Curse of the Forsaken v3.0.1

[tomoraider]

I need help from a few of you again. This is just the first cinematic in another different format. It's in worse quality than it should be, but this is just to test. @Anaxie, @Jaxximus, @Stefan.K., could you test? https://www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/cotfcin1-rar.299885/

 

[Verb8im]

Oh yeah, sorry. Forgot to post about that. The new cgis that you posted worked for me. Not the ones in the download page, but the ones where you posted in the comments

 

[mikotodesu]

after few minutes, about 30 minutes i would say, i fixed the problem, and been playing it for hours with few breaks, awesome map, repped

 

[KingSlender]

oii tomo the CGI movies worked for me,the problem with the campaign so far is that the last icecrown oblisk (Purple) in the chapter where we fight the lich king on the throne etc. etc. didn't deactivate even though i killed every enemy in the area

 

[KingSlender]

Also before i forget. nice surprise that you gave us with jaina

 

[Anaxie]

It works.

I was curious what the first cinematic could possibly be because Wotlk only had 3 lich King related ones.

How delightful of a montage

So what is contained here?

The montage opener, The Raising of Sindragosa, The Wrathgate, and the Death of Arthas I hope.

Seems you might of missed the Fall of the Lich King trailer where he is communing with Terenas before the siege of ICC begins.

or are all those included?

either way it's good.

Look forward to seeing the Fury of the Sunwell and Akama musing about the black Temple added to RotBE

 

[Yuefang]

Glad you liked it! How did you feel about the difficulty? Was it right for hard, was anything too hard?

It was hard yes, probably Chapter 4 was the most difficult since is a new chapter, 4 waves in a row came to my base! (restarted like 7-8 times)
The three first chapters is notable the difference but it can be solved.
Chapter 5 was amazing, probable the orcs IA (Garrosh and Drek'Thar) were quite useless lol
Chapter 6 is like more a run to survive, it gave me like 5 restarts to beat it.
The chapters in Northend are so fun and hard at the same time, I really enjoyedd it. (I missed Varimathras here)

I find strange that I didn't find any bugs of all that people comment here (not sure about the CGI cinematics, I chose the ingame versions)

 

[KingSlender]

Sooo i restarted the mission again (fall of the lich king)and still have the same issue. the last obelisk (the purple one to the left)doesn't deactivate) Edit1: this is what i'm talking about,if you look at the map you can see no enemies left

 

[tomoraider]

oii tomo the CGI movies worked for me,the problem with the campaign so far is that the last icecrown oblisk (Purple) in the chapter where we fight the lich king on the throne etc. etc. didn't deactivate even though i killed every enemy in the area

Hmm, I'm not sure what the issue is. The trigger for that obelisk is the same like for every other. You killed both of the bosses, Dranosh and the two Val'kyr? Asking to check, if yes, then I will take a closer look at the triggers. It's possible I overlooked something.

It works.

I was curious what the first cinematic could possibly be because Wotlk only had 3 lich King related ones.

How delightful of a montage

So what is contained here?

The montage opener, The Raising of Sindragosa, The Wrathgate, and the Death of Arthas I hope.

Seems you might of missed the Fall of the Lich King trailer where he is communing with Terenas before the siege of ICC begins.

or are all those included?

either way it's good.

Look forward to seeing the Fury of the Sunwell and Akama musing about the black Temple added to RotBE

Awesome!

So I think this was the issue with the cinematics (@Neveralice already posted about it, thank you!). Warcraft III has its own codec that allows you to view the cinematics and I think if you have a different codec installed on your PC, the game uses that one to play them. But Warcraft III's codec can only play Xvid format cinematics it seems, so if you don't have a codec that supports different formats, it will not play them. So the last cinematic I linked was rendered in Xvid (when I finally figured out how to do it), which seems to solve the issue.

It was hard yes, probably Chapter 4 was the most difficult since is a new chapter, 4 waves in a row came to my base! (restarted like 7-8 times)
The three first chapters is notable the difference but it can be solved.
Chapter 5 was amazing, probable the orcs IA (Garrosh and Drek'Thar) were quite useless lol
Chapter 6 is like more a run to survive, it gave me like 5 restarts to beat it.
The chapters in Northend are so fun and hard at the same time, I really enjoyedd it. (I missed Varimathras here)

I find strange that I didn't find any bugs of all that people comment here (not sure about the CGI cinematics, I chose the ingame versions)

Chapter Four is sorta intended to feel "impossible", until the two AIs turn against each other. I might tune it down a bit, tho, if more people find it too hard.
The orc AIs in Chapter Five are a bit strange. In most games for me, they'd come and help out during attacks, but sometimes they'd just sit in their base. I'm not sure what causes that.
In Chapter Six the intention was that you would have to play very agressive so you can quickly take over enemy Forsaken bases, which I seem to have managed then awesome!

It's understandable other people have come across bugs. Everyone plays somewhat different so it's impossible to spot every bug. But it's great it's getting reported, I plan to push an update later this week to adress all the issues once more people post comments.

 

[Anaxie]

It was hard yes, probably Chapter 4 was the most difficult since is a new chapter, 4 waves in a row came to my base! (restarted like 7-8 times)
The three first chapters is notable the difference but it can be solved.
Chapter 5 was amazing, probable the orcs IA (Garrosh and Drek'Thar) were quite useless lol
Chapter 6 is like more a run to survive, it gave me like 5 restarts to beat it.
The chapters in Northend are so fun and hard at the same time, I really enjoyedd it. (I missed Varimathras here)

I find strange that I didn't find any bugs of all that people comment here (not sure about the CGI cinematics, I chose the ingame versions)

My bugs were a fluke in my game files. Reinstall fixed everything. Even with rebirth

 

[KingSlender]

Hmm, I'm not sure what the issue is. The trigger for that obelisk is the same like for every other. You killed both of the bosses, Dranosh and the two Val'kyr? Asking to check, if yes, then I will take a closer look at the triggers. It's possible I overlooked something.



Awesome!

So I think this was the issue with the cinematics (@Neveralice already posted about it, thank you!). Warcraft III has its own codec that allows you to view the cinematics and I think if you have a different codec installed on your PC, the game uses that one to play them. But Warcraft III's codec can only play Xvid format cinematics it seems, so if you don't have a codec that supports different formats, it will not play them. So the last cinematic I linked was rendered in Xvid (when I finally figured out how to do it), which seems to solve the issue.



Chapter Four is sorta intended to feel "impossible", until the two AIs turn against each other. I might tune it down a bit, tho, if more people find it too hard.
The orc AIs in Chapter Five are a bit strange. In most games for me, they'd come and help out during attacks, but sometimes they'd just sit in their base. I'm not sure what causes that.
In Chapter Six the intention was that you would have to play very agressive so you can quickly take over enemy Forsaken bases, which I seem to have managed then awesome!

It's understandable other people have come across bugs. Everyone plays somewhat different so it's impossible to spot every bug. But it's great it's getting reported, I plan to push an update later this week to adress all the issues once more people post comments.

yes i killed every single monster including the 2 Val'kyr and the undead orc boss and created shadowmorne. could the problem be in shadowmorne?

 

[tomoraider]

yes i killed every single monster including the 2 Val'kyr and the undead orc boss and created shadowmorne. could the problem be in shadowmorne?

No, I don't think Shadowmourne is the issue. It seems you're playing with cheats, if so, could you try out those two boss fights without cheats? I'm wondering if they might be breaking something.

 

[KingSlender]

No, I don't think Shadowmourne is the issue. It seems you're playing with cheats, if so, could you try out those two boss fights without cheats? I'm wondering if they might be breaking something.

It was shadowmourne,i played with cheats again,killed the 2 bosses (didn't pick up the death essence tho) and the obelisk got disabled,i'll update this reply if i find any of the 2 obelisks not working

 

[Anaxie]

shadowmourne how delightful! this campaign will be fun when i have time

 

[Neveralice]

Glad to be of help. As I mentioned later, if you want the original quality, try installing H264 codecs and cinematics will play smoothly.

I've finally completed all missions on hard mode without noticeable bugs. (And I'd like a Brutal difficulty, to be honest)
Chapter 4 can be done without the AIs' infighting. The trick is to quickly feed the vampire bats so that they can delay the enemy attacks effectively. And expand early to secure enough income.
In Chapter 5 Garrosh only helped me once and Drek'Thar never came out of his base. Yet I finished it because the Undead were also fools - they never destroyed the south production buildings even if they have pushed across the brigde.
The trick in chapter 6 is to liberate the east Forsaken base first. It has a Level 3 town hall, and unlike the central base it won't be attacked in three directions. Remember to lure the Generals out and focus fire, not fighting them in base. You'd like to preserve as many forsaken units as possible.
That Scroll of Truth in Chapter 9 is really neat. I thought it was an alternative way for Sylvanas to use her Banshee form, but ..... no one told me that Jaina is a dreadlord before
The enhanced Frost Wyrms in Chapter 10 are CRAZY. Massing Dread Guards can beat all previous levels, but I was forced to mass Vampire Bats after three defeats in a row.

By the way, I don't think replacing Dread Guard's life drain with passive life steal is an Upgrade. I assume you never tried to mass Dread Guards? When you have 20 Dread Guards life draining the same target - even a hero will be killed in a few seconds. (That's my anti-air way before being forced to try Vampire Bats)
And do you think it is a good idea to add resistant skin to Val'kyrs? Necromancer's cripple on Val'kry lasts too long in my opinion. That's why I prefer Dread Guards - they are immune.

The last Chapter is a huge improvement and very fun to play, although I miss our manipulative, cunning, persistent and ambitious Dreadlord Varimathras and our innocent, cute and unfortunate Apothecary Phaelynne.

 

[Anaxie]

The last Chapter is a huge improvement and very fun to play, although I miss our manipulative, cunning, persistent and ambitious Dreadlord Varimathras and our innocent, cute and unfortunate Apothecary Phaelynne.

I've already praised Tomoraider for having old versions uploaded specifically because CotF2.0 and 3.0 maps and story and fights are so different it's two entirely different campaigns. Far more different then all the rehashes of Reign of Chaos campaigns we get spammed with on here excluding Teo's Enhanced one.

2.0 has the Silverpine Level and Worgen, different character apothacary, Entirely different ICC and extremely challenging encounter, and a completely different layout for many levels like Orgrimmar and Azjol Nerub.

I would go as far to say that 2.0 should be advertised along with the other 2 V3.0s relable it a directors Cut edition because thats what it is. Odds are most new users would end up never looking at that one.

 

[Stefan.K]

I need help from a few of you again. This is just the first cinematic in another different format. It's in worse quality than it should be, but this is just to test. @Anaxie, @Jaxximus, @Stefan.K., could you test? https://www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/cotfcin1-rar.299885/

The first cinematic seems to work now. Don't know about the other 3 ones cuz I didn't played it since the cinematics didn't work.

 

[tomoraider]

Glad to be of help. As I mentioned later, if you want the original quality, try installing H264 codecs and cinematics will play smoothly.

I've finally completed all missions on hard mode without noticeable bugs. (And I'd like a Brutal difficulty, to be honest)
Chapter 4 can be done without the AIs' infighting. The trick is to quickly feed the vampire bats so that they can delay the enemy attacks effectively. And expand early to secure enough income.
In Chapter 5 Garrosh only helped me once and Drek'Thar never came out of his base. Yet I finished it because the Undead were also fools - they never destroyed the south production buildings even if they have pushed across the brigde.
The trick in chapter 6 is to liberate the east Forsaken base first. It has a Level 3 town hall, and unlike the central base it won't be attacked in three directions. Remember to lure the Generals out and focus fire, not fighting them in base. You'd like to preserve as many forsaken units as possible.
That Scroll of Truth in Chapter 9 is really neat. I thought it was an alternative way for Sylvanas to use her Banshee form, but ..... no one told me that Jaina is a dreadlord before
The enhanced Frost Wyrms in Chapter 10 are CRAZY. Massing Dread Guards can beat all previous levels, but I was forced to mass Vampire Bats after three defeats in a row.

By the way, I don't think replacing Dread Guard's life drain with passive life steal is an Upgrade. I assume you never tried to mass Dread Guards? When you have 20 Dread Guards life draining the same target - even a hero will be killed in a few seconds. (That's my anti-air way before being forced to try Vampire Bats)
And do you think it is a good idea to add resistant skin to Val'kyrs? Necromancer's cripple on Val'kry lasts too long in my opinion. That's why I prefer Dread Guards - they are immune.

The last Chapter is a huge improvement and very fun to play, although I miss our manipulative, cunning, persistent and ambitious Dreadlord Varimathras and our innocent, cute and unfortunate Apothecary Phaelynne.

I'll do some more testing with the orc AIs in Chapter Five, try to get them to work correctly all of the time. As for your thoughts on chapter four and six: agree completely! Those are the best tactics to beat them easily.

Hmm, I will think about the Siphon Life upgrade. I usually didn't make a lot of Dreadguards because I liked to have a lot of casters and a few abominations, but I kind of agree with you. I suppose the idea behind Siphon Life was to make Dreadguards able to survive even more encounters. Any ideas on how else I could change it?

As for the val'kyr, I'm not sure. I think they are already quite powerful, adding resistant skin might make every val'kyr feel like a hero, I also always had an apothecary or two that could dispel Cripple.

Oh yes, and how did you feel about the hard difficulty? Did you feel it was right? Was anything too hard? And a brutal version, eh? I already found hard quite challenging at times, I'm not sure I would be able to play through brutal!

I've already praised Tomoraider for having old versions uploaded specifically because CotF2.0 and 3.0 maps and story and fights are so different it's two entirely different campaigns. Far more different then all the rehashes of Reign of Chaos campaigns we get spammed with on here excluding Teo's Enhanced one.

2.0 has the Silverpine Level and Worgen, different character apothacary, Entirely different ICC and extremely challenging encounter, and a completely different layout for many levels like Orgrimmar and Azjol Nerub.

I would go as far to say that 2.0 should be advertised along with the other 2 V3.0s relable it a directors Cut edition because thats what it is. Odds are most new users would end up never looking at that one.

I guess they do somewhat feel like two different campaigns, but I think v3.0 came out so different simply because I decided to drastically change all the parts I felt needed changing. The worgen story felt redundant to me and Phaelynne's story felt a bit too forced, especially the ending. And so many maps ended up getting revamped because I felt they could be much better than what they were.

The first cinematic seems to work now. Don't know about the other 3 ones cuz I didn't played it since the cinematics didn't work.

Awesome! I will post updated versions of all cinematics tomorrow.

 

[Verb8im]

King Varian Wrynn

Bolvar Fordragon

Don't know if you saw this Bolvar model yet or not. The Varian model got updated with a new texture recently

 

[emiemu]

Why you remove the worgens?

 

[Anaxie]

Why you remove the worgens?

likely going for a more canonical experience this time around. Putress and no varimathras after battle for undercity as an example.

its a great change and CotF has evolved for the better. still worth playing both editions for newcomers in my opinion.

I'm just thrilled to death we get a Kel'thuzad boss battle among all the wonderful others I was able to spy around ICC. i havnt even played this yet with other obbligations at the moment.

 

[Yuefang]

Chapter Four is sorta intended to feel "impossible", until the two AIs turn against each other. I might tune it down a bit, tho, if more people find it too hard.
The orc AIs in Chapter Five are a bit strange. In most games for me, they'd come and help out during attacks, but sometimes they'd just sit in their base. I'm not sure what causes that.
In Chapter Six the intention was that you would have to play very agressive so you can quickly take over enemy Forsaken bases, which I seem to have managed then awesome!

It's understandable other people have come across bugs. Everyone plays somewhat different so it's impossible to spot every bug. But it's great it's getting reported, I plan to push an update later this week to adress all the issues once more people post comments.

Sure, after try number 5 I had studied the bases and saw which one was weaker to go to kill the general as fast as I can.
The IA of the orcs in Chapter 5 in my case was like Drek'Thar did nothing and Garrosh defended Orgrimmar with all of his forces, he even brought peons lol

Hmm, I will think about the Siphon Life upgrade. I usually didn't make a lot of Dreadguards because I liked to have a lot of casters and a few abominations, but I kind of agree with you. I suppose the idea behind Siphon Life was to make Dreadguards able to survive even more encounters. Any ideas on how else I could change it?

Actually, I like Dreadguards as they are, Siphon life I use it in the early game, when I update them with armor and weapons, the lifesteal passive feels like op.

 

[Anaxie]

Sure, after try number 5 I had studied the bases and saw which one was weaker to go to kill the general as fast as I can.
The IA of the orcs in Chapter 5 in my case was like Drek'Thar did nothing and Garrosh defended Orgrimmar with all of his forces, he even brought peons lol



Actually, I like Dreadguards as they are, Siphon life I use it in the early game, when I update them with armor and weapons, the lifesteal passive feels like op.

Garrosh made even peons fight? Sounds intended if this is supposed to be a LORE campaign. RIGHT?

I approve

 

[Yuefang]

Garrosh made even peons fight? Sounds intended if this is supposed to be a LORE campaign. RIGHT?

I approve

Garrosh did nothing wrong. *insert sarcasm face*

 

[Verb8im]

Can someone tell me at what points do the Dragon Age Inquisition music happens?

 

[Neveralice]

Hello again! I've got some ideas on loading screens.
Say I'm telling a High Elf story in Quel'Thalas. The Undead Campaign has several built-in loading screens for use. However, they all have that Scourge crest and their own red path marks, which give a foreign feeling since this should be a High Elf story, not Scourge.
I found the resources in War3.mpq and with some editing (< 30 min), got a High Elf themed Quel'Thalas loading screen with its own path marks. (Tested and worked in game)
This is not a significant change, but I believe it is a neat visual effect that improves the overall feeling of this already wonderful campaign.
So what do you think of this, replacing Scourge crests in loading screen with Forsaken or other faction crests?

Spoiler: Original Loading Screen

Spoiler: Edited Loading Screen

* The High Elf crest is credited to @BannanaHamma on deviantart (here's the link). All other edits and tests are done myself.

 

[KingSlender]

Tomo i finished the Campaign the problem was as i said with shadowmorne,i didn't pick up any of the essences or triggered the quest until the 3 obelisks got deactivated

 

[Anaxie]

the problem with crests is what do you do for say Azjol that has varian and thrall?

I think if tomo a forsaken broken mask crest has far more personalaity across the board. it's curse of the forsaken afterall

 

[KingSlender]

TOMOOOO HELP MEEEE

 

[Svyshlov]

Thak you very much for the 3.0. I have been really waiting for it!

 

[tomoraider]

King Varian Wrynn

Bolvar Fordragon

Don't know if you saw this Bolvar model yet or not. The Varian model got updated with a new texture recently

Oooh I like that Varian model now, I'll think about. I haven't found any Bolvar models I like, though.

Why you remove the worgens?

likely going for a more canonical experience this time around. Putress and no varimathras after battle for undercity as an example.

its a great change and CotF has evolved for the better. still worth playing both editions for newcomers in my opinion.

I'm just thrilled to death we get a Kel'thuzad boss battle among all the wonderful others I was able to spy around ICC. i havnt even played this yet with other obbligations at the moment.

It's actually more because they didn't contribute to the story at all, they felt like a pointless filler. There's a few of those, for example, the campaign would be the same without Lor'themar, but he has a justification for being there, as it's sort of a continuation of Rise of the Blood Elves (And I want him to be there!). The worgen, however, were just there.

Sure, after try number 5 I had studied the bases and saw which one was weaker to go to kill the general as fast as I can.
The IA of the orcs in Chapter 5 in my case was like Drek'Thar did nothing and Garrosh defended Orgrimmar with all of his forces, he even brought peons lol

Actually, I like Dreadguards as they are, Siphon life I use it in the early game, when I update them with armor and weapons, the lifesteal passive feels like op.

Garrosh made even peons fight? Sounds intended if this is supposed to be a LORE campaign. RIGHT?

I approve

Garrosh did nothing wrong. *insert sarcasm face*

That sounds absolutely perfect. I should totally make Garrosh attack with peons!

Can someone tell me at what points do the Dragon Age Inquisition music happens?

It happens throughout the entire campaign. I can't remember on top of my head where what soundtrack plays.

Hello again! I've got some ideas on loading screens.
Say I'm telling a High Elf story in Quel'Thalas. The Undead Campaign has several built-in loading screens for use. However, they all have that Scourge crest and their own red path marks, which give a foreign feeling since this should be a High Elf story, not Scourge.
I found the resources in War3.mpq and with some editing (< 30 min), got a High Elf themed Quel'Thalas loading screen with its own path marks. (Tested and worked in game)
This is not a significant change, but I believe it is a neat visual effect that improves the overall feeling of this already wonderful campaign.
So what do you think of this, replacing Scourge crests in loading screen with Forsaken or other faction crests?

Spoiler: Original Loading Screen

Spoiler: Edited Loading Screen

* The High Elf crest is credited to @BannanaHamma on deviantart (here's the link). All other edits and tests are done myself.

the problem with crests is what do you do for say Azjol that has varian and thrall?

I think if tomo a forsaken broken mask crest has far more personalaity across the board. it's curse of the forsaken afterall

I like this idea. I'll think about it. I don't think it would be a problem if the Azjol-Nerub map had a Forsaken crest.

Tomo i finished the Campaign the problem was as i said with shadowmorne,i didn't pick up any of the essences or triggered the quest until the 3 obelisks got deactivated

TOMOOOO HELP MEEEE

Shadowmourne has nothing to do with it. The trigger for the obelisk to turn off is completely independent from all the other triggers. I suspect it's because you're using cheats. The image you just posted: that happened because of cheats.

Thak you very much for the 3.0. I have been really waiting for it!

No problem! Glad you liked it.

 

[Neveralice]

the problem with crests is what do you do for say Azjol that has varian and thrall?

I think if tomo a forsaken broken mask crest has far more personalaity across the board. it's curse of the forsaken afterall

I agree. The simplest solution is to just put Forsaken crest on every loading screen since this is CotF.

However, if you'd like to be a little more creative, it is possible to get some "combined" crest.
Although I don't know Photoshop, I do find some interesting fan arts. For example, I think this one is good for maps where you control both Forsaken and Blood Elf forces. And of course, in the Azjol-Nerub map a combined Alliance-Horde crest is most proper.
(I tried but failed to find the creator of this crest.)

Spoiler: Forsaken-Blood Elf crest

 

[KingSlender]

The image i posted was because i left the computer and let lady lich (forgot her name) to keep summoning more troops.

 

[rexor1981]

Hi Tomo! I found another bug. Black arrow skeletons last only 80 seconds. In the earlier version they were permanent........

 

[izaiphovias]

Hey @tomoraider, tried the cinematics, but couldn't get them to work. I saw that you've posted a separate link to the cinematics in a different format, but couldn't download them (the link was broken). I'm running the latest WC patch.

 

[tomoraider]

I've replaced the link in the description with CGI cinematics in a new format. These should now work properly.

I agree. The simplest solution is to just put Forsaken crest on every loading screen since this is CotF.

However, if you'd like to be a little more creative, it is possible to get some "combined" crest.
Although I don't know Photoshop, I do find some interesting fan arts. For example, I think this one is good for maps where you control both Forsaken and Blood Elf forces. And of course, in the Azjol-Nerub map a combined Alliance-Horde crest is most proper.
(I tried but failed to find the creator of this crest.)

Spoiler: Forsaken-Blood Elf crest

I'm not sure I like that crest. If I do it, I think I would just put a Forsaken crest on all the loading screens. But I will also think about making completely new loading screens, using WoW maps, maybe?

Hi Tomo! I found another bug. Black arrow skeletons last only 80 seconds. In the earlier version they were permanent........

Black Arrow has always worked like that, it's unchanged from how it works in melee.

Hey @tomoraider, tried the cinematics, but couldn't get them to work. I saw that you've posted a separate link to the cinematics in a different format, but couldn't download them (the link was broken). I'm running the latest WC patch.

Hey, I just replaced the link in the description with CGI cinematics in a new format that should work for everyone. Give them a try!

 

[izaiphovias]

Actually, I've just found the fix: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/17611151371, it seems to be an issue with the codec that Warcraft 3 uses to run cinematics, it is not quite compatible with Win 10, but there's a fix. You might want to quote the link on the main post, for those unable to run the CGIs.

 

[Verb8im]

What sort of changes would be in The Rise of the Blood Elves update?

Is Sylvanas's model change in Chapter 5 just to signify that a lot of time has passed?

 

[Yuefang]

What sort of changes would be in The Rise of the Blood Elves update?

Is Sylvanas's model change in Chapter 5 just to signify that a lot of time has passed?

The only thing that I thought was that being a reference to "Sylvanas kept improving her body as time passed" or something like that was her lore?

 

[Anaxie]

I've replaced the link in the description with CGI cinematics in a new format. These should now work properly.



I'm not sure I like that crest. If I do it, I think I would just put a Forsaken crest on all the loading screens. But I will also think about making completely new loading screens, using WoW maps, maybe?

You should definetly use WoW maps. Could always use the OLD WOTLK Arthas sitting on the Throne loading screen before it was replaced with Bolvar if you can find that for ICC since. That would be a good one right there.

but YES use WoW ones and make your own
[Campaign] - The Second War does this and it looks great. heres an example
I believe this is one of the final artistic touches you campaigns need

Make sure you pay attention to vanilla WoW and not Post Cata for the Eastern Kingdoms

replace the Wotlk Logo

 

[Kyrbi0]

How to do that (use WoW maps)?

 

[Anaxie]

I imagine Tomo would just download the old Vanilla and Wotlk and modfy them and cut the images up to form a loading screen.

It's a process but it will add A hell of a lot to the campaigns as a next 3.1 jump. I love the idea

 

[tomoraider]

Actually, I've just found the fix: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/17611151371, it seems to be an issue with the codec that Warcraft 3 uses to run cinematics, it is not quite compatible with Win 10, but there's a fix. You might want to quote the link on the main post, for those unable to run the CGIs.

Yeah, I already found out about that, but thanks regardless!

What sort of changes would be in The Rise of the Blood Elves update?

Is Sylvanas's model change in Chapter 5 just to signify that a lot of time has passed?

The only thing that I thought was that being a reference to "Sylvanas kept improving her body as time passed" or something like that was her lore?

Not sure about any RotBE changes yet.

I changed her model because I wanted to show a lot of time passed and the Forsaken were now a real threat, so to say.

You should definetly use WoW maps. Could always use the OLD WOTLK Arthas sitting on the Throne loading screen before it was replaced with Bolvar if you can find that for ICC since. That would be a good one right there.

but YES use WoW ones and make your own
[Campaign] - The Second War does this and it looks great. heres an example
I believe this is one of the final artistic touches you campaigns need

Make sure you pay attention to vanilla WoW and not Post Cata for the Eastern Kingdoms

replace the Wotlk Logo

How to do that (use WoW maps)?

I imagine Tomo would just download the old Vanilla and Wotlk and modfy them and cut the images up to form a loading screen.

It's a process but it will add A hell of a lot to the campaigns as a next 3.1 jump. I love the idea

It would be pretty cool. I imagine I would edit them heavily in Photoshop to make them look nice ingame. It would certainly be a process.

 

[Abishkar]

@tomoraider I don't understand... One of your Changelog updates recently has the statement : "Named changed from Val’kyr to Val’kyr" What!? They are the same name!
By the way, I played the new version and its great! Well done!

 

[tomoraider]

@tomoraider I don't understand... One of your Changelog updates recently has the statement : "Named changed from Val’kyr to Val’kyr" What!? They are the same name!
By the way, I played the new version and its great! Well done!

Glad you liked it. And it says "Name changed from Val'kyr to Val'kyr Battlemaiden."

 

[Abishkar]

Oh, sorry! Very sorry for wasting your time
Tomoraider bro, are you anyhow planning to do the Burning Crusade remake for Warcraft 3? Would love that!
Edit : There is an error in the spelling in the line I posted. "Name". You wrote "Named". How strange! I did not see it before! Anyway, good work!

 

[izaiphovias]

Oh, sorry! Very sorry for wasting your time
Tomoraider bro, are you anyhow planning to do the Burning Crusade remake for Warcraft 3? Would love that!
Edit : There is an error in the spelling in the line I posted. "Name". You wrote "Named". How strange! I did not see it before! Anyway, good work!

Check his Rise of the Blood Elves campaign, it is a BC remake.

 

[Anaxie]

Check his Rise of the Blood Elves campaign, it is a BC remake.

It even features Black Temple and Sunwell and another completely new race

 

[Abishkar]

Okay! I never knew that was a BC remake! Whoops!

 

[Lurker245]

I noticed a tiny oversight in the Battle for Undercity map: the Meat Wagons given to you in the actual undercity assault part of the mission are the standard kind that pick up corpses, not the custom ones that can dispense blight.