October 2012 News Batch

Vengeancekael · Oct 28, 2012

October 2012 News Batch
^{Vengeancekael & I3lackDeath & -Grendel & Magtheridon96 (Resource Moderators)}

Happy Halloween!

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Projects Spotlight

The Hive's Arena

Starcraft News

Diablo III News

World of Warcraft News

Hive Quiz

Last Page

(Click the tabs below to switch between different Resource Spotlights)

Maps

Models

Icons

Spells

	^Jetpack Type: Mini-Game Category: Miscellanous / Other Author: Illidan(Evil)X ^{^{(Director's Cut)}}
	^{Power of Corruption} Type: Altered Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: moyackx ^{^{(Director's Cut)}}
	^{BloodWater Oasis} Type: Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: z.ky ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Forest Village} Type: Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: z.ky ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Roads Untraveled} Type: Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: sonofjay ^{^(Useful)}

[?]

	^{Diablo III: King Leoric} Type: Hero Category: Undead, Diablo Author(s): HappyTauren, AnemicRoyalty, Tarrasque ^{^{(Director's Cut)}}
	^{Siege Golem} Type: Unit, Hero Category: Mechanical, etc. Author: RetroSexual ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^Vengeance Type: Unit Category: Alien, Mechanical Author: Anvil ^{^{(Not Rated)}}
	^{Iron Queen} Type: Unit, Hero Category: Human Author: WhiteDeath ^{^(Useful)}
	^Wolfsbane Type: Unit, Hero Category: Modern Warfare Author: -Grendel ^{^{(Not Rated)}}

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	Hammer Crush zbc
	Magic Mirror zbc
	Block Stance zbc
	Sniper Rifle zbc
	Burning Dagger zbc
	Great Mountain King Marcos DAB
	Great Tauren Chieftain Marcos DAB
	Angelio JollyD
	Dreamland Unicorn JollyD
	Leather Armor NFWar
	Plate Armor NFWar
	Mind Poison D.ee
	Bloodfilled Glass Arrow D.ee
	Curse of the Skulls D.ee
	Artillery Attack Praytic
	Sorceress Sapphire AL0NE

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	^{Voodoo Drain} Type: Target Object Category: GUI / Triggers Author: Jazztastic ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Void Sphere} Type: Template Category: GUI / Triggers Author: Radamantus ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Drain System} Type: System Category: vJass Author: Adiktuz ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{LeBlanc Spellpack} Type: Pack Category: vJass Author: Lambdadelta ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Fire Eruption} Type: Target Ground Category: vJass Author: mckill2009 ^{^{(Not Rated)}}

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	Seth's Reign ^{(by APproject)} <<Seth's Reign is egyptian mythology myth interpretation based single player RPG by APproject. Map's story is based on an interpretation of The Legend of Osiris myth. Take a role of Egyptian Sorcerer and dive into the adventure of gathering Osiris' body parts and dealing with Seth himself for his cruel and wicked tyrony over the people of Egypt. One of the main features: 12 chooseable hero spells classified into three types - Ra, Horus and Seth, and 6 specialization spells classified as well. Possibility of up to 729 spell combinations.>> Type: SPRPG
	Dota 2: Open Role Playing Game ^{(by andreariona)} <<Dota 2: Open Role Playing Game is a Warcraft III multiplayer map that I developed for fun. Perhaps this may sound absurd, but I got a random idea to develop Dota 2 in orpg version, I thought of typical but fun gameplay with fancy graphic. I'm making this map as a fanmade of the original game Dota 2 that developed by Valve, no copyright infringement intended.>> Type: ORPG
	Brownscape: Torment ^{(by Rao Dao Zao)} <<It's built on the RdzPG (or rDZpg?) platform -- it is systematically a This Wreckage clone, focusing on a single central hero in an open-ish world with indoor and outdoor areas, sword and shield and item stacking systems, and so on. Lash, the Outcast, lives on the edge of a fortress town in the middle of the desert. He is a Shul'kra -- a dusky, chitinous biped, a "Child of Shul". Exiled for his delving into the ways of magic, in a society that hates magic, he is nonetheless allowed to continue living in the vicinity of the oasis: for even the most callous Shul'kra know that sending anyone into the open desert means certain death.>> Type: SPRPG

Story & Lore Mini-Contests: Remote Building

The Theme is "remote building". It can be a story including/about a remote building, the genre can range from Gothic horror to action and adventure.

2D Art Mini-Contests: Icons' Prison - Results

#1 Sin'dorei - #2 I3lackDeath - #3 Apheraz Lucent

Event: The Starlight Legacy

Every contest's prizes for the period of 27th of October to 27th of December are raised by 150%!

UI & Leveling & Clans & Development

Heart of the Swarm - UI Update
Heart of the Swarm - Leveling
Clan System
Starcraft II - Creative Development

Battle.net's UI is getting a revamp with Heart of the Swarm's release and it's nothing small! Check 5 screenshots below! [Official Post]

The next Heart of the Swarm beta update will introduce Leveling!
By playing either matchmaking or custom games, you will gain xp points at the end of every match for the race you were playing as.
Level-ups will grant you decals/portraits. [Official Post]

Clans are being introduced with Heart of the Swarm! Anyone can make one and once you're in a clan, you will have access to the clan window, where you will be able to communicate with the rest of your clan through a private chat. The Clan Window also contains an info tab posted by officers&leader, a members roster and a news tab.
Clans will have a limit of 50 members. However, Groups will also be coming, which will basically be a larger version of Clans. [Official Post]

Starcraft II developers are now answering questions reaching back to Wings of Liberty!
An answer would be:

Question: How did the Terrans enjoy such rapid population growth and colonization of the Koprulu sector when all they had to work with were four broken-down ships? According to the lore, four ships containing 40,000 humans crash-landed and established three colonies in 2259.The events of StarCraft 1 occur in ~2500.Yet it seems like the Confederacy/Dominion are full empires with many worlds and billions of residents. For instance, Tarsonis had at least two billion. No matter how I figure survival and reproduction rates, I just can't see how it makes sense.

Answer: This is an excellent question, and one that has been discussed internally for several years. I've always said that these were four crashed colony ships. So while much of their technology was lost, there were certainly means to ensure a foothold on a new, hostile planet – frozen embryos, frozen fertilized eggs, certainly extensive cloning. There were also methods of boosting food production to support explosive population growth. Mmm, tasty nutrient paste! One tablespoon does you for the whole day!

Because this tech was harnessed by survivors who only had a fraction of their intended equipment, it was lost 50 or so years after planetfall. But that was enough to swell the starting figures quite a bit. Let's suppose those starting figures get us up to 400,000 within 30 years of crashing. (Ambitious, I know, but a civilization that can build massive interstellar ships could certainly create such tech.) We should assume that for the first five or six generations, there was enormous social pressure (if not legal) on all fertile adults to spawn as many offspring as possible. Families of ten or more children. By the third or so generation, infant mortality rates might have risen a bit as the old tech broke down, but they would have dropped again as the colonists rebuilt their technological infrastructure. Now the numbers start to make sense.

View - Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Patch 1.0.5 & Monster Power & Infernal Machine

Patch 1.0.5 fully released
Monster Power
Event: Infernal Machine

Patch 1.0.5 is now released as a stable patch, featuring Monster Power, a new event Infernal Machine and so on. [Patch Notes]

「Monster Power」

The Monster Power feature lets the player choose the difficulty of the game in more detail, but reducing/increasing the damage+HP of enemy units, however item drops etc. will scale with the selected Monster Power. Harder = Better loot. [Official Post]

「Infernal Machine」

Once players hit level 60, they will be able to forge a construct called the Infernal Machine, allowing them to fight bosses in pairs for great rewards! [Official Post]

5.1 PTR & Challenge Mode Gear

Patch 5.1 now on PTR
Unique Challenge Mode Gear Effects

Patch 5.1 for WoW is now available on public test realms, in which the Pandaren Campaign begins, along with additions to pet battles, etc. [Official Post]

5-Players groups can do challenge modes in MoP, which is basically playing through heroic dungeons and setting a time record. The best will not only show up on a leaderboard, but will also receive unique looking gear effects! [Official Post]

Death Knight

Druid

Hunter

Mage

Monk

Paladin

Priest

Rogue

Shaman

Warlock

Warrior

Questions

Answered

Rules

Trigger/Jass Related:

[Easy] What are the 3 standard Unit Indexing systems? Who are their authors? (+1)
[Easy] Other than code and arguments, what can make a function marginally slower? Why? (+1)
[Moderate] Which spell/system resource is getting a DC after it gets updated? (+2)
[Moderate] Who once said that there should be a section completely designated to Nestharus? (+2)
[Hard] What is the op limit in terms of integer incrementation? (Special Reward)

Site:

How many custom chat icons are currently in place? (The closest guess wins) (+5)
Who's Dragonson's "wife" on the Hive, which he got by a proposal that the Offtopic section talked long time about? (+2)
For what special day did the Hive get new rep gems, background, etc. this year? (+1)
What is the most recent sticky in the Map Development Forum? [Sub-forums also count] (+1)

World Editor Related:

How do you raise/lower doodads? [Hotkey] (+1)
Name the 3 possible views in the world editor. (+2)

Lore Related:

What is Mists of Pandaria's storyline about? Very vaguely, no details. (+1)

Community:

What is CrazyRussian's account name on "deviantArt"? (+2)

The objective is to answer as many questions as possible and get the most answers right to earn reputation points!
You are not allowed to edit your post with new answers, just double post if you have to.
Everyone except for Magtheridon96, I3lackDeath, Apheraz Lucent is allowed to participate.

Staff:

-Grendel joins the Staff as a Resource Moderator, mainly moderating the models section.
Pharaoh_ is once again active.

Site:

The Hive Workshop is now hosting a Minecraft server! Check out this thread for all the information you need.
Please consult the thread Known Bugs & FRI before making a bug report, perhaps the specific bug has already been reported!

Ralle · Oct 31, 2012

I love your news batches. You truly master bbcode! What awesome stuff that gets created every month!

APproject · Oct 31, 2012

And yet another news batch with my project spotlighted, that's odd, yet pleasing.

What happened to model / icon spotlight? Or am I missing something?
Good job by the way.

Vengeancekael · Oct 31, 2012

^http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/latest-updates-news-101/october-2012-news-batch-224898/#top+
Switch between the tabs /o/

APproject · Oct 31, 2012

Bah! This is confusing.

MGCǂSpectre · Oct 31, 2012

clan support too

Almia · Nov 1, 2012

Yay,my spell is in again

Also i thought the spells top section are gone

Whoo thursday huh,is it next week?

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

Questions revealed.

Linaze · Nov 1, 2012

"What is the most recent sticky in the Map Development Forum?"
That silly idea thread, isn't it?

"How do you raise/lower doodads?"
CTRL + Page Up/Down

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

[Hard] What is the op limit in terms of integer incrementation? (Special Reward)
–2147483648 to 2147483647

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

Name the 3 possible views in the world editor. (+2)
Overall map view, In-game view, Standart view.

[Moderate] Which spell/system resource is getting a DC after it gets updated? (+2)
Leakless, MUI, original.

What is CrazyRussian's account name on "deviantArt"? (+2)
rushn

rushn.deviantart.com

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

How many custom chat icons are currently in place? (The closest guess wins) (+5)
Rui, Xarwin, Tank-Commander, Frankster, Red Shift, Mr.Goblin.
6.

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

That silly idea thread, isn't it?

Name it.

CTRL + Page Up/Down

Correct

–2147483648 to 2147483647

Wrong

Leakless, MUI, original.

You're supposed to name the specific resource, not what types of resources get a dc.

rushn

Correct

6.

You're way too far off. Everyone who has one, not just the ones actually active in chat.

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

[Moderate] Who once said that there should be a section completely designated to Nestharus? (+2)
GetTriggerUnit-

What is Mists of Pandaria's storyline about? Very vaguely, no details. (+1)
Revelation of new continent called Pandaria that has been discovered. That's if no details.

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

^Both correct.

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

What is the most recent sticky in the Map Development Forum? [Sub-forums also count] (+1)

Odds & Ends - VG's Map Making Suggestions

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

Wrong.

moyackx · Nov 1, 2012

Power of Corruption is again!!!! YAY!!! There's more maps coming with a new sub version 2.3b

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

What is the most recent sticky in the Map Development Forum? [Sub-forums also count] (+1)

Hive Idea Center

sonofjay · Nov 1, 2012

For what special day did the Hive get new rep gems, background, etc. this year?

Pirate's Day.

Illidan(Evil)X · Nov 1, 2012

I see Jetpack made it on here. I approve.

Also, I believe the op limit of integer incrementation in Warcraft 3 is 42857.

LeP · Nov 1, 2012

What is the op limit in terms of integer incrementation?

I don't know if i understand this correctly but here's my interpretation:

JASS:

function test takes nothing returns nothing
    local integer i = 4
    set i = i +3
endfunction

So, how many set i = i +3 could we put into that function without hitting the op limit.
Using grimoire we get the following bytecode:

Code:

test :: 0 0 4:integer 0x5:local 92:i
test :: 0 4:integer 196 0xc:literal 4
test :: 0 0 196 0x11:set 92:i

test :: 0 4:integer 197 0xe:read 92:i
test :: 0 0 197 0x13:push 0
test :: 0 4:integer 198 0xc:literal 3
test :: 0 0 199 0x14:setreg 0
test :: 198 199 199 0x20:add 0
test :: 0 0 199 0x11:set 92:i

test :: 0 0 0 0x27:return 0

We use the magic number of 300000 opcodes per thread.
As we can see 4 opcodes are used for local declaration and returning from the function.
So the line set i = i +3 uses 6 opcodes.
So either we can put (300000 - 4)/6 =~ 49999 additions in the function or without the var declaration and return ofc. 50000 additions.

sonofjay · Nov 1, 2012

What is the op limit in terms of integer incrementation?

18446744073709551615

OmNomNom · Nov 1, 2012

Who's Dragonson's "wife" on the Hive, which he got by a proposal that the Offtopic section talked long time about? (+2)

Apheraz Lucent.

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

Uh... MAG GET IN HERE, THESE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME.

Hive Idea Center

Correct

Pirate's Day.

Correct

Apheraz Lucent.

Correct

Magtheridon96 · Nov 1, 2012

LeP is correct.
I told you in ML, 50000 is the correct answer. (49999 is acceptable too, because off by 1 errors here are totally understandable

)

Illidian(Evil)X was also very, very close.

Look at this file I compiled using results Yixx gave me:

Code:

3	42857	(This is exactly what Illidian(Evil)X said)
5	45454
15	48387
20	48780
25	49019
30	49180
35	49295
40	49382
45	49450
50	49504
55	49549
60	49586
65	49618
70	49645
75	49668
80	49689
85	49707
90	49723
95	49738
100	49751
1000	49973
10000	49996
20000	49997

The numbers on the left represent the number of incrementations per function execution.
The numbers on the right represent the integer that was displayed

Linaze · Nov 1, 2012

"How many custom chat icons are currently in place? (The closest guess wins) (+5)"
Xarwin, Hindy, Deolrin, TWIF, Rui, Nina... a few more I forgot.
10?

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigher.

Linaze · Nov 1, 2012

Fuck, you've given them away like treats on Halloween. My final guess is 18, take it or leave it.

bowser499 · Nov 1, 2012

How many custom chat icons are currently in place? (The closest guess wins) (+5)
19

moyackx · Nov 1, 2012

I say 20

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

Fine, I'll give you guys a hint: The number of years of marriage marked in a silver wedding anniversary.

Linaze · Nov 1, 2012

25, then.

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

Correct.

Fledermaus · Nov 1, 2012

What are the 3 standard Unit Indexing systems? Who are their authors?
AutoIndex - grim001
AIDS (apparently) - Jesus4Lyf
Then I would say PUI - Cohadar since Dusk graveyarded his UnitIndexingUtils.

For what special day did the Hive get new rep gems, background, etc. this year?
Isn't it international talk like a pirate day, rather than just pirate's day?

What is Mists of Pandaria's storyline about? Very vaguely, no details.
Pandas

Linaze · Nov 1, 2012

"What is Mists of Pandaria's storyline about? Very vaguely, no details."
The Cataclysm cleared some mist and opened up Pandaria to the outside world, allowing the Horde and Alliance to go there and wreak havoc.

Undetailed enough?

Vengeancekael · Nov 1, 2012

AutoIndex - grim001
AIDS (apparently) - Jesus4Lyf
Then I would say PUI - Cohadar since Dusk graveyarded his UnitIndexingUtils.

You're only partially right. (2 right, 1 wrong)

Isn't it international talk like a pirate day, rather than just pirate's day?

Correct as well.

Pandas

The Cataclysm cleared some mist and opened up Pandaria to the outside world, allowing the Horde and Alliance to go there and wreak havoc.

Undetailed enough?

Lolokay yeah.

Fledermaus · Nov 2, 2012

Name the 3 possible views in the world editor.
Game view, game camera, letterbox mode.

Am I allowed to take another guess at unit indexing?

Fledermaus · Nov 2, 2012

If so:
AutoIndex - grim001
AIDS - Jesus4Lyf
UnitIndexer - Nestharus

If not, just delete my post

Offtopic: :s ..Seriously?

Lambdadelta · Nov 2, 2012

Interesting, my spell pack is on that.

Almia · Nov 2, 2012

What are the 3 standard Unit Indexing systems? Who are their authors?
AutoIndex by Grim001
AIDS(Advanced Indexing & Data Storage) by J4L
Unit Indexer by Nestharus

Which spell/system resource is getting a DC after it gets updated? (+2)
Files I/O by Nestharus

Name the 3 possible views in the world editor. (+2)
-Lock to game view setting
-Lock to game camera
-Letterbox mode

Other than code and arguments, what can make a function marginally slower? Why?
Marginally?i dont get it.

Magtheridon96 · Nov 2, 2012

Although PUI is a well-known Unit Indexing system, I didn't include it as an answer because I don't even know if my fellow Spell/System moderators allow anything other than AutoIndex, AIDS or UnitIndexer. :S

(Yes, those are the correct answers, and depending on whether Kael allows people to take multiple guesses, either Fledermaus or Radamantus get the prize.)

edit
@Radamantus:
Here, marginally means only slightly. Something of very, very little significance.

edit

Which spell/system resource is getting a DC after it gets updated? (+2)
Files I/O by Nestharus

Correct.
KAEL GET IN HERE.

Fledermaus · Nov 3, 2012

I was more shocked that something by Nestharus could be a standard.

Almia · Nov 3, 2012

Yep,PUI is also one of the indexers because J4L uses it(i guess)
I found them in the thehelper.net.

Other than code and arguments, what can make a function marginally slower? Why?
By not using natives,because blizzard functions or BJs are very slow while natives are quick.
Wrong answer right?

Fledermaus · Nov 3, 2012

Other than code and arguments, what can make a function marginally slower? Why?
Longer variable names? Because Nestharus says so!

Almia · Nov 3, 2012

Explain what Nestharus said.
Also you are not sure of your answer

Magtheridon96 · Nov 3, 2012

I was more shocked that something by Nestharus could be a standard.

Oh come on

Given that he has a hundred systems/snippets (more or less)
There are bound to be at least 10 that are good (assuming that 90% of what people write is stuff they write because they /can/ write it, like stacks and linked lists)

Then again, how do we define a "standard resource"?
In my opinion, a standard resource has to be:
- Approved, meaning it follows convention, meets requirements and is good enough.
- Used by the people often (If people like it and it's good, it's a standard)

edit

Other than code and arguments, what can make a function marginally slower? Why?
Longer variable names? Because Nestharus says so!

Technically wrong.
Note: I said TECHNICALLY. I'm talking about a function, but you said variable.

Also, I'm looking for an actual reason why

(It's a really easy question)

Almia · Nov 3, 2012

I dont know why Mag marked it as a needs fix.

Fledermaus · Nov 3, 2012

Ok, I assume multiple guesses are allowed because Linaze had lots for the chat icon question.

Other than code and arguments, what can make a function marginally slower? Why?
Longer function names. As for why, I can't find a reason other than wc3 VM being weird and making the length of the function name (and variables) matter in terms of speed..

bisnar13 · Nov 3, 2012

Name the 3 possible views in the world editor. (+2)

Letterbox, Game view, Game Camera