Rise of the Lich King Reanimated 1.2

[Dani005]

5/5
Glad you remake this master piece!
and can u tell me where that sindragosa model from? it looks very good

 

[Armelior_is_back]

Yes I love this model, I got it on this very site but it's not here anymore. It was ported from WOW by FeelsGoodMan. No idea why it's been taken down along with the Lich King model I used, so ask him if you want the model (or if I can give it to you if it comes to that)

 

[Dani005]

Yes I love this model, I got it on this very site but it's not here anymore. It was ported from WOW by FeelsGoodMan. No idea why it's been taken down along with the Lich King model I used, so ask him if you want the model (or if I can give it to you if it comes to that)

Yes please give it to me, he doesn't respond

 

[Armelior_is_back]

Here it is : Pastebin

 

[Dani005]

Here it is : Pastebin

Thank yooouuuu! Oh and you dropped something:

 

[Tyrande277]

is it playable in warcraft 3 latest patch which came before reforge i dont have reforge

 

[Armelior_is_back]

It should work on any patch >1.28, except the last couple that seemingly broke the game this year.

 

[chaipun]

chapter 4 is the best mission

 

[Ziv Noel]

I played this since I was around 12 or 13 lol xD I'm now 22. Damn, the nostalgia. Very Impressive remake, with astonishing models and gameplay. But the storyline could be improved a little bit. I really love Arthas, I hope you'll make another custom campaign playing as Arthas DK/ LK. Thank you for this wonderful campaign. I'm absolutely looking forward to your next campaign, hopefully you will make them lmao xD

 

[Armelior_is_back]

Thanks for the kind words, but i don't plan to make anything else set in Warcraft. I have ideas fo a new campaign but it will be in a different setting, I found using existing characters and lore too limiting when I changed the story for this remake.

 

[tulee]

Some notes I wrote down

Interlude
Nice environment affects, the wind sound at the start really showed how cold it is in Northrend.
Great to have humour between Vash and Kael--- its real dialogue, not stilted.
I remember your old version just had Arthas fighting 2 naga royal guards. This one felt more like a battle with lots of units fighting him. It was great.

Ch1
"the usual, make base kill another + sidequest" really is a bit casual for a map description, but I guess it cant be seen when playing a campaign in the normal custom campaign menu so its fine.
Kael actually talking to Vash about things not related to the mission- like asking her about naga craving for magic- is great dialogue, and made me a lot more interested in the story.
Nerubian poisoners are hard to click on or select when attacking or using spells on them- their hit box is quite small i think.
As the 4 ships leave in the end, there are 3 gargoyles who just stay flying watching them leave, without trying to destroy the ships.

Ch2
I love how arthas causes the ground to become snow wherever he walks.
The base defense part of this mission was pretty neat.
How does the LK know Sylvanas will likely go to Kalimdor? Sylvanas has no friends or allies there.

Ch3
The Hydra minigame was fantastic, it really forced me to think about how to beat it.
This is a pretty cool short type mission.
Seeing the radius of the ships' detection circles was very creative.

Ch4
The ironforge mission is so much better with the new portals, dont need to navigate around narrow paths to push into their base.
The ending boss fight is a great addition. It was actually quite tough, I am not sure if our heroes dying there would be a mission fail.
Did I hear spellforce 1 music at the end after Magni died?

Will keep playing later.

Thanks to @Xetanth87 for the tool that allows us to play campaigns on the latest Patch of Wc3.

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[Armelior_is_back]

Thanks for the feedback. Sylvanas has nowhere else to go but west. I indeed used a few spellforce tracks (1 for each race + the one you mention).

 

[Ann]

Wew, that Reanimated or Remake compared to the original one, has much more content and much more enjoyable. Especially there is a mechanic that makes you choose a unit for a certain number, which is new to me and I like that.
Still remember the original ending was an ignorance curious about the Lich King Crown on the ground and I think he is going to wear it, leaving us to imagine the aftermath. Now, The Lich King is dead, I begin to wonder what happened to Varimathras now.
Actually, Lich King boss fight was supposed to be hard but it didn't meet my expectation to me. Heroes and super many units just overwhelm him like nothing. If only you could keep this choose unit to accompany system when entering this boss fight. Also, I found it strange when Abomination is last standing with Lich King. Lich King should have the ability to summon more or convert units.
And actually, I might be stupid to ask, but I thought of the idea is when 4 heroes attacked the Lich King at certain health, he suddenly burst out, making everyone injured, and at that moment, Admiral Daelin Proudmoore catches up. Malfurion attempts to use Tranquility to heal others injured, during that time, Admiral has to 1v1 against The Lich King and his Taunt will be useful here because it can prevent Lich King from trying to attack Malfurion. I kinda wish Admiral vs Lich King idea can be kept, and maybe recreate like this.
Anyway, I'm still looking forward to your next custom campaign. I'm playing with version 1.31. So something needs to take note of. For chapter 1, do not pick anything before you take an optional mission. More insurance, better don't load the game, just clear this chapter straight away.

 

[VanAndro]

....I'm playing with version 1.31. So something needs to take note of. For chapter 1, do not pick anything before you take an optional mission. More insurance, better don't load the game, just clear this chapter straight away.

If you don't know where to download it, click on the picture below and read

 

[HuanJuan]

So....
I was played this campaign in the Demo stage 2 times, and after offical release two times. This is my second playtrough after release. It's a very good, enjoyable campaign! I like every moment during playing! But sadly, as in apple tree, there are the good ones, and there are the bad ones: the BUGS!
I experienced a visual and a game breaking bug - it's easy to solve by the player, but it's the irritating one.
Let me begin the bug fest!

Chapter 7 Mana fountain.

Last chapter (not the secret one). During the chapter, the player meets with a very big Giant of Abomination. A flesh golem on certain chemicals. If the player skips the cinematic (during they kill the Giant again, after you killed and before this cinematic), the giant is resurrected and you need to kill it again. If the player not skip the cinematic, than the other thing can happened: the player controlled heroes (they are important for the mission, if they die, you failed the chapter) can be killed by enemy units during the cinematic, because the waves are not stopping. They are coming!

I hope I can defeat this mini boss without any headache now, and thank you very much guys for the campaign! Hopefully I can make it to the end!

Update:

After cinematic, the player looses control over Admiral Proudmoore, and he is replaced by Furion. After cinematic during the fight against the various sources of Undead, the A.I controlled Admiral is stopped somehow, and doesn't want to fight against the waves. The other non-hero A.I controlled units from the Alliance are fine. They are fighting alongside with the player, against the undead, but Admiral Proudmoore are not.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

First, thanks for the feedback !

-chapter7 oasis : you mean the camera angle ? After the dialog about the mountain, the camera is supposed to go back to the normal view, I don't remember what happens if you try to change it yourself, is that what happened to you ? Anyway you only need to use the mouse wheel to get back to normal

-chapter10 giant abo : I'm not sure what you're saying, but I guess you skipped the boss death scene before it got killed on screen and I forgot to make sure it's dead if you skip early... I'll check / and about the enemy waves they should be paused during all cutscenes, I'll have to check that too

-chapter10 admiral post-abo : after the cutscene he's automatically teleported to the base camp where he gets healed - I made him inactive there so he doesn't wander off if enemies come close, but if you let the undead come near him at this stage of the map you're doing something very wrong and you have to also defend the buildings in any case

 

[HuanJuan]

First, thanks for the feedback !

-chapter7 oasis : you mean the camera angle ? After the dialog about the mountain, the camera is supposed to go back to the normal view, I don't remember what happens if you try to change it yourself, is that what happened to you ? Anyway you only need to use the mouse wheel to get back to normal

-chapter10 giant abo : I'm not sure what you're saying, but I guess you skipped the boss death scene before it got killed on screen and I forgot to make sure it's dead if you skip early... I'll check / and about the enemy waves they should be paused during all cutscenes, I'll have to check that too

-chapter10 admiral post-abo : after the cutscene he's automatically teleported to the base camp where he gets healed - I made him inactive there so he doesn't wander off if enemies come close, but if you let the undead come near him at this stage of the map you're doing something very wrong and you have to also defend the buildings in any case

Chapter 7 Mana fountain: I don't changed the camera angle or something with commands or without commands. I Only zoomed in, and with PageUp or Down changed the angle, to see better this bug. This is vanilla as it can be, I only use RenderEdge widescreen fix for widescreen, but that doesn't do
anything with this bug. The Mana fountain - from my perspective / point of view - is wrongly positioned, that's why it's fixed in the air.
The screenshot is made after I finally escape from the Centaurs, and after I defeated the Quillboards/Razormane enemies in the Mana Fountain.
I also discovered in the Fel Orc Base that, there is a few green skinned orcs (normal orcs, they are not red skinned like the Fel ones). It's not a problem, since story wise the Fel Orcs loosing their "gift" from their master.

Chapter 10 Admiral Proudmoore Post-Abo: He stayed back but after a while he was wandered forward to the second skeleton crypt spawn (which was deactivated). He was did nothing until I met with the Lich King....

It was not an easy chapter, and was a fantastic end-game, but If my memory is correct: if the player finds all the easter eggs, than a secret chapter is going to be available. The secret chapter is deactivated or was never existed in your campaign?

 

[Armelior_is_back]

The fountain is floating above ground ? I didn't realize that was what you were talking about, I've never seen that bug on my version

The admiral shouldn't move at all until he joins you for the last boss, maybe I forgot to pause him again after a cutscene or something.

Finding all the easter eggs gives you a couple items, there is no secret level. In the old version there were 2 last maps (the ending + a credit cutscene map) that were unlocked when you won the campaign, but no secret level.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

I posted the 1.1 version, with a new campaign loading screen + a few bug fixes in map 10.

 

[HuanJuan]

I posted the 1.1 version, with a new campaign loading screen + a few bug fixes in map 10.

Very good, I'm a bit shocked how fast are you responded, and fixed some bugs after report. Please delete this posting of yours, and put this text to your previous post here. Double posting are not welcomed on the site. I'm no one to judge, but I don't want to see someone as you meet the ban hammer of HiveWorkshop, or making the site admins and moderators life harder.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

I've been wanting to change the loading screen for a while and my request was made way faster than I thought, so might as well fix the bugs... as for the double post, editing another post defeats the point of an announcement, but of course if the mods disagree I'll edit/delete.

 

[Jayred0320]

It seems that I am not able to launch Chapter/Mission 10. It keeps routing me back to the chapter levels screen. I'm on version 1.27 btw. If it's a version problem can anyone send me a link for 1.28?

 

[HuanJuan]

It seems that I am not able to launch Chapter/Mission 10. It keeps routing me back to the chapter levels screen. I'm on version 1.27 btw. If it's a version problem can anyone send me a link for 1.28?

Let me guess, Windows 11 is your operating system? I just asking, because that did many troubles with WC3 and campaigns on my PC...

 

[Jayred0320]

Let me guess, Windows 11 is your operating system? I just asking, because that did many troubles with WC3 and campaigns on my PC...

I'm actually still using Windows 10. I'm really betting on maybe chapter 10 just doesn't work when your version is 1.27.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

1.27 is the version I made/tested the campaign on.
If it's a windows problem I don't know, I'm still on windows 7 (I'm a weirdo I know) but I only had 1 person talking about this same problem before and I suppose most people who played must be on windows 10 like you so...

 

[Jayred0320]

1.27 is the version I made/tested the campaign on.
If it's a windows problem I don't know, I'm still on windows 7 (I'm a weirdo I know) but I only had 1 person talking about this same problem before and I suppose most people who played must be on windows 10 like you so...

So I guess it's also possible that it may not be because of Windows then? Hmm, this really sucks because I really wanted to play this so much! Your Original work of this way back then was very good, and being able to see it getting remade is very emotional for me. Lots of nostalgic stuff awakened in my mind. I guess you could say Warcraft 3 as a whole had a very huge impact on my early life, especially custom campaigns. But alas, some things are just the way they are I guess. I enjoyed it though! I wish you luck in your next project if ever you decide to make another one, if not, then I'd like to thank you for being one of those who created fantastic adventures.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

That's really nice of you to say.
I'm bummed out because I think the last map is one of the most fun, as a climax should be (and the map that took me the longest to make but that's not really a factor for players). I don't understand why this would be the only one that doesn't work.

Maybe I could give you a version without the imports to test (it's only 4 music tracks and a skin but who knows) ? If it's not the source of the problem, I'm stuck.

 

[HuanJuan]

I'm actually still using Windows 10. I'm really betting on maybe chapter 10 just doesn't work when your version is 1.27.

Do you tried to run WC3 in compatibility mode? (Win XP SP3 or lower if you can). That can solve the problem maybe. I have Win10 and there is no problem here.

 

[VanAndro]

It seems that I am not able to launch Chapter/Mission 10. It keeps routing me back to the chapter levels screen. I'm on version 1.27 btw.

Possible solutions: re download campaign, reinstall Wc3, prepatch 1.27 again, clean up windows unnecessary files and registries, clean up your Wc3 profile folder from unnecessary saved games.

 

[Jayred0320]

Possible solutions: re download campaign, reinstall Wc3, prepatch 1.27 again, clean up windows unnecessary files and registries, clean up your Wc3 profile folder from unnecessary saved games.

Just tried redownloading the game and it still didn't work, unfortunately. I'm gonna try and reinstall war3 but does that mean that my progress for this campaign will be lost? Also, an off-topic question, but do you know where I can download other versions of the game? I only have 1.27 at the moment and I can't really play any other custom campaign, due to the reason that the other campaigns require 1.28 and up.

 

[Jayred0320]

Yes. I will suggest you to read a complete guide not only to fix the most common errors in Wc3 but also where to download other versions of the game. Just click on the picture below. You will find everything you need + links there.

Curse of the Forsaken v3.0.1

1) This campaign was made on Warcraft III patch 1.30.2. Make sure your Warcraft III is patched as well. The campaign WILL NOT WORK properly without the most recent patch. 2) Download the campaign and place into your My Documents/Warcraft 3/Campaigns folder. 3) Play the campaign...

www.hiveworkshop.com

There are no game installers for 1.28 and up, and the same goes for the patches. There are, however, versions for them in "Game files". What should I do with the game files? I am terribly sorry for the number of questions in regard to the matter. I have really no idea what to do.

 

[Blasterixx]

Just finished playing this campaign, it is a great remake/remaster with tons of new things, had lots of fun playing it!

Spoiler: Thoughts

The only negative i can say is that the new models/skins for the heroes don't look good, best example of this would be Kael, he looks like an 80 year old man when in fact he should look young and beautiful since he is an immortal High Elf Prince you know, same can be said about all the other heroes, I will give you that the models for Sindragosa and the Lich King look "good", while the Lich king model does somewhat still look like is from the same universe of War3, the Sindragosa model looks waaay to CGI/sophisticated and it looks like it doesn't belong at all to the War3 universe.

Now you can say this is mostly subjective, how the heroes/units look, but in my opinion is not, since the base core of this game, of War3, has a certain style of how the world looks, and how the units look, and if you drastically change that fact, then sadly the game loses some of its charm, it sure did for me, dispite the fact this custom campaign is really well done with beautiful maps, story, gameplay, quests, boss fights, the fact that the skins of some units and most of the heroes look so damn out of place and ugly, is just sad, kinda ruined the mood.

I have seen this trend with lots of map makers, not only for custom campaigns, where they implement these new HD models and replace the old ones trying to "Improve" the maps, somehow? as if that improves the maps in any way, is mostly a cop-out, is a way for some map makers to show to the public and to themselves how good their maps are, with these new HD models, but in fact is the opposite, very rarely those HD new models work, and in the other 99% of the cases they don't and only make the maps look uglier.

Is pretty much what reforged did to war3 with the new graphics, you can't just replace the old models with new HD models that look totally different and out of place, War3 is War3 because of how it looks, and when you change that you made the game worse, that's just a fact.

People don't play Warcraft 3 custom maps to see WOW models and HD models from other games that are out of place, people play War3 custom maps to experience the War3 vibes and style of the game, of the units, of the world! This style is an unique one and it shouldn't be changed/ruined.

Sorry for rambling so much about this one aspect, but i think it matters a lot, games having their own unique style and maintaining that, playing with that said style, instead of replacing it!

There are milions of Classic War3 skins and models on this site that maintain the classic war3 style, so i don't understand why people choose the HD models from other games that look out of place to implement in their maps instead of those ones...




Anyway, i didn't encounter any bugs while playing this custom campaign, i played on version 1.29 of War3

- I really liked most of it like i said, also the music was really good, i really liked that.

This is one aspect of the game that can be replaced, the music, since it doesn't take away from the original style of the game, and the music you chose fits well with the game, not taking away from it, but working with it, improving the atmosphere of the game!

- I also liked how each map had a secret to be found.

- Like other people pointed out, i wish we were able to play more with the Lich King himself, having just that 1 tiny map to play with him wasn't enough.

- My favorite mission from the whole campaign was the last one "The forgotten fortress" i have a soft spot for these kind of maps where you only need to control your heroes and you fight this long war with your allied units versus the enemy units getting deeper and deeper into the enemy teritory and winning checkpoints.

Like that one mission from the original Campaign where we have to save Illidan (in the cage) from Maiev playing with kael and Vash (and the Panda hero), these type of missions are my favorite, and i really enjoyed playing this type of mission in this custom campaign.

I liked how Sylvanas was controlled by the Lich King at first and was fighting against us.

I also liked the fight against that Undead meat king boss, that is a good example of a skin/model that works well with the war3 style.

The fight against Sindragosa was kinda weak tho, it didn't feel like she was doing much of anything, most of the times flying and being invulnerable.

The Fight against the Lich King was much better, i really liked that moment where the Lich King releases the souls of powerful slain heroes to fight us and Uther's soul was having none of that and went to attack him instead!





My rating for this Custom campaign is an A tier with 89 points out of 100

 

[Ravager16829]

There are no game installers for 1.28 and up, and the same goes for the patches. There are, however, versions for them in "Game files". What should I do with the game files? I am terribly sorry for the number of questions in regard to the matter. I have really no idea what to do.

To be fair, all versions from 1.28 to 1.31 that you got it from this thread are actually the pre-installed one, meaning you don't actually have to install the game from the installer because Blizzard had killed the option to install Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne from the official installer no matter the versions you are currently downloaded. Just extract the content and then run the game using "Warcraft III.exe" (be sure to enter the CD-keys first). Optionally, you can delete the Launcher if you don't want the game to be auto-updated to Reforged.

 

[Ravager16829]

You can save your campaign progress by copying the profile folder of the relevant Wc3 version somewhere else before starting the "fix". Once you're done, copy it back to the game directory.

For old Wc3 versions to 1.27 search in for example Program Files\Warcraft III\Save\Profile1 ( this is your profile folder which contains the progress in the campaigns you are playing as well as the saved games ). Just copy that folder Profile 1 somewhere else and when you're done with the "fix" copy it back to the same location.

For new Wc3 versions from 1.28 to 1.31 search in C:\Users\Your User Name\Saved Games\Warcraft III\Profile1

If you have created more than one profile, they will be marked as profile 1, profile 2, etc. Copy them to another place and after the "fix" put them back.

I just confirmed that 1.28 had an old path format for the "User Game Saved Folder". It uses a proper slashes rather than a backslashes. This might result in "Create New Profile" notification once you restarted the game. You can solve this bug by running this fix.
Nonetheless, just place the "w3z" files into an appropriate folders and you can now continue your progress.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

@Blasterixx :​

Thanks a lot for the kind words and feedback.
About the HD models, I know most players don't care about cutscenes but I do, and the old models are really rough in closeups, so I changed the heroes and a couple of other units (footmen, red dragon). The new models also have some unique animations I used. I personally don't like the Reforged style and feel it's not warcraft anymore, but the WOW models still look like something from a Samwise artwork to me.

I don't have strong feelings about The Kael model, so if you know another model I could use feel free to suggest one, I used what I could find. The current Kelthuzad one is not the one on the loading image I started with for example.

If you liked the last map, I will soon release a solo map called Zombie Hordemaster that is also "control 1 hero with AI allies to cross a map".

@Jayred0320 :​

The game cache is saved in a file called "lich king reanimated.w3p". Maybe keep a save of the end of map9 in case the buttons are hidden again also.

 

[ginnaretur]

CHapter 1 where's pickaxe for goblins?

 

[Armelior_is_back]

As the tip says "a place only a naga can reach..."
east of the tuskar village, south of the bridge

 

[Kallel]

Excellent work. Very cinematic. 5/5.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

Posted a link to Jayborino's playthrough
Now to start working on 1.2

 

[VanAndro]

Posted a link to Jayborino's playthrough
Now to start working on 1.2

Should we expect anything new in version 1.2 such as a new map or will it mainly be minor bug fixes?

 

[Armelior_is_back]

Mostly bug fixes for the 1.2. I have plans to maybe change/add stuff later down the line but it will wait.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

New update : mostly fixes of rare but important bugs (map 2&6), some translation fixes, a bit of rebalancing (eredars, some bosses) and 3 unit icons updated for more fitting versions + lots of small stuff

 

[VendaV]

Indeed, high quality mark is appropriate. I have played the original and the new one. The original one has its own "magic". There is no way than 5/5 although there are some minor issues.
Some models in the new version aren't pleasant .... for example Jainas portrait. Naga RG is really missing in the first mission . Ironforge mission was and still is hard. The original version was sometimes a bit naive ... Daelin was too nice

 

[HuanJuan]

New update : mostly fixes of rare but important bugs (map 2&6), some translation fixes, a bit of rebalancing (eredars, some bosses) and 3 unit icons updated for more fitting versions + lots of small stuff

The Mana fountain on the desert ( Rainweaver Mission), after the Centaur section is not fixed yet. Not a big deal, only a visual bug. Thank you for the update, I doing my second run. So far, so good. Little changes, better experience.

 

[Armelior_is_back]

This bug doesn't appear on my end so I can't really do much (outside of moving it an inch with each update and see if someone tells me it's now fixed I guess )

 

[HuanJuan]

This bug doesn't appear on my end so I can't really do much (outside of moving it an inch with each update and see if someone tells me it's now fixed I guess )

What kind of factors are doing bugs like this? I mean, WC3 is an old game, sure, but how is this possible?

 

[AntiDenseMan]

Just a headsup

The orcs and dwarves have a techtree you can steal with the Scepter of Mastery on Chapter 4

The orc has an item called Great Town Hall which allows you to build an army on the final chapter

And it does tell me one thing: The Lich King should fear the Pegasus Riders

 

[Armelior_is_back]

The fact that you can make orcs and dwarves units in chapter 4 is intentional. I didn't thought about the town hall item, but if you're willing to jump through all the hoops to make a base in last chapter go ahead
That's like the time when someone said that you can end chapter 8 quickly by using an invisible unit and teleport a bunch of siege units on top of the enemy portals, that's fine by me.

 

[HuanJuan]

That's like the time when someone said that you can end chapter 8 quickly by using an invisible unit and teleport a bunch of siege units on top of the enemy portals, that's fine by me.

Staff of teleportation?

 

[Armelior_is_back]

Jaina's ulti, though it only works on her own units IIRC