[Altered Melee] Custom Race based on Tileset

[TUCANA]

Custom Race based on Tileset
Submitted by TUCANA

I have some idea about making custom race:

1) Create custom race based on Neutral Hostile unit with specific tileset, (for example: Icecrown Glacier race),
2) Add multiple tileset type in one map, (for example: Felwood - Poison in Lordaeron Winter tileset),
3) Add specific weather type after finish build a structure on the building,
4) Change blight tile, (for example: Felwood - Poison for Corrupted Night Elf building instead of Blight),
5) Players can ally with native faction,
6) Native factions would be the native residents of the theme map, like the Tuskarr.​

What do you think about it? Please, give me your opinions.
I really need inspiration especially for tech-tree, spell, unit's stats, and lore. Thank you very much.
About the next version, I will upload it regularly in this map development thread.

Garden of War
Altered Melee Version by TUCANA

List of Features

1) You can play as Felwood, Naga, Tuskarr, and default Warcraft III race,
2) This map inspired by Monolith, Nature's Call - Spider Queen map, Random Map, and White Flake Forest,
3) Default WarCraft III race A.I. (Human, Orc, Night Elf, and Undead) work properly,
4) This map can be played up to 8 (eight) players,
5) Every custom race has it's own custom tile set, not based on blight model,
6) Win, defeat, revealing, and unrevealing trigger work properly,
7) Race selection via handicap,
8) This map is not protected.​

Gameplay Screenshot (Tier-1)

Felwood Race

Naga Race

Tuskarr Race

Felwood Birth Animation

Tuskarr Birth Animation

Next Update (Work in Progress)

Mercenary Camps WIP

Players can ally with native faction, by using Mercenary Camps. It can be used to be claimed and win the bonus advantage of spawning native faction unit every 40 seconds (controlled by Players) and have no Food Cost.

Current version: V08 (16/02/2018), uploaded with credit list inside.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I like those custom Birth anims; I can see that @Hermit made the Felwood one (noice mate!), But who made the ice one?

 

[Unregret]

Subscribed. This one interests me so much.

 

[TUCANA]

Thank you @Kyrbi0. I create those animation, Felwood birth animation was created by me via trigger based on Northern Tree Birth and UBirth.mdx, can check it via World Editor (except Corrupted Gold Mine skin model, it was created by Hermit).

Edit (17/02/2018):
About Tuskarr birth animation, I create it by adding crystal doodad attachment at origin of the building via ability trigger.

 

[SgtWinter]

Interesting idea and gameplay, but I suggest making unique units instead of basing them on the default ones. Give them custom abilities, make them unique, and balance the stats so they aren't as overpowered. Also, give them some useful upgrades. Other than that, I think it's a decent map, but make sure to polish it afterwards.

 

[TUCANA]

Thank you @SgtWinter I will do as you say (change the altered race unit stats and basing them on default race stat).

 

[King Tidus]

This is a really interesting project, I hope you complete it

 

[Daffa]

Some quick note from my first run :
1. Custom race has reduced handicap. Reset them at game start to 100%
2. Naga Royal Guard is a copy pasta of Archmage, might want to modify him
3. Myrmidon at tier 1 is a dangerous idea and potential for rushes.

 

[Banelingline]

Hmm.. I'm now thinking about how one might make a "Mongrel Horde" faction for the Lordaeron tilesets and an Outlaw faction for the Dalaran tilesets. To list the distinct models available:

Mongrel Horde, Lordaeron tilesets:
11 total distinct models, could add 2 from other tilesets
3 Forest Troll models (regular/berzerker, high priest/shadow priest and trapper/warlord)
1 Spider model (zero model distinction, significant color pallet distinction)
2/3 Gnoll models (Poacher/Assassin, regular/Brute/Overseer, Warden may or may not be sufficiently distinct)
1 Golem model (Mud/Stone/Granite)
1 Murloc model (Tidehunter/Huntsman/Nightcrawler)
2 Ogre models (Warrior/Magi/Mauler and Lord)

From other tilesets:
2 Kobold models (regular/tunneler/taskmaster and geomancer)

Outlaws, Dalaran/Cityscape tilesets:
8 total distinct models, could add 3 from other tilesets
3 Bandit models (regular/Rogue/Enforcer, Brigand/Assassin and Lord)
1 Golem model (Mud/Stone/Granite, better fits Mongrel Horde)
2 Wizard models (Apprentice and Rogue/Renegade/Dark, latter is Archmage model retextured)
2 "monstrocity" models (reject and mutant)

From other tilesets:
1 Golem (Battle/War/Siege, fits Outlaw's mage side better than "stony" Golems)
2 Revenants (Fire/Lightning/Death, Tide/Seas/Depths/Deeplord)

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I'm leaving out dragons because almost every tileset has dragons, so using them as air units is rather silly because you end up with a lot of similarity in the air unit. This is just listing what models are pre-existing, mechanics will come later. Maybe.