Converting 1.23 Map To Playable In 1.24

[Byslake]

Attached is a open source map that's only playable in 1.23, can anyone help me convert it to playable in 1.24 and let it remain as open source?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Dr Super Good helped out already. Thanks again.

 

[Pharaoh_]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/general-mapping-tutorials-278/make-map-work-patch-1-24-a-165482/

 

[Dr Super Good]

I am impressed by the maps heavy jass use.

Anyway, the problem is the removal of the typecasting exploit. Changing its systems to use hashtables would fix it which I may attempt at some stage.

 

[Byslake]

Hope the 'at some stage' is not too far away. =X

 

[Dr Super Good]

UMMMMMM It has come to my attention that there is a version "NOTD Aftermath 1.5d Beta 8" that has been hosted on battlenet recently.

Are you absolutly 100% sure no one has already fixed this map? If so you have wasted 2 hours of my life....

 

[Byslake]

NOTD Aftermath 1.5c is the latest version by the original creator, Azazel_.

NOTD Aftermath 1.5d Beta 8 you mentioned is The Only Ace edition since the original maker suddenly went missing, he has make changes to the original map which I think is not pretty nice to do so just because original creator went missing and hope to support it by playing the 'original' edition.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Ask the new maker for a fixed version before he made the changes?

 

[Byslake]

He ask me to just go for 1.5d. =/

And recently after the new official forum update, I didn't see him anymore.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Sounds like a map thief to me that guy, refusing to give a fixed version.

 

[Byslake]

Well, he's a map thief to me and those of us who unwilling to play his 1.5d edition. =X

 

[Badozz]

Yes version 1.5d is the only playable now. I like to play it, although I get lot's of fatal errors, and all players tell me they got fatal error too. It's like 30-40% chance to get fatal error with Notd AM 1.5d beta8 with no reason! I'm playing with TFT 1.26. Do you get fatal errors so frequently as well? Or is there a solution? I really like this map, it would be great to play again.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Sorry but I forgot to post that I fixed up a version of 1.5c to be playable with the lattest patches. The port was not totally sucessful with saving not working (but loading does) due to a binary conversion between float and int being abused to mangle an integer (could be solved but would take a lot of time).

The semi-working map was given to Topic Creator.

I advise he uses a more modern save/load system as the existing one was not too good. A load old could easilly be implimented.

 

[Byslake]

Yes, this map has near zero chance of facing fatals, but there's some other minor bugs that pop up after converting to playable in 1.24e, not sure what happened, but due to lack of knowledge in JASS, I using GUI to make similar effects of what original is, one of the example is Varanus no longer suicide after taking hits, would try to finish it soon. =X

 

[Dr Super Good]

I using GUI to make similar effects of what original is

Please do not ruin the map, rather find someone with JASS knowledge to fix the problem than resort to GUI. You can not even remove the defective system if you do not know JASS as the map has all its systems mixed up (I doubt the maker did any software engineering course).

I changed a substantial amount of code and a lot of it was not very good code in the first place (poor cohesion). I do agree though that a lot of the systems need to be rewritten due to poor design but GUI is not an option as even in their current state they would still be better than GUI.

Fixing a bug could be something as simple as a single error that may have been introduced when I was fixing the code.