Beyond the Dark Portal (1p/2p)

[cleavinghammer]

him/herself: use "themselves" in that case (at least until the English language decides on a single true gender-neutral pronoun).

Map 7
tally -> tarry
got stuck -> were trapped
just began -> just begun
Unless I missed something, Deathwing never identifies himself as Daval Prestor, which is the name the text gives him.
six klicks -> six kilometers. Does Warcraft use metric?
During the flight scene, the black mask sometimes shows up in a corner. Unless Deathwing is the one prophesied to sweep a third of the stars from the sky, in which case he's short six heads and eight horns.
Did Deathwing have a metal jaw back in WII?

Map 9
given how -> given that
his/her -> their
His grandfather was a panda? That explains so much and yet so little.
Perenolde's main room is... I dunno, too big and/or empty. Also you should use floor textures that don't keep jumping all over the place.
Deathwing should be visible if Perenolde can see him.
Needs more sounds of screaming, offscreen destruction and Deathwing plowing his way through the base.

 

[tulee]

him/herself: use "themselves" in that case (at least until the English language decides on a single true gender-neutral pronoun).

Map 7
tally -> tarry
got stuck -> were trapped
just began -> just begun
Unless I missed something, Deathwing never identifies himself as Daval Prestor, which is the name the text gives him.
six klicks -> six kilometers. Does Warcraft use metric?
During the flight scene, the black mask sometimes shows up in a corner. Unless Deathwing is the one prophesied to sweep a third of the stars from the sky, in which case he's short six heads and eight horns.
Did Deathwing have a metal jaw back in WII?

Map 9
given how -> given that
his/her -> their
His grandfather was a panda? That explains so much and yet so little.
Perenolde's main room is... I dunno, too big and/or empty. Also you should use floor textures that don't keep jumping all over the place.
Deathwing should be visible if Perenolde can see him.
Needs more sounds of screaming, offscreen destruction and Deathwing plowing his way through the base.

With regards to the him/herself, I am really stubborn about keeping it the way it is.
Will check what the context of "tally" is, if its related to "do not tarry" I will change it.
Will change "were trapped" and "just begun"
I cannot use kilometers because it is in medieval times.
Daval Prestor is his alter ego when in human form.
The black space during the flight scene is really hard to fix because the camera must be far away to capture the model's enormous size + I cannot "reveal" areas that are so high above the map. Because the background is so black anyway (stars), hopefully it wont be too obvious.
I think he started melding his body with metal during the events of the war of the ancients. But really there is no other model for him even if such metal is not accurate.
Will change "given that", though I need to check because how/that are interchangeable.
Not committing to changing "his/her.
Pandas!
Well the room has a snow globe, so that is enough decoration right? Ha-ha.
Floor textures is due to me being too stupid when it comes to making indoor scenes.
Deathwing not being visible/ not so much screaming/destruction is what stimulates the imagination because it leaves the readers to wonder.
When you beat map 10, let me know so I can give you the map11 with all cinematics unlocked.

 

[cleavinghammer]

Klicks is a modern term, which is even worse.

Map 10

Intro cutscene: the the human's navy -> the humans' navy
Bonechewer should be capitalized (bonechewer halfwit, etc.)
Otters. The ogres are afraid of otters.
Liquid elemental hint:
* most power -> most powerful
* without reloading -> without restarting or without ragequitting
Bandit cutscene: diminshing -> diminishing
Spellcaster building can be built before getting spellcasters.
Winged Nightmare gets a new unit message, Dragonspawn Hound does not. Also, shouldn't that one be named?
Does Nefarious Essence increase ally regeneration (research tooltip) or decrease enemy regeneration (ability tooltip)?
Tagar ended up permastunned at one point, possibly as a result of his ultimate and possibly as a result of Proudmoore's AoE stun. Unless this is part of the challenge of insane difficulty.
Bandit Outlaws is redundant.
Ogre sidequest:
** Ogre pit needs pathing blockers.
** Buckets are named Bucket Full of Water(1) and (2).
** The first water doodad should be raised up instead of adding another one, which remains visible. Also the second is visibly floating in the air.
Earth Boost buff is still called Inner Fire and says it raises armor.
Managed to neutralize Proudmoore's base without even touching the bandits, did I miss any loot?

Second part of the mission:
At least show Fenris throwing a wave at the lighthouse, right now it just looks like he has explosion powers.
I'm aware this is going to sound like nitpicking, but the terrain is... I dunno, lacking something that makes it truly look "underwatery". Maybe if you could lower the animation speeds on the heroes and add more swaying seaweed, more shells, more small crabs and fish...
Moray doesn't show up in Fog of War.
The ship should have more barrels in it, for a more nautical look.
Sqaurepants -> Squarepants. Man, I heard they'd taken the jackassery levels up in later seasons, but this...
End cutscene:
* deactivate -> open
* There should be a splashing water effect when they reappear.

 

[tulee]

Yea but most people do not know what klicks mean, whereas kilometres most people will immediately recognise.
"humans' navy","Bonechewer", "most powerful, "without restarting", "diminishing", will all be changed.
Will make the building unable until/if ogres are unlocked.
Dragonspawn gets its message if you unlock them via the optional quest in Deathwing's mission (map08).
I will consider changing the name to the dragon's real name, its just that I reduced that character's role to nothing compared to the book, and he won't appear anywhere else.
Will change nefarious essence tooltip to reducing enemy life region.
In theory, if Tagar is stunned while doing his ult, he might actually get perms stunned. Not sure how to avoid that. But I thought I gave Proudmoore the AOE clap, not thunderbolt. I will check it.
Bandit Outlaws is basically the same word ha-ha.
I don't want bathing blockers as Fenris can then jump into the pit and use his liquid spell on the humans without getting damaged by melee.
Will change names to "small bucket of water" and "big bucket of water".
The water doodad is hard to change because I would need to add more to make it realistic, and I mean even though it looks silly now I don't think its too bad.
I thought I fixed that earth boost issue, will go back and check again.
You will gain/lose nothing from killing bandits or proundmoore. (except if the bandits die, dark green attacks you full force.

I tried to have Fenris use liquid elemental on the light house, but its a cinematic disaster trying since it won't ever stop right on the light house (the elemental), so i settle for an explosion.
Yea, I know the seabed doesn't look like its underwater. I can add more doodads but the thing is without a huge amount of effort it will still look like normal ground but in a water colour fog.
What do you mean Moray eel doesn't show up in fog?
I cannot add barrels since the ground texture of the boat is actually units.
"SquarePants"--- will change the spelling, though in the wikipedia file for it the P is capitalised.
I will check on "deactivate" on its context.
Well I made the sound of the water elemental dying when they pop up, so that should be enough ha-ha.

 

[cleavinghammer]

...Yes, that's what redundant means. Just Bandits or Outlaws is better.

As in, if you leave the area, the eel and the rocks it's hiding in disappear, only the CoP remains visible.

 

[Olorin]

Good effort but the models all look terrible, you should have kept more of the vanilla models, especially for the orcs...

Also the cinematics are wayyyy too long and kill the pace, making it very tempting to skip them all..

Can't rate it higher than 2/5 :/

 

[Jamir]

'Grats on your campaign's release man! I like the description and wow, that's a lot of playable characters. Nice!

 

[cleavinghammer]

Further notes on the first two:

Map 3:
Collar says gnomish writing, should probably be goblin.
Salamander sometimes casts Rain of Fire from behind the wall.
Grom costs nothing to revive.

Map 4:
While I get that Kurdran being an actual flyer would break the map, he should be targeted as flying and have his collision set to 0.
Plugg's hero name is "Level 1 Tinker - saved trap"
KUrdran's Lightning Field tooltip implies the AoE is centered on him rather than targeting an area.
Boss code... You sure it's the right one?

Map 11:
Intro cutscene:
* Not sure if civil war is the right term, since it's known that Alterac sided with the orcs.
* Alliance not capitalized.
* Perenolde isn't mentioned by name.
Loaded the codes from the text files and got heroes with the right levels and abilities, but Danath had the Sand Worm Hide (from the first orc mission) and Kurdran had no items.
... Num Lock? Do we meet his friends Ctrl and Qwerty later?
Graphics bug: A gear symbol replaces the attack pointer (it becomes a red dagger when over an enemy unit and green for helpful spells). Also one of the monks ended up with a crossbow attached to his foot, but that's a Warcraft bug, I've seen it on other maps.

 

[tulee]

Further notes on the first two:

Map 3:
Collar says gnomish writing, should probably be goblin.
Salamander sometimes casts Rain of Fire from behind the wall.
Grom costs nothing to revive.

Map 4:
While I get that Kurdran being an actual flyer would break the map, he should be targeted as flying and have his collision set to 0.
Plugg's hero name is "Level 1 Tinker - saved trap"
KUrdran's Lightning Field tooltip implies the AoE is centered on him rather than targeting an area.
Boss code... You sure it's the right one?

Map 11:
Intro cutscene:
* Not sure if civil war is the right term, since it's known that Alterac sided with the orcs.
* Alliance not capitalized.
* Perenolde isn't mentioned by name.
Loaded the codes from the text files and got heroes with the right levels and abilities, but Danath had the Sand Worm Hide (from the first orc mission) and Kurdran had no items.
... Num Lock? Do we meet his friends Ctrl and Qwerty later?
Graphics bug: A gear symbol replaces the attack pointer (it becomes a red dagger when over an enemy unit and green for helpful spells). Also one of the monks ended up with a crossbow attached to his foot, but that's a Warcraft bug, I've seen it on other maps.

Will change to goblin writing.
Salamander will acquire anything in its are aggro radius.
All player 2 heroes have 0 gold/limber cost since in 2p mode it forces play1 to give resources via f10, but compensation is revive time is doubled for the player 2's heroes.
Kurdran's flying status probably not going to be changed.
I will check his tooltip.
Will rename to Plugg.
Boss code should be "E"

I changed all "horde" and "alliance" to non capitals after agonising about it for many weeks, all maps after map 10 I think are all noncapitalized during cinematic.
Num lock = number warlock
I will check the gear graphics.

Can you tell me what spells you had on both heroes, and what slots you had the artefacts on? (guessing no other items except those 2)
I works for me, but I will test it and send you the code I get based on your spell levels and item slots for the artefact items.

 

[cleavinghammer]

Huh. Going by the others I though it'd be H for sure.

Danath had 1 Sudden Charge, 3 Fury, 1 Inner Strength.

Kurdran had 1 Lightning Field, 2 Orb, 2 Surge.

Can't remember what slots they were in, but I gave Danath the attack-speed boosting one and Kurdran the Intelligence boosting one.

Here's the code:

Hidden

function PreloadFiles takes nothing returns nothing

call Preload( "

Danath Trollbane
-load E5Gv-B04z-FnNL-zVLA-MA

Kurdran Wildhammer
-load E5Gv-B05M-pTph-Shd^-7C
" )
call PreloadEnd( 0.0 )

endfunction

In this case you'll need to capitalize them, or suffer many a grammar nazi pointing it out, over and over and over.

 

[tulee]

Ok, so I just tested it on map 4. The heroes reload fine into that with those skills and items. I will check map 11.

Screenshot

 

[cleavinghammer]

Retried it, still doesn't work.

 

[tulee]

I am sending you the code for your items/spells now. I will look into it. It is interested it loads the orc item, since both of the missions have those orc items ingame (for 04, rex/grom wearing them, and the same for 11).

Edit: Sent

Edit2: I understand why the save issue is occurring. I might need to post all the codes for legendary items for heroes before map 13, since that is when I added all of them, whereas pre-map13 they are all copy pastes, which means their item code is different.

[General] - Changing Item Raw Code

 

[cleavinghammer]

Map 11:
The first Gryphon Knight on the sidequest drops a Greater Healing rune, the group after drops a Lesser, they should be switched.
Maybe give Danath increased regeneration while his Storming Flame is active, I've seen him drop from 300 to 6 HP once the extra strength fades without seeing combat.
So Perenolde hired a night elf and high elf?

 

[tulee]

Map 11:
The first Gryphon Knight on the sidequest drops a Greater Healing rune, the group after drops a Lesser, they should be switched.
Maybe give Danath increased regeneration while his Storming Flame is active, I've seen him drop from 300 to 6 HP once the extra strength fades without seeing combat.
So Perenolde hired a night elf and high elf?

The stronger heal rune is first because the first group is the hardest to beat. The second group is only strong if you don't use cleric's antimagic to prevent the mass stun/armour reduction.

Danath with increased hp regen would become as strong as deathwing. He needs to have a cooldown or he will kill everything. Once you get to the "base building" part of the mission, you will see at lvl 10 with orb of fire, he reachs 6000 hp. Once you hit lvl 14, the berserk spell + storming flame will allow him to become invincible.

Number Warlock is just a dark skinned elf.

 

[cleavinghammer]

Map 11: Ugh. I hate timed defense missions, and this one is no exception.

Gray base needs an item shop.
Undead reinforcements spawn every 20 seconds or so. Even this would be tolerable if the other bases' waves could be weakened (for example, by leaving the central building invulnerable and leaving the specialist-spawning buildings killable) so there wouldn't be situations like facing 4 catapults at the same time when you have no fliers and no siege, and giving something to do other than wait for the next wave.
The player's food supply is not located within their base, and their base is not inside the gray one.
Ending cutscene:
* Do no not see -> Do you not see
* existance -> existence
Turalyon's icon is deeply disturbing. Isn't there a less deformed-looking one?

 

[tulee]

Map 11: Ugh. I hate timed defense missions, and this one is no exception.

Gray base needs an item shop.
Undead reinforcements spawn every 20 seconds. Even this would be tolerable if the other bases' waves could be weakened (for example, by leaving the central building invulnerable and leaving the specialist-spawning buildings killable) so there wouldn't be situations like facing 4 catapults at the same time when you have no fliers and no siege. And giving something to do other than wait for the next wave.
The player's food supply is not located within their base, and their base is not inside the gray one.
Ending cutscene:
* Do no not see -> Do you not see
* existance -> existence
Turalyon's icon is deeply disturbing. Isn't there a less deformed-looking one?

Playing a 2p map single player will always be hard

Green's forces are the ones that present the biggest threat on insane. If they wipe out pinks defenses, they will overwhelm grey. Luckily you have 2 OP heroes. Did you get the artifacts btw?
Players food being outside means you need to help defend pink. You also need to strategically allow one of them to die, so the enemy can start attacking grey.
Well its a defense mission, so all you can do is wait for the next wave.
Will fix spelling errors.
That icon is his warcraft 2 icon. Dentarg/Teron use theirs, so i felt the main alliance heroes should use their wc2 icons also.

 

[cleavinghammer]

Yes, i got the artifacts. Out of curiosity, loaded their codes in the first mission. The artifacts were replaced by the items in the mission: Door Fragment and Catapult Manual for Kurdran, Blood Key and Mining Pick for Danath, but he'd kept his orb of fire, lost a scroll of regeneration and potion of mana and gained a healing potion.

That is his WC2 icon. The icon that appears at the continue/quit menu (once the final cutscene ends), when you see the icons for every hero on the left side of the screen does not look like that, it looks like a screenshot of his portrait and looks wrong, as do most WC3 models when seen from too close.

 

[tulee]

Yes, i got the artifacts. Out of curiosity, loaded their codes in the first mission. The artifacts were replaced by the items in the mission: Door Fragment and Catapult Manual for Kurdran, Blood Key and Mining Pick for Danath, but he'd kept his orb of fire, lost a scroll of regeneration and potion of mana and gained a healing potion.

That is his WC2 icon. The icon that appears at the continue/quit menu (once the final cutscene ends), when you see the icons for every hero on the left side of the screen does not look like that, it looks like a screenshot of his portrait and looks wrong, as do most WC3 models when seen from too close.

I am remaking the save system. I know what the issue is. I will give you codes for everything pre-mission 12 before you test a mission that needs them based on what you remember you had.


I did not know that about the icon. But the best thing on hive i could find was this, which also looked bad.

BTNHumanWarlord

 

[cleavinghammer]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH IT'S LOOKING AT MEEEEEEEE

Yes. Exactly. Ugh.

Maybe just use the Arthas icon? It's not like it'll be needed for him.

 

[Super Babe]

How come the 8th map is just booty bay?

 

[Daffa]

Would you mind to provide the 8th map? It's been a month and there has been no certainty on the missing map.

If not, are you okay to have this set to Awaiting Update?
It will automatically back to Pending once you get the 8th map ready and will be re-moderated properly.

 

[tulee]

Yea, feel free to set to awaiting update. I think Deepstrasz will wait until I post the first 16 maps anyway.

 

[Re uben]

Hey men, sorry just want to ask what is the code for all HORDE hero ? By the way where is map number 8, the one where we enter Sargeras TOMB ?!

 

[tulee]

(I am posting this assuming players reading this have already played the missions and got stuck with bugged items. If you have not played the maps, you can ignore everything in this post).

Ok, so, if you have not saved any items--- you can ignore this, since the previous save system worked fine for saving the hero levels and abilities. If you had any shop items/artifact items while playing maps 1-11, then the codes you have are broken and can result in bugs if you load the wrong items into a map.

From map 1-11 there are 6 playable missions with saving (Hint: map 08 is not included since it is a bonus map): map 3, map 4, map 6, map 10 and map 11.

I will post the codes for these maps with un-chosen hero abilities ( so you can re choose what you picked ), and the artifact items you would have if you beat the optional bosses, not no additional shop items. These are the codes you would get after beating each map (So the codes for map 04, for example, will load what you would get if you had beaten map 04).

(The one exception is map 11--- For that, I also give you an orb of fire, since it is needed for Danath).


Every time I post the codes for maps, it means those maps have been fixed and already updated on the map file for the campaign. I will be removing all the codes from this post after 1 month, so you should have enough time to write them down.

Codes

Update
All maps have been updated. Additionally, I now have posted all the correct save codes in the hidden BB tag above. These codes will be removed in 1 month.

Update2
More than 1 month has passed. Codes removed.

 

[Daffa]

Set to Substandard on Author's Request.

@tulee feel free to request for a re-moderation once it's ready

 

[tulee]

Update: Maps 8, 12, 13, 14,and 16 are done, with just music/fixing first boss fight /cleave hammer bug finding to be completed. With the exception of map 15, which I cannot complete for various reasons right now, that constitutes the entire 'Azeorth Side/Part 1 of the campaign. Because of problems with map 8, I will end up releasing all future maps on the latest versions. There are just not enough player slots for what I want to accomplish on each map, and now that I am adding an optional computer slot that either player 2 can use, or if you are playing alone/your friend hates controlling bases you can set it to be controlled by the AI, there are just not enough slots. Since the work arounds I have used are too complicated for me to actually undo, I won't actually be using more than 12 slots for these maps, so it should be playable on versions lower than 1.29, but in the future when I come across a situation where I need more slots, I will just choose to start using the extra 12 slots that the newer versions provide, which will 100% exclude players using lower versions. It has also been too much time wasted each time I keep switching from 1.28, which I have been using to make the maps, and the latest version, which I need in order to test with my friend.

In short- I will be posting all future maps on the latest versions, which might exclude players depending on features I use. I will change the map description soon to reflect this change.


Edit1: I summarize key events from map 15 so map 16 will make sense:
-Rexxar/Grom watch a T.V program
-Tagar and Fenris report Ragnok's twisted behaviour back on the Tomb of Sargeras
-Ragnok explains that a shield generator will protect the Warsong clan as they retreast through the portal, since they will be the last clan to return to Draenor (they will be holding off the humans)
-Rexxar sees Ragnok speaking to a mysterious person

 

[cleavinghammer]

... Antonidas has a peasant voice.
I dunno about Kirin Tor Ruler, doesn't he have a more appropriate title? Even Archmage would do.
Revival should be instantaneous.
Undead ogres are too small.
Dragon Overseer (should be Dragonspawn Overseer) has mana but no spells.
Kel'thuzad's current and total health should be in a scoreboard.
Golems:
* Golems should be present as corpses in the hub room.
* Snow Golem needs a model that does, in fact, look to be made of snow.
* Water Golem is on fire.
* If they're fighting undead, the ultimate golem should not be a proto-Abomination.
* Only one type of golem seems to spawn at a time.
* Golems should spawn near Kel'Thuzad as well.
I think assessment should be replaced with test.
Test 4 log shows no examples.

Intro cutscene:
without a doubt -> doubtless
stringest -> stringent
energy the activate -> energy to activate
Camera pans over empty terrain a lot.
Maybe use undead instead of undying (which is more "alive but won't die").

Test 1:
Timestop spell takes too long to be useful, I managed to run Krasus to the boss without needing to use it. Even Antonidas doesn't try to cast it in the end scene. Also, a puzzle based on a random event triggering isn't very good.

Test 2:
... Seriously? After Rexxar murdering a sick orc, we're moving on to killing dwarves while the place is attacked by undead? They couldn't just kill a deer or something and wait in ambush? How is this even a test in the first place?
Wendigos aren't instakilled by the fire spell.

Test 3:
... Boats? The city is besieged by undead and you're fighting evil boats?
Used Antonidas' spell to go to a lower level, which killed both heroes without warning. Lower level should be water.
The unit positioning is completely random, one time it worked while Krasus was off to the side.
Spell range should be longer (should be at least center-lane-to-center-lane); Antonidas keeps moving out of his position because it's too far away for the spell to work with Krasus in front of him. And maybe disable Krasus' attack for this level or give it longer range, he keeps trying to attack the boats.
Boats can be moved with the spell. Including the boss, who somehow ended on the bottom level while Antonidas was on top. I had to bring Krasus back and whosyourdaddy the ship to death because the fire trail didn't kill him the first time. And there really needs to be a way to regenerate health before the boss.
Antonidas' mana regen needs to be much higher, it's entirely possible to run dry moving just him through the area.

Test 4: Puzzle Master:
Camera should snap to the gates once you answer, and the demonstration kick in faster.
1: ... That was a horrible answer and you should be ashamed of yourself. Graaaah.
2: Gates should be closer together, that looks like a sloppy III (\ / I and not \/I).
3: Clever.
4: Good, though it'd be nice to have it fit on a smaller screen/move the camera higher so ou can see the whole thing at once.

Krasus should not have such crappy combat stats once the puzzle part is over.
So what's Antonidas' player supposed to do now?
Give golems a ranged spell or something, because once the spawns are finished there's nothing to do but wait for the boss to inevitably collapse, it might as well go faster.

End cutscene:
Both start moving before the scream is heard (and maybe use a shorter scream).
"realization - dawned on him." -> "realization dawned on him that [...] safe."
Deathwing should not make a mechanical loading sound.
You really need to put narrative text as said by "Narrator", or even no speaker, it breaks immersion to see the author's names.

Plotwise, this one could use a rewrite (even Antonidas recognizes how ridiculous it is).
* Why don't they have the authority to go past the traps?
* The "manipulate energy" thing is a very weak justification at best, especially as it doesn't even show up afterwards.
* The enemies could be replaced with elementals or towers which would work just as well without the weird-ass implications (does Ironforge have a contract with Dalaran where they agree to send some of their own people to be murdered by wizards? Do they send teams of explorers to capture wendigos alive just so they can be killed later? Are murlocs hired to haul ghost ships back to the surface so their tormented souls can be used to test students of magic?).

 

[Daffa]

I set this to Pending, but don't expect a full moderation until the remaining chapter is filled in.

 

[tulee]

I set this to Pending, but don't expect a full moderation until the remaining chapter is filled in.

I don't mind if there is no moderation/review.

Also if anyone is interested, map03 represents an old view of mine to make insane mode extremely challenging. While I have since changed that view, and have made all future maps insane beatable without requiring extreme macro/micro provision, map03 remains with the same as it once was, and I just watched a small section of a 4 part video of 2 guys trying to beat it on insane for over 4 hours until they gave up and chose normal. It really made me smile

Note they disabled music, and many changes have been made since that version (they are playing the first version I released I think or something close to it. Back then cinematic were not skipable, auras appeared on units' heads, etc.).

 

[Arthur123]

hi...im very interested in your map...i have patch 1.27 and i can try it but you have to wait untile tommorow...cause now in iran is night and i cant dl it right now...connection sucks...if you can wait tommorow i will try it and tell you what will happen...ty for waiting

 

[Arthur123]

so yeah...it is working on 1.27

 

[tulee]

Update:

I have uploaded the remaining maps, so the "Azeroth" part is complete.
I am also updating the map description so it will have a guide on suitable difficulty + tips to playing the missions on hard difficulty. I strongly recommend people reading it, since the difficulty changes alot, as it needs to accommodate a large range of player skill (1 person new to warcraft vs. 2 people who have a strong command of warcraft mechanics).

Notes about the missions just added
Map12--
The boss fight requires my friends, who will be back in a few months, to finish the voice acting, so the boss fight + the ending cinematic have been disabled. Right now, when you complete the RTS part of the map, you will be given a code that will allow you to skip up to that point. There are no artifacts obtainable on this map, so just make sure you put the items you want in the top left and right slots of the heroes (slot1 and slot2).

Map14--
This is the first map where I introduce teams that you can choose to have controlled by AI, or have control given to both human players. This is so the 2nd player has the choice to have a base to control, while single players can relax by having it be controlled by the AI. I will add this to all future missions as well (already implemented in map 15). Keep in mind, if you are playing insane, you almost need to control it manually, since the AI will never coordinate with you as well as a human player can.

Map15--
I am trialing a "puzzle" section at the start of every map starting with map15. Everything, including music/loading/difficulty are disabled until you beat the puzzle. If you were able to solve map13 puzzles, and can think outside of the box, you should be fine solving it.
Also note that Grom having his fade back spell costing 1 mana is not a bug. I will soon change map03 to have the same thing, since it is a useless spell except for dodging missiles in the planned boss fight for Rexxar/Grom, so at least until then you can use it to trigger Grom's passive spell.


Edit1: Just a reminder, it is very important to play music when playing the maps. Even if you do not care about the atmosphere the music creates, if you want to listen to dialogue, then you need to have music on, since for clips of I dialogue, I play them via the music channel (like ending cinematics in map08 and map12).

 

[SLICED]

Seems neat !

Me and my friend already saw the first two interludes... and man.. dayuuuum !!!

We really enjoyed how the story details and core elements of the lore have been kept, as well as the characters' and maps' design.. and also, it was pretty fun to do the voice-acting ourselves

We'll begin playing from Chapter 3 tomorrow and see how the gameplay acts out. Will post a sort of summary/conclusion after we've finished the campaign.

 

[deepstrasz]

Edit1: Just a reminder, it is very important to play music when playing the maps. Even if you do not care about the atmosphere the music creates, if you want to listen to dialogue, then you need to have music on, since for clips of I dialogue, I play them via the music channel (like ending cinematics in map08 and map12).

!? Why should they be played like music and not like sound as the original campaign did it?

 

[AngusKirby]

Hello, a friend and I currently have an issue when we try to play mission 12
When I load the codes from mission 10, the artifact items are missing and only the spells we chose are loaded when we use the code. Is there anyway to fix this?

 

[dotafan_1234]

So, just finished maps 1-16 with my friend (could not do the boss fight of map 12, but everything else). I think this series has great potential. It is the first 2p/coop campaign on hiveworkshop that is not an edit of the original blizzard campaign. The optional AI in map 14/15 is fantastic, so my friend and I have the choice if he feels like controlling a second base or if he is lazy and wants the AI to use it. The story of Beyond the Dark Portal itself is one of the best stories I have encountered--- I never knew Wc2 storyline was so good. The heroes have really fun custom spells- Teron/Fenris in particular have the best spell sets I have ever seen in warcraft 3. That being said, I give this series 1/5 currently. Why? Two reasons. First, you need to remove this trend of having puzzle sat the start of the map that need to be beaten in order to even start the map (referring to map 15). It was ok in map 13 because it was a bonus map, and because I could google the answers (I do not think anyone here could guess assessment 4's answers without help). But the map 15 are ones you made (I guess) since I could not google them at all. It was extremely hard, and I only solved it by luck. This is a huge deterrence to players--- remove it from map 15 and do not implement it again in the future, or players will be locked out, and unable to play the maps.

Second, your "humour" is starting to taint the maps in a more and more tangible way (in a bad sence). At the start, it was a very soft presence--- starting with the frogs in map04? But this presence has become stronger and stronger as the maps continue, cumulating so far with the ending of map 15--- Rexxar/Grom watching a T.V show of the Wizard of Oz... Do you know how hard it is to keep the immersion of the storyline, if two serious characters like Grom Hellscream and Rexxar watch Tinman, Scarecrow and Lion (and you added a 4th "Yellow Man" character, which is so racist against asians) on a TV screen? Seriously??? Please--- I have just discovered how great this storyline is, do not corrupt it beyond recognition (though the pokemon scene warmed by heart since I used to play with pokemon cards, but that is the only exception).

 

[cleavinghammer]

Problem with the hero codes for map 12: The hero levels load, but instead of the artifacts from the previous level I get the quest items for this level (laxative and murloc gifts).

Map 12:
Intro cutscene: thunderlord -> Thunderlord

Pirate quest:
Jack Sparrow -> Captain Jack Sparrow. Come on.
"to of" -> "to be of"

Murloc quest:
SelFish's corpse should be permanent.
How does a potion cause demonic possession?

Ending cutscene: unnecessarily -> unnecessary

 

[cleavinghammer]

General: Khadgar's Star spell should really be aimed, a ranged caster has no business being in melee range of enemies.

Map 13: Had a bug where tree models show up as purple and black cubes, making lumber collection impossible.

surveilance -> surveillance
acertain -> ascertain
a regiment of warriors and myself

The Alliance of Necessity quest is available from the very start.

Extended Hallucinatory Sequence: ...
I have to agree with the above. Meta humor works sometimes, but, well, this isn't one of them (also, Mew?).

Observatory cutscene:
The scene where Khadgar sees the bandit village should have a few orcs attacking inside it.
surviviors -> survivors
After the cutscene, remaining creeps belong to the bandits.

Fleeing cutscene:
prostate -> prostrate

Quirkbells doesn't appear at all in the final cutscene.

Overall this one is completely imbalanced. The first part is of the "throw ever more units at you" variety, the second puts you on the too-many-units side and so there's no difficulty.

 

[eap]

Not a good map. 1/5

 

[AngusKirby]

Very good map.

 

[MoheadageXVIII]

hi i have a problem here i downloaded the campaign on my version 1.30.3 when i tried to play it . It gives me blank file or empty files . What did i do wrong ? or how to fix it ?

 

[Daffa]

They are custom maps, and meant to be put in Maps folder. You might need to shorten the directories too.

 

[MoheadageXVIII]

They are custom maps, and meant to be put in Maps folder. You might need to shorten the directories too.

i already did that
nothing happened so i write it to know what is wrong

 

[deepstrasz]

i already did that
nothing happened so i write it to know what is wrong

You have to get the maps out of the folders and put them into one folder within Maps. If the filenames are too long shorten them.

 

[MoheadageXVIII]

You have to get the maps out of the folders and put them into one folder within Maps. If the filenames are too long shorten them.

nothing happened
i did all that my friend

 

[deepstrasz]

nothing happened
i did all that my friend

You have to move the files in a subfolder of the Maps folder. You're still having them in Campaigns.

 

[Daffa]

@MoheadageXVIII
Please refrain from multiple posting.

Warcraft III > Maps, not Warcraft 3 > Campaigns

 

[MoheadageXVIII]

@MoheadageXVIII
Please refrain from multiple posting.

Warcraft III > Maps, not Warcraft 3 > Campaigns

new case here it works but only cinematic and no person show then it gives me pass
like i finished the chapter without playing it

 

[deepstrasz]

new caee here it works but only cinematic and no person show then it gives me pass

Some maps are cinematic ones. The pass is important for stuff. Read the thread description and what the author has written. I haven't played it yet so I can't tell you exactly what the passwords do more than they save heroes for the maps to follow.
Are you saying that the models didn't show in the cinematic map? Did you start the first map (level), or did you start a random one? If you indeed started the first map of the campaign, and you have such a problem, it might be a patch issue or something else. What patch version do you play on?