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Melody of Dissonance v2.2
- Author(s)
- Balflear
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- 1377.71 KB
- Rating
- Downloads
- 340
- Created
- Apr 11, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2023
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- 1
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Approved
This bundle is marked as recommended. It works and satisfies the submission rules.
Melody of Dissonance v2.2
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Important Note: There appears to be a bug with WC3 Reforged that can cause rain effects to crash the game when the camera pans quickly, which sometimes occurs in this map. Until this is fixed you may need to navigate to Options -> Video, then set Particles to "Low".
Unfortunately, I can't remove weather effects altogether without breaking one of the class promotion quests. Apologies for the inconvenience; hopefully this issue gets fixed at some point soon.
Once you reach Chapter 2 you can gain access to a weather machine, which will allow you to change the weather to "Sunny" for the rest of the story.
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An epic-scale, semi-linear RPG for 1-6 players. Features include:
Background
This is an updated version of the RPG map Melody of Dissonance v1.2. I created this updated version a few years after the original - back in 2009, by the look of it - but apparently I never thought to upload it anywhere. Whoops.
Some of the improvements include:
******
Important Note: There appears to be a bug with WC3 Reforged that can cause rain effects to crash the game when the camera pans quickly, which sometimes occurs in this map. Until this is fixed you may need to navigate to Options -> Video, then set Particles to "Low".
Unfortunately, I can't remove weather effects altogether without breaking one of the class promotion quests. Apologies for the inconvenience; hopefully this issue gets fixed at some point soon.
Once you reach Chapter 2 you can gain access to a weather machine, which will allow you to change the weather to "Sunny" for the rest of the story.
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An epic-scale, semi-linear RPG for 1-6 players. Features include:
- A five-chapter story with plenty of side quests - potentially several hours of gameplay or more. Saving is recommended if you're able!
- 12 playable classes. Each class comes with its own promotion quest; completing these quests will unlock the advanced form of your class, as well as your new class's ultimate ability.
- Ability-based dialogue system! You can select an NPC to gossip, learn new information, accept quests, and occasionally even hire them to join you on your adventure! Speaking of...
- Six hirelings that can be recruited to aid you in your quest. Highly recommended for solo players, as the map can be tough on your own. Please note that a couple of these hirelings are missable should you make the wrong choices...
- More loot than you can possibly hold in six inventory slots!
- Other stuff that I've undoubtedly forgotten!
Background
This is an updated version of the RPG map Melody of Dissonance v1.2. I created this updated version a few years after the original - back in 2009, by the look of it - but apparently I never thought to upload it anywhere. Whoops.
Some of the improvements include:
- Revamped classes and skill progression system, which should hopefully result in a smoother difficulty curve.
- Instead of having to spend gold to revive, you now lose gold upon death. This should prevent getting a premature "game over" should you run out of gold.
- Reusable rations. They're more expensive, but they never run out!
- Fast-travel waygates so that you can return to previously-explored areas (such as towns) more easily!
- Possibly an extra hireling or two over the original? It's been a while.
- Not an improvement, but if you've read this far and decide to play it: don't waste your Fate Points at the Seer. You can use them for better things later!
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If you launch the 1.2 map and open the quest log, the "Credits" quest lists the email address I used to register for this website, if that's sufficient?
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Not really. One could just create an account today with some old mapper name that's not here upload an edit of that map and call it owned.
Can you prove the e-mail has anything to do with the username and if it's old enough?
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The email address can be found in the old version of the map (1.2), which someone else uploaded back in 2005 (from the first comment: "another i found, great "gossip" system, quality, check it out."). So unless I also hacked the old mapmaker's email address to register here in 2023, I think you'll find that I'm the same person.
I've also uploaded a screenshot of my maps folder showing some of the different versions I've managed to retain over the years, along with the last modified dates.
Edit: Realised you also meant that the email address could have been re-created. I've attached a screenshot of my inbox filtered by the map name as well - you'll see emails about it going back to 2005.
I've also uploaded a screenshot of my maps folder showing some of the different versions I've managed to retain over the years, along with the last modified dates.
Edit: Realised you also meant that the email address could have been re-created. I've attached a screenshot of my inbox filtered by the map name as well - you'll see emails about it going back to 2005.
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- Heroes selected during cinematic mode and they may not stop their current order. Also NPCs.
- Terrain is quite basic.
- Very old school gameplay pretty linear too but with some replayability.
- Some heroes don't have glow. You could simply add it: How to add Hero Glow without Modeling
- When talking to the mayor, the shopping overhead arrows appear on the heroes and are an annoyance to the picture.
- Razor Slash's icon=Bastard Sword's. Maybe some custom ones to differentiate things?
- Reaching chapter II made Hector the Priest visible.
- Quests such as Valiant can be completed before being given and the triggers don't know you already finished them and give you the quest again.
- Snow spitting or snowball throwing wolves ?
- Freya Vanir says there's a crowd that needs taken care of before she can join you. I assume it's the three dudes to the south but they're invulnerable and Calis' "?" doesn't trigger any battle.
- Head of... something should have also been a variable like the alchemical ingredients in order to leave more inventory room free.
- After the Volcano boss, I got a message that Verath had fallen.
- A temple Acolyte can attack you from behind the temple walls.
- Bridges aren't properly placed. They should be adjusted with CTRL+PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN.
- Asking for a ride with the companions doesn't move the hero as well if the zone with the zeppelin doesn't contain the hero. Also, the camera doesn't move to where the companions were transported to.
- Would be nice to keep levelling up continuously without a limit.
- While creeps are generally varied, there repeating ones in various zones which creates a bit of monotony and doesn't make places unique.
- Also, there's a lot of winter terrain on the map which could be varied somehow not to make it look like you're always in the mountains.
- Garde looks like Ciara. Aphonia like Composite Bow and Scarlet Thunder.
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Great map, i played it so much back in the day! Hope you continue to update it! 
