Screenshots!

[Craka_J]

Well eventually we'll have a copyright and then we can sue people who plagurize our campaign. So... that and an IP ban should be enough if you ask me.

 

[DarkKnight]

Kewl, but aren't we getting off topic here?

 

[Craka_J]

Ah yes. Back to the subject about whether you like the screenshots or not etc.

 

[DarkKnight]

About the map screenshot, is Exodar and its area included to the WCIII:WoW project?

 

[Craka_J]

Good question. The team has discussed this and it is unlikely that we'll throw in Blood Elves and Drenaei until Kalimdor and Lordaeron are completed or near completion.

 

[DarkKnight]

Ok, so why not as a place to visit, before the draenei crashed there? and the bloodelves got there.?

 

[Jumbo]

If i may answer that, i think that they are trying to make it as accurate to Wow as possible

 

[Craka_J]

Exactly. We're just making World of Warcraft. We'll decide AFTER it is made whether we make an expansion to it (The Burning Crusade) and probably will... but not yet, too early to introduce expansion races and places. We might have professions from Burning Crusade though

 

[Jumbo]

Craka can we see some new screenies soon plz?

 

[Craka_J]

Yes, I will add new screenshots to the website's Gallery some time this weekend. Been very busy this week.

 

[robot-dude]

Post screenies of instences.

 

[DarkKnight]

Hmm ok, so as acurate as possible ^^ cool. Are instences, battlegrounds and raids included? and maby you could make something new. an arena becouse there is none on Kalimdor, (to my knowledge atleast)

 

[Jumbo]

Instances, yes. RFC in the next demo i think, but later others will be included aswell. Dunno about BGs, (but i hope so ) raids, yes they will add them.

 

[Jumbo]

But it is alrdy told in the thread "Map demo", not that i rly care cause i have alot of time but it will probably be annoying for ppl visiting these forums to read the same thing 5 times in 5 different threads .

 

[Craka_J]

Agreed. All right now, back to the subject of what you think about the Screenshots people. If you have questions, post them in the appropriate threads; Thank you.
-Craka_J

 

[Jumbo]

Ye we should . Well the valley of trials picture with the far seer hero dosn't rly look like valley of trials from Wow thats a start ^^

 

[Jumbo]

Ogrimmar looked very nice and the Buildings were pretty much like in Wow, so pretty nice.

 

[DarkKnight]

I realy thought Orgrimmar was just taken from WoW but then I saw the Tauren and I knew that or it was made by you, or it is a sick mod in WoW ^^

 

[Craka_J]

Orgrimmar is by me. Only thing I've terrained so far really... I'll fix up all areas including Valley of Trials once Orgrimmar is done.
So far, the areas in Orgrimmar that are done are: Valley of Strength, The Drag, Valley of Wisdom. The Cleft of Shadows and the Valley of Honor are almost done. Then I must start and finish Valley of Spirits. This is all in one map (Orgrimmar). I'll post some screenies today.

 

[lom109]

Hold up,, YOU DO THE TERRAINING? wtff...

and you reply on the forums once/twice per day

thats commitment. nice!

 

[Jumbo]

well good work craka, . HernanG good work too! it would be rude to forget that since he made ALOT and it looks very much like Wow.

 

[DarkKnight]

I would like to see the drag ^^ and the troll place in orgrimmar

 

[Craka_J]

The Drag is done in general. But still needs more environment doodads. Primarily trees overhanging The Drag. I appologize for not posting screenshots yesterday. They will be up later today.

 

[Jumbo]

Well no excuses now every1 hate u. just kidding ofc..

 

[Craka_J]

Well there's really not much to take screenshots of IN game... so I only took a screenshot of what The Drag, Orgrimmar, looks like. Hope you like it.

 

[Yabooer]

Wow

Holy fuck keep up the good work that looks so god damn close to WoW keep it up im gona be expecting this i just hope i can wait that long gj guys

And another thing is i would love to see starting area for dwarves/gnomes and IF alliance for life =) dwarf hunter

 

[Craka_J]

Dwarves, Gnomes, Drenaei do not have starting zones yet. Neither do Humans. So for now they will all start in Night Elf area (except Drenaei since that's expansion and we cant find a modeller to make other classes than Drenaei Paladin so...)
I will probably start making Stormwind and Elwyn Forest now though, since Elwyn and Mulgore are my favorite noob zones
[edit]
I'll try to get a screenshot or two of Thunder Bluff; the place is so damn high like in WoW, it's intimidating... fun to imagine what it'd be like to hop off the tallest part of TB ^^

 

[Sgt. Johnson]

Done it

Not pretty

This is what happens V V

 

[Yabooer]

I have jumped off thunder bluff its fun i died but it was fun and ill be waiting to see whats comming up keep it up craka its gona be a really good map on bnet =)

 

[Craka_J]

This will not be playable on "BattleNet", it'll be playable only on special servers, which are set up with WarSoc. Wc3:WoW will most likely be hosted on a dedicated server.
Will players that lag make everyone else pause too? Probably. More information will be available later.

 

[Jumbo]

Craka whats the big deal of jumping off of TB? Im a mage and mages got slow fall =). Nice new pic of the drag btw.

 

[DarkKnight]

Wasn't the drag that purple place? if not then I'm sorry I actualy meant the purple place, if it is, then add the purple if able ^^

 

[Craka_J]

There is no jumping or falling system. But now that you've mentioned Slow Fall (completely forgot about that spell) we might add something like that. I made it impossible to jump off of Thunder Bluff since thats a really dumb thing to do.
The Drag will have the purple fog and probably a purple sky when you enter The Drag in Orgrimmar. So the screenshot I took is a version without purple fog and that "The Drag" feel.

 

[Jumbo]

cry now that i cant jump down from TB i wont be playing this, lol ofc. It would be hard to do and waste of time

 

[Craka_J]

Also, Wc3 has a sort of physical system in it already that makes units tilt on hills or cliffs. And since the plateau walls are 90 degrees, while jumping off it'd look like you were falling face first into the ground. If you even survive a fall from such a height, then that is retarded. Is it not?

 

[Jumbo]

yes, it is

 

[Jumbo]

so that physical system, can u show it somehow? or tell how it works?

 

[Craka_J]

I mean it's the same as it is in WC3, like a Gyrocopter going over cliffs. He flys higher when up hills, lower when down hills. And when he does this, the whole Gyrocopter tilts upward/downward with the hill depending in which direction he is facing. We did not put it in. Blizzard already had this in.

 

[Jumbo]

ahh sry i thought u had made some system like in real Wow, well i guess im just dreaming, after u said it was gonna be multiplayer

 

[Jumbo]

and btw, if u cant make flying units fly UNDER the bridges in TB just make them fly another way cause in the demo it looked TOO stupid

 

[Craka_J]

Probably will do that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Please Note: Instead of double posting every time, just edit your post and add on to it. Thank you.

 

[Jumbo]

ok sry im new here, as u may remember. But will do that from now on

 

[Craka_J]

Thanks. And by the way, I am not terraining the campaign until Storm_Surge finishes all of the quests.
Storm_Surge is doing quests now, while Sgt.Johnson and Shados are making spells for Priest, Rogue, and Warlock classes.
There are also alot of new models imported as well!

 

[DarkKnight]

From what I hear now, development is going good isn't it?

 

[Craka_J]

Yeah, above average speed I'd say.

 

[DarkKnight]

woei ^^ and I guess you don't have a reliese date atm, if it's going to continiue at this speed?

 

[Berethor]

I think it's rather hard for him to decide such a thing since it's big and many problems can occur.

 

[Craka_J]

Nope. Still too hard to say. I still need to terrain alot more places by myself and the triggerers need to put triggers into each map to make them work... it's a long difficult process. Also need to throw in more new gameplay things such as bug fixes, abilities, mail-box system, and other systems.
So no release date. Just predictions of what I think will be the latest date. I say 6 months. :\

Exactly. Plus, when we do think that we are finished, before we release it we need to make sure it's ready and need to give it to the Beta Testers first. Doesn't take long for them to report whether it's good or buggy, but it can take up three days of testing. Also, if they do find bugs, we fix them. Then give it back. etc. etc.

 

[Jumbo]

shouldnt we talk about this in "updating news" thread or something?

 

[Craka_J]

Start Map Screenshots

Got bored today and felt like making the Start map look more WoWish, realistic, and enhance the terrain alot more.
Redid all race selections except Dwarves, Gnomes, and Undead. I'll do Undead later.
Hope you enjoy!
PS: The clouds in the sky move, making it look more realistic.
-Craka_J

The other race selections are being made now