Kobold Kingdom v1.5

[akaWAW]

it's so cool ,i love it

 

[deepstrasz]

So, if saving and loading doesn't work, then we are supposed to play this one in one run. How much gameplay time does it require?
The downside is that you can't, say, play on and on like in those games that don't have an endgame and if you encounter game breaking bugs, you have to start over.

 

[nhs325]

YOO I THOUGHT THIS WAS ABANDONED? HOLY SHIT MATE YOU ACTUALLY RELEASED IT?

 

[Planetary]

So, if saving and loading doesn't work, then we are supposed to play this one in one run. How much gameplay time does it require?
The downside is that you can't, say, play on and on like in those games that don't have an endgame and if you encounter game breaking bugs, you have to start over.

The 'story' is quite short. In casual QA runs I was able to complete it in about 1.5-2 hours. It's really just a carrot on a stick system to introduce the player to features and to go through the bosses one-by-one.

In Free Play, you can clear all the bosses in under 30 minutes after getting the hang of things.

 

[deepstrasz]

Spoiler: minor issue

Am I supposed to start this with Reforged graphics? From the screenshots it looks like Classic.
This is how it looks for me on Classic:


EDIT: worked on restart.

A very polished map. Great work on the UI part among others.
Approved.

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[Fingolfin]

That UI is looking dope!

 

[Planetary]

Greetings, Hive friends.

I fast tracked v1.1 with a boatload of improvements. See the description for key highlights. The main takeaway is that a save/load system has been implemented for story mode as long as 'Allow Local Files' is enabled. Please message me if you find any bugs with saving/loading, as it was a hassle to write since there were no existing systems in Lua to plop in (plus, this game's data is more complex than usual).

The difficulty and speed of story mode has been overhauled to accommodate this new feature.

More of the boring stuff can be found below. Many QoL improvements have been added.

edit: I accidentally released a deprecated script that broke Ancient Shrines (printed errors over and over), this has been fixed in 1.1a.

Spoiler: v1.1 Notes

• Save feature added for Story Mode. Leveling speed in story mode has been reduced to accommodate this addition. You can now save your equipment, inventory, dig site keys, attributes, selected masteries, and quest progress. This is a beta release, so please let me know if you run into a bug. See the Save/Load quest in-game for system info.
• Holding right click will now automatically move your character.
• The game difficulty has been revamped. Tyrannical and Vicious are more Tyrannical-y and Vicious-y since you can now optimize your build. The map is more difficult in general.
• Items now have colored borders that signify rarity.
• You no longer receive Dig Site Keys from quests.
• New system: Buffs, indicating bonuses and auras which you are currently affected by.
• New currency: Ancient Fragments, use them to craft Dig Site Keys. Gather them from Shrines and Empowered Creatures.
• New vendor: The Greywhisker, who conjures Dig Site Keys in exchange for Ancient Fragments.
• New feature: Shrines. Discover new objects in missions and activate them by right-clicking, some of which are the key source of Ancient Fragments.
• The story screenplay has been slightly adjusted, and a new quest has been added.
• There is now an "unequip all" button in the equipment tab.
• Refactored click-moving of items now allows you to: equip an item, unequip an item, unequip a dig key (i.e. click on the item, then your inventory space, versus only via the options pane).
• Automatic comparison tooltip for items currently equipped vs. in your inventory.
• Tyrannical and Vicious now require level 20 and 30 respectively.
• Epic and Rare items drop less frequently.
• Bosses drop all variety of loot instead of only Ancients.
• Boss chests now create an explosion of loot on the ground instead of putting items into inventory directly. A base Treasure Find bonus is added + an additional bonus for every difficulty level.
• Loot will now drop from certain events (such as Shrines or Empowered Creatures).
• The first triggered Darkness ability for Bosses from lost Candle Light has been replaced.
• Fixed bug allowing the final biome to be selected early.
• Added arcing text indicators for a variety of pickups.
• Elementalist items no longer cost gold; some items now cost 20 ore instead of 10.
• Should no longer throw an error when speaking to NPCs after quest line is complete.
• Shinykeeper items have had a price increase.
• All items are now worth less gold.
• Dig Site Keys have new icons.
• Duplicate stat merging on items should now work again.
• Frigid Dagger -> lower mana cost, more piercing damage, shorter travel time, +0.75 sec freeze.
• Glacial Grenade -> lower mana cost, lower cooldown, much more damage, +1 sec freeze.
• Abominable -> more damage.
• Gamble -> lower mana cost.
• Nether Bomb -> more damage, lower cooldown.
• Devitalize -> higher percentage of health dealt, lower cooldown.
• Rock Saw -> more damage per sec.

 

[Vibe]

Warcraft IP includes Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft, and Warcraft I II III. It is great to use their content and inspiration to enrich our map.

The images and voice materials in Hearthstone's adventure mode "Kobolds and the Underground World" are very suitable for making a dungeon adventure RPG map, which is an exciting and great innovation.

Well done.

 

[Blasterixx]

Really interesting and unique custom map, this is why Warcraft 3 is the best game ever because of maps like this even tho the old Blizzard did create a masterpiece with the original game and story what the community managed to do over the years was even more amazing, If Warcraft 3 was already A King of Kings when it was created, the community managed to upgrade the game from a King status to a God status!

Now i must say this kind of maps are not on my liking sadly, i can still appreciate the hard work and just how something so different from the original warcraft 3 maps can be made through the world editor is still something mind blowing to me!

I did play a bit of the story route and it was great, but the gameplay is just not for me.

I liked the dialogues a lot, the whole vibe with the kobolds and their world is great.

I did fight against a boss as well cuz i was curious, and what can i say, the fight was epic!



Now i have to explain why i don't like the map, its pretty simple, even tho the new User interface you created is great and gives the map a whole new and unique vibe it also makes the game feel less war3 related, and that to me is just not good no matter how good someone can re-invent the wheel.

The original Warcraft 3 User interface with the Hero portraits being able to move and being able to see them all the time, the hero stats and the bonuses you see in those stats, the hero items in the inventory as well, all those things being right there in your face the entire time makes the player feel super attached to their characters/heroes, this creates this unique experience where you feel you really do play with your own avatar, seeing your own avatar/character evolve little by little, stat by stat, level by level, getting new items and actually seeing them in your inventory,

This whole thing, this whole User interface is like the holy grail, the War3 UI is pretty much sacred to me and to many players and when that UI is changed, deleted or replaced it just kills the entire mood of the game, no matter how good and unique the game can be.

When i played this map i just couldn't feel any emotions or any attachment for my own character, it feels like i am playing with someone's else character, is weird.

Also the gameplay itself is weird, the auto attacks are slow, the main damage comes only from spells, and the q spell can be spammed as well, which is not really that great in my opinion, it makes the gameplay boring, i also noticed all the other spells are kinda bad dmg wise, there is no reason to use any other dmg spell other than the Q spell.


Now beside the negative aspects i just commented on, i do believe this is a subjective thing after all, there are lots of games out there that have this other UIs and are very popular and i get it.

One other thing i forgot to say, how exactly does one save his progress in this game? i didn't seem to find that out and trying to save normally and loading the save crashes the game so that doesn't work, i think there needs to be some sort of saving mechanism so the progress isn't lost.


My rating for this map as a single player rpg/dungeon crawl type map is a solid S

 

[Otherknownoise]

Amazing interface

 

[Overkane]

Seems there is a bug. If you use "Mole Hole" skill of the tunneler in the base, then on dig site you will be invulnerable. Though if you use it again on dig site, you will be vulnerable again.

 

[Planetary]

Seems there is a bug. If you use "Mole Hole" skill of the tunneler in the base, then on dig site you will be invulnerable. Though if you use it again on dig site, you will be vulnerable again.

Thank you for the report.

I am unable to reproduce the issue. Do you have any other details on when the ability was used that caused this?

 

[Overkane]

Thank you for the report.

I am unable to reproduce the issue. Do you have any other details on when the ability was used that caused this?

Yeah, sorry, it wasn't that easy to reproduce.
Actually seems you need to finish at least one dig site. (I used all first QWER skills of tunneler in it, and it was dig site with kobold diggers protection if that matter)
After you complete dig site you use Mole Hole and on next dig site you will be invulnerable.

Also when I tried to reproduce this bug by myself, I found out, that you also can use first spells on E and R of the tunneler without cooldown.
You use E, after you emerge you can use E again, since there is no cd error, though cd countdown is shown. Same for R and I guess it can be on other similar spells.

Also I somehow managed to broke first E and R spells of the tunneler, so I could use spells in it, but dunno how to reproduce it, just happened at some point of the game.


Overall nice idea and execution, though I got bored after 4 boss, cuz if I'm right there are only 3 types of dungeons and it become boring pretty quickly.

 

[Azurot]

I'm curious what exactly your process for ripping the hearthstone UI assets was? Pretty interesting systems otherwise but the ui is on another level.

 

[LovG]

I started playing this morning and I'm really liking it so far. (I can't believe this level of custom map could be possible!)

You have put so much effort it shows. Cheers!

I'd recommend giving it a try!

 

[Planetary]

I'm curious what exactly your process for ripping the hearthstone UI assets was? Pretty interesting systems otherwise but the ui is on another level.

Assets:

It was a mix of googling Hearthstone assets and installing the client to do screengrabs, followed by Photoshop merging and modifying (stretch, shrink, blend together - slicing assets into pieces and then removing/adding sections). The dig site map's "start" button is a cutout of the league of explorers card back. The dig site map backdrop is a modified version of the map art used in one of the adventures.

For icon work, I used Wowhead's icon browser and put all icons into a grid with Photoshop, batch exported them, then imported into the editor which allowed them to be referenced by indexed file names.

Lastly, bundle up finished pieces in a BLP batch converter and import them to the editor.

There's also some assets borrowed from the WoW UI asset rip which can be found here.

Technical:

For the technical implementation, I designed every asset in Photoshop to the proper dimensions I'd see on my personal 1920 x 1080 screen. When fitting an asset within code, the dimensions used in the mockup were converted to percentage of screen width with helper functions (the WC3 frame API requires proportional scaling).

In pseudo-code, it'd be something like:

inventoryframe = newframe(px(300), px(400))

The pixels would be converted to proportional scaling for height and width, offsets, etc. (0.167 and 0.222 in the example above).

These are the functions:

function kui:pxdpiscale()
    -- run at map start. get screen height (screenh) at map start.
    -- for screens that have smaller than standard 0.6 max Y size
    -- since pixel values were pulled from a 1080px screen, use
    -- that as the baseline denominator.
    self.dpiratio = 0.6*(self.screenh/1080.0)
end


function kui:pxtodpi()
    return self.dpiratio/self.screenh
end


function kui:px(pixels)
    return pixels*kui:pxtodpi()
end

 

[Ardenaso]

just discovered this recently; looks cool, will try later

 

[DarkePacific]

This is gorgeous !!

 

[Planetary]

Greetings,

v1.3 is now out and features some nifty additions, plus an overall balance pass (see description for more info).

This will mark the final development effort of this title—save for minor updates to fix any bugs.

Lastly, to reduce the download size I am no longer optimizing the main file (not sure why I continued to do that). Instead, the main map can now be directly opened in the editor. Per this post and the FAQ, you are free to export any assets or reference/copy any bits of code present in the map file.

 

[Diegoit]

Yoo this looks amazing

 

[Planetary]

If you downloaded v1.3a recently, be aware there's an annoying (but not game-breaking) bug introduced with boss health bars if you fail the dig.

This has been fixed in v1.3b.

 

[Frostflow]

i dont really play that much custom games but this map is soo good! good the dialogs and gameplay
looking forward for you're future content!

 

[SeedinAethyr]

This map is so good. I can't believe you've managed to do this all in Warcraft III. The UI, the missions, the enemies, the item system, the four heroes each with their own abilities, the constantly scaling difficulty, the hero save system... I could go on. Absolutely unreal!

EDIT: I should mention: The map doesn't just look good, it is fun as heck. I could keep playing for a long time thanks to its procedurally generated levels, difficulty, and item system.

 

[Planetary]

FYI: 1.33 broke FRAMEEVENT_MOUSE_ENTER so this map is currently unplayable on retail (the reforged train wreck continues).

On top of that dumpster fire, I cannot save the map now without it crashing, so there is currently no quick fix in sight.

Update: I was able to implement some changes to save the project, but have now discovered that FRAMEEVENT_MOUSE_UP and FRAMEEVENT_CONTROL_CLICK are also not working properly. Thus, this map will not work on 1.33 in its current state.

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

Don't know how to do first quest.

 

[Planetary]

Don't know how to do first quest.

There is a yellow quest marker (!) on the dig panel (Tab key) next to the biome card for each quest.

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

There is a yellow quest marker (!) on the dig panel (Tab key) next to the biome card for each quest.

On the quest to defeat the treasure gaurdians, I find the glowing box, but how do I attack it? I used powers on it, clicked (A) and then clicked the box, but nothing happened.

 

[Planetary]

On the quest to defeat the treasure gaurdians, I find the glowing box, but how do I attack it? I used powers on it, clicked (A) and then clicked the box, but nothing happened.

What version are you playing on? They should be attackable.

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

What version are you playing on? They should be attackable.

Uh, I don't remember which version. I installed it last year, uninstalled it and never played it again.

 

[Ravager16829]

Uh, I don't remember which version. I installed it last year, uninstalled it and never played it again.

Probably because you just accidentally updated the client to 1.33, which is buggy at this time?

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

Is this map going to be fixed for 1.33? It was fun and I want to try it again. I can't make it work in my patch 1.33. Is there a way to turn it back to 1.32?

 

[Ravager16829]

Is this map going to be fixed for 1.33? It was fun and I want to try it again. I can't make it work in my patch 1.33. Is there a way to turn it back to 1.32?

Did you read this (inside the purple box)?

1.33 not only broke several things related to this map (infinite mouse enter/exit loop on buttons). The most dangerous thing is that your game might randomly crashes due to the fact it uses higher memory usage.
If you want to play this map, you'll probably need 1.32.10. There's only one method you can do, which is Blizzget. However, you can use Google to download working Warcraft 3 1.32.10 (I won't post the download links due to the piracy rule).

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

Did you read this (inside the purple box)?
View attachment 413020
1.33 not only broke several things related to this map (infinite mouse enter/exit loop on buttons). The most dangerous thing is that your game might randomly crashes due to the fact it uses higher memory usage.
If you want to play this map, you'll probably need 1.32.10. There's only one method you can do, which is Blizzget. However, you can use Google to download working Warcraft 3 1.32.10 (I won't post the download links due to the piracy rule).

Hi, I tried Blizzget, but it didn't work. I don't have to use a pirated version as I have already bought Reforged. When I launched it, it was still in patch 1.33 and it launched in Reforged, not Frozen Throne as the tutorial shows

 

[Ravager16829]

Hi, I tried Blizzget, but it didn't work. I don't have to use a pirated version as I have already bought Reforged. When I launched it, it was still in patch 1.33 and it launched in Reforged, not Frozen Throne as the tutorial shows

If you don't want auto-update to 1.33, you'll have to start the game using the "-launch" parameter so that it won't redirect you to Battle.net app.

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

If you don't want auto-update to 1.33, you'll have to start the game using the "-launch" parameter so that it won't redirect you to Battle.net app.

Yes, I did that, but it still didn't work

 

[Ravager16829]

Yes, I did that, but it still didn't work

If you followed the instructions on this thread, especially the "Play Reforged without Battle.net", you should be able to play the game without errors.
To be honest, this is where "Warcraft III.exe" and "World Editor.exe" is situated on:
_retail_\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe
You'll have to add those shortcuts with the "-launch" parameter since running the application by double-clicking will still redirect you to the Blizzard Launcher. I assume you have already played WC3 through Battlenet on the same PC. Once again, you'll have to enter the CD-Keys.

 

[ThunderSupreme1]

If you followed the instructions on this thread, especially the "Play Reforged without Battle.net", you should be able to play the game without errors.
To be honest, this is where "Warcraft III.exe" and "World Editor.exe" is situated on:
_retail_\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe
You'll have to add those shortcuts with the "-launch" parameter since running the application by double-clicking will still redirect you to the Blizzard Launcher. I assume you have already played WC3 through Battlenet on the same PC. Once again, you'll have to enter the CD-Keys.

Ok, I tried again and got it right. Thanks!

 

[Planetary]

I have some good news.

I had a hunch on the issues from 1.33 and was able to implement some changes that made the UI function on 1.34.

Note that the enter/exit loop from 1.33 still exists and the mouse will flicker and sometimes change to a random cursor.

Should once again function on retail WC3.

 

[daued]

Any plans for a coop version?

 

[Planetary]

Any plans for a coop version?

As much as I'd like to see it in the custom games lobby, it's a massive task that probably isn't worth it for this first iteration and the downloads it gets. The core code is pure spaghetti since I wrote it when I was new to Lua and complex architecture.

 

[Ardenaso]

can I suggest the button positions of the spells to be back in the bottom row so they could be compatible in my quick cast grid?

Custom Grid Hotkey configuration for Quick Cast

REQUIRES WARCRAFT 3 REFORGED There's actually QuickCast feature hidden in Warcraft 3 Reforged but it wasn't properly implemented. Apparently, to get around it you just need to change certain values in the Preferences file but you needed to go Grid options in the settings. That's why I decided...

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[Planetary]

can I suggest the button positions of the spells to be back in the bottom row so they could be compatible in my quick cast grid?

Custom Grid Hotkey configuration for Quick Cast

REQUIRES WARCRAFT 3 REFORGED There's actually QuickCast feature hidden in Warcraft 3 Reforged but it wasn't properly implemented. Apparently, to get around it you just need to change certain values in the Preferences file but you needed to go Grid options in the settings. That's why I decided...

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My understanding is this would only benefit the first 4 skills, is that correct and still useful?

 

[Ardenaso]

My understanding is this would only benefit the first 4 skills, is that correct and still useful?

kinda, for QWER at least

 

[WilliamBz]

Who is the author of the model? I can't find -Grendel. He closed his profile.

 

[Planetary]

Who is the author of the model? I can't find -Grendel. He closed his profile.

View attachment 469607

I can't quite remember. That guy had a dramatic breakdown or something, if I recall, and deleted all his submissions (sad).

Attached the .mdx, it uses in-game textures.