Call of The Swarm

[mapSwag]

NOICE

 

[The Nightmare Book]

2000+ downloads!
Tomorrow I'll try to post something about new versions in forum theme about campaign.
Be ready!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Small change on map resource page.

 

[Deleted member 247165]

Will post a review soon!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Will post a review soon!

Glad to hear about it!
I hope that you've enjoyed it.

 

[Deleted member 247165]

You've totally touched my heart with this. The Zerg race is my main in StarCraft. Kerrigan belongs to the Swarm. Period.
Now then: I like how the starting cinematic was made as well as the cool prologue.

Good choice of UI also. I see the Hive'Zara -> Xel'Naga thing there xD. I chose the Hunter specialization at first and really didn't regret! Then tried out the other 3.The test room thing is a nice add-on as well. The spells represent each class although some more synergy would be nice.

One thing that might "upset" some people is that sometimes you cannot skip dialogues. It is not a bad thing, but consider it if someone replays the campaign and wants to skip what he/she already watched. Sometimes cinematics start sort of slower and end the same way. Loved the terrain, environment and atmosphere.

It is crystal clear how much work and passion you've put into this. It is approved and with a maximum rating, not for the love I have for the Zerg race but for the passion and dedication I've felt while playing it! <3

 

[The Nightmare Book]

You've totally touched my heart with this. The Zerg race is my main in StarCraft. Kerrigan belongs to the Swarm. Period.
Now then: I like how the starting cinematic was made as well as the cool prologue.

Good choice of UI also. I see the Hive'Zara -> Xel'Naga thing there xD. I chose the Hunter specialization at first and really didn't regret! Then tried out the other 3.The test room thing is a nice add-on as well. The spells represent each class although some more synergy would be nice.

One thing that might "upset" some people is that sometimes you cannot skip dialogues. It is not a bad thing, but consider it if someone replays the campaign and wants to skip what he/she already watched. Sometimes cinematics start sort of slower and end the same way. Loved the terrain, environment and atmosphere.

It is crystal clear how much work and passion you've put into this. It is approved and with a maximum rating, not for the love I have for the Zerg race but for the passion and dedication I've felt while playing it! <3

Thank you, I enjoyed that I've recieved same feeling when I readed your review!

About specializations - in next update you'll recieve a 2+ specs for Xorrax, like druido-shaman or merchant hero. About already existant - I agree with you that specializations should recieve some updates and they'd recieve!
About cinematics - In the past I've used a skippable cinematics, but now you can press ESC to choose your cinematic speed (currently it's enable after completing/skipping the prologue). It's a same feature that used in Dwarf & Gnoul Campaigns.

Anyway, I recieved a nice feeling from your review, thank you again, kind sir!

 

[Deleted member 247165]

Thank you, I enjoyed that I've recieved same feeling when I readed your review!

About specializations - in next update you'll recieve a 2+ specs for Xorrax, like druido-shaman or merchant hero. About already existant - I agree with you that specializations should recieve some updates and they'd recieve!
About cinematics - In the past I've used a skippable cinematics, but now you can press ESC to choose your cinematic speed (currently it's enable after completing/skipping the prologue). It's a same feature that used in Dwarf & Gnoul Campaigns.

Anyway, I recieved a nice feeling from your review, thank you again, kind sir!

I did skip the prologue and it didnt work. Thats what Im saying.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

I did skip the prologue and it didnt work. Thats what Im saying.

Okay, I understood... I'll look in source of problem and in v1.2 it will be corrected, thank you!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Version 1.2 is in development, currently I've added a link to discord server.
Stay tuned!

 

[BaiyuGalan]

Can I use version 1.27 to play this map? I want to translate it into Chinese

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Can I use version 1.27 to play this map? I want to translate it into Chinese

Hi!
Sorry, but on 1.27 you'll encount many unintetional bugs, so use at least version 1.31 for stable working!

 

[Ravager16829]

Hi!
Sorry, but on 1.27 you'll encount many unintetional bugs, so use at least version 1.31 for stable working!

[1.31.1] Bug: Loading saved game breaks some unit events

Uploading test map for demonstration. Save the game, then load that game, and some specific unit events will not be recognized anymore. For example, these will break: EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_POINT_ORDER EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_TARGET_ORDER EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_ORDER EVENT_UNIT_SPELL_CAST EVENT_UNIT_ATTACKED...

www.hiveworkshop.com

The campaign doesn't work properly, actually, if you are using 1.31 due to this bug.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

[1.31.1] Bug: Loading saved game breaks some unit events

Uploading test map for demonstration. Save the game, then load that game, and some specific unit events will not be recognized anymore. For example, these will break: EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_POINT_ORDER EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_TARGET_ORDER EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_ORDER EVENT_UNIT_SPELL_CAST EVENT_UNIT_ATTACKED...

www.hiveworkshop.com

The campaign doesn't work properly, actually, if you are using 1.31 due to this bug.

Currently in campaign I doesn't use any "targeted" events like those, but thank you for mentioning about that problem!

 

[Kaizer123]

Hi!
Sorry, but on 1.27 you'll encount many unintetional bugs, so use at least version 1.31 for stable working!

I wonder, now that Explobomb has created models of the Old Gods, and especially C'tun, will you use them in the campaign?

 

[The Nightmare Book]

I wonder, now that Explobomb has created models of the Old Gods, and especially C'tun, will you use them in the campaign?

Sure! When it would be need.

 

[conde]

It works on reforged?

 

[Ravager16829]

It works on reforged?

I think you'll need 1.31 to play this campaign according to the map description.

 

[tulee]

It works on reforged?

You should be able to download the Quenching mod and play the campaign with it.

 

[Kaizer123]

Sure! When it would be need.

By the way, what about a tool from the Nightknight man? With it, you can make a truly unique interface, panel, for the campaign, perhaps completely in the style of the Qiraji, silithid and the architecture of Ahn'Qiraj? Have you thought about what to implement with this tool?

 

[The Nightmare Book]

By the way, what about a tool from the Nightknight man? With it, you can make a truly unique interface, panel, for the campaign, perhaps completely in the style of the Qiraji, silithid and the architecture of Ahn'Qiraj? Have you thought about what to implement with this tool?

Hmm, I don't know about that, but I don't think that in new version I'll use custom UI.
Maybe add loading screens, but I'm not sure.

 

[Priyam Mitra]

I had a couple of questions:

1. How do i use the notice boards? i clicked on quests and it took an inventory slot. But after i remove them from inventory and try to pick it up again, it just disappears.

2. How do i free the alchemist? I am using the Flinthide Guardian Saliva on him, but it does nothing.

Overall i think its a very good campaign and the hard work really shows. I assume this was originally made for some other language because its hard to understand what's happening sometimes. Have to rely on the quest log to get an idea

 

[The Nightmare Book]

I had a couple of questions:

1. How do i use the notice boards? i clicked on quests and it took an inventory slot. But after i remove them from inventory and try to pick it up again, it just disappears.

2. How do i free the alchemist? I am using the Flinthide Guardian Saliva on him, but it does nothing.

Overall i think its a very good campaign and the hard work really shows. I assume this was originally made for some other language because its hard to understand what's happening sometimes. Have to rely on the quest log to get an idea

Thank you for your review!
You're right - originally campaign was made on russian language, but recently (in may, if I recall correctly) I posted here a translated into english version.

1. What's your version of campaign & WC3? Because I've played the latest and didn't encount that problem. If you'd a message from Xorrax and recieved something in quest log, you "buyed" a quest item. If not - it's just flavor item;
2. Maybe try to use it while standing near him, but on some old versions of campaign it could bug.

Make sure that you're using a 05.22.2021 version or later.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

76 backups, started developing in May - finished in November.
Current state of v1.2 isn't finished - I'll add some additional content like spec-unique quests, bandit tasks or remastered chest system later.

But now I think I'll finish my unfeatured RPG map about…
Eh, I'll tell you in coming days what she about.

Stay safe, enjoy your life.
Sincerely, Nightmare Book (Hush).

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Encountered some transition errors in released version, so I'll update link in nearest time.

EDIT: Updated link, please re-download campaign if you already downloaded v1.2, avoiding unexpected progress issues.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

4000+ downloads & 25000 views!
Thank you for your support - it helps me understand that I didn't do it for nothing.
In nearest future I want to post a guide about main questline with my recommendations and notes, so stay tuned!

 

[mapSwag]

Strange things. Did you have tried a version that linked in map description?
Anyway, thank you for your report - I'll try to figure out about it!

did you fix the bug "I keep crashing after betting the quest purify the sewers"
if you don't remember i played on 1.13.1

 

[cleavinghammer]

Testing will be slow and sporadic, but for starters: the book item should have a cooldown and/or act faster, I clicked it thought it didn't take, clicked again, and when the chapter dialog came up it had the same options twice.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Testing will be slow and sporadic, but for starters: the book item should have a cooldown and/or act faster, I clicked it thought it didn't take, clicked again, and when the chapter dialog came up it had the same options twice.

What book is you talking about? Story Books or what?

did you fix the bug "I keep crashing after betting the quest purify the sewers"
if you don't remember i played on 1.13.1

I think that yes.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Nothing new, but I want to clarify: after releasing Pearl of Azshara, I'll continue develop Call of the Swarm campaign and release some final small updates to Act 1.
Also in coming days I'll try to post a guide for main storyplot, which you can use as quest helper.
So stay tuned and be safe.

---

Sincerely,
Hush (The Nightmare Book)
30.11.2021

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Almost new 1000 downloads and 30000+ resource views!
Thank you again for supporting! I'll continue to work on Call of the Swarm story, just to bring you new emotions and feelings.
Thank you!

 

[Kaizer123]

Almost new 1000 downloads and 30000+ resource views!
Thank you again for supporting! I'll continue to work on Call of the Swarm story, just to bring you new emotions and feelings.
Thank you!

Cool, I hope the errors and shortcomings will also be fixed even more!

By the way, I would like to ask you separately as the creator of the campaign on this topic: How do you like the model from Zaffar? What are your impressions, I'm just asking this for the reason that many even underestimate his work, although he made an incredible and cool creation, and this is not his only creation, of course I prefer the more chitin-armored version, but he is also cool , and he was even able to push me to one cool idea about the Qiraji, which, from the point of view of lore, even sounds cool and is not contradictory.

It is necessary that more people find out about him and his creations, but this is me, thoughts out loud, do not pay attention : DDD

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Cool, I hope the errors and shortcomings will also be fixed even more!

Errors? Please tell me more about them! If any gamebreaking issue remained, I must fix it!

By the way, I would like to ask you separately as the creator of the campaign on this topic: How do you like the model from Zaffar? What are your impressions, I'm just asking this for the reason that many even underestimate his work, although he made an incredible and cool creation, and this is not his only creation, of course I prefer the more chitin-armored version, but he is also cool , and he was even able to push me to one cool idea about the Qiraji, which, from the point of view of lore, even sounds cool and is not contradictory.

It is necessary that more people find out about him and his creations, but this is me, thoughts out loud, do not pay attention : DDD

I understand you're talking about Ka'ark? I saw this model, but currently I don't have an idea how to add him into current storyline.
But thank you anyway - I'll think about him more in future.

…Right now Xorrax are finished his deeds in Hive'Zara and returns to Az'Aqir - capital city of same-named kingdom. Here Xorrax will solve some local problems and mighty participate in "King Returning". Don't worry, Xorrax wouldn't became a chief of state or even king - he'll continue his adventure.
Also I want to add a special mini-act about Uldum War - so player could complete it when completing Act 2.
That not 100% of how Act 2 will be structured, I'll post it after "Pearl of Azshara" release.

 

[Kaizer123]

Errors? Please tell me more about them! If any gamebreaking issue remained, I must fix it!


I understand you're talking about Ka'ark? I saw this model, but currently I don't have an idea how to add him into current storyline.
But thank you anyway - I'll think about him more in future.

…Right now Xorrax are finished his deeds in Hive'Zara and returns to Az'Aqir - capital city of same-named kingdom. Here Xorrax will solve some local problems and mighty participate in "King Returning". Don't worry, Xorrax wouldn't became a chief of state or even king - he'll continue his adventure.
Also I want to add a special mini-act about Uldum War - so player could complete it when completing Act 2.
That not 100% of how Act 2 will be structured, I'll post it after "Pearl of Azshara" release.

Hmm ... I remember that somewhere half a year ago I tried to play, but at some point there was some kind of bug that I could not refute as a bug or just as a difficult task, and I just stopped figuring it out and didn't play anymore, but in the future I will play again to find out if there are errors and bugs, and try to possibly tell them


In fact, it seems to me that the HD model against the background of old models will not look out of place if its appearance in the game is somehow secret and individual. For example, if on the way the main character encounters an Easter egg with a secret, and if they guess it and find a place on the map by it, then it would be possible to meet this HD hero there, and in this case, if someone is too lazy, then they will not find him. mean everything is appropriate


Hmm ... Cool, it will be interesting to feel your efforts xD

 

[The Nightmare Book]

5000 downloads! It's huge value for me!
Thank you for downloading and supporting, you're helping me to understood that everything I do are greeted by someone else

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Before I'll start developing Act 2, I want to release small content version 1.3, which will add some new side quests in subzones, changes items and corrects bosses.
Also it may include new Xorrax feature, which you'll see ingame by yourself.
When it would release? Maybe in coming weeks, maybe faster - in coming days.
Stay tuned!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

This small version 1.3 will include:

• 5+ new side quests, which are hidden across all of subzones;
• 15+ new items, from new/old quest rewards to new boss rewards;
• Balance changes - make some Xorrax specializations more playable, correct bosses and more;
• Bug fixes - find & fix all issues, which could be encountered in campaign right now.

It's a full checklist of new version, which would come sooner that I though! But recently I don't have too much time and I'll continue working on my 2 projects, along with "Call of the Swarm", at the same time - "Pearl of Azshara" and new-one.
Stay tuned!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

New version 1.3 - released! However it's not final update before Act 2, but most of favorable work I've done.

 

[duongsodep]

i have a question.... im bad at game so, if vision cheat is on and off right away, will it broke any triggers? please don't be mad at me for using cheat...

 

[Ravager16829]

i have a question.... im bad at game so, if vision cheat is on and off right away, will it broke any triggers? please don't be mad at me for using cheat...

I'm not sure, but I heard that the vision cheat on some campaigns prevents your heroes for gaining an experience because sometimes the enemy monsters on the specific location don't spawn normally. I've already tested it on Bonus Orc campaign, but not this one.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

i have a question.... im bad at game so, if vision cheat is on and off right away, will it broke any triggers? please don't be mad at me for using cheat...

You can use Iseedeadpeople freely if you want. Also in most cases you can use whosyourdaddy, but sometimes triggers require specific enemy health, so be careful with that.

 

[Xemit100]

Hey I just have a small question. For the quest where you have to return the Eye of Depth to the Altar of the Depths, how exactly do you return it? I have the eye and I found the altar, and I’ve tried all I could, but I’m not sure how to place the eye on the altar. Is it a bug?

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Hey I just have a small question. For the quest where you have to return the Eye of Depth to the Altar of the Depths, how exactly do you return it? I have the eye and I found the altar, and I’ve tried all I could, but I’m not sure how to place the eye on the altar. Is it a bug?

Hello!
Seems that you've encountered a bug. That's pretty bad from my side! If you find more and have some other questions - please, ask or tell me about.
I feel sorry for this small yet pity bug - because you can put items into altar, just because he's yours.

 

[duongsodep]

i played on 1.31 and sometime the music just gone and i really off the mood, can you make the music consistent?

 

[The Nightmare Book]

i played on 1.31 and sometime the music just gone and i really off the mood, can you make the music consistent?

Hello there and thank you for your post!
Hm, sounds very strange - I'll look deeply in next content version and I'll try to fix this music bug. Thanks for report!

 

[Midootje]

Hey there!
I don't know if you're still reading comments on this map, but IMO it's a really great map with very high potential, but it has quite a few weird bugs holding it back for me. Figured I might as well post them if there is any possibility of you reading about them!
First of all, I want to say I've already spent hours and hours in this map. I really really do like it.

(Warning: LONG read)

I took the Adventurer role, I like completing missions. However, the passive states that you get stats from killing Champions. This doesn't work a lot of the time. I only got it to work once in fact, multiple other times it showed a 'tome effect' (like if you pick up tome of knowledge) but nothing happened to stats.
Also, his W states that it reduces enemy attackspeed, but it increases it instead and his E (the comet) has a very long trigger time so it's basically useless. Also his class skill, the potion, heals for WAY less than it should. Like 1/4 of what it should be. Lastly, his ultimate softlocks you. You can't move or do anything after casting it, but you can still die.
Another softlock happens when you take damage from a Mystic Shrine in the Hive zone. Spawning the enemy and losing 30% of hp is fine, but if you take 200 shadow damage, you cannot move or do anything after.
Some other stuff happens when you transition into/out of subzones. For example, in the Brume Caves I very often get extra items from nowhere in my storage, including the Undead book. This makes doing the quest for the shrine found in the Brume Caves impossible because you sequence break it (have the item before finding the shrine).
If you go down another level in the same cave, you get a quest to kill some leader-type creeps. One of those, the Deadeye captain, stays permanently invulnerable, so I got stuck with him because the gate closed behind me.
Also, the riddles in that subzone don't work. (The answers should be

Spoiler

Heart and Footsteps

but no matter where I type it out, it doesn't work). The other riddle with the ancient runestones does work, so I don't know what's different.
Many early quest items disappear if your primary hero doesn't have them in his inventory when you enter the Spawning area. I couldn't do the money gang quest and the letter quest because of this (but did them on different playthough without problems).
If you still have the Warlock from the hunter quest with you and enter Sunken Grotto, he will be softlocked when you exit.
In the Sunken Grotto, after you have the Eye of the Depths and talk to the NPC that gave you the quest, the Altar of the Depths doesn't trigger the next part of the quest.
In the same area, I put 3 books in the sections where they belong (if you put them in the correct section you can't take them out again), but the Bookworm quest doesn't trigger and the chest with the key stays closed. I think that key is for the door in the Spawning area? But I'm not sure.
Some chests are unreachable (top right in Spawning area, top left in Hideout).
If you take the Dream Treasure in the dream quest, you get warped back to reality, but after the floating NPC says her line about the treasure, the game softlocks. You can control the camera, but nothing else.
Finally, there are a few balance issues. Most are arbitrary but there is some game breaking stuff. If you EVER get the Eye of Night or the Lucky Fishing Hat, it becomes impossible to lose. Spellcasts gain free permanent stats. Inside dungeons the Adventurer's potion skill doesn't have a cooldown, and it's always night, so the Eye of Night always works. You can just hold down W key for infinite stat/hp gain. If you don't use Adventurer, the Camera controls count as spells. Just hold down the key for camera up or camera down.
If you ever make a new version, I suggest removing Cursed Coins. They are NEVER worth it. Even if they gave 5000 gold each I wouldn't take them because stats are very hard to get (except if you exploit the items named above).

I'll keep looking out for other stuff just in case!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

@Midootje, first of all - thank you for such review! I had read it with pleasure, when I see that someone likes this custom campaign!
Let me answer your review step by step:

I took the Adventurer role, I like completing missions. However, the passive states that you get stats from killing Champions. This doesn't work a lot of the time. I only got it to work once in fact, multiple other times it showed a 'tome effect' (like if you pick up tome of knowledge) but nothing happened to stats.
Also, his W states that it reduces enemy attackspeed, but it increases it instead and his E (the comet) has a very long trigger time so it's basically useless. Also his class skill, the potion, heals for WAY less than it should. Like 1/4 of what it should be. Lastly, his ultimate softlocks you. You can't move or do anything after casting it, but you can still die.

• I barely remember what I did for this Xorrax class, and for incoming version (I hope this summer I'll release it + prepare for Act 2) I'll remake Xorrax classes, mostly deleting Adventurer role and replacing it with something similar, but distinctive in any way.
  Thank you for reporting this unforseen (for past me) bugs and unbalanced features, did you had tried other classes?

Another softlock happens when you take damage from a Mystic Shrine in the Hive zone.

• Will be fixed for sure - those map events will be reworked to make them more player-friendly to understand;

Some other stuff happens when you transition into/out of subzones. For example, in the Brume Caves I very often get extra items from nowhere in my storage, including the Undead book. This makes doing the quest for the shrine found in the Brume Caves impossible because you sequence break it (have the item before finding the shrine).

• I'll be honest - transmission is most unknown part of my campaign, it always tricky and can easily bug out. I'll try to find reason from where storage gets items and fix it;
• What about quest in Brume Cavern - thank you for report, I'll fix it!

If you go down another level in the same cave, you get a quest to kill some leader-type creeps. One of those, the Deadeye captain, stays permanently invulnerable, so I got stuck with him because the gate closed behind me.

• I thought that I've fixed him... Well, I'll revisit him anyway.

Many early quest items disappear if your primary hero doesn't have them in his inventory when you enter the Spawning area. I couldn't do the money gang quest and the letter quest because of this (but did them on different playthough without problems).

• Do you mean Hive'Zara Spawning Grounds - underground dungeon? Yes, those quest items are Hive'Zara only items, I will remake them into campaign-whole items, so they wouldn't delete after transmissions.

If you still have the Warlock from the hunter quest with you and enter Sunken Grotto, he will be softlocked when you exit.
In the Sunken Grotto, after you have the Eye of the Depths and talk to the NPC that gave you the quest, the Altar of the Depths doesn't trigger the next part of the quest.

• Another side quest-related issues… I'll fix them, as I should.

In the same area, I put 3 books in the sections where they belong (if you put them in the correct section you can't take them out again), but the Bookworm quest doesn't trigger and the chest with the key stays closed. I think that key is for the door in the Spawning area? But I'm not sure.
Some chests are unreachable (top right in Spawning area, top left in Hideout).

• Strange that quest doesn't finish… I'll fix it;
• Yes, you are right - this door will lead you into
  Spoiler

  Titanforged Vault with new bosses to fight
  ;
• Treasure chest spawning rules will be revisted in new version and I'll try to make them reachable for any kind of players;

If you take the Dream Treasure in the dream quest, you get warped back to reality, but after the floating NPC says her line about the treasure, the game softlocks. You can control the camera, but nothing else.

• I'll fix it;

Finally, there are a few balance issues. Most are arbitrary but there is some game breaking stuff. If you EVER get the Eye of Night or the Lucky Fishing Hat, it becomes impossible to lose. Spellcasts gain free permanent stats. Inside dungeons the Adventurer's potion skill doesn't have a cooldown, and it's always night, so the Eye of Night always works. You can just hold down W key for infinite stat/hp gain. If you don't use Adventurer, the Camera controls count as spells. Just hold down the key for camera up or camera down.
If you ever make a new version, I suggest removing Cursed Coins. They are NEVER worth it. Even if they gave 5000 gold each I wouldn't take them because stats are very hard to get (except if you exploit the items named above).

• Yeah, balance always my "weak point"....
• I know that there are more balance-breaking items in campaign available for player, and I'll try to make them more "pragmatic": nerf already powerful ones, and buff really weak and tweak mediocore;
• Cursed Coins are troll items inspired by old rpg games, I'll fully remove them in new version.

Thank you for your review again! I can swear that I'll release new version in coming weeks.
By now I'm finishing my "Fourberie" custom Reforged RPG map, and then refocus myself back to "Call of the Swarm" - you can read more info about new version here
Thank you again.

 

[Midootje]

Hey, cool to see such a quick response!

Currently trying other classes and finishing the main questline.
On that note, I'm now playing the Hunter, and the part where you have to defend the priest in the sewers when he's opening a portal is acting a little weird. The boss is damaged by killing his summons, but when he dies nothing happens. The Fetid Heart item that drops from the Plague Giant on the left does nothing either, it can't be used.
I'm basically just left standing here looking at the Berserk timer that I don't understand. The portal seems half-finished. Any idea what's going on here?
Maybe it has to do anything with the transition zone near the Maddened Traveler? I haven't been able to enter that yet in any playthrough.
Edit: if I had to guess it has something to do with the Plague Giant, because at the same time a sort of circle spawns just below the boss. But no matter what I do, I lure the Plague Giant into the circle, I try to use the Fetid Heart when in the circle, I put all my units on top of the circle, nothing happens. No difference whether the boss is still alive or already dead.

Treasure chest spawning rules will be revisted in new version and I'll try to make them reachable for any kind of players;

The chests I mentioned aren't randomly spawned btw! The random ones all seem fine as they only spawn in Hive'Zara area. The ones I mentioned are in fixed positions inside dungeons.
I had no idea about the troll items! Seems like a nice easter egg if you know the references.

Thank you for your review again! I can swear that I'll release new version in coming weeks.
By now I'm finishing my "Fourberie" custom Reforged RPG map, and then refocus myself back to "Call of the Swarm" - you can read more info about new version here
Thank you again.

Oops, I had no idea about there being 2 pages for the map! Your plans for the map look great, good ideas in there. I don't have Reforged so I won't be able to play Fourberie, otherwise I for sure would.
By the way, I understand that you're Russian? If you need someone to proofread your English texts, I'd be happy to. I don't have experience with making maps, so I don't know how easy or hard that is to do, but just know that I'd gladly help if possible

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Hey, cool to see such a quick response!

Currently trying other classes and finishing the main questline.
On that note, I'm now playing the Hunter, and the part where you have to defend the priest in the sewers when he's opening a portal is acting a little weird. The boss is damaged by killing his summons, but when he dies nothing happens. The Fetid Heart item that drops from the Plague Giant on the left does nothing either, it can't be used.
I'm basically just left standing here looking at the Berserk timer that I don't understand. The portal seems half-finished. Any idea what's going on here?
Maybe it has to do anything with the transition zone near the Maddened Traveler? I haven't been able to enter that yet in any playthrough.
Edit: if I had to guess it has something to do with the Plague Giant, because at the same time a sort of circle spawns just below the boss. But no matter what I do, I lure the Plague Giant into the circle, I try to use the Fetid Heart when in the circle, I put all my units on top of the circle, nothing happens. No difference whether the boss is still alive or already dead.

The chests I mentioned aren't randomly spawned btw! The random ones all seem fine as they only spawn in Hive'Zara area. The ones I mentioned are in fixed positions inside dungeons.
I had no idea about the troll items! Seems like a nice easter egg if you know the references.

Oops, I had no idea about there being 2 pages for the map! Your plans for the map look great, good ideas in there. I don't have Reforged so I won't be able to play Fourberie, otherwise I for sure would.
By the way, I understand that you're Russian? If you need someone to proofread your English texts, I'd be happy to. I don't have experience with making maps, so I don't know how easy or hard that is to do, but just know that I'd gladly help if possible

Let me answer step by step:

On that note, I'm now playing the Hunter, and the part where you have to defend the priest in the sewers when he's opening a portal is acting a little weird. The boss is damaged by killing his summons, but when he dies nothing happens. The Fetid Heart item that drops from the Plague Giant on the left does nothing either, it can't be used.
I'm basically just left standing here looking at the Berserk timer that I don't understand. The portal seems half-finished. Any idea what's going on here?
Maybe it has to do anything with the transition zone near the Maddened Traveler? I haven't been able to enter that yet in any playthrough.

• Did boss dies and you get access to sewer dungeon with titanforged boss or not? If not - my fault, if yes - seems bug too, this boss I'd designed from nearly same-one in World of Warcraft raid "Ny'alotha" from BFA;
• Place near Maddened Traveler opens only for side quest, as I remember;

The chests I mentioned aren't randomly spawned btw! The random ones all seem fine as they only spawn in Hive'Zara area. The ones I mentioned are in fixed positions inside dungeons.
I had no idea about the troll items! Seems like a nice easter egg if you know the references.

• Yeah, randomed or not - they will be fixed.

Oops, I had no idea about there being 2 pages for the map! Your plans for the map look great, good ideas in there. I don't have Reforged so I won't be able to play Fourberie, otherwise I for sure would.
By the way, I understand that you're Russian? If you need someone to proofread your English texts, I'd be happy to. I don't have experience with making maps, so I don't know how easy or hard that is to do, but just know that I'd gladly help if possible

• Heh, thank you But I have bittersweat news - new "Call of the Swarm" version is developing with Reforged World Edit, so I don't know if it will work on 1.31, probably not. I sometimes regret myself for doing it on Reforged, but currently I'm working mostly for Warcraft 3 Reforged compilability as main game patch (like my other releases "Pearl of Azshara" and TD Campaign serias);
• No, I'm from Ukraine and English isn't my primary language, so I can write it... Gibberishly. Thank you for your advice anyway

I hope that you've enjoyed main storyline and overall campaign gameplay.
After all, what can you suggest to add/improve besides fixing bugs and balance issues, like new content?

 

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• Heh, thank you But I have bittersweat news - new "Call of the Swarm" version is developing with Reforged World Edit, so I don't know if it will work on 1.31, probably not. I sometimes regret myself for doing it on Reforged, but currently I'm working mostly for Warcraft 3 Reforged compilability as main game patch (like my other releases "Pearl of Azshara" and TD Campaign serias);
• No, I'm from Ukraine and English isn't my primary language, so I can write it... Gibberishly. Thank you for your advice anyway

Aah too bad for me, idk if I will ever buy reforged but who knows

About the English thing: want me to make a giant post about improvements? I can do all the text that I can see in F12 log very easily, but text in cinematics would be harder and take a lot more time. Would still be happy to do that too, but that would be a matter of weeks instead of days.

Oh yeah btw: in the letter quest, when you take it to the Captain, his reply in the cutscene is untranslated.

After all, what can you suggest to add/improve besides fixing bugs and balance issues, like new content?

As for suggestions: I'd have to think about this one. I like how bandits and neutrals respawn, because they don't give you so much loot that you become OP, it's mostly for gold/xp purposes which is very well balanced IMO. Only thing I'd change is that more items would drop from elite/champion/boss monsters instead of from chests, because that way it would be more rewarding to kill high level monsters. Chests are 'free' if you can get to them, so I feel like they should not contain valuable permanent items, consumables would fit better for example (they already sometimes do, but a lot of chests only contain permanent items). There are respawning strong monsters guarding a tomb/chest/place of power, those would be better suited to contain the items that chests do now. Of course, the reward chests you get from certain quests are fine as they are now because they have specific requirements.

For new content, I don't really know. I'll try to think of ideas. The map already has plenty of subzones, sidequests etc. That's actually one of the things I like most about it.

Did boss dies and you get access to sewer dungeon with titanforged boss or not? If not - my fault, if yes - seems bug too, this boss I'd designed from nearly same-one in World of Warcraft raid "Ny'alotha" from BFA;

I don't get any access to anywhere after it dies, I get stuck :/ the last message from the Priest is 'the portal is beginning to open, continue the fight' when the boss reaches 50% hp. I kill the summon that gets the boss hp to 0, it summons one more mob and just disappears. Doesn't even have a death animation/sound or anything. After it dies, nothing. Priest still invulnerable, no new messages. I do see a zone transition place on the minimap, but it never triggers anywhere and I can't leave the boss area.
I actually looked up pages on Ny'alotha and the C'Thun bossfight because you mentioned them on the other page about this map, and it's definitely a cool concept, especially for those who know the fights from WoW! (I don't but I like it nonetheless)