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With the recent update of the campaign to version 0.49, many bugs were eliminated. Unlike before, version 1.26 and 1.27 of Warcraft 3 can no longer play it. However, 1.30 and 1.31+ can play it with way fewer bugs than before. Defenders of the Light is now best compatible with version 1.29, 1.30, 1.31. You may encounter some minor bugs here and there (through avoidable if you reload the save enough times) if you play with version 1.30+.
1) Download the campaign
2) Place the file into your My Documents/Warcraft 3/Campaigns
2) Don't rename the campaign file or the map transition may not work
3) Play the campaign
Inspired by The Founding of Durotar Campaign, yet unsatisfied by how short but fascinating the campaign was, this campaign aims to create a bigger world with more areas and various styles of gameplay. Note that the campaign followsnoneof the Warcraft or World of Warcraft lore. It takes place at a different world despite using the names of some of the same characters in Warcraft.
This campaign was first developed based on the idea of gameplay and exploration. Even though the Rexxar Campaign was amazing, it was kinda short for my taste. For the longest time, I have always wanted to create a campaign like that but bigger and more diverse in term of gameplay. My first thoughts were to make as many maps as possible. Therefore, more play-styles can be implemented such as regular RTS games, defense games, arena games, puzzles, MOBA, mini-games and many more, into only one single campaign. And here it is, this RPG campaign is the result of that.
Campaign in the style of The Founding of Durotar with many unique elements Defenders of the Light aims to provide something beyond the experience of the original Warcraft 3 and the Founding of Durotar. It has many unique minigames and contents that you may get pleasantly surprised about. It may look like a typical Warcraft 3 campaign at the start, but the changes only show themselves gradually the deeper you dive into the campaign.
An original, beautiful and impactful storyline which was written to touch your heart Growing up, I always love the kind of stories that realistically portrait the characters as real human beings, with goodnesses and flaws. Therefore, I created this story with the same mindset in mind. Great movies and games successfully touched my heart in the past. Great works of art always give me the experiences I could never forget. I hope Defenders of the Light will do the same thing to you.
More than 16 playable maps for Act I and more than 12 playable maps for Act II After completing The Founding of Durotar, I was a bit disappointed of how few the maps are, and also got even more disappointed in the later Acts that the number of maps not only shrinks but the story also becomes more linear. I created this campaign not with the intention to surpass The Founding of Durotar. I only created what I wanted to play, something bigger, something I could enjoy a lot more. Unlike the map layout of The Founding of Durotar, which has one main map and some submaps around it, the maps in Defenders of the Light do not structure the same way. You'll know it when you play it.
Custom units and custom AI, adding new layers of complexity and skills on top of the original Warcraft 3 If Warcraft 3 is made simply for RTS, then the original unit attacking patterns (move, attack, cast spells) are fine with me. However, RPG formulas require the game to be more complex and compelling. Defenders of the Light starts out like any a typical Warcraft 3 campaign with normal units doing what normal units do in Warcraft 3. It gets more complicated as time goes on as it will require more control on your part. You will see the full result of my vision with custom units and AIs in the Second Act.
Many unique boss fights. Many of them are difficult yet memorable Beside the story, the boss fights in this campaign will be the most memorable feature you'd ever experience. I was so proud of creating the bosses in the second Act. They are challenging, beautiful, phenomenal and most memorable.
Map transition system - Most maps can be traveled back and forth This feature itself is quite rare of a feature for a custom campaign on HIVE. To me it's quite hard to find a campaign like The Founding of Durotar that utilizes the map transition system. Most campaigns have you play from one map to another without coming back to the previous maps to progress with the story. Defenders of the Light does that which makes it distinctively an RPG campaign. With this system, you can do some interesting things with it that other campaigns cannot.
"Elwynn Forest" by Jason Hayes
"Laurence, the First Vicar" by Tsukasa Saitoh
"Don't Turn Back" by CO.AG Music
"Far Horizons" by Jeremy Soule
"The Ancient Dragon" by Motoi Sakuraba
"Gothic Dolls" by Derek & Brandon Fiechter
"2Volt" by Hiroyuki Sawano
"Come On!" by Yoko Shimomura
"Firelink Shrine" by Motoi Sakuraba
Arceus Battle Theme Remix by Luigigigas
Jaina Theme by Neal Acree & Russell Brower
"Darklurker" by Motoi Sakuraba
"Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower" by Yuka Kitamura, etc.
"Dalaran Halls" by Neal Acree & Russell Brower
"Holy Warriors Oath" by Neal Acree & Russell Brower
"ət'æk 0N tάɪtn" by Hiroyuki Sawano
"Nashandra" by Motoi Sakuraba
"Haunted" by Tales Of The Forgotten & Steph Kowal
"Oblivion" by Baptiste Thiry
"Dependent Weakling" by Keiichi Okabe
"XL-TT" - Hiroyuki Sawano
"Gehrman, The First Hunter" by Ryan Amon, etc.
"偽書ト世界" by Keiichi Okabe
"鏖殺ノ予感" by Keiichi Okabe
"Mourning" by Keiichi Okabe
"False Knight" by Christopher Larkin
"The Sound of the End" by Keiichi Okabe
"Gods Bounded by Rules" by Keiichi Okabe
"Dispossession (Piano)" by Keiichi Okabe
"Sir Alonne" by Yuka Kitamura
"Faltering Prayer" by Keiichi Okabe
"Surge of Power" by Yoshino Aoki
SFX Boing2 from Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
SFX Monster Growl by thecheeseman
SFX NotEnoughMineral from Starcraft II
SFX Toxic Goo by Mike Koenig
SFX GehrmanAttack01 from Bloodborne
SFX ff7victory from Final Fantasy VII
They were this campaign's testers. I learned that campaign testing is not only about bug finding and bug fixing. They have done a lot more than that. They contributed a lot of suggestions and ideas to develop the campaign greatly. The scripts of the campaign were also rewritten and improved greatly by them. If you see the version of this campaign when it first came out in the Map Developement section in 2017, you may be surprised of the big difference between that version and the version you have now. All I'm saying is that without their help and you guys' support, this campaign may not have happened. I could never have done this by myself. Thanks to all, it is finally here. Thank you very much.
Changelog
v0.52 11/09/2022
v0.49 10/13/2022
v0.46 04/04/2021
v0.45 03/25/2021
v0.41 01/08/2020
v0.39 12/23/2019
v0.34 04/12/2019
v0.33 10/26/2018
v0.32 08/23/2018
v0.31 08/19/2018
v0.30 07/21/2018
v0.29 07/16/2018
v0.28 07/15/2018
v0.16 08/12/2017
v0.14 08/02/2017
v0.11 07/27/2017
v0.10 07/26/2017
General Changes/Fixes
Added a new campaign file DOTL131 for version 1.31 of the game
Expanded some maps in Act II with new areas, enemies and quests
Added a new map
ACT I Changes/Fixes
Map8 Stop exp gain when heroes reach the total level of 78
Map23 Changed Anduin name to Lothar in final cinematic
Map16 Fixed a bug that made Stalkers neutral after a certain cinematic
Map16 Quest Lost Brothers is now an optional quest
Map16 Now the first major boss can be skipped by going through a different area
Map17 Remove Kil'Nadak talky at the right times, hopefully
Map17 Prevent players from proceeding with certain quests when there's only Chen in the team
Map17 Fixed a bug where Emissary doesn't disappear if skipping Missing Cinematic
Map19 Improved terrain, expanded map, added new enemies and events
Map26 Shorten ThinhHo's dialogue, it's too long
Map40 Imrpoved terrain, expanded map, added new enemies and events
Map40 Summons deal half damage vs Serpent Knight
Map40 Players are now free to travel to the northern area without activating certain quest
Item Changes/Fixes
New Item Admiral's Hat
New Item Charm of Experience
New Item Drek'Thar's New Spellbook
New Item Faceless Scale
New Item Gem of Thunder
New Item Shadow Veil
New Arcanite Armor
New Vampiric Gauntlets
New Warchief's Blessings
Item Absorbing Hammer now +8 damage (from +5), 8% (from 5%) chance to do 300 bonus damage and stun for 1 second while -15% attack speed
Item Alleria's Flute of Accuracy increased attack damage to 15% (from 10%)
Item Armor of Agility now increases armor by 6 (from 5), increases Agi by 12 but reduces max health by 175 (previously reduced Str by 6)
Item Catious Ring reworked now can cast to permanently add 30 gold to your bank. Adds +2 to all stats but takes double damage from melee attacks
Item Charm of Maneater now increases damage by 17 (from 20), 17% chance (from 18%) to deal 33% (from 20%) of your damage, -7 Agility (from -8)
Item Defense Charm now blocks 6 damage (from 3) from incoming attacks
Item Doom Gauntlets now deals 666 damage (from 600) and cost 170 mana (from 20)
Item Duelist's Gauntlets now +0.4 mana/s (from 1mana/s), +8 dmg and -100mana
Item Enchanted Grapspango now -75 mana (from 125) and +200 hp
Item Footman Shield now +4 armor (from 6), has 25% chance to block 8 damage from melee attack (from none), removed -5% movement rate
Item Frostguard now reduces Int by 7 (from 0) beside +5 damage and +5 armor
Item Light Sanctum now enchants Staff of Holy Light healing power and also heal's the caster for 250 hp (from 200) when used together in the same inventory
Item Mana Enhancer now activates to increase attack damage by 10% (5 damage previously) when the Hero's mana is higher than 300 (from 200)
Item Medal of Pride now +5 armor (from 3) and -2 Str
Item Mindstaff reduced mana regen to 0.6 mana/s (from 0.75)
Item Orc Shield now +4 armor (from 5), has 30% chance to block 8 damage from ranged attack (from 5 damage)
Item Periapt of Vitality reduced health bonus to 125 (from 150)
Item Ring of the Necromancer now has -0.3 mana regen aura (from -0.5) while +3 Str, +5 Int, +3 Agi
Item Soul Redemption now reduces Int by 6 (from 8) while restoring 5% mana of the Hero with each kill
Item Spear of Crystal Rain now no longer deals friendly fire, and increases damage by 5 (from 2)
Item Staff of Teleportation now has 90 second (from 20) cooldown
Item Staff of Holy Light now can cast to heal 250hp (from 200hp) and increases hp regen for friendly units by 0.5hp/s
Item Staff of the Revenant now increases damage and armor by 3 (from 2)
Item Talisman of Evasion now reduces armor by 6 (from 0)
Item Thunderlizard Diamon now deals 150 intial damage (from 100) and deal 28% less damage (from 25%) with each bounce
Item Vindicator's Belt now reduces Intelligent by 16 (from 20) while +10 Str and +10 Agi
General Changes/Fixes
Fixed some major annoying bugs that stop playing from proceeding
Added a ton of new items, improved and balanced old items
Balanced and improved many boss fights, making them more challenging
Challenge Map: One Woman Army
ACT I Changes/Fixes
Map5 Updated Drop Tables for Skeletal Champions, Firecaller Shades, Sludge Monstrosities, Necromancers
Map6 Updated Drop Tables for Necromancers
Map6 Limited XP received from defeat the Dark Souls
Map8 Reduced chances of dropping items from enemies
Map9 Made all Sheeps invulnerable so players cannot kill them during minigame
Map9 Replaced Alad's Hood of Cunning requirement with Cerulean Talisman
Map14 Updated Drop Tables for Stalker Abominations, SpiderCrab Leviathan
Map14 Updated Minigame Rewards, you can no longer receive tomes as rewards. Only items now.
Map15 Reduced the amount of Barrows Fel Stalkers on the map
MapC1 Added new items into the map
MapC1 Fixed Beating-the-map-with-no-item achievement not working properly
ACT II Changes/Fixes
Map16 Added an Item Shop
Map16 Changed all wild creatures' team color to black
Map16 Improved Rescue Cinematic
Map16 Implemented cheat to unlock One Woman Army
Map17 Fixed wild creatures being hostile towards the others
Map17 Changed all wild creatures' team color to black
Map17 Fixed quest requirement description for Grendel Quest
Map17 Updated Priest' icon
Map17 Updated item description for Bladebane armor in Datum's Armor Shop
Map19 Fixed the projectile of Grand Cannon ability, now it's visible again
Map19 Fixed a bug that stop players from rematching with the Mammoth Hurler
Map20 Adjust level/exp gain for heroes to be consistent with the rest of the maps
Map25 Lowered the chance to get to item room
Map26 Remove Priest after Chen section
Map26 Any Charged-class items picked up from Sira is dropped upon pickup
Map26 Footmen can no longer be rescued when entering Sira's section
Map28 Fixed a bug when audience units duplicate after failing the fight with Reika
Map28 Removed the neutral Snow Arachnathid
Map29 Fixed Channeler challenge so that players can consistently proceed after defeating the golems
Map29 Fixed the bug that makes player unable to proceed after defeating the Serpent Knight
Map29 Depending on where you enter the map from, different resurrection stone is activated
Map30 Increased enemy health percentage to 70% (from 60%)
Map40 Move marketplace icon on the raider
Map40 Kurt's dialogue no longer appears once he becomes hostile
Map40 Scale Jorge's model to the correct size
Map40 Created a new minigame and minor events
MapC4 Challenge Map now unlocks properly and new contents were added
Unit Changes/Fixes
Updated new Dummy Unit model to avoid certain crashes or gameplay bugs with 1.30+
Map4A Reduced base hp of Sunken Monster to 1400 (from 2000)
Map16 Increased base hp of Fire Demon to 15590 (from 14173)
Map16 Fire Demon and nearby minions gain temporary armor if player casts Storm, Earth and Fire
Map16 Fire Demon now correctly targets Storm, Earth and Fire if they are summoned
Map16 Feral Spirits, Storm, Earth and Fire only deal half of their damage when summoned against the Fire Demon
Map16 Fel Stalkers no longer has mana
Map17 Fel Stalkers no longer has mana
Map20 All Mercernaries' abilities are not binded with QWERTY
Map26 Quillboar Ritualists no longer randomly lose health during battle
Map26 Mammoth Ravagers should now chase Sira indefinitely
Map27 Improved AI, moveset and attack pattern of Spider Monster
Map28 Most summons only deal half of their damage when summoned against the Giant Magnataur
Map28 Giant Magnataur now correctly targets Storm, Earth and Fire if they are summoned
Map28 Reika now correctly targets Storm, Earth and Fire if they are summoned
Map28 Corrected buff's name of Nerubian Deathcaller to Slow Aura
Map28 Improved the AI of the Arachnathids during the holdout section
Map30 Increased base hp of the Guardian to 23220 (from 18574)
Map30 The Guardian now correctly targets Storm, Earth and Fire if they are summoned
Map30 Most summons only deal half of their damage when summoned against the Guardian
Map30 The Guardian can no longer be targeted by Storm's Cyclone
Map30 Refined The Guardian's triggers so that it no longer bursts out random attacks, hopefully
Map31 Slightly improved the AI of the boss
Map31 Improved the boss' dash effect
Map40 Increased base hp of Serpent Knight to 19500 (from 15000)
Map40 Most summons only deal half of their damage when summoned against the Serpent Knight
Map40 Increased Spell Damage Reduction of Serpent Knight to 60% (from 50%)
MapC1 The Guardian should no longer bug out trying to cast spells from afar
MapC4 Fixed MidGlaive move of the Guardian
Item Changes/Fixes
Map20 Fixed item stacking
Map26 Fixed item stacking
New Item Blue Flame Staff
New Item Cerulean Talisman
New Item Deep Gem
New Item Dual Crusader
New Item Exo Joint
New Item Emerald Gem of Health
New Item Fading Scarab
New Item Fel Eye
New Item Fireland Trinket
New Item Gem of Regeneration
New Item Harvestor
New Item Holy Armor
New Item Hydra Ring
New Item Invisibility Cloak
New Item Kaleo's Power Fists
New Item Mammoth's Gem of Power
New Item Misty Ring
New Item Orb of Dankness
New Item Oriental Talisman
New Item Poison Dagger
New Item Rock Slinger
New Item Sacred Rune Blade
New Item Scepter of Caquilus
New Item Shaman Totem
New Item Shield of Retribution
New Item Silver Hammer
New Item Soul of the Damned
New Item Soulborne Talisman
New Item Staff of Closure
New Item Staff of Solitude
New Item Steel Hammer
New Item Talisman of the Sun
New Item Teandre's Armor Core
New Item Viridian Medallion
New Item Weed Charm
New Item Young Grass Dew
Item Barbossa's Lullaby increased drop rate to 4% (from 2.5%)
Item Bleed Stones fixed the items' buff description
Item Catalyst of the Swarm increases casting mana to 90 (from 80)
Item Claws of Attack +3 now decreases maximum mana by 20 (from 25)
Item Claws of Attack +6 now decreases maximum mana by 40 (from 50)
Item Cloak of Flames now reduces 1hp/s
Item Cloak of Fire now reduces 2hp/s
Item Cloak of Blaze now reduces 4hp/s
Item Crown of the Deathlord fixed item description
Item Deadman's Chest increased drop rate to 4% (from 2.5%)
Item Edken Amulet increased mana cost to 140 (from 120) and cooldown to 40s (from 30s)
Item Flame Strike Staff decreases cooldown to 145 (from 180)
Item Frontliners now reduces mana regeneration to 2mana/s (from 3mana/s)
Item Frost Spear added item description
Item Headdress now increases hit point regeneration for nearby allied units by 4 (from 2)
Item Healing Wards now only comes with 1 charge (from 3)
Item Health Boots decreased mana drain to 0.5mana/s (from 1mana/s)
Item Killmaim now reduces armor by 30 (from 40)
Item Life Leech now reduces damage by 40 (from 50)
Item Maneater's Finger increased drop rate to 4.5% (from 3%) and no longer reduces Agility by 5
Item Mammoth Belt now decreases Intelligence by 10 (from 12)
Item Magic Ivory now decreases Intelligence by 12 (from 15)
Item Makrura Emblem now decreases Strength by 10 (from 12)
Item Makrura Magic Shell now decreases Strength by 2 (from 3)
Item Noxious Dagger now deals 20 damage (from 10) per second for 50 seconds and now effects non-organic and hero units
Item Orb of Darkness +1 now drains mana for 0.7 mana/s
Item Orb of Darkness +2 now drains mana for 1.4 mana/s
Item Seimos' War Axe fixed stunning duration of its bash 10s(units)/5s(heros) (from 5s/10s)
Item Shard of Lightning now restores mana when Darak starts, instead of finishing, casting Chain Lightning
Item Scroll of the Monster updated icon
Item Sundering Glaive reduced casting mana to 280 (from 300)
Item Steel Dust now restores 38 mana (from 35)
Item Steel Crown now activates when Adias starts, instead of finishing, casting Storm Bolt
Item Steel Dust now activates when Adias starts, instead of finishing, casting Storm Bolt
Item Tempering Glaive reduced casting mana to 189 (from 200)
Item Tenebrious Armor now decreases mana regen by 1.7 mana/s instead of reducing 350 maximum mana
Item Tough Armor now decreases mana regen by 1.2 mana/s instead of reducing 200 maximum mana
Item Void Stone decreases mana regeneration to 0.6mana/s (from 1.0) and its purchase is limit to 2
Item Zero Eclipse now increases ranged damage by 35% (from 25%), reduces mana capacity by 200 (from 400) and decreases mana regen by 1mana/s (from 4mama/s)
- Fixed a major transition problem caused by entering Abyssal Swarm.
- ACT II PUBLIC RELEASE!
General Changes/Fixes
Stashes are now automatically available in most maps
Many fixes and changes in items
Fixed and spawning and reinforcements in Act I final boss
ACT I Changes/Fixes
Map3 Merc Camps now only have lower leveled units available
Map3 Chen and Darak are no longer moved at strange locations after Loss Cinematic
Map4A Synchronized cinematic with music
Map5 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map5 Removed True Sight from Shade Firecallers
Map5 Fixed Necromancers can't raise dead ver1.29+
Map6 Stash is now available at outpost
Map6 Fixed Necromancers can't raise dead ver1.29+
Map6 Removed True Sight from Shade Firecallers
Map10 Other heroes now raised level to 10 (from 5)
Map13 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map14 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map21 Fixed Necromancers can't raise dead ver1.29+
Map23 The number of Unholy Titans in phase 2 should always be higher than 0
Map23 Litmitd the number of reinforcement units available at a time
Map23 Synchronized final cinematic with music
ACT II Changes/Fixes
Map16 Reduced damage of some allied units by 30%
Map17 Improved the Northern terrain
Map17 Reduced Health of Resurrected Barrows Fel Stalker
Map17 Added Food to Rescue Cargo units
Map17 Thunder Lizards' Slam ability are scaled to their appropriate levels now
Map17 Changed Mina's name to Liz
Map19 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map19 Added a Warning before the mission
MAP20 NEW MAP! (Act II)
Map25 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map26 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map26 Sira Upgrades quest complete prior to completion fix
Map26 Sira Health starts with 1800 Each upgrade adds 150
Map26 Rebalanced Chen, Darak and Adias sections
Map26 Fixed no talky on Mathong after pickaxe
Map26 Made allies invulnerable
Map27 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map28 Stash is now available at the outpost
Map28 Increase Attack dmg of Polar Bear to about 200
Map29 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map29 4 golem holdout are replaced to be hp balanced
Map29 Removed RunedGolem in CineBoss Victory Cinematic
Map29 Boss2 now boss summons skeleton instead
Map29 Blade Challenge 02, removed Locust ability
Map29 Fixed HealthDrainArea
Map29 Turned Off GiantChaosGolemDies, remove Cast Iron Token item
Map29 Replaced Golem Patrols with instakill Glaives
Map29 PatrolGlaives (left) removed 2. ended up 2 instead of 4
Map29 Added NPCs and Optional Quest(s)
Map29 Improved Boss01End Cinematic
Map29 New Boss and new area
Map30 Stash is now available at ResurrectionStone
Map40 Stash is now available at the outpost
MapC4 Removed Mana and Increase cooldown of Fan of Knives
Unit Changes/Fixes
Adias Avatar of Judgement reduced attack range to 900 (from 1000)
Adias Avatar of Judgement Increased Cooldown for AOE Ability to 8s (from 5s)
Adias Increased Cooldown of Holy Order to 280s (from 220s)
Adias Adjust Avatar of Judgement's dmg in ability's description
Adias Avatar of Judgement reduced speed to 280 (from 320)
Darak Reduced damage scaling of Spirit Wolves in the later levels
Item Changes/Fixes
Item New Item Swordman's Crest
Item New Item Frost Spear
Item New Item Killmaim
Item New Item Tempering Glaive
Item New Item Manathirst Wand
Item New Item Frontliners
Item New Item Shamanic Armor
Item New Item Rune of Strenth
Item New Item Mammoth Belt
Item New Item Makrura Emblem
Item New Item Makrura Magic Shell
Item New Item Maneater's Finger
Item New Item Deadman's Chest
Item New Item Barbossa's Lullaby
Item New Item Zero Eclipse
Item New Item Steel Dust
Item New Item Steel Crown
Item Removed Ring of Greed from Hard difficulty
Item Wraith Band Reduces Int and Str Buff to 2 (from 3)
Item Warrior's Bracer Reduced Agi and Int Buff to 2 (from 3)
Item Null Talisman Reduced Str and Agi Buff to 2 (from 3)
Item Arcanite Token now costs 140 mana to use
Item Greater Kochura Incense Increases Mana Reduction to 450 (from 350)
Item Scroll of Speed Increased duration to 45s (from 10s)
Item Khadgar's Pipe of Insight is now available in Map20
Item Khadgar's Gem of Health is now available in Map20
Item Gloves of Haste now reduces attack damage by 6 (from 3)
Item Bladebane Armor now reduces Int by 2
Item Crown of Kings now reduces hp and mana by 150
Item Medallion of Courage now reduces Agi by 2
Item Warsong's Battle Drum now reduces wearer's dmg by 5
Item Primal Essence now reduces armor by 5
Item Soul Redemption now reduces Intelligence by 8
Item Deep Sea Sceptor now costs 120 mana to cast (from 85)
Item Pendant of Energy now reduces health by 50
Item Pendent of Mana now reduces health by 85
Item Royal Armor reduced armor increasement to 18 (from 20)
Item Rusty Mining Pick reduced chance of stun to 10% (from 15%)
Item Charm of Maneater now has 18% to deal 20% normal damage and reduces agility by 8
Item Health Boots now reduces mana regen by 1 mana per second
Item Headdress Increase Hit point regen to +2 -5 (from 1)
Item Seimos' War Axe only stuns Heroes for 5 seconds (from 10)
Item Firehand Guantlets now reduces damage by 10
Item Wand of Mana Regeneration no longer provides 100 mana bonus
Item Limit Seimos' War Axe to 1
Item Limit Arcanite Shield to 1
Item Ashborn Flower Change description
Item Life Sucker change name to Life Leech
Item Cleansing Shield now increases mana by 100 (from 200)
Item Flame Strike Staff now costs 50 mana to cast
Item Crown of the Deathlord now reduces Intelligence by 6
Item Helm of Battlethirst no longer increases strength by 4
Item Murloc's Goop now slow enemy's attack for only 3s (from 20s) and reduces armor by 10
Item Ring of the Necromancer reduced mana regeneration for nearby units to 0.5mana/s (from 0.25mana/s)
Item Ring of the Necromancer reduced Intelligence bonus to 5 (from 8)
Item Kochura Incense now increases mana regen by 30% but decreases hp regen by 3hp/s
Item Greater Kochura Incense now increases mana regen by 60% but decreases hp regen by 6hp/s
Map7 Replaced Manual of Health Ground Pickup with Manual of Health +20
Map9 Replaced Manual of Health drop with Manual of Health +20
Map11 Replaced Tome of Strength drop with Rune of Restoration
General Changes/Fixes
Act II Intro Map is available
Increased time before creeps respawn on most maps
Implemented Novels
Map25 Decreased Help Room Chance
Map28 Edit Terenas Cinematic
Map31 Increased Blink mana cost to 35 (from 25)
Map31 Updated Credits
Unit Changes/Fixes
Adias Reduced Avatar of Judgement base damage to 47/81/121 (from 78/135/202)
Sira model no longer has long ears
Map26 Create appropriate colors for Power Generators Green/Yellow
Item Changes/Fixes
Item New Item Phoenix's Blue Feather
Item New Item Sundering Glaive
Item New Item Novel: Seimos
Item New Item Sacred Rune Blade
Item New Item Stout Shield
Item Reduced Wraith Band, Warrior's Bracer, Null Talisman's bonus stats to 3 and 5 (from 3 and 7)
Item Removed Health Booth from Zheidland Armory
Item Replaced Crown of Kings from Moka Quest with Stout Shield
ACT I and General
General Changes/Fixes
MapIntro Fixed some grammar mistakes
Map3 Removed Lots of Tomes of Intelligence/Strength/Agility
Map3 Solaire now drops any items he carries after completing the quest
Map4 Add stash into Shimmer Coastal for purchase and use
Map5 Removed some Tomes of Intelligence/Strength/Agility
Map9 Make Ghostmage invulnerable
Map11 Chen uses Breath of Fire when his hp is less than 40% instead of 30%
Map11 Mini Bosses and Voidwalkers no longer respawn
Map11 FlameStrike areas are off after unlocking the final doors
Map14 Remove summons for Staff of Teleportation exploit
Map15 Remove victory cinemtic if the quillboar defense game is replayed
Map15 Kodo beast cost no gold
MapC1 Button is now visible after activation
Unit Changes/Fixes
Adias' Judgement Strike buff now has the right icon
Chen Changed name of Berserk to Drunken Furry
Chen Drunken Furry reduced base mana to 65-100 (from 85-130)
Unit Fel Stalker removed Mana Burn ability and change attack type to Normal (from Chaos)
Insurgent Changed model
Item Changes/Fixes
Item Primal Essence can only be obtained twice in Act I and once in Act II now
Item Vindicator Belt can only be obtained once in Act I now
Item Cloak of Fire can only be obtained once in Act I now
Item New Items Small/Medium/Large Health Elixir
Item Scroll of the Beast now increases Attack Damage by 50% and lasts 30s, AOE Area is 400 (from 500)
Item New Item Scroll of the Monster
Item New Items Small/Medium/Large Mana Elixir
Item Blood Ring has a new icon
Item Piercing Armor fixed description
Item Spear of Crystal Rain Increased Mana Cost to 110 (from 65)
Item Murloc Staff now costs 85 mana (from 0) to cast
ACT II
General Changes/Fixes
Map16 Fixed An Uninvited Guest quest with questreq and discover
Map16 Fixed Demon run somewhere else in cinematic
Map16 Change Items Sold from Reiner's Shop
Map17 Add Stash as reward after completing Thrall's quests
Map17 Reduce number of Stalkers in the initial packs
Map17 Adjust allied heroes' stats, item and hp
Map17 Remove rock chunks blocking way to Mold Valley
Map17 Turn on Mold Valley transitioning
Map17 Choose the right items for Camp Shop
Map17 Reduced hit points and damage of Quest Rescue's unit
Map17 Added Shaman, Footman, Knight and Priest into Barracks with better description
Map19 Earth, Storm, Fire now disabled and enabled properly for quest
Map19 Mammoth 2nd and 3rd fight has no more unrelated cinematic
Map26 Remove Optional quest rescued unit going into Sira's session
Map26 Designate custom respawn for supporting units in Adias' session
Map28 Removed Tome of Intelligence and Tomes of Strength
Map29 Fixed platform puzzle bug
Map29 Fixed some pathing issues
Map31 Replaced Light Strike effect with Mythic's one
Map34 New Map Added
Map40 Added Cloak of Blaze crafting quest
Map40 Fix boss loses color after restart
Map40 Make player treat creeps as neutral during cinematic
Unit Changes/Fixes
Unit Giant Magnataur increased base health to 22000 (from 18000)
Map28 Increased Magnataur Normal War Stomp to 650 (from 400)
Map28 Increased Magnataur Hook War Stomp to 450 (from 150)
Map28 Increased Reika's Surrounding Wave to 500/620/740 (from 500/580/660)
Item Changes/Fixes
Item Cloak of Flames can only be obtained once in each shop in Act II, but can be dropped from enemies
Item Changed Life Sucker's description
Item New Item Magic Ivory
Item New Item Life Sucker
Item New Item Belt of Power
Item New Item Blue Tearstone Ring
Item New Item Kaleo's Magic Shield
Item Enchanted War Axe changed name to Seimos' War Axe
Item Medallion of Darkhaven decreased life bonus to 400 (from 500)
Item Belt of Power Change stats 6% (from 5%) and 1000hp random dmg (from 450hp)
Item Cloak of Flames can only be obtained once in each shop in Act II, but can be dropped from enemies
General Changes/Fixes
Revamped Level Cap system
Map1 Removed awkward long pause in cinematic
Map2 Fixed Buri can't activate quests
Map3 Ancient Sasquatch now drops Tome of Agility instead of Tome of Knowledge
Map4A Now can skip long cinematic
Map9 Fixed Buri not activate some minigames
Map11 Removed awkward long pause in cinematic
Map11 Added some more rewards into Memory Circles minigame
Map14 Fixed Buri can't activate contraptions
Map14 Makrura Abomination's ability now works on Buri
Map23 Now can skip long cinematic
MapC1 Added Spiky Plate, Tenerious Armor and Noxious Blade to Item Shop
Unit Changes/Fixes
Hero Chen Earth's Spell Immunity is replaced with Hardened Skin with IgnoredDmg: 12/22/30
Hero Chen now has a new ability Bererk - boosting attack speed but Chen takes more damage
Hero Chen Drunken Brawler now only has 8 levels
Item Changes/Fixes
- Item Frozen Core now reduces wearer armor by 10
General Changes/Fixes
Heroes gain only 25% experience from kills after one of them reaches lv22.
Buri’s Banish ability has been replaced by Holy Heal – a self-heal ability which works like Clarity Potion.
The terrain of Longpass Valley has been improved. It looks prettier now.
Detailed Changes/Fixes
Map1 Sellers, Paul and Reiner are now invulnerable
Map2 Buri and other heroes should be able to give the Vial
Map4 Grunt no longer decays when he dies in cinematic
Map5 Disable Chen dialogues if he's not there
Map6 Cairne now has Reincarnation
Map6 Thrall now can summon wolves
Map6 Increased creep respawn time to 200s (from 110s)
Map7 Disabled Invisible Bridge
Map9 Make Sheep invulnerable
Map9 Fix Buri bug in Unit Testing System
Map9 Increased the difficulty of Bandit Quest
Map9 Delicious Meat is now stored as variables instead of item
Map9 Chamber Key and Musical Core are now stored as variables instead of items
Map9 The game now clears text messages for Spider Crab meat updates
Map9 Extended the time Ghostly Archmage appears till 10:00PM (was 9:00PM)
Map9 Make Neutral heroes invulnerable
Map11 Fixed Karim+Boss Door bug
Map11 Double doors to secret item are now invulnerable
Map14 Increased rate of password drop
Map14 Decreased minigame upgrade cost to 300/300/300/200 (from 600/600/600/400)
Map14 Gargantuan Sea Turtle in middle of map can now cast Frost Armor
Map14 Lock camera during Egg Minigame
Map14 Make the whole room visible during Egg Minigame
Map14 Expanded reward roster for Phoenix Egg Minigame to 46 (from 25)
Map15 Blocked walkable paths
Map15 Increased creep respawn time to 240s (from 170s)
Map21 A Stash will be available at the end of the map
Map21 The Undead base now treat Neutral Hostiles as Neutral
Map22 Unrelenting Towers now give 150 gold each
Map22 Gryphon Riders no longer require Castle
Map22 Gryphon Riders increased max hp to 1600 (from 1300)
Map22 Gryphon Riders increased gold cost to 280 (from 250)
Map23 Artilleries can no longer hit Obelisks
Act II Improved final boss fight - final phase
Rum for Friend and Broken Music no longer appear in every map
Unit Changes/Fixes
Hero Buri Reduced Flame Strike's FullDmgDealt to 15/22.5/30 (from 15/26.67/36.67)
Hero Buri Reduced Flame Strike's AOE to 160 (from 200)
Hero Buri Reduced Mana Siphon's ManaDrained to 20/30/40 (from 25/50/75)
Hero Buri Reduced Mana Siphon's ManaTransferredPerSec to 30/60/90 (from 45/90/120)
Hero Buri Increased Mana Transfer's ManaTransferRatio to 1.0/1.3/1.6 (from 1.0/1.2/1.4)
Hero Buri Replaced Banish with Holy Heal
Hero Adias has a new icon
Map3 Remove Alpha/Beta after Mercs' name
Item Changes/Fixes
Item Cloak of Flames/Cloak of Fire no longer deal damage to neutral units
Item New Item Tenebrious Armor
Item New Item Spiky Plate
- Public Release
General Changes/Fixes
Map2 Quest givers now have exclamation mark on their heads
Map2 Empty Vial can be removed from any hero's inventory for quest
Map3 Replaced a Rune of Lesser Resurrection with Rune of Spirit Link
Map3 Removed some boulders for shortcut
Map7 Removed occlusion from some tree
Map13 Added Hint about Lever Keepers
Map15 Shamans are now recruitable during Quillboar Quest
Map15 Added a new cinematic
Map22 Removed Castle requirement for Gryphon Rider Upgrades
Map23 Use no bleed models for Adias, Darak, Chen
Unit Changes/Fixes
Map1 Changed name of Gnoll Hut to Forest Troll Hut
Primal Essence Reduced mana and HP increment of to 150 (from 200)
New Item Defense Charm
New Item Armor of Agility
New Item Piercing Armor
New Item Tough Armor
New Item Battlemage Armor
New Item Cleansing Shield
General Fixes/Changes
- GAME Reduced enemy scaling at Adias lv1/8/17/30/48 from x1/x2/x4/x6/x8 to x1/x2/x2.9/x4.2/x6.1
1X,2X,3D,4D,5D,6D,7D,8D,9D,10X,11D,13D,14D,15D,21D,22X,23X
- GAME Reduced enemy scaling at Adias lv1/17/30/50 with x2/x4/x6/x8 to lv1/28/36/44 with x2.8/x3.7/x4.4/x5.0
16D,17D,18X,19O,20X,25X,26D,27X,28D,29X,30X,31X
Map0 The path to the Resurrection Stone is more visible
Map0 Add difficulty concept
Map3 Replace Fountain of Mana with Fountain of Restoration in the town
Map3 Create shortcut after defeating the Biggest Murloc
Map4 Make the trees/Rocks tighter so that players cannot get through to Tojara
Map5 Make destructibles vulnerable
Map5 The path right below the death knight that we have to kill for the optional quest should be expanded
Map6 Fix Item made with potion, potion doesn't go away but turn infinite use
Map7 Murloc Huntsman now can cast Ensnare on heroes
Map9 Give Chen Delicious Seafood after teleport in Friend quest
Map11 Make destructibles vulnerable
Map11 Replace Fountain of Mana with Fountain of Restoration
Map12 Fix Mana Enhancer now provides 30 armor and 5 bonus damage on Arthas
Map13 Improve Kaleo AI, HP, Damage
Map13 Heroes should be revived at the correct point now
Map14 Remove some trees around the Fountain of Health
Map14 Make it that you would be able to buy boats without having heroes nearby shipyards.
Map15 Increase creep respawn time to 170 (from 110)
Map15 Replace Taurens with Berserkers
Map15 Make destructibles vulnerable
Map15 Make Shamans/Witch Doctors recruitable
Map21 Remove Night Elves
Map22 Add portals on the other side of the map
Map22 After reinforcement, teleport heroes to ReturnSpots
Hero Adias Adjust Mana Cost of Ultimate 200/350/500 to 250/350/460
Hero Darak Adjust Mana Cost of Ultimate 200/350/500 to 200/310/430
Hero Chen Adjust Mana Cost of Ultimate 200/400/600 to 200/280/360
Hero Adias Fix misleading tooltip the number of times Healing Wave bounces
Hero Avatar of Judgement Adjust Mana Cost of Mana Shield 50 to 180/290/405
Hero Avatar of Judgement Fix Tooltip for Mana Shield
Hero Avatar of Judgement Adjust HalfDamage of Judgement 60/120/240 to 20/40/80
Hero Avatar of Judgement Adjust HalfDamageInterval of Judgement 1s to 0.33s
Hero Avatar of Judgement Adjust HeroDuration of Judgement 4s to 0.33s
Hero Buri New icon for Flame Strike
Hero Buri's Flame Strike should no longer work on trees. Change color to blue flame.
Hero Musko Change Frost Armor to Frost Armor (Autocast)
Hero Musko Adjust ArmorBonus of Frost Armor 3/5/7 to 12/20/28/36
Hero Musko Adjust ArmorBonus of Devotion Aura 1.5/3/4.5 to 6/12/18/24
Hero Arthas Adjust ArmorBonus of Devotion Aura 1.5/3/4.5 to 6/12/18/24
Hero Arthas Adjust AmountHealed/Dmged of Holy Light 200/400/600 to 200/400/600/800
Item Fixes/Changes
Item Added tooltip for Blood Ring
Item Fixed Spelling "Sceptor" to "Scepter"
- Act I Closed-Testing Phase B Released
Major Fixes/Changes
The Reliving History event in Edenvale City no longer destroys player's Stash and gold.
Before this update The Abyss and Glowing Cave lose their 'darkness' after a game is loaded, not anymore.
Traversing through the portal in Shimmer Wood should no longer send the player to the campaign menu screen.
Fixed many cinematic bugs in Edenvale City.
Recreated the whole intro sequence of the first map with a new intro quest.
Recreated the quest system for Little Village, Shimmer Wood, Edenvale City. Bringing all of them to Blizzard standard.
Minor Fixes/Changes
Re-organized all import files of the campaign, made it easier to look up a particular file in the imported resources.
Glowing Cave now plays its ambient sound as music instead.
Improve the terrain of Little Village.
Add a new optional quest to Little Village and Edenvale City.
Unholy Titan should continue spawning after reinforcment, until you finish the later map.
Changed food cost of Thunder Lizard Beta in Edenvale City to 1 (from 5).
Recreated the targeting system of Fel Orc Warlock in Lonely Island.
Fixed some typos in the puzzle of Fel Orc Warlock in Lonely Island.
Major Changes
Fixed Hero couldn't gain XP after cinematics for all maps. (caused by the last update)
Fixed over-spawn issue for all maps.
Added loading screen description for all maps.
Created a basic quest-sync system for the main quest.
Added quest logs to several maps.
Improved terrain for maps: Home, Shimmer Wood and Dark Wood (1).
Fixed several dialog/cinematic mistakes.
Added a new mini-boss, quests, a grand puzzle and a mini-game to Lonely Island.
Changed the name of the campaign to 'Defenders of the Light' (was 'Breath of the Light').
Minor Changes
Improved the wraith event in Dark Wood.
Increased the hit points of Dungeon Gates in Den of the Murlocs.
Fixed the uncontrollable stash in Edenvale City.
Preplace some villagers and increase the number of villagers in Edenvale City.
Added some hints, lore and decorations to Edenvale Dungeon.
Fixed the unopenable side-quest door in Edenvale Dungeon.
New SFX boing2 and the song Come On! from Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga was added to the game.
Fixed the walkable trees in Longpass Valley, players shouldn't be able to walk on top of the trees anymore.
Fixed production buildings not given to player in Stormhaul.
Adjusted enemy level-scaling across all maps.
Unit Changes
Adjusted the size of Centaur Outrunner, Impaler, Firecallers and their derivatives.
Increase the difficulty of the final boss of Edenvale Dungeon.
Nazca Warlocks' Holy Light now heals for 1200 hit points (from 200).
Added proper shadow to Makrura Abominations.
Increased the damage of Faceless One Terror in Glowing Cave.
Increased the ability cooldown of Unholy Titan Controller from 5s to 8s.
Added new upgrades to Advance Gryphon Riders and Super Demolishers in Stormhaul.
Item Changes
Lower the price of Shimmerglaze Roast to 65 (from 100).
Change name of Boots of Speed (3) to Boots of Speed +3.
New item: Rune of War Stomp.
New item: Ring of the Necromancer.
Reduce cooldown of Tome of Experience to 10s (from 30s).
- Heroes revive instantly for cinematic sequences if they are dead.
The humming-lady events now work properly in the Dark Wood maps.
The Barrows is now accessible from the start except from the main quest.
Fixed Den of the Murlocs map-transition issue, players can now go back to where they came from.
- Act I BETA released
General Issues
- Transitioning to another map with at least one of your hero being revived will crash the game.
- Sometimes enemies spawn behind trees and rocks. Not all of them can be fixed but many of them can be. Just let me know where the spawns specifically are so that I can fix them in future updates.
- Sometimes you would see units' shadows on the map without any unit there. They are the unintended by-products from the spawn system. Just ignore them.
Map Specific Issues
- In Blood Feather, the Circle of Power may disappear (visually) after a game is loaded.
- In Glaring Shore, the game may crash if all of your heroes die. I'm not sure if this bug is caused by patch 1.30 or not.
- In King of Edenvale, the opponent hero sometimes just freezes and does nothing.
- In Fallen Lords, one of the bosses sometimes just freezes and does nothing.
- In Zheidland, bugs may occur due to how much contents the map has. Events may overlap on one another which causes bugs. I'd recommend not to rush and activate too many quests/events at once when you are in this map to prevent bugs from occurring
Patch Issues
Version 0.52 of Defenders of the Light added a new campaign file DOTL131, built for version 1.31 of the game. Although not all bugs and crashes were checked over in this version, this version should still be the best for version 1.31 of the game with minimal bugs, hopefully. DOTL file is for version 1.29 of the game.
Version 0.49 of Defenders of the Light has been updated with version 1.29 of the game recently. Therefore, many bugs were eliminated. A few bugs may still occur on version 1.30+, but they should be game-breaking like before. Unfortunately, 1.26 and 1.27 wouldn't be able to play the campaign anymore. Version 1.29 is suggested.
It is not recommended that you read this section due to spoilers. You should only see this section once you have completed the main game. Please stop reading this part if you haven't played the game, it would just be a disservice to yourself.
About Me
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Hello, I'm Tim, also known as ThinhHo on the HIVE workshop. I'm a Mechanical Engineer. Video game has been a part of my life and I take great joy in making my own contents. Red Alert 2, Starcraft were some of my childhood games that defined who I am as a gamer today. I made Starcraft custom maps for quite some time before getting into making Warcraft 3 maps in 2015. Back then I was fascinated by how lovely the graphics of Warcraft 3 were. I dreamt of how cool it would be to make an RPG world out of its editor, yet I was intimidated by how complicated the programming and triggering process worked. Not until I tried picking it up and opening up the maps of the Founding of Durotar...
Defenders of the Light started out as only some customizations of the Founding of Durotar campaign. New units were added, along with new quests, new events, new enemy scaling, etc. The trickiest things to learn were learning to putting together the spawning system and the transition system. Having to figure out everything by yourself with no background in computer science made the hours of trails and errors quite a challenging but very enjoyable process. Hours and hours of iteration led me to being quite skilled in using the World Editor of Warcraft 3
After several simple maps were made with the transition system, I started to think of making a campaign. The story was developed from there. Now we are here, to enjoy this work of art. I hope you will enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it.
You probably have played and watched many works of art that touched your heart and made you lost in thoughts for days, weeks or even months just like I do. Many widely appreciated contents are usually those that make players/viewers contemplate on the true meanings behind their stories. Good games and movies bring along values that make you grow deeper and wiser as a person. I truly hope Defenders of the Light really gives you, even when it's only you, something to think about, to value and to remember just like how other artworks did to you. If this campaign was worth your time and it was something that brought value to your soul, feel free to support me in creating this piece of art by donating here.
Thank you.
Compilation of most items and custom items used in Defenders of the Light
Because of how items are formulated in Defenders of the Light, with both positive and negative stats, it creates a vast possibility of how many custom items can exist in the game. This beautiful visual compilation does not show details of where to obtain the items in the game. It only shows what the item looks like and what stats they have. All items from common, uncommon to legendary are included in here without certain order. Feel free to enjoy yourself with this wall of colorful items.
Information about the major characters in Defenders of the Light.
This information is supplemental and it is written in a way to avoid spoilers in the campaign. Below is the collection of some of the characters in Defenders of the Light. I put so much thoughts into creating them. Their life, their past, their future, their fear and their desires have been developed for a long time until this day. This section should only be seen by people who seek to know more about the world of Defenders of the Light. Please avoid reading through these if you haven't played the campaign.
I'd appreciate any bug reports, suggestions and tips!
First of all, Thank you for uploading this campaign is very attractive for the Lore ^^
You can see that you have made an effort to make the mechanics of the game different, being honest with myself I have played on this page maps that I liked their systems of items, skills and even level escalations,
in this case, having played the act I the best battles of this campaign has been the Final Boss, some unique that I will mention for fear of "spoilers" in a way reminded me of WoW for the many times I decide to go from here, to there in search of improving my items, completing Quest etc ... But even I liked them so ^^ I say that PLEASE if it is in your power to complete Act II and III is also quite fun to play I hope! (considering also that this is inspired by the durotar foundation campaign, this campaign has more history, more maps, more content and of course more ITEMS! For my part I recommend it and I feel it because of my bad English I have to improve it ;c )
When doing the sheep side quest in the city, it became impossible after a point so I would spam pause on and off to find the correct sheep. In doing so I would save after every correct guess. When I got to 97 guesses however, the sheep do not change back into white sheep and the minigame becomes impossible to finish. This disallowed me from playing the rest of the campaign because the triggers for accepting quests were deactivated due to my being in the sheep quest still. If there were no more prizes after 50 correct guesses I think you should stop the minigame to prevent this from happening, or at least add a maximum timer for the guess so that if a similar bug occurs it will reset itself.
- In the map before the last map (arthas forces vs undead) it hppened to me, that I stopped getting any gold from kills or whatsoever (I think the last gold I got was some from the vault-with-gate at the map).
I have this problem too. After one of the update, this problem started to emerge. There's no programming option for me to disable or enable gold dropping from the enemy units. This, I believe, is a bug of the engine and I can't fix it
- I was unable to find a mask of silence (there are 2 guys near dark woods, that would craft things for you, for one I found it, for the second one nope.)
He's referring to the statue in the Dark Woods actually. You won't be able to see it moving. However, coming back to it after a while and you will see that it'd face another direction.
- Item system - man, the design decision with minus stats is soo bad. I mean, being a mathematician - to maximize my options in game AND power, it is not a good idea to use items with minus stats. It could work if the inventory would be bigger and people could balance things, but I wanted ALL stats maximized (for example also because str heroes need mana to cast)
The only thing with minus stats I have used was the mana regen -400MP incense, which is hackable, because if you uneuip before casting and then equip again it makes your spells cost so low
... So I was pretty happy with only plus items.
Some people also talk about the item system. I'm aware of the problem. The item system is inspired from the game Darkest Dungeon with positive and negative stats for every item. This opens up more variety for items in the future as well as not making your heroes too powerful with items. If you maximize your heroes in the main campaign, they are usually x2 stronger. In this campaign, it's only about x1.2. I'm also aware that item slot, inventory is a problem for this campaign. Implementing more complicated systems of items in this campaign is not viable in the past, due to the complex triggers of each map that may clash with the system and cause some bugs. In Darkest Dungeon, the item inventory is nearly unlimited, so you have more choices to choose the best item compositions for your heroes. It's not possible in this campaign in the moment. However, I've found a solution for Act II. You'll have more options browsing through items in Act II.
in this case, having played the act I the best battles of this campaign has been the Final Boss, some unique that I will mention for fear of "spoilers" in a way reminded me of WoW for the many times I decide to go from here, to there in search of improving my items, completing Quest etc ... But even I liked them so ^^ I say that PLEASE if it is in your power to complete Act II and III is also quite fun to play I hope! (considering also that this is inspired by the durotar foundation campaign, this campaign has more history, more maps, more content and of course more ITEMS! For my part I recommend it and I feel it because of my bad English I have to improve it ;c )
Thank you so much. I'm glad to read this from you. More history, more maps, more content and more items, those were actually what I wanted to create while making this campaign
Thank you @rahul12. I'm working on Act II at the moment. However, there are still a lot that need to get done. I can't tell when Act II would be completed.
When doing the sheep side quest in the city, it became impossible after a point so I would spam pause on and off to find the correct sheep. In doing so I would save after every correct guess. When I got to 97 guesses however, the sheep do not change back into white sheep and the minigame becomes impossible to finish. This disallowed me from playing the rest of the campaign because the triggers for accepting quests were deactivated due to my being in the sheep quest still. If there were no more prizes after 50 correct guesses I think you should stop the minigame to prevent this from happening, or at least add a maximum timer for the guess so that if a similar bug occurs it will reset itself.
Reading this baffled me. I never thought you can go up to 97 guesses, that's why I never thought what would happen when you reach that level. As most of players here can tell, reaching 97 guesses in this mini-game is not humanly possible. One of my human friends played this for the first time and he got 40. It's very clever for you to do what you did, exploiting the game in a great way. On my part, I still want to see what the highest amount of correct guesses players can get, that's why I never put a cap on this minigame. On the other hand, after reading your post, I'm wondering if I really should put a cap on the system to prevent the game from crashing like this.
Anyway, I'd encourage you to finish the campaign if you can. There are a lot from this campaign that you may love and I'd love to see you finishing it.
Hello everyone, I've working on Act II again from the last two weeks. The intro cinematic is done, and it's beautiful (Muawhahahaha). There are still many things that need to put in place. I also thought of creating intro cover pictures for Act I and Act II. When the first maps of the Acts initialize, those pictures would show up. However, the pictures turned out to be very blurry, thus ugly when they appears on the your screen. So I decided to discard that idea. Here is how the intro picture for Act II looked like.
Bug or not idk. But please( my grammar is bad no need to judge it )
As far as I playing
1. Game always crash... Problem stucking in pandaren Chen fight.... And the timer very long when they talk to each other and CRASH again if you skip it.. It was very ez pz to kill pandaren but it regenerate to full hp until the game CRASHHHHHHHHHHH again
2. Having hard time in Lonely Island I wonder if Buri was minion or hero. I know he accompany Adias but why Buri cant trigger someone quest/task/mission I mean do we always need Adias to get there... Im stuck because I have no idea how to go inner gate since only ADIAS can trigger the Rune stone ( need hero to stand and active the gate).. Im stucking in Lonely Island and decided to continue main quest and solve the optional later.. WHICH MADE ME GOT PROBLEM no.(1)
3.Too many valueable items... Can you please improve the map where the player can upgrade the stash? And available exactly all maps.. I love to collect many type of item.. Idc if it trash or not as long it is not cosumeable.. I didnt expect there would be mAnY gReAt iTemS there and when Buri left me alone at the arena im so sad that no one carry other item and I have to sacrifce some item to buy clock flame and flame strike staff
I still have other maps to start with but seeing Defenders of the Light attract me playing this map first because I love to be with the alliance and paladin about Light and Justice ( uther favourite character).. You deserved 5 star and would recommend you fix all bugs or glitch first before going to Act 2.. For me this is the first map that very huge than Bonus Campaign Rexxar.. You done well and I enjoy...but the bad thing is this game need to be patience and requires a lot of days complete it. I expect more from you... Good Luck !!!
PS:Umm is not Venkolm and the messenger is map tester.. Please explain to me why they become bandit?
Hi UkyoKuonji, thank you for pointing out the bugs. This campaign is not optimized for version 1.30 and above. There have been a lot of bugs in that version. You have to play the game with a version lower than 1.29.
2. Having hard time in Lonely Island I wonder if Buri was minion or hero. I know he accompany Adias but why Buri cant trigger someone quest/task/mission I mean do we always need Adias to get there... Im stuck because I have no idea how to go inner gate since only ADIAS can trigger the Rune stone ( need hero to stand and active the gate).. Im stucking in Lonely Island and decided to continue main quest and solve the optional later.. WHICH MADE ME GOT PROBLEM no.(1)
Buri was added later into the game so I forgot to set him as a quest activator in some places like Lonely Island. That can be fixed in future updates. Just so you know, Lonely Island was designed for at least 3 heroes. You cannot finish the map with only 2 heroes. Or that was what I thought. How far did you get into Lonely Island, if you don't mind me asking?
3.Too many valueable items... Can you please improve the map where the player can upgrade the stash? And available exactly all maps.. I love to collect many type of item.. Idc if it trash or not as long it is not cosumeable.. I didnt expect there would be mAnY gReAt iTemS there and when Buri left me alone at the arena im so sad that no one carry other item and I have to sacrifce some item to buy clock flame and flame strike staff
The lack of item storage has been the biggest issue of this campaign. I'm fully aware of that. Creating a bigger storage system would highly destabilize the campaign which causes more crashes. For Lonely Island, I'll put the stash in the center of the map so that players won't have to carry the items all the way back. Also it would be easier for players to manage and collect items in Act II.
Buri was added later into the game so I forgot to set him as a quest activator in some places like Lonely Island. That can be fixed in future updates. Just so you know, Lonely Island was designed for at least 3 heroes. You cannot finish the map with only 2 heroes. Or that was what I thought. How far did you get into Lonely Island, if you don't mind me asking?
Wait what... Isnt BURI was dead? Wait dont tell me the 3 hero dont spoil it... I saw the cinematic that Buri was killed when he was return to his home... Well it is good to see Chen as new hero to help me..Its sad that Chen didnt have new skill because I love pandaren...The game story is great but I encountered bug in Darok(Shaman) told his clan and the raid in the ship.. Its said the file is corrupted and the game CRASH again and again..
That it for now...
The lack of item storage has been the biggest issue of this campaign. I'm fully aware of that. Creating a bigger storage system would highly destabilize the campaign which causes more crashes. For Lonely Island, I'll put the stash in the center of the map so that players won't have to carry the items all the way back. Also it would be easier for players to manage and collect items in Act II.
Hi @UkyoKuonji, please put your first passage into Spoiler brackets so that other won't be spoiled by the story. You should be able to find the code you need in here: BB Codes | HIVE
You were stuck due to the crash in Edenvale Dungeon. How did you get here then? Did the game stop crashing? The crash you're experiencing have also been reported by many people who played the campaign in version 1.30
Definitely not possible. The item system would still be the same. However, with the map, shop and item layout in Act II, it would be easier for players to manage their items.
You were stuck due to the crash in Edenvale Dungeon. How did you get here then? Did the game stop crashing? The crash you're experiencing have also been reported by many people who played the campaign in version 1.30
I stop playing warcraft for a few hours refresh my computer several times and play again..I think the game crashes because too many spell casted when fighting chen thats cause the game to lag then crash.. Fortunately I can quickly defeated chen and skip all the cinematic
I manage to continue the main stories..I also manage to play it by saving the game after skip all cinematic ...... Kill the misunderstood blademaster.. Darok told his story about undead raid their ship.....OO yea can you please check file/model loedaran4.wcx IF I REMEMBER because some message pop up after the game crash and told me (white colour) is corrupted.... Mind if I play the story to check again what are the corrupted file? After have Darok as my new assistant I decide to complete some side story on other maps
Welp the game is side story kind of sad...I found buri corpse.. its sad..And also the acolyte very sad...
Ive just started playing the campaign and its quite enjoyable....Altho Ive seen a "Bug" in lonely island where u feed phoneix eggs to statues...basically i survived all 8 mins and at the end all i get is (Lesser invul pot , some undead rod to summon skele , lesser mana pot etc.) i even tried saving at 10 seconds b4 the mini game ends and loaded around 10-15 times anddd not 1 "Rare Drop out of 3".
other than that its all good
Edit: Also in the Glowing cave at the end there is a Door where u can simply summon a Shadow Wolf and use staff of teleportation to teleport adias through and reach the circle of power to fight the stone boss xD.
Edit 2 : Also used same trick to get into Abyss in that shimmer wood map summoned a wolf and ported darak thro XDDDDDDDD.ill prolly bug the game lmao (Instead of that Teleport item why not make Teleporting thingies like one back in Final fantasy rpg)
to everyone here , all those campaign, amazzzing! being hobbled right now i had some time to load and play some, including this one. good job folks.
edenvale dungeon, im stuck.
whats the order of doing things to get out of there? i couldnt destroy the two generators thats are behind the 2 door key in solo play.
a spoiler of what to do would be appreciated here. (im obviously missing an obvious thing) and id like to see the rest of the campaign without using cheats. im stuck at either the memory game or the door thats locked near the start, lower right and leads to another teleport, (bottom right corner of the map.
If you cannot see the particle effects on the memory circles, your game animation may have been bugged out. Make sure to restart your computer (not turn of and turn it on) for the animation to work.
If buggy animation is not the case, you just need to memorize the order of the lit circles. After they are done lighting up, use your mouse to click on them following the memorized order.
Please ask if you have any other questions.
I really appreciate that you play through the campaign without using cheats.
Altho Ive seen a "Bug" in lonely island where u feed phoneix eggs to statues...basically i survived all 8 mins and at the end all i get is (Lesser invul pot , some undead rod to summon skele , lesser mana pot etc.) i even tried saving at 10 seconds b4 the mini game ends and loaded around 10-15 times anddd not 1 "Rare Drop out of 3".
Edit: Also in the Glowing cave at the end there is a Door where u can simply summon a Shadow Wolf and use staff of teleportation to teleport adias through and reach the circle of power to fight the stone boss xD.
Edit 2 : Also used same trick to get into Abyss in that shimmer wood map summoned a wolf and ported darak thro XDDDDDDDD.ill prolly bug the game lmao (Instead of that Teleport item why not make Teleporting thingies like one back in Final fantasy rpg)
That's smart exploit from the game. I have no complain with it. I don't think there's a way to fix it though. Did you finish the campaign? How did you enjoy it?
By the way, I don't play Final fantasy rpg so I don't really understand what you talked about.
It's been a while since the last update of this campaign. If fact, there was not much to update anyway. I went back to all of the comments, took notes and implemented some bug fixes in this update. There are no major changes however. If you played the campaign before, I don't think you should play it again.
Here are the 2 "biggest" changes in this update:
- Level Cap System Revamp
The level cap system was implemented in the last update with the hope to closing the gap of players who are too high and too low levels for the later Act. In the previous system, heroes only receive 25% of the experience received normally after Adias reaches level 22. In this update, the experience reduction kicks in after the level sum of all heroes reaches 66.
- Chen has a new ability: Berserk
This Berserk ability is similar to the original Berserk of the game. Drunken Brawler only has a maximum of 8 levels while all other abilities have 15 levels. I wanted to extend the Drunken Brawler ability but it's not possible. Therefore, Berserk was added in to fill that gap. It has 7 levels, can be learned from level 18.
Here’s the full list of changes for this update:
General Changes/Fixes
- Revamped Level Cap system
- Map1 Removed awkward long pause in cinematic
- Map2 Fixed Buri can't activate quests
- Map3 Ancient Sasquatch now drops Tome of Agility instead of Tome of Knowledge
- Map4A Now can skip long cinematic
- Map9 Fixed Buri not activate some minigames
- Map11 Removed awkward long pause in cinematic
- Map11 Added some more rewards into Memory Circles minigame
- Map14 Fixed Buri can't activate contraptions
- Map14 Makrura Abomination's ability now works on Buri
- Map23 Now can skip long cinematic
- MapC1 Added Spiky Plate, Tenerious Armor and Noxious Blade to Item Shop
Unit Changes/Fixes
- Hero Chen Earth's Spell Immunity is replaced with Hardened Skin with IgnoredDmg: 12/22/30
- Hero Chen now has a new ability Bererk - boosting attack speed but Chen takes more damage
- Hero Chen Drunken Brawler now only has 8 levels
Item Changes/Fixes
- Item Frozen Core now reduces wearer armor by 10
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The development of Act II is running quite smoothly. I can't wait for you guys to play through it. If everything goes according to plan, the campaign can be released in the first two quarters of next year.
Here's the list of important characters, may be unimportant or even non-existent in Act II. If you haven't played through Act I, please don't open this.
If you're referring to testing, Act II is not eligible for testing yet.
Currently I'm working with @The_Messenger. He works on the dialogues of the campaign while I put them into the game.
While some parts are playable, they are disconnected. There are many things that still need to be worked on.
The game crashes in the Edenvale Dungeons when then cinematic about Chen and Adias about to fight ends, regardless if i skip it or not. Playing on patch 1.30.4 btw
The game crashes in the Edenvale Dungeons when then cinematic about Chen and Adias about to fight ends, regardless if i skip it or not. Playing on patch 1.30.4 btw
This is caused by the patch. However, somebody has solved this problem before. It's @UkyoKuonji who has done it. This was what he said about how he got through the crash. This is also the how he got to the other crashes I believe:
I stop playing warcraft for a few hours refresh my computer several times and play again..I think the game crashes because too many spell casted when fighting chen thats cause the game to lag then crash.. Fortunately I can quickly defeated chen and skip all the cinematic
Nothing triggers me like grammar mistakes. It literally takes a native english speaker with a 10th grade understanding of our language to correct this. It's so annoying to see this and you have them AS SOON AS YOU START THE CAMPAIGN.
Nothing triggers me like grammar mistakes. It literally takes a native english speaker with a 10th grade understanding of our language to correct this. It's so annoying to see this and you have them AS SOON AS YOU START THE CAMPAIGN.
I stop playing warcraft for a few hours refresh my computer several times and play again..I think the game crashes because too many spell casted when fighting chen thats cause the game to lag then crash.. Fortunately I can quickly defeated chen and skip all the cinematic
Nothing triggers me like grammar mistakes. It literally takes a native english speaker with a 10th grade understanding of our language to correct this. It's so annoying to see this and you have them AS SOON AS YOU START THE CAMPAIGN.
In your description you complain about Founding of Durotar was short for your taste,i dunno but i have the impression that your act 1 is not that longer,i remember the day when i entered the final battle map,despite the no-return warning i was expecting it to be much longer.I Hope the Act 2 will be that much.
I Entirely played the Act 1 with the patch 1.26 worked well, any hope the Act 2 will also be playable with that patch ?????????
forgive me but blizzard patching policy ban some countries of the world from getting access to their servers in orders to upgrade to those scary 1.30 or more
Just a quick thing to say, this campaign like every other old maps/campaigns seems to have been hugely affected by the last patches, it basically crashes all the time after every cutscene after you played a mini-game in that current mission, because of that the campaign is unplayable.
I played it on hard and on the last patch -->
Hello everyone,
I haven't caught up with what happened on HIVE for quite some time. In the past 3 months, I focused on my summer internship and gave pause to any other projects that I have, including the development of this campaign so that I could get the best result out of my summer internship. So I haven't been on HIVE for a while. I just got back yesterday and will start working on DOTL again from Monday.
In your description you complain about Founding of Durotar was short for your taste,i dunno but i have the impression that your act 1 is not that longer,i remember the day when i entered the final battle map,despite the no-return warning i was expecting it to be much longer.I Hope the Act 2 will be that much.
When I compared the length of DOTL to the length of The Founding of Durotar (tFoD), I was comparing theirs Act. If you compare Act I to the entire campaign of tFoD, yes DOTL Act I is shorter. But Act I of DOTL is way longer than Act I of tFoD. tFoD only has 6 maps in Act I while DOTL has roughly about 15 maps.
I Entirely played the Act 1 with the patch 1.26 worked well, any hope the Act 2 will also be playable with that patch ?????????
forgive me but blizzard patching policy ban some countries of the world from getting access to their servers in orders to upgrade to those scary 1.30 or more
Just a quick thing to say, this campaign like every other old maps/campaigns seems to have been hugely affected by the last patches, it basically crashes all the time after every cutscene after you played a mini-game in that current mission, because of that the campaign is unplayable
This campaign was designed to work well with patch 1.26, patch 1.27. If you play this campaign on any of those patches, you're good.
Patch 1.30 and above basically breaks the campaign at this point.
To solve this problem, I'm thinking of rebuilding the campaign in the new patch (1.30+) after completing Act II. It will take some time but people with the new patch will have the chance to play it.
The campaign jumped to the first page again. However, this is not an update. I made no change to the campaign file itself, only the credits in the description was updated.
There are still some good news.
Good News 1
I just finished my newest test run 30 minutes ago and this is the first time I successfully run through all of the main quests without any bugs. All of the main quests and main story elements are done. The campaign severely lacks optional quests and events at the moment but that is something that will be added over time. Good News 2
I'm in need of testers, about 2 or 3. I'll start sending the campaign out for testing in about one week.
P/S - The campaign works perfectly on version 1.27 and may crash on 1.30. If you have the lower version and interested in helping me with testing, please PM me. If you have v1.30+ and interested in testing, I'd like to see where and how often the campaign crashes with the new version of the game. The is a gamble on your end if you have the higher version of the game and want to test. But doing so also helps me fix some bugs and see the potential incompatibility of the campaign and the new game version.
If you have v1.30+ and interested in testing, I'd like to see where and how often the campaign crashes with the new version of the game. The is a gamble on your end if you have the higher version of the game and want to test. But doing so also helps me fix some bugs and see the potential incompatibility of the campaign and the new game version.
This was the start of the review i wanted to write for the map, but i stopped writing it after i got crashes with the panda cutscene in the dungeon mission, beeing unable to progress the campaign i just gave up on it, i hope it will help u a bit. (i played on the latest patch 1.31+)
~~Negatives/Bugs~~
- Vicar the footman's quest with the fountin doesn't seem to work, i found the fountin and returned to him but with no success, he didn't say anything.
- Creeps spawning on bad unwalkable terrain, so far i saw: 1 murloc and 1 ghoul doing that.
- A weird text messege appeared while i was walking in the undead area, the messege was "Here it come" (from one of the footman in the north east corner town).
!-! After i took the quest from Musko in the capital i got fatal error !-! , after multiple tries and tests i managed to not get a fatal error, the problem was the sheep mini-game, there are 3 problems with it:
1. By playing the mini game even once and going to take the quest from Musko after, you will 100% get error.
2. You can cheat the game by clicking multiple times (super fast) on the correct sheep getting lots of points and wining the quest only from a few rounds rounds.
3. The green color that is supposed to show the correct sheep is waay too faded and really hard to see! And talking about the colors, Green and red are really bad colors since not only green is a hard color to see, but by putting red and green together you actually handicap lots of people that have an eye disease called "red-green color blindness" (which is pretty common), so i suggest changing the colors to: black , blue , orange , purple , grey , brown , magenta, etc.
- Not sure this is intended but u can actually help one of your heroes with spells and summons from the outside of the arena when they fight 1 v 1 the creeps for the "Unit testing system optional quest".
- So after exploring a bit of the capital map i noticed that after playing any of the mini-games of the villagers you will 100% get a fatal error after you finish any cutscene.
- Before entering the castle there are 2 shiny zones. the one from the left is not working.
- Not sure is intended or not but Deep sea scepter stopped working while i was in the dungeon of the castle.
- And another fatal error, this time after the cutscene with the panda hero at the end of the dungeon mission.
~~Positives~~
- I love the way trees fall down to create shortcuts after a quest/zone is completed/discovered.
- I liked the riddles
~~Funny~~
- Those colossal sea turtles scared the shit out of me when i was sailing on the water with the boat.
- That cheeky blademaster with salves of healing and wind walk.
~~Questions~~
- Does the memory test go for eternity? i ended up with round 16 and gave up.
An awesome campaign! Two questions regarding to shimmering coast:
1. There is some trace of blood on an island in the center of the map, yet I wasn't able to find anything nearby even with seer staff. Is there a trigger or just some decorations?
2. Is there a way to destroy the trees? Brui's Flame Strike doesn't work the way Melee maps do. I was attacked by a hydra and troll behind the trees.
Hello, i have a problem playing this map when i reach the dungeon palace then i win the duel with pandaren after that duel with Arthas and win so i came back to the dungeon but it seems i stuck there and back to the beginning
So i reached the task to face pandarian brewmasta in the end of the dangeon the game crushed 3 consecutive times in different occassions (1st time before the fight, 2nd time when i picked up the item, 3rd time when transitioning to the next map) I didnt skip cinematic. I didn't encounter a crash issue till that point. Someone else encountered something similar? Error log references an
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and a lot of other yabadado....
I dont know if that is helpful
I m playing with the latest patch, should i switch to 1.29?
2. Is there a way to destroy the trees? Brui's Flame Strike doesn't work the way Melee maps do. I was attacked by a hydra and troll behind the trees.[/QUOTE]
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fight.... And the timer very long when they talk to each other and CRASH again if you skip it.. It was very ez pz to kill pandaren but it regenerate to full hp until the game CRASHHHHHHHHHHH again 
