Chronicles of the Second War: Tides of Darkness

[TheWizzol]

Yeah I got the same problem, and yes I have restarted my pc. followed all the steps as listed ;_;

A lot of models are bugged out for me
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[countcardboard]

small typing error in the installation guide: the folder to copy the campaign file into is C:/User/Documents/Warcraft3/Campaigns/ ...not Campaings/ be aware of this, if you got create the folder yourself if it's not existing already.

by the way: the textures / models missing, which seemingly is fixed by rebooting your PC, just didn't work for me... till i realized that i forgot to run the CSW installer as admin. after i did that , i didn't even have to restart. worked instantly.

 

[Bitterman]

Great...

your map uses the most recent version of the world editor

 

[Tamplier]

Try again:
1. Put campaing file in C: Documents/Warcraft3/Campaings/
2. Run installer as administrator. Make sure you sue correct installer (not 2020 version but the one attached in the instruction)
3. Click on "Delete CSW' - that will purge assets
4. Click in "Load Assets" - pick a file with assets
5. Wait till they are installed.
6. Reboot PC
4. Launch Game

 

[raypack]

Try again:
1. Put campaing file in C: Documents/Warcraft3/Campaings/
2. Run installer as administrator. Make sure you sue correct installer (not 2020 version but the one attached in the instruction)
3. Click on "Delete CSW' - that will purge assets
4. Click in "Load Assets" - pick a file with assets
5. Wait till they are installed.
6. Reboot PC
4. Launch Game

I commented on this already:
I cannot download the asset pack since a lot of other people have, any quick solution or just wait a few days?

 

[Tamplier]

I commented on this already:
I cannot download the asset pack since a lot of other people have, any quick solution or just wait a few days?

Temporary mirror for asset pack (will expire in a week)

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[Bitterman]

is working fine for me here
remember to install WHERE the WC3 launcher exe is

 

[raypack]

Temporary mirror for asset pack (will expire in a week)

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Thank you so much! Also the download speed is very fast, less than a minute for 1.2 GB!!!!
I will play this right away!

 

[ShadiHD]

is working fine for me here
remember to install WHERE the WC3 launcher exe is
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great! now enjoy conquering Lordaeron

 

[SoyMante]

It's just glorious

 

[Augustus]

This is glorious. I love it. I (re)bought Reforged again just to play this. This singlehandedly makes Reforged worth buying and maybe even redeems it.

The writing is great too. It has that classic Warcraft edge but somehow it feels more...realistic? So far, I particularly liked the interaction between the Captain and the Magistrate. So far, the magistrate doesn't seem like a cartoonishly evil guy (even if he has the look and voice). He's wrong but I can see why he sees things the way he does. I love the gritty and slightly realistic tone this has. It's not the Witcher or Game of Thrones, just a slightly grittier and more cartoonish Lord of the Rings, meaning it's just like Warcraft 2 but perfectly blended with all the modern stuff. That goes for everything. Music, art style, writing. It's all I ever wanted from Warcraft.

Oh and these guys respect the lore more than Blizzard ever have. So far, nothing is retconned but rather blended with the good parts of modern WOW.

The difficulty is brutal on Hard. I am barely on Mission 3 and I already feel overwhelmed. If you're not great at strategy games, be warned.

About the only negative is the installation. I don't see why this isn't all bundled in a .ZIP file for convenience. It would make the mod more professional if all you needed was a click and install. I know this is really nitpicky but oh well.

From now on this mod is my headcanon and I hope you will one day also make a WOW server like Turtle wow based on your version of the lore and writing. Maybe it could even use the 3D models you made. I'm so DONE with the oversaturated Disney crap Blizzard puts out these days...I'm so DONE with all the cosmic crap and convoluted and unfinished storylines. I'm so DONE with all the vomit of colors in modern WOW. ARMOR FINALLY LOOKS LIKE ARMOR AGAIN!

EDIT: Finally, I seriously hope you guys will make some stylized asset production tutorials. I am a 3D artist but I can only make realistic stuff. I'd love to learn how to make stuff like this.

 

[Standhaft]

Downloading atm and looking forward to playing it!

 

[rocklobster]

Can we get alternative mirrors for the Asset Installer also?
Getting the "Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently" error.

 

[rodrioce]

Temporary mirror for asset pack (will expire in a week)

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Could you do the same with the other file?

Thanks

 

[Vendy]

Same as above. Can't install any of the assets because too many downloaded.

 

[Metamorpheus]

Also would like to ask if you can make another tempo link for the installer too?

Thank you in advance!

 

[Ralle]

Hello guys. Archian asked me to help out here. Google Drive has some limitations on how many times a file can be downloaded it seems. I have taken the liberty to upload the Asset Installer and Asset Pack to the Tools section. Click here to download them:

CSW - Installer and Assets

Asset pack and installer for Chronicles of the Second War To help with the bandwidth issues of CSW installer and assets, I've created this tool.

www.hiveworkshop.com

@ShadiHD, I made you co-author on the bundle so you can do with it what you please.

 

[Metamorpheus]

Hello guys. Archian asked me to help out here. Google Drive has some limitations on how many times a file can be downloaded it seems. I have taken the liberty to upload the Asset Installer and Asset Pack to the Tools section. Click here to download them:

CSW - Installer and Assets

Asset pack and installer for Chronicles of the Second War To help with the bandwidth issues of CSW installer and assets, I've created this tool.

www.hiveworkshop.com

@ShadiHD, I made you co-author on the bundle so you can do with it what you please.

Amazing, thank you!

 

[Archian]

@Ralle

@Tamplier made me aware that our pastebin doesn't support .csw files. Which is why they turned to Google Drive. We need to address that. The pastebin is probably a better place to store installer and assets files for this particular purpose.

 

[PanZaraza]

Like people above i followed installation guide step by step and i dont have textures except gul dan

 

[Standhaft]

I can't download the asset installer.

 

[Glubske]

Hi, Amazing work! I played the demo and was so excited when I saw you had finished the game!
I am running into some problems that i hope you can help me with: Whenever i open "Custom campaigns" the game crashes and i cant find any way to fix it. When it crashes i get the pop-up you can see in the picture.
I hope you can help! Best regards a big fan

 

[Archian]

I can't download the asset installer.

Did you try this: CSW - Installer and Assets

 

[JCASHrip]

Did you try this: CSW - Installer and Assets

I tried it and for some reason all of my installs end up being "canceled". Either user error which I am not sure what I am doing wrong or the same issues others have reported. In addition, both the original download and the new one have about an hour download time.

EDIT: I was able to download the installer and now I am waiting on the assets. So far, it has taken about 1.5 hrs. I understand the developers are doing everything they can and out of their own free time. I will wait for however long it takes to polish everything up. Thanks for all the incredible work you all have done!

EDIT2: Downloads took 2.5 hrs. I followed all the steps using the new link with new asset and installer and now when I enter custom campaigns, Warcraft 3 cannot find any. I am stuck for now so will give it another try tomorrow.

Marking this as solved: Warcraft 3 requires a different destination for me, in my onedrive for some reason. So I think I had to wait for the files to be synced before doing anything. Everything loaded up just fine. Can't wait to jump into this!

 

[m7md]

cant download the asset installer and the asset pack

 

[Standhaft]

I managed to get it installed, but when I tried it I was having the same weird texture problems as others have reported here.

 

[Metamorpheus]

Finally able to download the game and install it, i also have texture problems for several characters, Both in video and gameplay. Most of the orcs are white colored, also Cho'gal. Cant interract buildings.

 

[Metamorpheus]

Update: My problem fixed with this from previous post:

Try again:
1. Put campaing file in C: Documents/Warcraft3/Campaings/
2. Run installer as administrator. Make sure you sue correct installer (not 2020 version but the one attached in the instruction)
3. Click on "Delete CSW' - that will purge assets (this must be done!)
4. Click in "Load Assets" - pick a file with assets
5. Wait till they are installed.
6. Reboot PC
4. Launch Game

Now the game is fine and can interrect buildings.

 

[Standhaft]

How do I know which one is the correct installer/assets? Why are there wrong ones available for download?

 

[volcok]

I think this thread needs another update. On which version this campaign needs to be played, played it on the v1.35.0.19887. And it seems to be crashing once every 10-20 minutes.

 

[Wlarius]

Awesome. Love the terrains so far. I'm the biggest hater of the ugly Blizzard cliffs, but you managed to hide them or make them look great.

 

[raypack]

Well I only did 2 missions and won't comment on the maps yet but my game did crash on 2 occassions:

• After completing a mission I wanted to change the difficulty, upon clicking the select difficulty button, the game crashed. After launching it again I had no issue with changing the difficulty.
• When map 2 loaded, a few seconds into the intro cinematic my game crashed. Loaded the map again and 0 issues.

Another tiny issue was that during very little periods of the cinematics, the camera seemed to move a bit weirdly but it did not ruin the experience in any way and lasted for very short amounts of time.

Edit: there were also a couple of tiny grammar mistakes but I honestly don't remember where exactly since I was paying attention to the rest of the stuff which truly immersed me into the world of warcraft! Definitely 1 of the errors was on the 2nd mission.

PS: The experience so far was very immersive and the voice acting was good enough to not take away that immersion! The slower spoken dialogue was a step in the right direction for sure.
I was worried most for Gul'dan but his voice is actually pretty good. The "worst" so far is that of Doomhammer. Sometimes his voice is like a 9/10 but other times a 6/10; it's hard to explain but in no way this is a complaint (of major concern).
Honestly, reforged's more realistic graphics make this project so much better!

It's worth buying reforged only for this custom campaign, I swear to god!

 

[Kordan]

Strangely it doesn't download, stops after 100 mb for some reason.

 

[Jiriu]

Hello, i have a issue with the mod. Most custom characters like Doomhammer are colorless, all white. And i can't see or select the buildings in the first mission, it's like they're not here but i can see my peons going from a invisible mine to a invisible Hall.

 

[ImMikeGaming]

Dealing with this.

Any fixes

 

[shadowhog]

This is very well made and I am loving every part of it. So far I have not run into any issues playing it, I only have a few missions left so hoping that last.

 

[Augustus]

Just got a crash to desktop...bummer

 

[Augustus]

Here's a bug. When I load a save file, music tracks loop over themselves once.

 

[Tamplier]

Here's a bug. When I load a save file, music tracks loop over themselves once.

Known issue, will be fixed in a couple of months.

Im having an issue to load the resource. The CSW_Tides_Of_Darkness_EN is a W3N-file. How do I change it to CSW?

You should not rename the campaing file. Please read the installation guide.

 

[VulaC]

I'm waiting for this sooooo long. Finally I can enjoy it. Thank you guys! This is awesome

 

[stalkerlp]

Hello, thanks for game.

i install it everything ok. i play game but game is stutter. i dont get why?

i have 5700x 32gb ram 3600mhz rtx 3060 but i get every 30 sec like a fps drop stutter. fps 144 down to 37 than 144 again?

any fix or what can i do?

 

[Augustus]

One more issue, in the Tol Barad mission, during the Zuluhed solo part, I get the cutscene for the catapults but they don't actually spawn so I had to cheat to get through,

 

[OutsiderXE]

One more issue, in the Tol Barad mission, during the Zuluhed solo part, I get the cutscene for the catapults but they don't actually spawn so I had to cheat to get through,

By cutscene, do you mean the one in the beginning where they are destroying the forest or the quick one later where they should appear after the dwarven ambush? If it is the later, are you by any chance playing on easy?

 

[Augustus]

By cutscene, do you mean the one in the beginning where they are destroying the forest or the quick one later where they should appear after the dwarven ambush?

I'm a bit confused but it's the one with the ambush, by that I mean the one before you get the base.

The part where the forest is destroyed is at the beginning? If so, there was no such trigger for me at the beginning but much later. I was left with just Zuluhed until I got to the part where I got the base. Maim was left waiting. Soloing that part with just Zuluhed and a handful of soliders was really hard and impossible when the catapults were missing.

 

[OutsiderXE]

I'm a bit confused it's the one with the ambush, by that I mean the one before you get the base.

The part where the forest is destroyed is at the beginning? If so, there was no such trigger for me. I was left with just Zuluhed until I got to the part where I got the base. Maim was left waiting.

By forest cutscene I mean this cutscene as shown in the screenshot.

It sounds like you might have teleported Zuluhed to some place and assumed you had to use only him. So you never went back to your camp to trigger the cutscene which opens the forest path for Maim and the others. If so, can you point on this map where you mightr have used teleport to get to an unreachable place?

 

[Augustus]

By forest cutscene I mean this cutscene as shown in the screenshot.


It sounds like you might have teleported Zuluhed to some place and assumed you had to use only him. So you never went back to your camp to trigger the cutscene which opens the forest path for Maim and the others. If so, can you point on this map where you mightr have used teleport to get to an unreachable place?

That does seem to be the case. I got to the camp near the red circle. Then I teleported Zuluhed to the rock elemental area and then teleported to the path near the blue circle. From then I just assumed I had to use him and Maim had to wait in the camp (which felt weird). If I am not mistaken, the catapults were supposed to spawn near the yellow circle but they didn't so I cheated to finish the rest of this part.

 

[RH90]

I wish everything was on google drive....downloading from here takes many many hours while google drive download is just a few seconds... :/

 

[MelNefys]

Samze problem for maps corrupted or missing textures, try several times thanks to the comment it work perfectly, and what a game changer! it's unbelievible, just the mission 5 and the interlude, it's frking awesome, thank you so much

Any idea of thon the voice-acings for others language release ?

And Just some minor things, like utok not facing the interlocutor, gold is take 10 by 10 sometimes or some lines repeated in games but rly not big things

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Going through the campaign, I like it so far.

 

[RH90]

Well after many hours of SLOW downloading etc...i could try it, every "new" model is a one colored mostly red, white or grey. Every icon is green totally unplayable. It's like the plastic soldiers just not green but white uncolored / untextured things... 0/10 I did everything as the install tutorial mentioned


Edit:

Pro tip: if you ran that installer as administrator, completed the "install" rebooted your pc, run that thing again and load resources again, it seems fix the missing modell issue