Defenders of the Light 0.58 (SD Reforged Update)

[ThinhHo]

This is a finished project, right?

Yes. Act I is a campaign of its own. When Act II is released, it will be bundled in one same file with Act I.

 

[art has 123]

is there any release date?

 

[Pai Mei]

At least the ones I have played, and there are many, it is the best custom campaign I have played. The work done here is immense, who has not tried to create content with the World Editor does not know to what extent this campaign is a 10 out of 10.

 

[Merrein]

Hello,
I have been playing on the version 1.30 and have encoutered a bug with the phoenix egg minigame. I have completed the minigame (survived for 8 mins.) twice, yet I have not been awarded for either of those two attempts. At the end it just says game over and I can start all over again. Note that my first try of the minigame went as intended since I survived approximately 1 minute and 30 secs and got lesser potion of mana and healing scroll. I have then realised, that I need more movement speed so I have bought some scrolls of movement and upgraded the statues at max levels. And here I am with 2 completed runs without any item, so I cannot complete the quest.

I would really appreciate advices on what to do or how to fix it, because I don't want to just ignore it since I have spent cca. 7000 gold on movement items and statue upgrades.

 

[ThinhHo]

Hello @Merrein,
Unfortunately, the campaign isn’t exactly compatible with version 1.30+. Any version lower than that would help avoid the bugs that you’re encountering. So yes, it can’t be fixed considering how the campaign built. This problem will persist through the second Act as well. If you can, I’d just recommend playing the game with version 1.29 and lower.

 

[Merrein]

Hello @Merrein,
Unfortunately, the campaign isn’t exactly compatible with version 1.30+. Any version lower than that would help avoid the bugs that you’re encountering. So yes, it can’t be fixed considering how the campaign built. This problem will persist through the second Act as well. If you can, I’d just recommend playing the game with version 1.29 and lower.

Thanks for the swift reply,
so is there a way to jump on a lower version of W3 and still keep my progress, or do I have to start all over again?

 

[ThinhHo]

Thanks for the swift reply,
so is there a way to jump on a lower version of W3 and still keep my progress, or do I have to start all over again?

To my understanding, you’ll have to start all over again.

 

[Resyak]

I must admit one thing, I have learned more with this campaign (editing the maps with the World Editor to see how you did things) than with anything else.

Not only is it an excellent campaign at all levels, but personally, it has served as a guide for me to learn how to do many things that I did not know how to do in the World Editor.

I would do an analysis chapter by chapter, but honestly, I have nothing to contribute more than what has already been said. I can only congratulate you for the hard work you have done and thank you for sharing it.

It's perfect, 5/5

Hopefully I can accomplish something of this level one day

 

[Ahman]

Yes. Act I is a campaign of its own. When Act II is released, it will be bundled in one same file with Act I.

Okay. I appreciate it.
I love the campaign so far, but in the "The fountain of health" optional quest, I have already found it and tried talking to Vicar, but nothing happens. Is it bugged, or am I missing something?
Oh, and btw, respect for the music choices. The Skyrim ones made me so nostalgic about the good times in 2011

EDIT: @ThinhHo In Stormhaul, I upgrade my allies, but there is no visible improvement. Is it a bug? Or is the upgrade effective, however it only doesn't show? Look at the screenshots.

 

[Lich134]

i used an old version as you suggested (1.26) but when you go out from the first mini game, in the next map heroes did not load there is no hero i try to do the act again and nothing new happened.
i try something else if anything new happened i tell you

 

[JackBlaze]

I think it'd be best/safest to play the campaign on version 1.29.2. Aside from the bug in Stormhaul where you stop getting gold for killing the enemy units after the Horde and Muradin arrival cinematic plays, I didn't encounter any other bugs in any other part of the campaign I played. And I'm pretty sure I went through nearly everything the campaign offered

Unless the part in the Abyss where you permanently die once overwhelmed isn't intentional?

 

[ThinhHo]

i used an old version as you suggested (1.26) but when you go out from the first mini game, in the next map heroes did not load there is no hero i try to do the act again and nothing new happened.
i try something else if anything new happened i tell you

I've been thinking of why the transition system didn't work in your case, which should not have happened under version 1.26. The only thing I could think of was the change of the file name. Did you change the campaign file name upon placing it in the campaign folder? Have you found a way to go around it?

I think it'd be best/safest to play the campaign on version 1.29.2. Aside from the bug in Stormhaul where you stop getting gold for killing the enemy units after the Horde and Muradin arrival cinematic plays, I didn't encounter any other bugs in any other part of the campaign I played. And I'm pretty sure I went through nearly everything the campaign offered

Unless the part in the Abyss where you permanently die once overwhelmed isn't intentional?

The bug in Stormhaul where gold stops dropping from enemies is a genuinely strange bug. I still don't know what causes it or how to fix it.
The part in the Abyss was intentional. It's a small holdout map. If your heroes die, you will be transitioned back to Shimmer Wood instead of being revived in the Abyss.

 

[JackBlaze]

The part in the Abyss was intentional. It's a small holdout map. If your heroes die, you will be transitioned back to Shimmer Wood instead of being revived in the Abyss.

That's the thing, I remember waiting a minute or two but I didn't get revived anywhere. Neither in the Abyss or Shimmer Wood

 

[Shido]

If you actually done act 2, my best experience would be not to get seasick again.

 

[krawg]

hi i saw and update today but nothing said in changelogs is act 2 released yet ?

 

[ThinhHo]

hi i saw and update today but nothing said in changelogs is act 2 released yet ?

Act II is not released yet. I just changed the description of the campaign and added a new image to the preview section.

 

[krawg]

i hope act 2 is coming soon this campaign is a marvel it doesen't look like it in the first map i think u need to ajust a little same for the 2nd one that takes to the capital other then that its gameplay is magnificent keep up the wonderfull work gl in all your future projects

 

[ThinhHo]

BEHOLD!
Defenders of the Light Act II Preview

Hello everyone,

I'm here to bring you good news today. As you may have known, the second Act of the campaign has gone through a long time of development. And I'm here to announce that...


... it's still almost done.


But I still want to present you something new. Something little that I made for the campaign (beside making the campaign itself). Behold, this is the first trailer that I've ever made for Defenders of the Light. I hope you like it and I hope you'll be excited for what's to come in the Second Act.

I also created a website for the campaign with the trailer in it.

Home | Defenders of the Light

www.defendersofthelight.net

Now you must be asking the important question:" When does the campaign come out?"
The campaign will be published in about one week, maybe a little earlier.

Just so you know, the campaign is still not fully compatible with version 1.30+ and especially Reforged.

I'm excited to hear from you.

See you soon.

 

[Resyak]

The work you are doing is incredible, your content is really on another level. I can't wait to play second act

PS: Nice website.

 

[art has 123]

that great news , i might wait some days after the release in case there is some bugs.

 

[ThinhHo]

Hello everyone,

Today I bring you great news. Defenders of the Light Act II is now officially released!

Before playing the campaign, there are some new improvements and changes I'd like to discuss. If you don't feel like reading the changelogs with so much details, you can just read through this general discussion written right below. Here are some changes that were made for the campaign.

Stashes are now available in almost every map
Before this update, stashes are only available in certain maps where you have to purchase them. In Act I, the number of stashes is so limited you wish you would have more of them available. Now many maps have stash naturally available to you right next to a Resurrection Stone or an outpost. You don't have to buy them. You just need to find and use them. This also applies to the second Act.

A lot of balance changes were brought to items
Beside having new items available in both Act I and Act II, many changes were brought to many items in the game. Most of the changes are to nerf the items. However, I believe the changes also balanced them and also opened new possibilities of item combination in the campaign. Just so you know, some items are only available in Act I and many items are only available in Act II. If you have some beloved items in Act I you want keep for Act II, sometimes the only way to obtain it is to replay the first Act. However, I tried to keep people's favorite items obtainable in the second Act in one way or another. So you may be able to find you favorite item in the second Act. Act II has a lot of new items too, so there's not much reason to cling to the items in the first Act. Soon, your Heroes' inventory will be filled with items.

Improved the Final Boss of Act I
The final boss of the first Act was awesome. However, there were some loopholes that could be exploited to make the fight extremely imbalance. The titans only spawn in pair after every time you destroy the wards. Reinforcements spawn continuously even though there's no titan on the map. In time, the map is filled with reinforcement and any spawn of titans would not be enough to give us players a good challenge. So I made it so that now there's a cap for how many reinforcement units are allowed on the map. And now there will always be at least one titan all the time. If that titan is killed, or if wards are destroyed, two more titans will spawn.

And here's the changelog in detail

Spoiler: v0.45 03/25/2021

- 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

I'll be looking forward to hearing from you. If you want to discuss the story, the boss fights or anything else about the campaign in depth, you can always write a post here or message me personally.

Now let's get ready for your new adventure in Defenders of the Light!

 

[AmateurPlayer]

Allow me describe something:

1. Before downloading the complete version, I already finished the 'incomplete version', Chapter 1. When I decide to play the Chapter 2, somehow, the Chapter 2 will allow me to play with the armor and level of the 'incomplete version' in chapter 2.

2. I player the map with version 1.29

3. Chen will not gain any experience points when he is level 27. I truly don't know if the bug is related to 1 and 2.

 

[ThinhHo]

1. Before downloading the complete version, I already finished the 'incomplete version', Chapter 1. When I decide to play the Chapter 2, somehow, the Chapter 2 will allow me to play with the armor and level of the 'incomplete version' in chapter 2.

This just confirmed on of my concerns. Since the new version of the game has gone through so many changes/iterations, the cache saves (your heroes' data) are no longer valid for the Second Chapter. Therefore, you don't keep their levels and items from your previous version of this campaign. If you are to play the First Act again in this new version of the campaign, your heroes' data should retain for Act II. This should happens to everybody. I'm sorry but this is something I can't fix. However, thanks to this, everyone should be able to start Chapter 2 equally, without being overleveled or overpowered. Just to make sure, did your heroes start with level 23 in Chapter 2?

3. Chen will not gain any experience points when he is level 27. I truly don't know if the bug is related to 1 and 2.

In what map did you experience this? Did the problem still persist through different maps as well or only on certain maps? Did it happen in Chapter 2?

 

[AmateurPlayer]

This just confirmed on of my concerns. Since the new version of the game has gone through so many changes/iterations, the cache saves (your heroes' data) are no longer valid for the Second Chapter. Therefore, you don't keep their levels and items from your previous version of this campaign. If you are to play the First Act again in this new version of the campaign, your heroes' data should retain for Act II. This should happens to everybody. I'm sorry but this is something I can't fix. However, thanks to this, everyone should be able to start Chapter 2 equally, without being overleveled or overpowered. Just to make sure, did your heroes start with level 23 in Chapter 2?


In what map did you experience this? Did the problem still persist through different maps as well or only on certain maps? Did it happen in Chapter 2?

Chapter 2 First Map. About chapter 1, I don't know if the bug is happened but it is happened in chapter 2 first map when Chen reaches LV27. On the chapter 2 first map, I try to find the way to open the 'magic door' but I still not find it yet so I cannot know if the bug will happen in other maps. I'm not sure if it is intended or bug but the Orc does not have the '!' sign.

Darak and Chen start with level 26, Adias start with level 29 at the Chapter 2 First map from the previous 'incomplete' version.

E: Good News:

About the bug 'Chen will not gain experience when he reach lv27', only Map 1 of Act 2 has the issue, at least this is what I know now.

Updated: After map change, the bug above is fixed.

Dump Question:

Can I get Voidstone in the Act 2?

Feedbacks on the map :

Like you said yourself, the map is pretty headache to play.


I think you should enable the map oversee or add an item that enable map oversee for the map so it will be easier and more reasonable to play.

 

[NecronLord123]

Bugs I found so far:

Major (gamebreaking): I have done all I had to do for the First Emblem quest in Mold Valley [spelling?] and the last objective is to go back to Thrall. However when I go back to Zheidland the quest tells me to go back to the valley as if I've never entered it before. Thrall will not talk with me to progress the quest. I have visited the valley before I got the First Emblem quest to do the thunder phoenix quest.

Minor bugs: Adias' Avatar of Judgement can restore the mana of Moka the bear and the ship in Amigo, bypassing the need to acquire a lot of food/fuel respectively.

Other than that I like this campaign a lot. I'd like to continue playing if there's a fix for the first bug.

 

[ThinhHo]

Major (gamebreaking): I have done all I had to do for the First Emblem quest in Mold Valley [spelling?] and the last objective is to go back to Thrall. However when I go back to Zheidland the quest tells me to go back to the valley as if I've never entered it before. Thrall will not talk with me to progress the quest. I have visited the valley before I got the First Emblem quest to do the thunder phoenix quest.

Hello @NecronLord123, thanks for posting this on the thread. I just played that part myself and I didn't get the same issue. In fact, I got the same issue testing this campaign before and I think you were just unlucky playing through it this time. The bug must have happened due to the overlapping events of the maps. Zheidland has more than 1200 triggers running on it. And several quests can be activated at the same time. Sometimes, that caused the issue. Do you have other save files for this Act prior to the point you got stuck? Going back to play those save files and trying to avoid having other related optional quests involved at this point may help you solve the issue. And I'm pretty sure playing through the Act again will get you through that point. Also try not to going through the map too quickly too avoid overlapping events on Zheidland map. I'm sorry but that's the best and fastest solution to your problem right now. The Act has been tested on version 1.26, 1.29 and 1.31 of the game and none of them got any major game-breaking bugs. Only Version 1.31 was reported to cause crash on the final cinematic of the campaign. I'm sure you can get through the rest of the campaign with no problem.

Has anyone else encountered the same problem? Or has anyone gotten beyond the First Emblem quest?

Minor bugs: Adias' Avatar of Judgement can restore the mana of Moka the bear and the ship in Amigo, bypassing the need to acquire a lot of food/fuel respectively.

The system I created for this quest has been inefficient I admit. I may have to change the mana system of this optional quest into something else so that players cannot abuse it. Beside that, enjoy the easy rewards you can get from that quest for now hehe.

Can I get Voidstone in the Act 2?

I didn't reply since I know you'd able to find it in Act II sooner or later. Have you got passed the First Emblem quest? How has it been so far?

 

[xdxdxd]

hey i have some question what are the succubus in the dark woods doing should i do something with them i aready killed them
what is that orc mage doing on the lonely island can i interact with him and does the rare item quest on lonely island actually work? i spend a hour doing it and still dont get it

 

[ThinhHo]

hey i have some question what are the succubus in the dark woods doing should i do something with them i aready killed them

You were meant to kill them to acquire the tome, that's all.

what is that orc mage doing on the lonely island can i interact with him and does the rare item quest on lonely island actually work? i spend a hour doing it and still dont get it

You are supposed to decode what he says and type it in the message box multiple times to damage him.
The rare item quest on the lonely island may not work depending on the version of the game you play on. You got this far. I hope you can finish the rest of this campaign, including the second Act, which is very amazing!!!

 

[JackBlaze]

Not sure if this was addressed already or not, but my heroes don't seem to have retained what they had from the Chapter 1 I completed before the Chapter 2 release. Both Addias and Chen start at lv 23

 

[ThinhHo]

Not sure if this was addressed already or not, but my heroes don't seem to have retained what they had from the Chapter 1 I completed before the Chapter 2 release. Both Addias and Chen start at lv 23

The campaign went through too many iterations from your old version till now. There were so many changes between the versions that data from the older versions of the campaign is no longer retain-able for the new version. I'm sorry to say that this can't be fix but I think it's better this way. Your heroes were at level 31 which was way above the recommended level 23 anyway.

I hope you enjoy this Act just like the first one.

 

[xdxdxd]

You were meant to kill them to acquire the tome, that's all.


You are supposed to decode what he says and type it in the message box multiple times to damage him.
The rare item quest on the lonely island may not work depending on the version of the game you play on. You got this far. I hope you can finish the rest of this campaign, including the second Act, which is very amazing!!!

haha thanks definetely finish everything in the campaign

 

[JackBlaze]

The campaign went through too many iterations from your old version till now. There were so many changes between the versions that data from the older versions of the campaign is no longer retain-able for the new version. I'm sorry to say that this can't be fix but I think it's better this way. Your heroes were at level 31 which was way above the recommended level 23 anyway.

I hope you enjoy this Act just like the first one.

Aw shame, it would've been nice to have been able to steamroll through the starting parts of the campaign (Even if I've got the feeling the fight with the Fire Demon in Map 1 wouldn't have been that different) and also pull off some boss multi-creature kills in map 1. Real pity for the builds I had at the end of Chapter 1 tho, I really liked them. Oh well, guess I'll just have to get em back whenever I replay the whole campaign again in the future.

Something to note in Map 1 tho. I noticed a bit after, when I was going to get the B and G emblems (Wonder what those two are gonna be for, hmm, would they have something to do with that Nadah book I got when I went on the path the Fire Demon escaped to?), the Fire Demon boss fight that Chen seemed to stop getting experience, which got fixed after I went to Map 2.

As for the story itself in Map 1, I have to admit that I feel like Unkar bowed down a bit too easy there after the other two ganged up on him, I expected him to show a bit more resistance/stubbornness (Maybe have him realize he was being foolish either when the other two region leaders get killed or when he himself dies?)

That's it for now, Chapter 2's been pretty fun so far

EDIT: You have my sincerest thanks for the buyable kodos, kind sir

 

[ThinhHo]

Aw shame, it would've been nice to have been able to steamroll through the starting parts of the campaign (Even if I've got the feeling the fight with the Fire Demon in Map 1 wouldn't have been that different) and also pull off some boss multi-creature kills in map 1. Real pity for the builds I had at the end of Chapter 1 tho, I really liked them. Oh well, guess I'll just have to get em back whenever I replay the whole campaign again in the future.

Something to note in Map 1 tho. I noticed a bit after, when I was going to get the B and G emblems (Wonder what those two are gonna be for, hmm, would they have something to do with that Nadah book I got when I went on the path the Fire Demon escaped to?), the Fire Demon boss fight that Chen seemed to stop getting experience, which got fixed after I went to Map 2.

As for the story itself in Map 1, I have to admit that I feel like Unkar bowed down a bit too easy there after the other two ganged up on him, I expected him to show a bit more resistance/stubbornness (Maybe have him realize he was being foolish either when the other two region leaders get killed or when he himself dies?)

That's it for now, Chapter 2's been pretty fun so far

It’s great that you are enjoying Act II so far. Just so you know, people read these posts on the thread so it’s better to not talk about the campaign with too much details. People may be spoiled by the story if we do. So let’s avoid mentioning some character’s names and events in the post, for others, to avoid spoilers.

If you want to discuss the campaign in details, you can message me personally. I’ll reply a lot more there.

 

[AmateurPlayer]

I didn't reply since I know you'd able to find it in Act II sooner or later. Have you got passed the First Emblem quest? How has it been so far?

I'm sorry for very late reply. No, I do not pass the First Emble Quest yet.

Quick question: Where can I find Datan? I find him the whole town but I don't see him.

 

[krawg]

say i played the the whole part 1 a long time ago do items transfer should i decide to play it again i want to have my old items back or should i start part 2 immediately

 

[ThinhHo]

URGENT UPDATE (v0.46)

Hi everyone,

This is an urgent bug fix that needs to be addressed. I've figured out that entering the Abyssal Swarm map causes players to lose progress over their main quest. Note that Abyssal Swarm is just an optional map and someone has already reached near the end of the campaign by not being able to find that map. I believe that was why @NecronLord123 couldn't proceed with the main quest in the campaign. I already fixed the triggers that cause the problem in that map and there should be no more transition problem cause by entering Abyssal Swarm from this update.

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With that being said, make sure to keep multiple saves so that you can roll back to your saves when you need to. You can also message me personally if you want to discuss the campaign in detail.

Thank you for reading this important post.

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Where can I find Datan? I find him the whole town but I don't see him.

He's near the water/river. He's not in town. One of the quest pings on the map should point out where he is.

say i played the the whole part 1 a long time ago do items transfer should i decide to play it again i want to have my old items back or should i start part 2 immediately

Your items won't be transferred from your old data, though it’s supposed to do so. The campaign went through many changes that it can no longer recognizes the data it's supposed to transfer. If you start part 2 immediately, you'll start with preset Heroes with preset levels, and nearly no item. Or you can play the first Act again to have your items transferred. Noted that many items were changed or nerfed so the item combination you used before may no longer be your favorite. Make sure you download the latest version 0.46 before playing.

 

[krawg]

thank you for the heads up will play it whole again it is worth it

 

[NecronLord123]

This is an urgent bug fix that needs to be addressed. I've figured out that entering the Abyssal Swarm map causes players to lose progress over their main quest. Note that Abyssal Swarm is just an optional map and someone has already reached near the end of the campaign by not being able to find that map. I believe that was why @NecronLord123 couldn't proceed with the main quest in the campaign. I already fixed the triggers that cause the problem in that map and there should be no more transition problem cause by entering Abyssal Swarm from this update.

Ah, I forgot to mention when I reported it that I've been questing in Abyssal Swarm before I decided to return to Zheidland to follow the main quest (and encountering the bug), so that must've been the issue. If I download the update will my savegames still work?

As a sidenote, I find the items that reduce mana to actually be beneficial due to the way mana % works. I do like cheesing a bit and you can restrict any hero's mana to very low amounts, drop one of them, cast all the spells you want, then pick up the item, so instead of having to regenerate 300+ mana you only have to regenerate... 5, 15, maybe 20? It works pretty well with the Catalyst, too.

 

[shadowhog]

yes dude I cant wait to play this been waiting on act 2 forever

 

[veka]

How is it possible to burn out mushrooms or old trees? With the ability of Buri is it not possible. I have 1.29 version.

 

[Hyperion42]

Maybe a bug, in Amigo, upgrades for ship spawned only first time entering mission, i checked several times all spawn locations even try reentering this map. There is also problem with pre-bossfight cinematic, on second entry to arena game enters cinematic mode but only music starts playing and some sounds like boss is active and fighting, then you got respawn timer and apears at beginning of mission.

This campaign has realy nice terrain and interesting story but some aspect of gameplay are imho not ideal.
I really dont think chance-based game mechaniks like random drops or spawns of quest related items are good idea, game becomes grindy or player need to save-scumm which is opposite of fun.
Power of random creeps increasing with level of heroes is kinda like punishing players for leveling, it is also not logical for creeps to respawn stronger becouse they has been killed by heroes many times If this system was implemented for preservation of constant challenge (heroes not becoming too op) there are better mechanics like progress related soft level cap. Why even level heroes when game adjust its difficulty to match them?

Besides this (which is my opinion, maybe most of players like it this way) is this campaing piece of great work, good job @ThinhHo keep going.
Sorry for bad english.

 

[sergei 23]

Why is this game not working in version 1.30 properly

 

[krawg]

found a bug the cenematic in fugikana after breaking the door to get the emblem is causing warcraft to stop i tried letting it 30mns to cool of but its not working its right after thrall drops a tresaure im on 1.3.1 and also after doing the abysal swarm and going into the entrance to the oracle the back one where u find keilmam the axe before going on main entrance i got buged and had no saves i go to the outpost everybody is dead but i cant get into the zone the one where u got forget its name when u have the 2 emblems honestly spear of ice is just wtf 10 damge and armor only buying claws of attack +12 is more worth since 10 armor doesent do much i hate many of the rewards like the spirit walker drop mobs got better drops i dont think many will like the campaign only people that hate leaving stuff unfinished like me otherwise its irritating just a headache is what it is sorry man i really love your work but know its just a pain in the ass i dont think many people will stick to it make it smooth using 1 spell and going to 0 mana is not fun unless u stack mana like i did even that is boring good luck in future projects i think this one still needs tons of work

 

[Pai Mei]

I didn't like act two as much as the first, but it's personal. I found it a bit repetitive, I don't know, maybe it's that I'm getting old. Even so, it seemed very good to me, without a doubt you have a great command of the world editor and a great ability to create great stories. The cinematics and narrative are spectacular.

 

[Erkki2]

In ironbark, how long is the channelling spell to open the door supposed to take? While channelling, 3 different golems attacked, but after that, nothing has happened for a while.

Also, if the channelling hero dies, the channelling cannot be started again.

After several tries door opened, when I had Adias channelling.

 

[Antarctic]

Hi all. At first, thanks to author for this amazing campaign. Im beginning "first emblem" quest and still not saw any bugs. I got a problem with optional quest Eight Orbs. Can anybody helps me with it?

 

[Hyperion42]

I got a problem with optional quest Eight Orbs. Can anybody helps me with it?

Just ask. If you cant find the pattern look for lightnings

 

[Antarctic]

Just ask. If you cant find the pattern look for lightnings

Thanks for help, i will watching for them

 

[TheDeadUndead]

Dear ThinHo,
I am an old Warcraft player,might have played that game since it was released, also have played other strategy games where you can customize maps etc. Just finished act 2. I haven't ever seen such a remarkable piece of art created by a lone creator like you. It's a masterpiece, everything the dialogues, lore, the stimulating mind puzzles. Even though i've been using context from the Hive quite some time now , i had not an account, logged only to congratulate you. There are some minor issues like not being able to transfer items that had from the previous release in Act 1 in the new one or some times the video is bugging but after all Congrats!!!!!could easily be the equivalent of Beethoven's 5th Symphony in Warcraft 3 Campaigns.

 

[Antarctic]

Просто спроси. Если вы не можете найти узор , ищите молнии

Sorry but i still cant understand, can u say more clear?