Apocalypse Day v2.4d

[Moderator]

18:30, 23rd Jun 2008
Septimus:

According to the mini moderator DevineArmy review, this map seems can be approve with no further test been done on it.

 

[AntoMarc]

good map i like it 9.5/10

 

[ady_illidan]

after 2 weeks of working A-Day 2.21 was released
now a lot more balanced

 

[RoughneckLeader]

Its a good map. I won't rate it yet, though (not enough testing).

 

[Arthas_92]

awesome map dude!!!
im a huge fan of DotA and D-Day!!!
and now i will add this one to my personal favourites!
keep working on these! good work! 10/10

 

[ady_illidan]

thx dude!
i will continue to work on it as much as my free time allows me

 

[Fyren67]

This is so good the best map i ever play!!!
good work ady_illidan this is my favorit map.
if you do some more of this map's plz tell me
10/10 very good

 

[ady_illidan]

version 2.22 released. now with a new terrain

 

[ady_illidan]

Released version 2.3a
More comments are welcomed!

 

[Arthas_92]

nice! where can i see the updated stuff u have added to this version?

 

[ady_illidan]

Version 2.3a changes:

-terrain changed on Heroes region
-removed Hero Removal mode due to a major bug that couldn't be fixed
-removed 1 Guard/Watch Tower from the middle corridor
-fixed a bug with leaver players
-remade item switching system
-modified selection scale for some buildings
-further reduced map size with ~100kb.

at top of the page

 

[Arthas_92]

at top of the page

k thx!!!

 

[Devine]

this should be moderated soon T_T
i know what il do it )
i cant believe im alreadt playing 40 minuts T_T first oppinion: wicked!

review
- make AI script
- needs more strong artifacts
- life ender is ... to TO strong for one hero so defenatly make AI script

Approved

but fix those 2 things (third doesn't realy count )

 

[ady_illidan]

thanks for your comment ^^
a lot of people told me to make AI. i will try to make one, but isn't too simple. maybe next month
you want more artifacts?? i will make something like the War Shop with 2 pages
i know the life enders are too strong for one player. it's supposed to be killed by more players

 

[ReGnerA]

this is a very nice map especially the terrain, love the heavy equipment, its so uber! as for the artifacts, they needa be better cause lumber isnt taht easy to come by, for example i would rather buy a heavy weapon level 2 then get the highest costly artifact :/

but overall i love this map

4.99999/5

PS. i played this map myself and i tottaly owned the life eaters i was the only player

 

[ady_illidan]

thanks!
artifacts aren't so expensive, if you really want to buy one then change your gold into lumber. the most expensive artifact is Armageddon, that one is meant to be bought after 40-50 min of playing when you have about 200-300 dmg.
PS: they are Life Enders not Life Eaters . depends also what type of hero you have. if you have one for beginners then you can easily kill the Life Enders.

 

[cHeRoL]

I like the map but is too colored.(texts)

 

[ady_illidan]

lol, first time i hear this ;D

 

[Arthas_92]

r u thinking making an update???
not because i found gliches or stuff but just because there could be stuff to repaired...i dunno...lool

 

[ady_illidan]

of course. saturday
you will see what i will add

 

[Arthas_92]

k thx!!!

 

[ady_illidan]

version 2.3b released; has some major changes:

Version 2.3b changes:

-new system added, now the host can choose the tileset at the beginning, giving a random terrain every time you play the map
-now the host can also be player 3 if player 1 is not playing
-new Hero added, the Undead Firecaller (Dark Forces)
-every 2 agility points (3 points before) increase movement speed by 1
-changed "Purchase item" text with "Acquire item" to all items
-rearranged items in some shops.

 

[AntoMarc]

I must say its awesome !!! this version is very good 10/10 GJ Ady

 

[Kill3rbeast]

Hi ady_illidan,

i have to say this is a nice map and its still nice made! I have just one suggestion about the think gain gold by killing. Why you don't make it this way: You get gold for the damage you do to an enemy and not for killing it! That avoids the problem of kill stealing and each hero get really that gold he worked for! Maybe give gold for both killing and make dmg or somethink like this... For making dmg to heroes give more gold like making dmg to units and if you want to use both reduce surly the gold for killing a unit etc. Just think about that for next version.

A map with this idea that works really good is Age of Myths ... i think you know that map XD.

Kepp working!!

Greetings
Kill3rbeast

 

[ady_illidan]

Hi ady_illidan,

i have to say this is a nice map and its still nice made! I have just one suggestion about the think gain gold by killing. Why you don't make it this way: You get gold for the damage you do to an enemy and not for killing it! That avoids the problem of kill stealing and each hero get really that gold he worked for! Maybe give gold for both killing and make dmg or somethink like this...

A map with this idea that works really good is Age of Myths ... i think you know that map XD.

Kepp working!!

Greetings
Kill3rbeast

i'll think about it. i will need a very complex jass system to detect damage dealt.
i've heard about AoM but i never played. i will look at it soon.

thanks for your comment!

 

[Kill3rbeast]

You can download Age of Myths here:

Hidden

http://gamingcraft.net/data/AoMSERev1.02.w3x

And how to detect dmg you can see here:

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[Tutorial] Damage Shown and Modifications - The Helper Forums

 

[ady_illidan]

whoa, a GUI tutorial
thx again

 

[StaberFire]

Your description makes this map sound invigorating, but unfortunately, wc3 has uninstalled itself on my computer and I have to wait a while before I can play it again.

I will most deffinitely download this and test it out, I'm psyched to see how it is.

 

[maplover]

wow man i tried your map....its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
one of the best ever made in the world
keep up the good work!

 

[ady_illidan]

wow man i tried your map....its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
one of the best ever made in the world
keep up the good work!

lol, thanks ^^

 

[Arthas_92]

hi ady_illidan!! its been a while hum???
just let me remember u the idea of kill3rbeast of gaining gold by damaging the enemy and not by killing it (or if u want both)
cause as kill3rbeast said, age of myths is a great map with this kind of idea!
just think about it! CYA!!! and i still think that A-Day is great!!!

 

[ady_illidan]

i'm pretty busy these days so i dont think i will make that kind of system very soon
but i guess i will add it some time

EDIT: i have found a damage system (JASS) in less than 1 hour ^^
from the next version you will get gold on each attack (20% damage will be converted in gold)

thanks for this suggestion to Kill3rbeast

 

[StaberFire]

Stop torturing me with all these sweet updates. D;

I'm itching to play this game!

 

[ady_illidan]

ok. so here it is:

Version 2.3f changes:

-some UI changes
-new system added: from now on you will receive gold based per damage dealt, so everytime you attack an enemy 20% of your damage dealt will be converted into gold; the lumber is still received in the old way, just by killing the enemy
-improved Illidan's Blood Light spell
-changed Heroes movement speed
-changed some buildings facing angle.

 

[worms577]

good map, but can you upgrade the landscape.
4/5

 

[ady_illidan]

i forgot to put the change log. read it here:

Version 2.4a changes:

-fixed a bug with Town Portal item
-increased number of powerups
-fixed a bug with Inner Rage and Dreadload spells
-now the Defence Walls can be more easily selected
-the passages between corridors will be closed automatically every x seconds
-each force has now 2 hidden towers in their base preventing enemies to come too close to the enemy's base
-added 3 single player commands (look in map info)
-added the -disablemusic command
-added the -nofog command
-added the -gold: +### player_number command (gives ### gold to an ally; works like the resource sharing; you can give between 10 and 9999 gold. example: "-gold: +345 2", "-gold: +2650 7")
-added the -lumber: +## player_number command (gives ## lumber to an ally; works like the resource sharing; you can give between 1 and 999 lumber. example: "-lumber: +31 4". "-lumber: +7 5")

 

[Sergeant Ray]

Dude, amazing map! The models, Icons, even plot was unbelievable! The textures were perfect. Can tell you took your time. Don't ever give this up. 5/5

 

[ady_illidan]

thx man ^^

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

I haven't actually tried the map yet, (I'm about to) but if you give gold for damaging, you might want to give gold for healing (or at least, healing allies, (not yourself)). I'm guessing that some heroes are more support than damage dealers, so only giving them money for damaging might leave them at a disadvantage. It couldn't be 20% with healing though, that would be a bit too much, but 1-5% might be good.

(Now I'm off to play)

 

[ady_illidan]

it will be more complicated to give gold for healing also. it is just the unit takes damage event. what event to use?

in mid and late game your hero should have +300 dmg. you can gather gold very fast and easy, even for healers.

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

Yea, I just finished playing the game. You're right about getting gold, it should be fine. I do like how you don't get gold for attacking heroes, it adds an element of choice, which is better, which is more worth it currently (harass the hero, or get gold)

I did find one bug

The (human side) archer
She has an ability that gives her + stats while it's active
but if you let it run her mana out, it turns off and she keeps the stats (no mana cost anymore) also, if you leave it like that then level it up, you can turn it back on. It will keep the old stat boost and add your new one (run that to the ground and you can keep both stat gains without using mana). If you do this for all the levels you are left with a crazy huge stat boost which cost no mana.

A periodic check to see if the buff is on would probably solve this problem.

Good luck, it's a great map. I plan to host this often.

 

[ady_illidan]

thx for reporting that spell bug
i will fix it in next version

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

Another bug, the undead archer's headshot ability is broken. I'm guessing that you gave it a giant crit multiplier. I'm currently playing with a friend, testing the game out, and he just got 60k gold from a head shot.

Just a tiny bug that could be fixed.

Possible fixes,

(trigger)
Any time a unit attacks
unit = undead ranger
unit has ability = (headshot ability)
then do a random number and check it for the % you need
If true, kill attacked unit and give ( 20% attacked unit's current hp) gold to attacking player

You might want to make the attacking and attacker unit into variables that you get rid of (not sure about leaks)


Or (I don't know how your gold system works but you might be able to modify it so it doesn't give more gold then 20% of the life the unit actually has (so a killing crit wouldn't give the massive gold) The Tiger Samurai also has a nice crit which is overpowered as well with the gold system, though not nearly as much.

I still love the gold gain system.

(Now, to continue the game)



Oooh, another

When you're a melee hero and buy the orb that only ranged can use, it takes the money, doesn't give the orb and doesn't give the money back.
You might want a refund trigger.

 

[Sergeant Ray]

FYI, I directed some of my friends here, This map truely is a masterpiece.

 

[ady_illidan]

Sir. Laggalot, you're a great bug finder ^^
i have implemented the bounty system just from the previous version.
some spells need to be fixed, like the headshot ability. if you find more bugs with spells just tell me!
and the orb for melee/ranged isnt a bug, but i may add a refund.

@Sarge: yea, bring everyone you know here

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

I understand that the orb isn't bugged, I was suggesting that it get a refund, but it did seem like I was calling it a bug.

"Oooh, another" problem (is what I meant)

I figured that the money system was new. I'm also fine finding bugs for you, later tonight I'll get together with some friends and really debug it.

 

[worms577]

i found bugs with the undead archer spell : when you revive a unit, she fight, but can't move to the ennemy HQ , and it said the cost will decrease withs level, but the cost increase : 160.180.200.220.
But it's a great map.

oh, and the bomb of the Undead Firecaller is a big **** ^^.

 

[ady_illidan]

oh yea, i forgot to fix the description of that spell
thx for reporting

 

[ady_illidan]

bumpin' da map with da changelog
new version after a pause of 2 months

Version 2.4b changes:

-fixed a bug with Headshot spell (Undead Archer)
-fixed a bug with Dreadload spell (Dreadlord)
-fixed a bug with Black Totem spell (Draenei Punisher)
-decreased Tiger's Strike spell chance from 13% to 10%
-new spell added: Mortal Arrow (Undead Archer)
-new spell added: Phoenix Fire (Undead Blood Mage)
-new tileset added: Lordaeron Summer
-added a message that displays when one of your creeps die and shows how many slots you have for hiring creeps
-changed commanders models
-increased commanders damage and decreased attack rate
-increased Castle's/Black Citadel's damage
-changed dragons from Winged Invasion models and changed name of the event (Beast Wreckage)
-changed DDay's event name to Redemption Day
-decreased Cenarius' and Magtheridon's attack rate
-new item added: Gloves of Fury (2x Gloves of Haste)
-added gate models to the Passage Blockers.