REALM DESIGN PROUDLY PRESENTS
MISTY FOREST
Multiplayer Content
That's right, it's out! Misty Forest is the map we used for our old Multiplayer Demo, but man, it's pretty now! And chock-full of DoC goodies. John has been working day and night on this, and it's ready for your enjoyment!
Once you've downloaded both files, put the map in a new folder in your Warcraft III maps directory: Warcraft III/Maps/DoC/Multiplayer. Then activate the .exe, wherever you decide to put it. This will activate the Dawn of Chaos Warcraft III shell. Log onto Battle.net the way you usually would, and create a room - a private room, because nobody without this map AND THIS .EXE will be able to play. Make a match on this forum in the matchmaking thread beforehand, or get together with some friends. Don't make a public room and let people download the map, please - we don't need that sort of mess.
The host will be presented with options when the game begins. If he or she doesn't finish choosing before the timer runs out, the game will choose itself. After that, there's a brief timer before the game starts - and then, BANG! There you are.
Some notes on DoC gameplay (IMPORTANT):
ROADS
You need to build roads to build structures. You can only build a structure right next to a road. Roads are built from your Town Hall/Great Hall, not your Peasants/Peons. Read this over and over until you understand it. You can only place a tile of road next to an existing tile of road. You cannot place roads half-way, and you cannot place them on a diagonal. When you click the Road button on the Town Hall/Great Hall's Action Pane, your cursor will turn into the Road cursor, and you just point to a place next to an existing road, and click. You can do this more than once without having to press the button again, but there is a tiny cooldown period on the button, so if you try to hammer out a long road all at once, it might kick you out of the Road cursor and you'll have to click the button again.
WALLS
Walls are built at the Town Hall/Great Hall, in much the same manner as roads. They can only be built a certain distance from your structures - if you want your walls further out, you'll have to extend your town that way.
TOWN HALL/GREAT HALL
If your Town Hall/Great Hall is destroyed, you will need to rebuild it using the button on the wreckage's Action Pane. You can only have one Town Hall/Great Hall.
DESTROYING YOUR OWN BUILDINGS
Every building has a self-destruct button in its action pane. This is to allow you to correct a mistake made in your city planning - it's too easy for a novice to accidentally block off all his or her roads with buildings so that there's no room to build more roads.
FOOD CAP
The food cap is MUCH HIGHER in Dawn of Chaos than in Warcraft III, and all units only take up 1 Food. This allows for much larger armies. Be aware!
RESOURCES
Resources are measured in the hundreds, not in the tens. This is to match the original game.
PEASANTS/PEONS
Peasants and Peons cannot attack. This is to match the original game.
Some icons will be missing, as will some soundsets. Three buildings are in the original DoC style, but they don't stick out too badly.
That's about all I have to say! Get playing! I've opened up three new threads: one for bug reporting, one for comments/criticism, and one for matchmaking! Let's see some action!
Save replays so we can all enjoy your victories and defeats.
One last thing - if at first it doesn't seem to be working, keep trying. B.net can be finicky.
A copy of the readme is attached to this message. READ THE README.
Make sure you comment, report bugs, and find matches on the appropriate threads! This one should only be for gushing about the fact that we released something, and for asking questions.
