To select any of the current existing races simply pick the default race in the main menu.

• To play as Dwarfs select Humans
• To play as Duergar/Dark Dwarfs select Orcs
• To play as Dark Elves/Drow select Undead
• To play as Wood Elves select Night Elf

To play against an opponent in single player simply add any computer controller.
This will run a trigger wave-like "ai". At the moment there is no race ai.
----> If you don´t add any computer player in single player you will be able to explore the tech tree/races without any pressure. The computer in force2 will not be an issue.


The start of the game should be familiar to any Warcraft player except there is a lot of custom models and there are no choppable tree´s, more on the second resource in a bit.
Your worker gathers gold, builds and repairs as usual.
---->Keep in mind that the pick icon represents almost every worker.

When you open the build menu you will see this
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The icons may take a bit to get used to but they are a general representation of what a structure might function with few exception.
For example: The crown icon is your race Town Hall. The fork and knife is your "farm". These structures may share icons but they will have their own uniqueness depending on race.


Instead of lumber you savagely attack flags to capture them or research it up to x amount of times. They will generate a resource called lore that gathers slowly over time.
Lore resource is often needed to research, build or train the more unique aspects of your race. If you find yourself pressured on the map then as long as you have gold, you will still have access to the majority of your tech tree and some of your upgrades.


There are buildings, upgrades and even a few units that are shared between races but what you have access to varies. This design is very much a tribute to two of my favorite rts games; Age of Empires and Warlords Battlecry.


Each race has their own unique playstyle. They may share some common grounds, however only one race can sacrifice their workers to fill a well of blood and summon demons, or build treasures for easier access to gold mines. "long sentence, I know".


Pay close attention to armor, weapon types or unique tags. Counters are design to be strong.


The survival wave trigger does grow stronger over time, it also splits waves to new locations. Currently there is only one difficulty option to it.

I am really bad at triggers and codes. In order to avoid leaks, decisions made by the survival waves on pathfinding, locations and when to escalate it´s difficulty is all based on dummies and for the ai to complete research from pre placed structures.
Pathfinding is a simple follow the moving dummies that is already pre placed.
I had to learn about leaks and how to fix them regardless and it all feels like it runs smoothly.

If there is a huge problem or there are easier way to accomplish what I did, keep in mind that I am clueless when it comes to this sort of thing.

-At the start I split the mod work in this way
0 = Various gameplay stuff including terrain/map work, added 1 race.
0.25 = Add 1 race and generic stuff, updated gameplay
0.50 = Add another race and more generic stuff, updated gameplay
0.75 = Added fourth race, modeled generic stuff, updated gameplay
1.0 = Here we are.

-I´ll be slowing progress down at this point but this is a basic idea on what I plan to do.
1.5 = Updates based on feedback, improvement etc.
2= Add 1 or 2 new races, potentially more generic stuff and release.

-How many races do I plan to add?
6+ or so. This may never come to pass as i´m about to start a new chapter in my life and I got no clue how much it will influence my time.

I am also prone to replacing units and changing stuff. I do hope to expand on current races tech tree. I did limit myself to how much unique content each race currently has so that I could finish this without being overwhelmed.