Blizzard's Bugged Resources

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 12, 2013

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Blizzard's Resource Glitches
Compiled by Ujimasa Hojo

Thread Info:

It appears Blizzard has not done everything PERFECTLY. As I was making maps and models, I came across glitches with regards to the models and to some extent their icons. Some of these glitches may even be too small to notice. In this thread, these glitches are brought up and ways to fix them are discussed.

Reasons:

For Cinematics - Some of the glitches are hidden behind the models and you won't notice them via the default game view. Because the view may change during cinematics, the glitch may become apparent if the bugged model is used in a scene.

Reference - The next time Hives are going to create new resources based on some of these, they might as well fix the glitches.

For Inspiration and Ideas - Some of the glitches may involve "leftovers" from the early development of Warcraft 3. Other Hivers might get ideas from these.

For the sake of Perfection - Because everything must be PERFECT!

Models:

There are no fangs from the upper jaw of the portrait. Contributed by icewolf055.

There are missing walls at the back.

Download here. Contributed by Kaizer.

As the internal name and the picture implies, the original model had a Fel Orc. Contributed by Deolrin.

There are no Collision Shapes. Contributed by Infrisios.

An earlier model was similar to the Furion model.

It can be downloaded here. Download link provided by NhazUl.

Along with the other Troll creep models, it has an unused animation for the Berserk spell named as "Spell -Berserk". Contributed by Edge45.

The entrance is kinda off.

There are missing walls at the back.

Loses the ground base during the Birth animation too early.

Has some funky texturing on some parts during the latter part of the Birth animation.

Download here.

The attachment "Head" is misspelled as "Heaf".

There are no Collision Shapes.

Contributed by Infrisios.

There's a hidden animation labeled "blaSpell". Contributed by NhazUl.

There are hidden animations where the Orc doesn't strike the drums such as "oldStand". Contributed by NhazUl.

The old militia model bore resemblance to the current bandit model. Contributed by Deolrin.

It can be downloaded here. Download link provided by NhazUl.

There are missing faces at the back. Contributed by Eleandor.

The Necromancer's portrait has horns similar to an earlier version. Contributed by Shade Da Scout.

The Pandaren Elementals' Death and Dissipate animations are mislabeled as "blaSpell". Contributed by NhazUl.

There are disconnection between some of the vertexes leaving holes when he is moving.

Proudmoore's portrait has no hat. Contributed by Shade Da Scout.

For a portrait with the hat, download here. Download provided by Edge45.

The skeleton has a separate geoset for its Death animation. However, the "Death" geoset has additional details such as larger shoulder plates and what appears to be hair. Contributed by PROXY.

The skeleton archer has a separate geoset for its Death animation. However, the "Death" geoset has additional details such as larger shoulder plates and what appears to be hair. Contributed by Shade Da Scout.

Its portrait has some metal plates not present in the model itself. Contributed by Shade Da Scout.

The portrait model has a different Alternate Death animation.

The geoset during the Birth animation has the wrong texture.

Added a Stand Work animation with visuals as well.

Download here.

Skull not attached to rope.

Download here.

Icons:

This icon doesn't actually correspond to the current Black Citadel but rather the 2nd Tier of the BETA version.

This may fit better.

Go here.

Go here or here.

This icon doesn't actually correspond to the current War Mill. The saw is missing. Reported by Edge 45.

The Team Color of Undead building icons is green expect this one.

Download here and here.

This icon doesn't actually correspond to the current Halls of the Dead but rather the 1st Tier of the BETA version.

This may fit better.

Go here.

Go here or here.

There's a hidden icon for the Haunted Gold Mine.

There's a hidden icon for the Hero Moon Priestess which was never released.

This is the icon for the Flying Machine Bomb upgrade.

It had unreleased upgraded versions:

This icon doesn't actually correspond to the current MageTower.

Go here.

The Necromancer icon actually represents an earlier version. Contributed by Shade Da Scout.

You may opt to just use Kel'Thuzad's Necromancer icon instead.

This icon doesn't actually correspond to the current Necropolis. It matches an older version instead.

The icon actually represents an earlier version. Contributed by Shade Da Scout

This icon doesn't actually correspond to the current Tauren Totem.

This one fits better.

Go here.

The Team Color of Undead building icons is green expect this one.

Download here and here.

Others:

The Druid of the Claw originally had coat. It is still seen in the skin.

The Dread Lord model still has the sounds for a "Gather Shadows" spell attached to missing sequences.

There's even the BETA icon for the spell.

The Dread Lord skin still has his original dress in it.

The Far Seer Skin a lot of "omitted" parts. This is because the original mount was a wyvern.

There is a hidden skin for the Ranger Hero. It was the original skin used.

Jaina's Death sound (JainaOnFootDeath1.wav) seems to imply she fell off a horse. It is possible her early model had her riding a horse like the usual Archmages. Contributed by Dr Super Good.

Some parts are untextured. Contributed by genin32.

The Tauren's weapon was initial the ball and chain. It can still be seen in the skin.

Author's notes:

Feel free to contribute.

Version 1.00 is considered the original. Succeeding ones are the edited ones.

For those who think the bugs should be tolerated:

Dr Super Good · Jul 12, 2013

Just like how poor Jaina never got to ride her horse...

The evidence she should have one is the presence of her "JainaOnFootDeath1.wav" sound. This is why she was a horseless Archmage, as she was originally not meant to be horseless. Her mounted version was probably removed for cinematic reasons, as having her standing twice as high as Arthras would have looked silly.

neo_sluf · Jul 12, 2013

Dr Super Good said:
Just like how poor Jaina never got to ride her horse...

The evidence she should have one is the presence of her "JainaOnFootDeath1.wav" sound. This is why she was a horseless Archmage, as she was originally not meant to be horseless. Her mounted version was probably removed for cinematic reasons, as having her standing twice as high as Arthras would have looked silly.

wow i did not know jaina as a horse maybe archmage stole it..

Dawn · Jul 12, 2013

I'd rather have imperfect cinematics than spend those precious kbs just for those really small and unnoticeable changes (Like the watch tower). It won't be noticed especially if you make a doodad filled/eye candy cinematics and not just focus on that single imperfect model. Just my thoughts.

General Frank · Jul 12, 2013

As an aged modeller and modder and former World Editor object editor nut, I really love the effort, detail and emphasis on those, but I have to agree with Prodigy on that one.
Also, I feel the beta models are beta models because Blizzard decided not to add them.

Good work nevertheless though.

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 12, 2013

Well, you don't need to correct any of them. It's fun pointing them out, though.

General Frank · Jul 12, 2013

But you missed some though.^^

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 12, 2013

Frankster said:
But you missed some though.^^

Still trying to refresh my memory regarding others. Hopefully, others can point out their own findings.

PurgeandFire · Jul 12, 2013

Haha, a pretty fun post to read.

EDIT: I remember that courage scene. Freaked me out.

NelsonLaJe · Jul 14, 2013

great job, thanks man ^^

Infrisios · Jul 14, 2013

The Hydralisk's "head" attachment point is spelled "heaf", so it doesn't work.

Neither the Hydralisk model nor the Akama (Draenei hero) model have collision spheres.

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 14, 2013

Infrisios said:
The Hydralisk's "head" attachment point is spelled "heaf", so it doesn't work.

Neither the Hydralisk model nor the Akama (Draenei hero) model have collision spheres.

Added.

Kaizer · Jul 15, 2013

well seen its all about "perfection"

- the Paladin's body is seperated into 2 geosets which is ugly.
- is spirit walker's axe only for display? :vw_unimpressed:

JesusHipster · Jul 15, 2013

Gather shadows is an interesting thingie. Is the sound still ingame?

Dr Super Good · Jul 15, 2013

No collision shape being a fault is up to the map creator. Since you can still target it as if it had one, just it uses the model geometry instead of the collision shape.

Kyrbi0 · Jul 15, 2013

I really like this, even if it is waay too much work to do.

What exactly was "Gather Shadows", anyone? I mean what kind of spell was it?

Eleandor · Jul 15, 2013

The moon well is missing several faces from the back.

Dr Super Good · Jul 15, 2013

Missing faces were done to reduce model complexity to improve performance. All old games did this.

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 15, 2013

Eleandor said:
The moon well is missing several faces from the back.

Added.

Dr Super Good said:
Missing faces are not a bug, they were done to reduce model complexity to improve performance.

The missing faces may become a little nuisance for cinematics and games which don't follow the default camera view (e.g. First Person View).

General Frank · Jul 15, 2013

Kaizer said:
well seen its all about "perfection"

- the Paladin's body is seperated into 2 geosets which is ugly.
- is spirit walker's axe only for display?

The paladin has two geosets because the two geosets use two different materials with two different blending type.

Xonok · Jul 15, 2013

This place is interesting.

Laercio · Jul 15, 2013

Also the name of the Druid of the Talon skin is: DruidottheTalon.blp

It's just a spelling error, but, as so, it's an imperfection. If you don't pay attention you may miss that "t" is there instead of the "f" so any modified skin may not work properly...

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 15, 2013

UPDATED:

Icons: Necropolis
Others: HeroDreadLord

ADDED:

Icons: HeroMoonPriestess
Others: DruidOfTheClaw, HeroFarSeer, HeroRanger, Minotaur

Xonok · Jul 15, 2013

Fun fact: Orc warlocks were originally supposed to summon storms(quite likely something like monsoon). Check their animation names for confirmation.

PROXY · Jul 15, 2013

Am I the only one who liked the look of wc3 in the alpha/beta better? Especially the terrain textures looked much more atmospheric. And those trees are orgasm <3

Awesome thread btw. Always loved these kind of explorations.

sniper_zero · Jul 15, 2013

Proudmoore has this hole in his torso and in his right armpit when he casts spells. It's not noticeable normally, but when you focus on him then yeah, it's as clear as day.

takakenji · Jul 16, 2013

i don't know if taurens weapon was actually a ball and chain. tauren and quillboar share the same skin, and quillboar do use a ball and chain

Kyrbi0 · Jul 16, 2013

Also, the Steam Tank originally had a ball-and-chain. Waaaay cooler.

PROXY · Jul 16, 2013

Oh and also, it's pretty funny that the "death mesh" of the skeleton (which is included in the model) is much more detailled (bigger and cooler shoulderpads, hair at the backhead) then the model itself.

Bluebay · Jul 16, 2013

Downloading them all over again will increase the map's size. Not worth it, but it's fun to point out Blizzard's "mistakes"

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 16, 2013

Bluebay said:
Downloading them all over again will increase the map's size. Not worth it, but it's fun to point out Blizzard's "mistakes"

Stopped "fixing" them. Just collecting them now.

Xonok · Jul 16, 2013

Siege engines were originally made by loading a mortar team into an armored transport(which had 4 slots). Also, the siege engines with mortar teams were long-range.
Also there was the possibility to load a rifleman instead and get a different unit.

Shade Da Scout · Jul 16, 2013

Here's some "not perfect" mysteries of mine (I'm not sure if this is what you expect, but here we go):
1.Necromancer's icon is from the BETA (purple eyes and face) necromancer which is purple-there is some purple color left on the necromancer's skin as a proof
2.Proudmoore's portrait doesn't have a hat

3.Proudmoore's eyes on his are white instead of blue
4.Necromancer's portrait horns are straight (can't be seen ingame) just like in beta, while the actual horns are curved (undead loading screen necromancer picture is beta)
5.hidden icon of steam tank is actually for beta steam tank with wreck ball which can be seen on the icon (model can be found on wc3c.net)=blizzard never made an icon for steam tank
6.skeleton archer has green balls on shoulders and hair on death just like in beta
7.skeleton archer doesn't have metal plates, but his portrait does
8.I will think of some more...
9.y blizz?y u no give me tusks??? -Peon

btw, abomination was a bit different and a hero, chaos warlord was a hero and wasn't red

Kyrbi0 · Jul 16, 2013

Those are all interesting little tidbits, but (most of) those aren't really "Bugged Resources", so much as "discrepancies between Alpha - Beta - Final Wc3". A worthy & engaging topic (as well as a fruitful one, in terms of modding ideas), but a separate one nonetheless.

Dr Super Good · Jul 17, 2013

Some of the game data files still reference races like naga or demon along side the 4 final races. This clearly was some early choice stuff left in or content axed from the expansion.

Xonok · Jul 17, 2013

The missile model on arcane tower was originally meant for the undead. Check the model path.

General Frank · Jul 17, 2013

Xonok said:
Siege engines were originally made by loading a mortar team into an armored transport(which had 4 slots). Also, the siege engines with mortar teams were long-range.
Also there was the possibility to load a rifleman instead and get a different unit.

Really?
Got a proof for that?

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 17, 2013

Frankster said:
Really?
Got a proof for that?

There's an unused ability called "Cargo Hold" with the Editor Suffix "(Tank)" under Humans. Combine this with the hidden icon "BTNLoadDwarf". It's possible the Mortar Team did give the Steam Tank its attack the same way Peons do with their Burrows.

General Frank · Jul 17, 2013

Ujimasa Hojo said:
There's an unused ability called "Cargo Hold" with the Editor Suffix "(Tank)" under Humans. Combine this with the hidden icon "BTNLoadDwarf". It's possible the Mortar Team did give the Steam Tank its attack the same way Peons do with their Burrows.

Oh, Indeed. Totally forgot about that one.

Shade Da Scout · Jul 17, 2013

Ujimasa Hojo said:
There's an unused ability called "Cargo Hold" with the Editor Suffix "(Tank)" under Humans. Combine this with the hidden icon "BTNLoadDwarf". It's possible the Mortar Team did give the Steam Tank its attack the same way Peons do with their Burrows.

Yes, that is for "steam tank with wreckball"
It could load a rifleman so the rifleman could attack from the "s.t.w.w."
model
the small turret for rifleman is obvious, and it has a "spell" animaton, rifleman attacks

I dunno about the mortars getting into siege engine

NelsonLaJe · Jul 17, 2013

Anyone know where can I find a model of the necromancer, and a beta version?
I believe that the Icon is from the beta version. not?

Ujimasa Hojo · Jul 17, 2013

Kyrbi0 said:
Those are all interesting little tidbits, but (most of) those aren't really "Bugged Resources", so much as "discrepancies between Alpha - Beta - Final Wc3". A worthy & engaging topic (as well as a fruitful one, in terms of modding ideas), but a separate one nonetheless.

As much as possible, I'm limiting "discrepancies between Alpha - Beta - Final Wc3" stuff to those seen in Models, Skins, and Icons.

Dr Super Good said:
Some of the game data files still reference races like naga or demon along side the 4 final races. This clearly was some early choice stuff left in or content axed from the expansion.

Actually, Reign of Chaos was supposed to have 6 races. It's rumored the sixth one was Goblins based on Goblin concept art stuff:

It was reduced to 5 with the 4 ones we have plus Demons. Demons would then eventually be removed as well. I've read rumors that you can once fight the Demons as a Random AI player in earlier patches.

Come Frozen Throne, Blizzard considered making Naga playable but backed out because of major modifications which would be required to accommodate a new race and probably balancing issues.

All of these are a bunch of stuff I remember reading though I can't give you the original sources.

General Frank · Jul 17, 2013

Ujimasa Hojo said:
As much as possible, I'm limiting "discrepancies between Alpha - Beta - Final Wc3" stuff to those seen in Models, Skins, and Icons.

Actually, Reign of Chaos was supposed to have 6 races. It's rumored the sixth one was Goblins based on Goblin concept art stuff:

It was reduced to 5 with the 4 ones we have plus Demons. Demons would then eventually be removed as well. I've read rumors that you can once fight the Demons as a Random AI player in earlier patches.

Come Frozen Throne, Blizzard considered making Naga playable but backed out because of major modifications which would be required to accommodate a new race and probably balancing issues.

All of these are a bunch of stuff I remember reading though I can't give you the original sources.

A total shame, actually.
More diversity is always better, but considering the game industry 13 years back it would have been a total pain in the butts to balance it correctly.

Xonok · Jul 17, 2013

Frankster said:
Really?
Got a proof for that?

//[hstt]
//Name=Armored Transport
//Hotkey=T
//Tip=Train Armored |cffffcc00T|rransport
//Ubertip="Heavily armored vehicle which can transport troops. When piloted by a Rifleman it becomes a War Wagon with a ranged attack. When piloted by a Mortar Team it becomes a Steam Tank with a siege attack. |nArmored Transports cannot attack."

[hmtt]
Name=Steam Tank
Hotkey=T
Tip=Train Steam |cffffcc00T|rank
Ubertip="Heavily armored vehicle, effective at destroying buildings. |n|n|cffffcc00Attacks buildings.|r"

//[hrtt]
//Name=War Wagon

This is from HumanUnitStrings in War3Patch.mpq

General Frank · Jul 17, 2013

Xonok said:
//[hstt]
//Name=Armored Transport
//Hotkey=T
//Tip=Train Armored |cffffcc00T|rransport
//Ubertip="Heavily armored vehicle which can transport troops. When piloted by a Rifleman it becomes a War Wagon with a ranged attack. When piloted by a Mortar Team it becomes a Steam Tank with a siege attack. |nArmored Transports cannot attack."

[hmtt]
Name=Steam Tank
Hotkey=T
Tip=Train Steam |cffffcc00T|rank
Ubertip="Heavily armored vehicle, effective at destroying buildings. |n|n|cffffcc00Attacks buildings.|r"

//[hrtt]
//Name=War Wagon

This is from HumanUnitStrings in War3Patch.mpq

Alright. Seems reasonable.

Kyrbi0 · Jul 17, 2013

Xonok said:
//[hstt]
//Name=Armored Transport
//Hotkey=T
//Tip=Train Armored |cffffcc00T|rransport
//Ubertip="Heavily armored vehicle which can transport troops. When piloted by a Rifleman it becomes a War Wagon with a ranged attack. When piloted by a Mortar Team it becomes a Steam Tank with a siege attack. |nArmored Transports cannot attack."

[hmtt]
Name=Steam Tank
Hotkey=T
Tip=Train Steam |cffffcc00T|rank
Ubertip="Heavily armored vehicle, effective at destroying buildings. |n|n|cffffcc00Attacks buildings.|r"

//[hrtt]
//Name=War Wagon

This is from HumanUnitStrings in War3Patch.mpq

This, combined with/as well as the IFV from Red Alert 2, is the cornerstone of my custom Ironforge Alliance faction. Just too beautiful to pass up.

Yes, that is for "steam tank with wreckball"
It could load a rifleman so the rifleman could attack from the "s.t.w.w."
model
the small turret for rifleman is obvious, and it has a "spell" animaton, rifleman attacks

Haha, yeah! I remember uploading that. So very cool; good thought, pointing out the turret as the alternate Rifleman bit.

NhazUl · Jul 18, 2013

Indeed the steam tank had a wrecking ball, I even had the model somewhere on my pc along with other beta models, such as the tauren with ball and chain.

Also, Blizzard hid some model animations by naming the sequences "bla". The Infernal Cannon is one example (blaSpell), while the pandaren elementals have their death and dissipate animations (need confirmation, don't have War3x.mpq at the moment) renames just "bla" and thus not displayed ingame.

Likewise, the kodo beast (misspelled "KotoBeast") has stand animation masked as "oldStand" and "oldStand-2" in which the orc does not beat the drums.

Abilities\Spells\Orc\Berserker\Berserkertarget.mdx is a bugged model which cannot open in most model editors. I have examined it in MDLVis though, and I think I even managed to display it in-game.

Most orc models have Stand Hit animations, intended to play when the unit takes damage (the gate models still have such). In the beta MPQ, the orc units had grunting and groaning sounds corresponding with these animations.

General Frank · Jul 18, 2013

NhazUl said:
Indeed the steam tank had a wrecking ball, I even had the model somewhere on my pc along with other beta models, such as the tauren with ball and chain.

Also, Blizzard hid some model animations by naming the sequences "bla". The Infernal Cannon is one example (blaSpell), while the pandaren elementals have their death and dissipate animations (need confirmation, don't have War3x.mpq at the moment) renames just "bla" and thus not displayed ingame.

Likewise, the kodo beast (misspelled "KotoBeast") has stand animation masked as "oldStand" and "oldStand-2" in which the orc does not beat the drums.

Abilities\Spells\Orc\Berserker\Berserkertarget.mdx is a bugged model which cannot open in most model editors. I have examined it in MDLVis though, and I think I even managed to display it in-game.

Most orc models have Stand Hit animations, intended to play when the unit takes damage (the gate models still have such). In the beta MPQ, the orc units had grunting and groaning sounds corresponding with these animations.

Correct on the 'bla' ones.

Shade Da Scout · Jul 18, 2013

Skeleton archer's icon is for the beta skeleton archer-with helmet

so blizzard never made a proper icon for skeleton archer
some proof:

There is a better screenshot, but I can't find it...

don't forget to add skeleton archer as a NOT PERFECT! model
portrait with metal plates, model doesn't have metal plates
death animation has hair and metal plates with extra green circles on shoulders

I found a picture with beta necromaner's portrait in case you want to add it

General Frank · Jul 18, 2013

oh, they even had separated icons of food for each race.