Map will not load normally

[Thunderbird]

I’ve been gone a LONNNNNNNNNNNNNG time and I wanted to update my map for W3 reforged. The problem I’m having is it will not load normally. When I try to play it by picking it out of the list and hit play, it will dump me back to the game select menu instead of sending me to the game lobby. It WILL however let me hit test map directly from the editor and play it. It has done this since before reforged, so it is not THIS patch that broke it. I was just not as motivated before to find the fix for it. I’ve tried using older versions of the map that are less complicated and haven’t seen an edit in 18 or so years and I have the same issue, so this isn't just my currently edited map getting corrupted somehow.

Another bug I've found in the meantime is I had a hero that used a modified bearform (non hero ability). Well that just turns him into a bear with the stats of the alternate unit now. I used this to morph multiple heroes, so I'm sure they are broken too. What ability is best used to correct this?

 

[EverythingsBroken]

I’ve been gone a LONNNNNNNNNNNNNG time and I wanted to update my map for W3 reforged. The problem I’m having is it will not load normally. When I try to play it by picking it out of the list and hit play, it will dump me back to the game select menu instead of sending me to the game lobby. It WILL however let me hit test map directly from the editor and play it. It has done this since before reforged, so it is not THIS patch that broke it. I was just not as motivated before to find the fix for it. I’ve tried using older versions of the map that are less complicated and haven’t seen an edit in 18 or so years and I have the same issue, so this isn't just my currently edited map getting corrupted somehow.

Another bug I've found in the meantime is I had a hero that used a modified bearform (non hero ability). Well that just turns him into a bear with the stats of the alternate unit now. I used this to morph multiple heroes, so I'm sure they are broken too. What ability is best used to correct this?

For your bear issue there are multiple fixes. Change the Bear unit itself into what you want him to morph too, use Stone Form instead of the Bear transformation. Or create a blank .txt file with the name abilityskin and import it with the path units\abilityskin.txt

That last one is prolly the best one to fix it. As for your other issue, I wouldn't know with out seeing the map.

 

[Thunderbird]

Not my uploads but both are correct. I lost this version unprotected when I swapped computers but someone who helped me test had a beta version that was ALMOST done so I didn't lose much.

Download map "Battle For Icecrown by Thunderbird" - Strategy | 1 different versions available | Warcraft 3: Reforged - Map database
Battle For Icecrown 1.10e - Warcraft 3 Maps - Epic War.com

 

[Pyrogasm]

If your map was made before patch 1.24b it likely relies on an H2I() function. Maps using such functions can no longer be played. You will need to open it in the editor and replace all instances of H2I with GetHandleId.

 

[Thunderbird]

That's a good guess and one I wasn't positive about, but my earlier versions for certain did not use that because I learned JASS on this map and I started simple. Thanks for reminding me just what the return bug was though, I couldn't quite remember. It let me double check this map and I'm certain I used it in other maps and now I know what to look for.

One thing to remember the map DOES COMPILE and DOES RUN WITHOUT CRASHING when I use test map directly from the editor. Whatever this is borks the lobby not the actual game. Because the earliest versions of my map also cause this I'm sure whatever it is, it is something that was innate to the editor. Did they change anything that would manifest in the lobby screen before the map has started? Probably sometime after 2009.