
• DummyCaster dummy units can now be accessed via the dummy caster API.
• Fixed nested indexing/deindexing in UnitIndexer.
• Fixed counted callbacks not stopping properly in certain cases.
• Fixed image.hideForPlayer, and improved image documentation.
• Fixed TimedLoop instances being executed incorrectly and now permits destroying instances directly.

Website

• Added further - and improved existing - standard library documentation pages.
• We also recently rolled out a new tutorial on closures - be sure to check it out.
• Webpage interface breadcrumbs for tutorial, stdlib, and blog posts now include all parents.
• Our domain is now verified on GitHub.

e: Regarding the new LUA option, if it makes sense to use, we will add another backend.

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In May 2017, The Hive Workshop ran a paired modeling/texturing contest where 6 teams competed for the best leader unit. While entries ranged from sci-fi to comical, it was the Mo'arg Overlord by FerSZ and Murlocologist thatcaptured first place.

Today, the Mo'arg Overlord commands a strong presence. He's got a 5.00 rating and boasts an army of 6500+ minions (or downloads). With all the care FerSZ and Murlocologist put into the unit, it's not hard to see why. The Overlord looks impressive and imposing while coming with over a dozen animations including attacks, spellcasting, and victory poses with really nice particle effects that I wish I was able to capture in the previews below.




One of our goals this year is to start up these spotlights once again. There are many projects available and we want to show off the higher quality ones. Expect to see more awesome projects next month.
If you have any recommendations on any projects that you feel should be showcased, send me a message.

With it brings a bunch of exciting features including a minimap and dark UI theme, along with updates like fully functional undo/redo and a JASS editor. No longer do you have to endure a bright World Editor. As always, make sure to backup your maps before diving in.

For those unfamiliar with HiveWE, it's an open-source third-party Warcraft 3 map editor being created by Eejin. You can find more information about it on the resource page.



Some Feature Highlights

• Minimap
• Full undo/redo for terrain/pathing/doodads
• Show Destructibles pathing
• Pathing map preview for doodads
• Cliff lighting
• A functioning JASS editor (with some limitations)
• Dark UI theme
• Tabs for various tools
• Syntax highlighting and autocomplete
• Doodad palette functionality

Read all the changes and download the latest version here!

A very rough Ralle news post about some breaking Warcraft news!

I was sent a picture from a Chinese presentation about Warcraft 3 patch 1.31.



More will most likely surface about what exactly is coming and what is not, but it's definitely exciting.

Lua support sounds very interesting. I wonder how that is going to work.