2P Archon Bonus Campaign Founding of Durotar

[Sentienl101]

ok one I don't understand how to load the file onto the game. meaning where do I put the W3X files at. and second how do I get the load codes for each hero since they didn't come with the download. do I have to launch it for them to generate?

 

[deepstrasz]

ok one I don't understand how to load the file onto the game. meaning where do I put the W3X files at. and second how do I get the load codes for each hero since they didn't come with the download. do I have to launch it for them to generate?

Maybe this campaign thread explains it better Beyond the Dark Portal (1p/2p)
The maps are put in the game's Maps folder which is under c:\users\documents\Warcraft III\Maps for post 1.28 versions.
Read the description of this map thread as it says the codes appear when heroes are going from one map to another. Then read how to load them. Note that this is not technically a campaign so maps have to be started one after the other manually.

 

[KorDimon]

Well in 2020 is there some news about new chapters?

 

[Xetanth87]

Well in 2020 is there some news about new chapters?

Maybe I'll continue in summer but I doubt it

 

[Lasse Johansen]

Hi, just wondering.. Do you know how to change the heroes? Been trying to do it forever. Heroes always transition back (Rexxar reset to default if I changed him/his abilities and enter Tunnels etc). Wanna try something like a Blademaster instead, since i love this map. Anyway sick job on this

 

[Mr. Aonir]

Maybe I'll continue in summer but I doubt it

Any progress?

 

[Xetanth87]

Any progress?

I have a busy life, so I won't finish it for the forseeable future.

 

[Mr. Aonir]

Oh.. That's sad..

 

[Zethh]

Does this still work for re-forged? (With original graphics of course)

 

[Ravager16829]

Does this still work for re-forged? (With original graphics of course)

Currently, this campaign has been tested on 1.30+. If you want to play the campaign on Reforged, you might want try this (although it doesn't contain Bonus campaign):
2 Player Campaign (SD and HD)

 

[Xetanth87]

Does this still work for re-forged? (With original graphics of course)

I tried it and it worked on Reforged! Make sure to use classic graphics! Though it might still work with Reforged graphics.

 

[Blood Raven]

I tried it, works on Reforged with the HD graphics (Nazgrel looks like a potato tho, and possibly anything else that uses an imported model), and the recolored creeps/buildings look a little weird. The big problem is that Reforged no longer allows for save games in multiplayer, so this is pretty much unplayable once you reach a zone transfer.

Any ideas on how to work around this? I thought of pausing the main game (on Durotar) and launching a second copy of Reforged to host the submaps, but this causes the first client to disconnect from battlenet. So unless you got 2 computers with 2 blizzard accounts and 2 copies of Refoged PER PLAYER, I don't see how this could be done.

 

[Xetanth87]

I tried it, works on Reforged with the HD graphics (Nazgrel looks like a potato tho, and possibly anything else that uses an imported model), and the recolored creeps/buildings look a little weird. The big problem is that Reforged no longer allows for save games in multiplayer, so this is pretty much unplayable once you reach a zone transfer.

Any ideas on how to work around this? I thought of pausing the main game (on Durotar) and launching a second copy of Reforged to host the submaps, but this causes the first client to disconnect from battlenet. So unless you got 2 computers with 2 blizzard accounts and 2 copies of Refoged PER PLAYER, I don't see how this could be done.

Yep. They removed the saving of multiplayer games, which makes this campaign unplayable in Reforged. Maybe you can save the game if one of the player disconnects? Though I'm not sure if you can start a game from a save in Reforged (you probably can't as I don't think they would let you do that if you aren't allowed to save).

@TheSpoon, the creator of the 2P Campaigns is making his own version of this campaign, where instead of saving the maps manually before transitions, he tries to recreate the state of the map based on the input code

 

[Blood Raven]

Yep. They removed the saving of multiplayer games, which makes this campaign unplayable in Reforged. Maybe you can save the game if one of the player disconnects? Though I'm not sure if you can start a game from a save in Reforged (you probably can't as I don't think they would let you do that if you aren't allowed to save).

@TheSpoon, the creator of the 2P Campaigns is making his own version of this campaign, where instead of saving the maps manually before transitions, he tries to recreate the state of the map based on the input code

Nope, I tried playing alone on LAN and it still wouldn't let me save.
Would it be impossible to just cram all of the maps into one giant map, or is there not enough space for this? It would make everything so much simpler, even if some zones might look a little different due to tileset limitations, this can be worked around with imported custom models of cliffs and custom terrain and whatnot.

EDIT: According to this calculator, all the maps from the first chapter (including their boundary zones) can fit inside a 288x288 map. This is far from the maximum map size of 480x480, so I think the other chapters can fit in their own giant maps too. What are their individual map dimensions?

The trouble really is the tileset limitations, because only for the first chapter you have Barrens, Ashenvale, Sunken Ruins and Underground, and all make heavy use of their own cliff textures. It's gonna be tough to recreate them using one single tileset. It's a shame the tileset restrictions are still in place in reforged, texture memory is not a limiting factor anymore, Blizzard could have easily allowed us to use ALL of the tilesets in one map.

 

[Xetanth87]

Nope, I tried playing alone on LAN and it still wouldn't let me save.
Would it be impossible to just cram all of the maps into one giant map, or is there not enough space for this? It would make everything so much simpler, even if some zones might look a little different due to tileset limitations, this can be worked around with imported custom models of cliffs and custom terrain and whatnot.

EDIT: According to this calculator, all the maps from the first chapter (including their boundary zones) can fit inside a 288x288 map. This is far from the maximum map size of 480x480, so I think the other chapters can fit in their own giant maps too. What are their individual map dimensions?

The trouble really is the tileset limitations, because only for the first chapter you have Barrens, Ashenvale, Sunken Ruins and Underground, and all make heavy use of their own cliff textures. It's gonna be tough to recreate them using one single tileset. It's a shame the tileset restrictions are still in place in reforged, texture memory is not a limiting factor anymore, Blizzard could have easily allowed us to use ALL of the tilesets in one map.

Porting all the submaps into the main map is an interesting idea, but it is very difficult, because of terrain, triggers and custom units. And it will not give a faithful experience of the original maps.

Until Blizzard reenables multiplayer saving and creating games from saves, you should follow @TheSpoon's progress on his version

 

[Blood Raven]

Porting all the submaps into the main map is an interesting idea, but it is very difficult, because of terrain, triggers and custom units. And it will not give a faithful experience of the original maps.

Until Blizzard reenables multiplayer saving and creating games from saves, you should follow @TheSpoon's progress on his version

Dunno, I'm not a mapmaker, but it does sound easier to get a good terrainer to recreate the non-barrens zones with custom doodads than script a code that saves the state of an entire map.

Anyway, I tried this map with 1.27 (the last version with reliable multiplayer saves lol) and it works wonderfully. Will definitely be playing this through with my brother. Are there any plans for chapters 2 and 3? I think they're worth making, because people can enjoy them with older versions of the game, and Blizzard will (presumably) fix MP saves sometime in the future (I hope lol), so they will be playable in Reforged too.

 

[deepstrasz]

Dunno, I'm not a mapmaker,

But you do have maps made by you in your Resources tab.

 

[Blood Raven]

The last reforged patch added back the functionality to save/load multiplayer games. Has anyone tried if this map works well with it?

 

[Noxiuss]

Hello. Me and my brother downloaded the campaign and from the start it went smooth... until we completed the mission in Thunder Ridge and were heading back to Durotar. We saved the codes for both the mission and our hero's but when when he tried to load the game it doesn't load for him. Any advice?

 

[Xetanth87]

Hello. Me and my brother downloaded the campaign and from the start it went smooth... until we completed the mission in Thunder Ridge and were heading back to Durotar. We saved the codes for both the mission and our hero's but when when he tried to load the game it doesn't load for him. Any advice?

By load the game do you mean create a custom game from the save? I haven't tried that in Reforged so I'm not sure if it works properly

 

[Noxiuss]

By load the game do you mean create a custom game from the save? I haven't tried that in Reforged so I'm not sure if it works properly

No, we aren't playing on reforged. We found wc3 with patch 1.27 which works perfectly fine. I meant it says save a game by that and that name and load it. But the thing is when we go to load game only i am able to play enter, there isn't a spot for him. We both have saved the previous chapter and have the codes for our hero's but still nothing. What could be the issue?

 

[Xetanth87]

No, we aren't playing on reforged. We found wc3 with patch 1.27 which works perfectly fine. I meant it says save a game by that and that name and load it. But the thing is when we go to load game only i am able to play enter, there isn't a spot for him. We both have saved the previous chapter and have the codes for our hero's but still nothing. What could be the issue?

Never tried it in 1.27, but I made it in 1.30. Didn't know you can play 1.30 maps in 1.27. I think you should play in 1.30 or 1.31