Champions Trial 4.0a

[Jimi]

Yay I found a bug!

 

[lolreported]

Update (2019-06-29)

Version 3.9a released. It's a very small update, but counted as a major release because changes made to the Champions Highscore system. I've also added a new item.

Hopefully no more issues!

3.9a Changelog

General

The Champions Highscore is reset this version due to changes made with the Champions Highscore system. Your old Highscores will still load and save if you play the older versions, so no data is lost.

The name of a player is no longer relevant when saving or loading the Champions Highscore.
The Champions Highscore (the save files) is now shareable between players.
You're now able to use multiple accounts/player profiles with the Champions Highscore (but only the highest score between the accounts is saved).

Items

New Item: Ultimate Arcane Scroll

When purchased, the minimum level of the purchasing players ultimate ability is set to level 3.​

As always, good luck and have fun!

 

[Otherknownoise]

Tooooooo hard
Especially that inferno

 

[lolreported]

Tooooooo hard
Especially that inferno

Practice makes perfect!

If you're having trouble with the Guardians, you're able to read about their abilities/mechanics in-game (F9) or in the map description above under the "GUARDIANS"-tab.

 

[lolreported]

Update (2019-10-06)

No major update, but a couple of fixes and improvements; enjoy!

3.9b Changelog

General

The Champions Highscore is compatible with version 3.9a.

Optimized a few things in the map that fixed a couple of issues and possibly increased performance as well.

Damage Engine by Bribe@hiveworkshop updated from v5.1.3.1 to v5.4.2.3.

Updated the shadow map.

If the player is unable to save or load the Champions Highscore, a warning text is now displayed during the entire Game Mode selection; instead of only a few seconds at the start.

Map is now optimized using the W3Protect tool made by Frotty; if you find any issues in-game, please report, thanks!

 

[UndeadImmortal]

Played it with a friend. We are getting ear splitting noise on each boss. Probably due to the optimization?

 

[lolreported]

Played it with a friend. We are getting ear splitting noise on each boss. Probably due to the optimization?

Just tested it myself and can confirm, really sorry about that.

I usually play without sound and completely missed this issue when testing. Had no idea this could happen; will deploy a fix as soon as possible

Thanks for the report!

EDIT - Updated the map with the sound issue fixed.

2019-10-06 | 3.9c Changelog

General

The Champions Highscore is compatible with version 3.9a and 3.9b.

Very minor code optimization.
Fixed an issue that caused some sounds to play a high pitched noise.

 

[VerusUS]

Hey, I believe I played the second latest version (the one before the one with the sound bug), and there are a few item passives that don't work.
- shield of might: doesn't actually increase base damage relative to armor (or at all)
- the +20 agility legendary artifact: doesn't increase movement speed nor base attack damage

 

[lolreported]

Hey, I believe I played the second latest version (the one before the one with the sound bug), and there are a few item passives that don't work.
- shield of might: doesn't actually increase base damage relative to armor (or at all)
- the +20 agility legendary artifact: doesn't increase movement speed nor base attack damage

Thanks for the report! I'll have a look and see if I can find the issue, thanks!

 

[Jimi]

I played the version before last (with the annoying sound) and played the last one only to get booted due to a problem because of loading the highscore.
You may want to fix that.
Sacrifice skills don't work on allied summons (also they're dumb imho). "Cast on a friendly unit..." vs. "Can't be cast on a Friendly Unit."

Other than that I don't like the fact that the boss focuses me if I have a Guardian Wolf out for example. I couldn't attack the boss without aggroing it right away and the wolf dealt more damage per attack than I did.

Do you want people to play specific roles : DPS/Healer/Summoner/Tank/Damage Caster or do you want them to be more versatile? From all my testing it seems you need a tank with taunt to really be able to specialize the rest of the team.

P.S.: Just tried playing again, got booted at highscore load again...

 

[lolreported]

I played the version before last (with the annoying sound) and played the last one only to get booted due to a problem because of loading the highscore.
You may want to fix that.

Did you play Singleplayer or Multiplayer? LAN or Battle.Net? If yes, how many players?

I've yet to experience any issues myself and I'm not sure what could cause it.


In case your save file is corrupted a solution may be to modify it and let the game create a new one for you.

You can find the save file in the:
C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Warcraft III\CustomMapData\CHAMPIONS_TRIAL
folder.

In this folder you must open the correct gamemode & version folder. The most recent version will be the number 39 for version 3.9 and the gamemode you played are either "AR" = Random Trial or "AP" = All Pick.

Combined it will look like "AR_Data39" for Random Trial version 39.


In this folder you may have up to 4 active save files, each ending with "_" and a number. The number represent the player count of the saved file. If you play singleplayer you'd want to modify the "SaveSlot_1" file or if you play with 2 players, you'd want to modify the "SaveSlot_2" file, etc.

Just rename the target file; then try replay the game. If it still doesn't work and you still get booted, I'm currently not sure what the issue is.

If you want to restore the file later, just rename it back to the default name.

Sacrifice skills don't work on allied summons (also they're dumb imho). "Cast on a friendly unit..." vs. "Can't be cast on a Friendly Unit."

Other than that I don't like the fact that the boss focuses me if I have a Guardian Wolf out for example. I couldn't attack the boss without aggroing it right away and the wolf dealt more damage per attack than I did.

Do you want people to play specific roles : DPS/Healer/Summoner/Tank/Damage Caster or do you want them to be more versatile? From all my testing it seems you need a tank with taunt to really be able to specialize the rest of the team.

P.S.: Just tried playing again, got booted at highscore load again...

The sacrifice skills just work on your own summoned units in order to avoid griefing. I'll update the tooltip to clarify, thanks.

The bosses are controlled by enemy AI and the AI attacks whichever unit it decides is the most valueable nearby target. I'll look into adding a more controlled system. For now taunt is almost a requirement, yes.

Thanks for the report!

 

[Jimi]

I played a 4 player Bnet game and then I rehosted for another 4 player Bnet game.
I didn't check the contents of the file, I just deleted the directory and rehosted.
If it happens again I'll look if I find anything.

 

[Sinandur]

@lolreported

Got introduced to this map pretty recently.

It's got good replayability, but the high score system causes desynchronisation in every multiplayer Battle.net match I try to host, unless you have the same players in the same colour slots.

I would strongly suggest making the high score feature *optional*, as it quite literally breaks the map.

I won't give a star rating as of now. If this issue is addressed, I'd probably give the map a 4/5. Some abilities are simply much more viable than others, to the point of being a "best in slot" with nothing to really give them a run for their money.

I admit that this ability disparity may simply be the nature of the hero survival beast.

 

[lolreported]

@lolreported

Got introduced to this map pretty recently.

It's got good replayability, but the high score system causes desynchronisation in every multiplayer Battle.net match I try to host, unless you have the same players in the same colour slots.

I would strongly suggest making the high score feature *optional*, as it quite literally breaks the map.

I won't give a star rating as of now. If this issue is addressed, I'd probably give the map a 4/5. Some abilities are simply much more viable than others, to the point of being a "best in slot" with nothing to really give them a run for their money.

I admit that this ability disparity may simply be the nature of the hero survival beast.

I'm aware of the desync issue, I've unfortunately had it happen to myself a couple of times as well. There's a fix for this issue, Champions Trial 3.9c, but it's not optimal as you have to delete your current highscore-file.

Honestly I've never thought of making the highscore optional, as it's such a major part of the map. Currently the development is paused until Reforged is released as I expect the Reforged patch will break everything. With version 4.0a I'll make the Highscore optional with an on/off-switch, thanks for the suggestion.

Abilities are very hard to balance and with every update I try to make them more equal in power. Some abilities will always be the strongest, as with every game and the gameplay meta will build around it. This is also why the highscore is seperated between major versions.

 

[Sinandur]

Fair enough.

Thanks for the swift response.

 

[lolreported]

I'm posting a very late update here in case anyone is wondering.

I know I promised I would continue to update this map with the release of Reforged and I'm aware of a couple of issues; but currently all my time map making is prioritized towards my Line Tower Wars: Reforged map.

Sometime in the future I'd love to get back to this map and I'll announce it whenever that happens.

 

[lolreported]

A very late update that hopefully fixes all the crash issues that Reforged introduced.
I had to disable the Champions Highscore system as it didn't function properly, but might update it in the future (no promises).

At least the map should be playable on the latest version now.

Let me know if any crash issues persist and I'll try have a look at it.
You can post in this thread or contact me through the Line Tower Wars: Reforged Discord: Join the Line Tower Wars: Reforged Discord Server!

2021-11-30 | 3.9d Changelog

General

# The Champions Highscore
- Disabled; a lot of issues to fix in order to get this system to work properly again without crashes or soft locking the map.
/// Not sure if I missed to disable any part of this system, so text messages or other related stuff may appear during gameplay.

# Bug Fixes
- Fixed random stuff that might've contributed to crashes or other issues.

Abilities

# Dark Sacrifice & Death Pact
- Tooltip adjusted to clarify only the players own units can be sacrificed.

Items

# Shield of Might
- Fixed a minor issue with how this item behaved.

# Legendary Artifacts
- Fixed an issue with dynamic tooltip updates.

Guardians

# A'er, Guardian of Winds
- Fixed several crash issues.

# Yor'shajjza, Tempest of the Shath'Yar
- Fixed several crash issues.

# Molganath, Lord of Fire
- Fixed Sea of Flame fire scaling.

Edit: 3.9e released with another fix:

General

# Ready Check Button
- It should now properly track all players and not malfunction if a player leaves mid-round.

Guardians

# A'er, Guardian of Winds
- Fixed additional crash issues.


The front page map description also broke when I posted the new changelog, not sure why.

 

[mormord]

The two of us played this with a friend and had a lot of fun with it. However I have two issues, maybe you'll consider it.

First, some of the bosses leave permanent things on the map, which stay there even when the heroes die and everything is reset. One of these bosses are the Succubus boss, who leave webbed zombies around. It's not much of a problem. The other one is the Dragon boss. It leaves ice crystals everywhere. After it dies, the mobs do the same unit you can't see anything. It's pretty bad. Also I have a wierd issue, that I could see blue circles for this ability before with 3.9d, but I can't see them with 3.9e (no reforged here). My friend with reforged does see the blue circles with 3.9e too.

Second, many abilities clash with each other and the game gives little hint on what I can use together. A lot of summoning spells are bound to the W key, which is unconvinient at best if you want to have more than one of them. Mana Siphon and Life Drain replaces eachother. Also the game doesn't give you a lot of time to experiment. It would be nice to have an option that disables the timer, so you can read on the countless items and abilities without dying.

Anyways, thank you for the map

 

[lolreported]

The two of us played this with a friend and had a lot of fun with it. However I have two issues, maybe you'll consider it.

First, some of the bosses leave permanent things on the map, which stay there even when the heroes die and everything is reset. One of these bosses are the Succubus boss, who leave webbed zombies around. It's not much of a problem. The other one is the Dragon boss. It leaves ice crystals everywhere. After it dies, the mobs do the same unit you can't see anything. It's pretty bad. Also I have a wierd issue, that I could see blue circles for this ability before with 3.9d, but I can't see them with 3.9e (no reforged here). My friend with reforged does see the blue circles with 3.9e too.

Second, many abilities clash with each other and the game gives little hint on what I can use together. A lot of summoning spells are bound to the W key, which is unconvinient at best if you want to have more than one of them. Mana Siphon and Life Drain replaces eachother. Also the game doesn't give you a lot of time to experiment. It would be nice to have an option that disables the timer, so you can read on the countless items and abilities without dying.

Anyways, thank you for the map

Hey, thanks for playing the map!

The first issue you mentioned is now fixed in version 3.9f and regarding the abilities clashing and having the same hotkey is not an easy fix unfortunately.

I've not looked at how Reforged graphics functions with the map and I'm not surprised there are some issues. I'd recommend to play with Classic graphics as that's what the map originally was made for (edit: I saw that I misread regarding the blue circles; not sure why you can't see them in classic graphics. Might be related to a graphics setting or camera distance or it was part of the bug I now fixed in version 3.9f. Myself I have no issues seeing them in classic graphics).

The timer can be paused before the first wave, if every player types the "-pause" command before the first wave begins. To resume, you then type "-unpause" or "-resume".

 

[mormord]

You're awesome, thanks

 

[Timoren]

Hey, is there any chance you go and try update the map? I think blizzard did something again and map crashes on restart/loss now

 

[lolreported]

Hey, is there any chance you go and try update the map? I think blizzard did something again and map crashes on restart/loss now

Hello,

Unfortunately the 1.33 Warcraft 3 patch caused some issues with a lot of maps. I suspect the issue crashing/freezing the map is the same as this report: Maximizing multiboard leads to freezing game (1.33)

As of now I'll wait and see if Blizzard update the game again and fix the issues.

 

[Timoren]

Hello,

Unfortunately the 1.33 Warcraft 3 patch caused some issues with a lot of maps. I suspect the issue crashing/freezing the map is the same as this report: Maximizing multiboard leads to freezing game (1.33)

As of now I'll wait and see if Blizzard update the game again and fix the issues.

Seems Blizzard is as bad as ever and the multiboard issue isn't fixed. Can you deploy at least some temporary fix, maybe a command -hide multiboard or something? I'd appreciate it, thanks!

 

[lolreported]

Seems Blizzard is as bad as ever and the multiboard issue isn't fixed. Can you deploy at least some temporary fix, maybe a command -hide multiboard or something? I'd appreciate it, thanks!

Hey, I'd like to update the map, but no promises. If we get any news at Blizzcon next week regarding Warcraft 3 I might get motivated.

 

[lolreported]

Map updated to version 4.0a.

I've hopefully fixed all the issues and reworked the end game results screen that caused the freezing issues.

2024-01-02 | 4.0a Changelog

GENERAL
# Fixes

• The map should no longer have any issues on latest game version
• Fixed broken Map Preview image
• Fixed and optimized some old code

# End Game Results
- Reworked with new visuals based on frames and added new statistics
// The previous multiboard based one froze the game thanks to an issue
// introduced in a game version, so it had to be replaced.

# Champions Highscore

• The system is still disabled
• Removed some in-game text/visuals referencing it

// Will have to rework the entire system in order to get it to work again.

# Other Fixes
- Ambient Sounds muted (background frog sounds, etc)

ABILITIES
# Phase Shift
- The heal is now classified as a heal effect so it can benefit from bonuses.

ITEMS
# Ironwood Branch
- Ironskin damage reduction changed from 10% to 15%.

# Dragon Heart
- Blood of a Dragon effect can now stack.

# Titan Shield
- Titan Boost effect can now stack.

# Whispering Bone Chimes
- Gold Cost changed from 150 to 100.

# Essence of Life

• Burst of Life effect no longer sets bonus to 22%, but instead adds +8%.
• Burst of Life effect can now stack.

# Golem Armor of the Summoner
- Harden Skin armor given changed from 4 to 6.

# Hood of the Wanderer
- Gold Cost changed from 100 to 50.

# Summoners Glove
- Gold Cost changed from 200 to 150.

# Crystal Core
- Crystalize Mana refunded mana changed from 30% to 40%.

# Luminous Shimmerweed
- Eat Shimmerweed effect can now stack.

# Moonlight Spear

• Pierce Armor armor reduction amount changed from 2 to 3.
• Pierce Armor armor reduction duration changed from 10 to 12.

# Cursed Treasure of Yer'ahim

• Gold Cost changed from 1500 to 900.
• Greed bounty bonus changed from 65% to 50%.

# Shadowland Wand
- Shadowland Ritual effect can now stack.

# Cloak of the Blood Prince

• The life-steal effect is no longer an Orb Effect.
• The life-steal is now classified as a heal effect so it can benefit from bonuses.

# Trinket of the Consumer

• The life-steal effect is no longer an Orb Effect.
• The life-steal is now classified as a heal effect so it can benefit from bonuses.

# Jar of Infinite Powder
- Open Jar attack speed bonus changed from 40% to 70%.

# Relocation Gem
- Relocate cast range changed from 800 to 1000.

# Claws of Searing Power
- Heat Strike can now stack once with percent chance for a 100% chance.

# Scroll of Spellcasting Secrets

• New Effect: +10% Spell Damage
• Mana Efficiency effect can now stack.

# Voodoo Doll
- Voodoo spell damage to heal amount changed from 4% to 8%.

# Overcharged Hammer
- Overcharged efect can now stack.