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Race Building Contest #3 - Mini Melee Race

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Aspard said:
To baassee,
Are you really in? oO I hope, that's not a joke.

To 67chrome,
What does "20 upgrades" mean? Shall the weapon upgrades for both melee and ranged units ( 2 x 3 ) and defense upgrades for them ( 2 x 3 ) count as 6+6=12? Or they just stand for 4 upgrades? I hope, the last one statement is true. :)
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three levels of a weapon upgrade count as 1 upgrade for this. You shouldn't use that many upgrades though, 20 is just the average amount of upgrades the melee races have (undead only have 18). If you try comming up with 20 upgrades for the sake of maximizing the upgrade potential, your race will look really cluttered and like a mess. This is more for a little freedom, in case someone had an idea that needed a good deal of upgrades.

Upgrades can be identified by the upgrade tab in the object editor. Everything in there is an upgrade. Anything that is not, is not.


Army-of-Pandas said:
I have another question guys. Do you edit another regular races buildings or like for example, copy a farm and then paste it and edit the farm for your pesonal race?
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Considering how difficult it is to correctly balance units in WC3, doing this will give your units a more balanced feel. I'd just recommend playing with the gold/lumber/time/hp/damage of the unit a little, so that it seems more unique. But ya, if you want to create new unit, I'd recommend making the base unit your getting all the stats from a unit that does essentially the same thing.
 
Alagremm said:
Man, your fast.
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blah only made the easy code spells, those who are next are way more difficult but you will see in my entrance :)

Kercyn said:
WIN!
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EPIC WIN!

@Topic

Contests looks good I will prob finish on wednesday (because of holiday)

So I WIILLL have ALOOOT of time to test it out ;)

and btw

dingo you lightning freak :) your lightning spells will make my spells look like crap :(
 
Here, I repeat my post ... obviously it was overseen.

xxdingo93xx said:
Question to moderators of this contest

I am planning to make a race called Stormseeker. This will mainly base on the elements water and storm/lightning.
Since I am a spellmaker myself, I have already made spells in the past.

My question:
Am I allowed to use the spell "Geyser" which is comprised in my spellpack as ability for a hero?
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As for me, I don't see any reason in forbidding using the spells which have already been done, especially if they are quite good. What's the matter in reinventing the wheel, if there is already one! Especially, again, created by YOU!

Everybody follows same rules, so the implementation of useful and interesting spells, fitting your race well, is also a part of competition, isn't it? I hope, it does.
 
Umm a wip screen?


Yes, a screen!

Goblin_Pirates#1.jpg



Goodluck everyone :thumbs_up:
 
Aspard said:
For me the hero is the easiest part to CREATE, but not to imagine it :)

Another question: Anybody knows, if it is possible to make my custom race use custom interface / command buttons / spell target circle / mouse cursor etc w/o modifying origin Blizzard races and replacing them then?


I have about a month as a time for entry completing! :)
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with me it's reverse. I have lot of ideas, but I don't know how to make all of them working, since my triggering is pretty bad when it comes to advanced stuffs. :sad:

I did made few custom races for fun (without custom trigger spells and upgrades), but never manage for AI to work\build. It did work fine when playing with friends in multiplayer just for kicks, they were well balanced. :wink:

If there are people who are good with triggers, but have no idea, feel free to contact me on PM, maybe they could use some ideas in their maps.
 
yeah default ones are always allowed =D they just should fit together

Q: but how do i set up the picking through dialogs? normally i make spells and systems not things like that so i really dunno?

pick all units from player - remove them - replace with new one's

Is that the right trigger?
 
Fuh, that's a bit difficult... at the beggining I just thought: Ha-h! New race! Chpok-chpok, some buildings and model imports for units and everything is done... Nah! >< Even not so close. Now I have to add cameras to models, which don't have them, look for most fitting sound in sound editor and the most hard thing is to draw icons for building using just Print Screen + Photoshop T_T

Fortunately, I've moved on a bit, so I can present a small WIP. Tinker stands here just for a hero, I'll use another one, I'm sure :)
 

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Aspard said:
... For what purpose? If I'm runner up, I'll give a permission for it only if it's like Undead or Zerg "needed" ground texture for buildings. Otherwise, you won't be able to use this race in the melee map... I dunno, I think, that not.
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because nordic race with undead or nightelf or orc or naga or human texture looks shit
the buildings are out of ice and then they stand on leaves:razz: i hope this gets allowed
 
Here's a WIP of my race, its only 40% finished tho.
Its a mix of demons, and night elves. The succubus models are the main "footman" like unit, the smallest upgrades into the medium one witch can upgrade into the big blue one.
The infernal machine model is like the naga's royal guard (buffed up tank ish unit.)
The rogue looking guy is the worker/builder/peasant.
The hunter's halls are the town halls. The sacrificial alter thing or w/e its called is the research building, and the demon portal/dark portal is where you train units.
And finally the air ship is like a zerg overlord, except it only supply's food & scouts.



(Hero is blocked by a building lol)

http://img183.imageshack.us/i/previewr.png/
 
Yes, I'd like to tell the same as Ghost765 has just told :) Damn you ;P

And makin' a gnoll race is a bit... dishonest, cause there is a pack (In real meaning of this word) of models, concerning both buildings and units they should produce. Probably even by one person :P But, nevermind, I like all the entries posted till now, excluding one moment, Ghost765, where are your building? :)
 
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