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Lost Kingdoms - Reforged
- Author(s)
- Campocalypse7
- Tags
- Miscellaneous / Other, Strategy / Risk, Contains External Material, Open Source, Reforged, Medieval / Warcraft
- Size
- 48.7 MB
- Rating
- Downloads
- 283
- Created
- Mar 5, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 26, 2024
- Resources
- 1
- State
Pending
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Welcome to Lost Kingdoms - Reforged, an unofficial, spiritual successor to King_Leopold's "War of the Lost Kingdoms" custom map.
If you love the map, feel free to join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/hnJqpu7JJa
This has been a passion project of mine that started in 2020, shortly after Warcraft 3 Reforged released.
If you are unfamiliar with the original War of the Lost Kingdoms, here is a short summary of what you can expect from this map:
After crashing on the Island, wait for your Life Raft (Zeppelin) to arrive. Enter it, head to the mainland, and drop your Survivor near an unoccupied Base to purchase it. Unique units will spawn from the base every 90 seconds. Killing enemy Units gives you 10 gold per kill. Use this gold to purchase more Bases, or upgrade your existing ones.
PROTECT YOUR SURVIVOR!!! If he is killed, ALL of your units and bases will transfer to the Player that killed him. If killed, you may bring your Survivor's Ghost to one of the 4 Resurrection Stones found on the map to transform them into a vengeful Revenant! Revenants make excellent Hero-Killers, but they only earn 50% gold from kills until they kill at least 1 Survivor or King - so HAPPY HUNTING!
Improvements over War of the Lost Kingdoms:
DISCLAIMER: While some may believe that these are too subjective to be considered "improvements", I disagree. I believe that having more options (When they aren't forced upon you!) and implementing much-needed performance optimizations, are net-positives and fit the definition of "improvement". Other changes and features that I personally feel modify the core experience of the original are listed below in the "New Additions & Features" Section. (Though I'm hoping you find some of those to be "improvements" as well!)
New Additions & Features:
Q&A:
1. How is this different than the original map?
Barring the core idea, this is a completely new map built from the ground up with different terrain, bases, units, abilities, mechanics, triggers, the list goes on... For a comprehensive list of differences, please refer to the Additions & Features section above.
2. Why can't I play with Classic Graphics?
Unfortunately, Blizzard misled consumers (and map makers) when they claimed that Reforged maps and Classic maps would be backwards compatible. In truth, many Reforged assets either don't have alternative models in Classic, or even cause crashes for players using Classic graphics when encountered. I spent 100's of hours trying to make my map playable in both Classic & Reforged -constantly finding and working around incompatibility bugs that Blizzard introduced with each update. Eventually I gave up and fully committed to using Reforged assets.
While this wasn't the outcome I wanted, I believe I've taken full advantage of the graphical improvements that came with Reforged by making a beautiful, detailed map. I've also included many high quality assets from this awesome community that wouldn't be possible with Classic, so there's still plenty to enjoy here with Reforged!
Credits:
The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
King_Leopold - While the Last-Person-Standing/Battle Royale/Mass Unit Spawn concepts aren't new, he came up with a an extremely fun and creative way to blend them all together to create the original map that inspired this one. I'll never forget the countless hours my brother and I spent playing the map, forging alliances, and avenging players who died to the dreaded Murloc+Sasquatch cheese strat... I have nothing but love & respect for this man that I've never met, but if he's reading this I just want to say THANK YOU for your contributions to Wc3. I hope my attempt at iterating on your idea can bring as much joy to other players as your maps brought to me
Imported Unit Models:
Republic Lieutenant by Superfrycook
The Blood Knights of Kor'Khornas: Units by BurnedSmackdown
Goblin Laborer by Symphoneum
GoblinAirDrone by Geries, MiniMage
The Blood Knights of Kor'Khornas: Units by BurnedSmackdown
Monk / Priest - Church of the Holy Light by Barorque
Cute Pug by pibesabe
Heavy Musketeer Version 5 by Superfrycook
Goblin Civilians by Ardenaso, VictorZ
Centurion by Superfrycook
Firelord/Volcanus Fix by Mr Ogre man
Wild Forest Troll by ZoomMan
Team Color Villager Male HD by Ozymandias
Kobold Rally Point by Deolrin, Red
Goblin rogue by Mr Ogre man
Worker Forest Troll by ZoomMan
Goblin Civilians by Ardenaso, VictorZ
Goblin Laborer by Symphoneum
Rifleman Lordaeron HD by Asssssvi
Elven Spellsword by SADGASM
The Heautontimoroumenos., Executioner of himself. by Mr Ogre man
Republic Captain (Reforged) by Superfrycook
Human Archer by MWM
Imported Item Models:
Icons to Models Pack by Kenathorn
Some Custom Items Pack by Kenathorn
Light Feather by Kuhneghetz
Meat by InfernalTater
Multi-Shape Mushroom Item by Jhonny Janbo
Orb of Blood by General Frank
Orb of Dragons by General Frank
Orb of Darkness by General Frank
Mage Hat by Sunchips by Sunchips
Pickaxe Item by Kenathorn
Orb of Light by General Frank
Orb of Ice by General Frank
Gloves of Speed by Matarael
Orb of Poison by General Frank
Cheese by D.O.G.
Life Orb by Kitabatake
Item Short Axe/ Throwing Axe by Lord_T
Sword of Supreme by Fang
Acorn Item by D.O.G.
Orb of Fire by General Frank
Orb of Lightning by General Frank
Bolvar's Hammer by Murlocologist, Vinz
Slippers of Agility by Matarael
Elven Boots by Matarael
Orb of Water by General Frank
Red Boots by Matarael
Imported FX Models:
Darkness High and Uber by Pyritie
Lightning Effect and Cast by Pyritie
Holy High and Uber by Pyritie
Bleed effect by Callahan
Water High and Uber by Pyritie
Darkness Low and Medium by Pyritie
Corpse Blood Missile by Frotty
Holy Low and Medium by Pyritie
Chain Element by Infrisios
Fire Low and Medium by Pyritie
PlagueCloudTarget by crl
Lacerate, Melee FX by Veronnis
GoldenClaw by Darkwind
Arcane Effect and Cast by Pyritie
BloodCloud by Tirlititi
Fire High and Uber by Pyritie
Imported Structure Models:
Wood Stake Wall by Sapprine, Blizzard Entertainment
Imported Icons:
BTNSpiderFangDH by Darkmoon Hero
BTNPoisonSting by -Berz-
If you love the map, feel free to join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/hnJqpu7JJa
This has been a passion project of mine that started in 2020, shortly after Warcraft 3 Reforged released.
If you are unfamiliar with the original War of the Lost Kingdoms, here is a short summary of what you can expect from this map:
After crashing on the Island, wait for your Life Raft (Zeppelin) to arrive. Enter it, head to the mainland, and drop your Survivor near an unoccupied Base to purchase it. Unique units will spawn from the base every 90 seconds. Killing enemy Units gives you 10 gold per kill. Use this gold to purchase more Bases, or upgrade your existing ones.
PROTECT YOUR SURVIVOR!!! If he is killed, ALL of your units and bases will transfer to the Player that killed him. If killed, you may bring your Survivor's Ghost to one of the 4 Resurrection Stones found on the map to transform them into a vengeful Revenant! Revenants make excellent Hero-Killers, but they only earn 50% gold from kills until they kill at least 1 Survivor or King - so HAPPY HUNTING!
Improvements over War of the Lost Kingdoms:
DISCLAIMER: While some may believe that these are too subjective to be considered "improvements", I disagree. I believe that having more options (When they aren't forced upon you!) and implementing much-needed performance optimizations, are net-positives and fit the definition of "improvement". Other changes and features that I personally feel modify the core experience of the original are listed below in the "New Additions & Features" Section. (Though I'm hoping you find some of those to be "improvements" as well!)
- Support for 23 Players (Up from 12)
- AI/Computer Player Support
- - Very basic AI that is programmed to take neutral bases, and attack enemy bases (even other AI bases)
- - Does not technically have a Survivor or King to kill, so their units must be killed and bases must be taken by force.
- - AI gets random unit upgrades for free throughout the match -this should make them more difficult to farm.
- - Not recommended for competitive PvP matches. The feature is just there for fun/solo matches, if you want to use it.
- Rally Point Support
- - Setting a Rally Point for a Base will order units spawned from that base to attack-move to the designated point.
- Interface-driven Diplomacy
- - This was not possible in classic WotLK, which used text-input commands.
- Optimized Spawn Triggers
- - The game doesn't freeze during the spawn trigger, even when all bases on the map are occupied. This was an annoying bug in the original.
- Optimized Unit Collisions
- - All units have their model size and collision size reduced by over 50%.
- - This trick allows a greater number of units to determine pathing simultaneously, which means large armies won't constantly pause when given consecutive move-orders.
- - The original map experienced movement-lag when 100 troops moved at once. The new map can handle over 300 units moving MUCH further distances (which is good, since this map is 180% larger than the original)
- Armies Rebel when a Player Leaves
- - When a player used to the leave the game, their remaining bases would continue to spawn units until the base was taken.
- - This resulted in free farm for some players, but also worse performance for the entire map if the base was ignored.
- - Now, the leaving player's units will turn on each other, effectively culling the extra units that would otherwise cause lag.
- - Their bases are also handed over to the Neutral-Hostile AI, and their spawns are disabled.
New Additions & Features:
- Reforged HD Graphics
- Cinematic Intro
- New Hand-Crafted Map sized at 286x318 (180% larger than the original)
- New Tile Set that offers greater environment & terrain variety
- 43 Unique Bases/Spawns (Up from 22 compared to the original)
- Boss Battles with custom Spells & Triggers
- Boss Bounty System
- Balanced Creep Spawns
- Player Ghosts (Allows you to continue watching the game after death, instead of getting booted from the game)
- Revenant System (Allows you to return to the game once as 1 of 4 types of Revenant)
- Custom Unit & Hero Abilities
- Custom Items (All use unique models)
- Passive Gold Income (+10g per spawn)
- Tiered Unit Spawn Limit & Food System
- Unclaimed Base Pings (For first 120 seconds)
- Instant Tier 1 Spawn once base is purchased
- Scaling Gold Allowance
Q&A:
1. How is this different than the original map?
Barring the core idea, this is a completely new map built from the ground up with different terrain, bases, units, abilities, mechanics, triggers, the list goes on... For a comprehensive list of differences, please refer to the Additions & Features section above.
2. Why can't I play with Classic Graphics?
Unfortunately, Blizzard misled consumers (and map makers) when they claimed that Reforged maps and Classic maps would be backwards compatible. In truth, many Reforged assets either don't have alternative models in Classic, or even cause crashes for players using Classic graphics when encountered. I spent 100's of hours trying to make my map playable in both Classic & Reforged -constantly finding and working around incompatibility bugs that Blizzard introduced with each update. Eventually I gave up and fully committed to using Reforged assets.
While this wasn't the outcome I wanted, I believe I've taken full advantage of the graphical improvements that came with Reforged by making a beautiful, detailed map. I've also included many high quality assets from this awesome community that wouldn't be possible with Classic, so there's still plenty to enjoy here with Reforged!
Credits:
The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
King_Leopold - While the Last-Person-Standing/Battle Royale/Mass Unit Spawn concepts aren't new, he came up with a an extremely fun and creative way to blend them all together to create the original map that inspired this one. I'll never forget the countless hours my brother and I spent playing the map, forging alliances, and avenging players who died to the dreaded Murloc+Sasquatch cheese strat... I have nothing but love & respect for this man that I've never met, but if he's reading this I just want to say THANK YOU for your contributions to Wc3. I hope my attempt at iterating on your idea can bring as much joy to other players as your maps brought to me
Imported Unit Models:
Republic Lieutenant by Superfrycook
The Blood Knights of Kor'Khornas: Units by BurnedSmackdown
Goblin Laborer by Symphoneum
GoblinAirDrone by Geries, MiniMage
The Blood Knights of Kor'Khornas: Units by BurnedSmackdown
Monk / Priest - Church of the Holy Light by Barorque
Cute Pug by pibesabe
Heavy Musketeer Version 5 by Superfrycook
Goblin Civilians by Ardenaso, VictorZ
Centurion by Superfrycook
Firelord/Volcanus Fix by Mr Ogre man
Wild Forest Troll by ZoomMan
Team Color Villager Male HD by Ozymandias
Kobold Rally Point by Deolrin, Red
Goblin rogue by Mr Ogre man
Worker Forest Troll by ZoomMan
Goblin Civilians by Ardenaso, VictorZ
Goblin Laborer by Symphoneum
Rifleman Lordaeron HD by Asssssvi
Elven Spellsword by SADGASM
The Heautontimoroumenos., Executioner of himself. by Mr Ogre man
Republic Captain (Reforged) by Superfrycook
Human Archer by MWM
Imported Item Models:
Icons to Models Pack by Kenathorn
Some Custom Items Pack by Kenathorn
Light Feather by Kuhneghetz
Meat by InfernalTater
Multi-Shape Mushroom Item by Jhonny Janbo
Orb of Blood by General Frank
Orb of Dragons by General Frank
Orb of Darkness by General Frank
Mage Hat by Sunchips by Sunchips
Pickaxe Item by Kenathorn
Orb of Light by General Frank
Orb of Ice by General Frank
Gloves of Speed by Matarael
Orb of Poison by General Frank
Cheese by D.O.G.
Life Orb by Kitabatake
Item Short Axe/ Throwing Axe by Lord_T
Sword of Supreme by Fang
Acorn Item by D.O.G.
Orb of Fire by General Frank
Orb of Lightning by General Frank
Bolvar's Hammer by Murlocologist, Vinz
Slippers of Agility by Matarael
Elven Boots by Matarael
Orb of Water by General Frank
Red Boots by Matarael
Imported FX Models:
Darkness High and Uber by Pyritie
Lightning Effect and Cast by Pyritie
Holy High and Uber by Pyritie
Bleed effect by Callahan
Water High and Uber by Pyritie
Darkness Low and Medium by Pyritie
Corpse Blood Missile by Frotty
Holy Low and Medium by Pyritie
Chain Element by Infrisios
Fire Low and Medium by Pyritie
PlagueCloudTarget by crl
Lacerate, Melee FX by Veronnis
GoldenClaw by Darkwind
Arcane Effect and Cast by Pyritie
BloodCloud by Tirlititi
Fire High and Uber by Pyritie
Imported Structure Models:
Wood Stake Wall by Sapprine, Blizzard Entertainment
Imported Icons:
BTNSpiderFangDH by Darkmoon Hero
BTNPoisonSting by -Berz-
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can't play this map; what's the system requirements for it? here's my specs:
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okay managed to play this with shadows turned off, the set rally point doesn't seem to lead spawned units
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A credits list in the map description with the names of the authors whose resources you've used is mandatory. That includes models, skins, icons, custom spells, systems. Also, sounds, music and everything outside this site.
This helps you with the models, skins and icons from Hiveworkshop: Resources in use by Lost Kingdoms Reforged 16
The description has unnecessary coding in it that doesn't turn to coloured text.
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R U L E S
Site Rules
Map Submission Rules
M A P - D E S C R I P T I O N
BB CODES
BB Codes | HIVE
MELEE MAPS
Description Guide - Melee Maps
Describing Your Melee Map
Melee Map Description Generator v1.3
MAPS IN GENERAL
The importance of a Description
Description Guide - Maps
Map Thread Guide
Map Description Making: Good & Bad
Map Description - Templates
Map Description Generator [1.2]
How to Add a Screenshot to your Map Description
ADDITIONAL NECESSARY INFORMATION
BB Codes | HIVE
MELEE MAPS
Description Guide - Melee Maps
Describing Your Melee Map
Melee Map Description Generator v1.3
MAPS IN GENERAL
The importance of a Description
Description Guide - Maps
Map Thread Guide
Map Description Making: Good & Bad
Map Description - Templates
Map Description Generator [1.2]
How to Add a Screenshot to your Map Description
ADDITIONAL NECESSARY INFORMATION
- A credits list in the map thread description is required where the names of the resource (models, skins, icons, spells, sound etc.) authors are mentioned along with the specific resource. It would be a luxury to have links leading to the used resources. Credits in the Quest Log would be appreciated too.
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GENERAL MAPPING
A Beginner's Guide to Map Making
The Ultimate Beginners Terrain Tutorial
Advanced Terraining Tutorial
A Guideline to Terraining and the Hive's Terraining Section
Various Terraining Tips!
Basic Mapping Video Tutorial
WE Map Editor for Newbies!
The Path Of Proper Map Making - What to do and what should be avoided
MELEE MAPPING
How to create Melee Maps
General - Melee Maps like the Professionals
Competitive Melee Map
Melee mapping - The reasons behind common aspects of competitive 1v1 maps
Melee Do's and Dont's
PATHING
Pathing - Everything about it
[Terraining] Alternative Pathing Technique
LEAKS
Triggers - Memory Leaks and Custom Scripts
A Beginner's Guide to Map Making
The Ultimate Beginners Terrain Tutorial
Advanced Terraining Tutorial
A Guideline to Terraining and the Hive's Terraining Section
Various Terraining Tips!
Basic Mapping Video Tutorial
WE Map Editor for Newbies!
The Path Of Proper Map Making - What to do and what should be avoided
MELEE MAPPING
How to create Melee Maps
General - Melee Maps like the Professionals
Competitive Melee Map
Melee mapping - The reasons behind common aspects of competitive 1v1 maps
Melee Do's and Dont's
PATHING
Pathing - Everything about it
[Terraining] Alternative Pathing Technique
LEAKS
Triggers - Memory Leaks and Custom Scripts
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