1.29 and Spell Section

[Daffa]

Since 1.29 is under way and there have been reports that some systems in spell section get compatibility issues with them, I wonder if the patch will cause another massive purge or not. As a spell maker, such a purge will really kill years of works I do.

I know it's not another Return Bug fix, but I think I ask anyway, as there have been some sighting out there of some systems not working properly.

[Feedback] Compiled List of 1.29 Bugs & Issues

(Especially point 1)

If it can be guaranteed that 1.29 won't break any old codes, then this thread can be closed

 

[Daffa]

Tagging relevant people with control over the matter : @Kam @IcemanBo @Ralle @KILLCIDE

 

[KILLCIDE]

I don't think any systems will break. What will most likely happen is either some of the systems become irrelevant, or people will make past systems more efficient with the new natives.

 

[Daffa]

True, though I'm somewhat concerned with TH's report of BreakPre1.29 code. If that's to circumvent some of those whacky in-game shop stuff, it might also influence string related systems.

 

[KILLCIDE]

I was under the impression the string bug was unintentional. The only thing we should really be concerned about is if Blizzard fixed bugs we have relied on for so long (storm-crow to get units to fky, undefend to catch units that leave the map, etc.)

 

[Daffa]

Okay then. Thread can be closed.

 

[KILLCIDE]

Hey I might be wrong. I haven't really been following the news on 1.29. Best person to ask is TriggerHappy

 

[Ralle]

I am indexing all maps (that includes spells) by their world editor version number. 1.29 is 6060:

ver     cnt
0       27
4426    1
4444    1
4448    40
4482    8
4531    6
4572    12
4654    30
6030    21
6031    287
6034    13
6035    5
6036    63
6037    27
6039    1
6040    102
6041    1
6043    96
6046    212
6047    5
6048    7
6049    9
6050    534
6051    1657    (Patch 1.19 ???)
6052    9708    This map is optimised for version 1.21b of Warcraft and is not necessarily compatible with the latest versions.
6057    2496    This map is optimised for version 1.22a of Warcraft and is not necessarily compatible with the latest versions.
6058    1202    This map is optimised for version 1.23a of Warcraft and is not necessarily compatible with the latest versions.
6059    9630    This map is optimised for the latest version of Warcraft (1.24a - current).
6060    -       1.29

If we need it, I can easily make filters for which version it's for.

 

[Daffa]

that would be great!

 

[Chaosy]

Could purge the tutorial section when you clean up the spell section, unless you want backwards comparability in case someone would want to use an older version.
Though I do not see any benefit of not using 1.29, at all.

I am slightly concerned about the version numbers though.
My guess is that all current spells will work on 1.29, but not all 1.29 spells will work on older versions.
Would it not possibly be discouraging to download a resource that was made for 1.21?
I would consider re-compiling my submissions just to get the 1.29 tag, which is fine because I do not have too many of them.
But for those that have a lot of them.. ouch.

 

[Ralle]

I can add filters that simply say 'Editor Version' or 'Produced in Version' and you can select from a dropdown or something. It would give people the option.