Soulchess

[Laosh'Ra]

currently planned:
-random events (optional)
-pentagrammsfx
-project "Red Magic": give every unit unique abilities for lvl1, 2 and 3:
Units to be upgraded (levels): known Abilitynames
Black Horde:
Guard of Pergatory (1)
Fusion Wraith (2)
Unholy Lady (1,2): ?
Duke of Pergatory (general change)
Goblin Swarm:
Submarine (3): ?
Seraphie: yet unknown
Cold Armors: yet unknown
Blood Orcs: yet unknown
Elementals: none
Green death: none

Changelog for V.:1.15:
-bugfix/change: flamewave cooldown increased; damagefactor increased to 3.7 from 3.5
-fixed a vacuumgrenade issue
-altered ending display
-new board (use -ab to activate)
-changed zoomcommand (changed main command; extended limits to 20-5000) default is now 1650
-added customtracks as boardmusic fighting theme and epic battle theme (battle between kings or king vs aznereth); removed music commands; most music tracks can now be disabled (they don't count as "sound" anymore); version "Lite" changed to "Epic" (~3,8 mb now!)
EDIT: -removed music commands (will be redone)
-changed introcam for epic battles and added random taunt for attacker
-fixed a "thedarkmoon" issue
-fixed hud position of some abilities
-fixed soulpower music overlap
-aznereth maximum hitpoints lowered from 200 to 180; movementspeed increased from 230 to 240 EDIT: this is obsolete due to rebalance
-soulpowers overwrite zoom now
-"-resetcam" resets zooms now
-changed -rm a bit (hopefully fixed now)
-fixed overlap issue: -re and -repick (partial substring)
-fixed random bug
-updated iknowuhax' account to ikuh
-ikuh's poke only works once per game now (was a bit annoying)
-rebalance: increased hp of all units and adjusted some abilities (e.g. alucard's craving for blood, bloodrage)
-fixed an issue with cold armor gamma's field attack
-losing a fight now adds 4 instead of 5 sp; draws also result in 4 sp for both players instead of 5 sp
-changed display of number of turns a unit is trapped by an ice cage
-decreased healing% of healingfields
-buffed damage of V17-Steelstorm by 20%
-reduced attacker's advantage ias to 20% from 25%
-fixed bug with tutorial removing units in the board if -ar was enabled during -rm
-changed projectile model of gelidus
-added heroic fanatism as level 3 ability for Garel'Ta soldier
-nerfed holy guard's level 2 ability thunder axe
-replaced Zap's level1 with Flashbang
-added former level1 ability as lvl3 ability for Zap; buffed it
-moved level2 ability vacuum grenade from mecha to Zap
-added Phasing as level2 ability for Cocktail Bombers
-added Válin's Fart as level2 ability for Mecha
-shortened range of garel'ta soldier's stun to 200
-added Arcane Advantage as level2 ability for garel'ta soldier
-fixed damagebug with defiled necromancer's vampiric ressurection
-removed shadows from some units which were used for certain cinematics
-added "Riddlespike" as level2 ability for unholy lady
-re X (random events with X% chance per turn added)
-fixed fast animations for black horde's soulpower
-fixed a taunt-typo
-slightly changed voidsphere sfx to get rid of the shadow at end
-seraphie's cursedelay halved in formula
-seraphie's cursedelay has now a maximum of 5 seconds EDIT: lowered to 3 seconds
-fixed soulpower-multiboard-display bug after distributed levelups
-buffed damage&hp for necro's level3 summon: burning dead
-fixed fast animation camera issue for black horde's soulpower
-fixed epic battle cinematic message random
-fixed -ar
-added "Defiled Soul" as new level2 ability for Blooded One Barbarian and Blooded One Rider
-added "Souledge" as new level2 ability for Kragr The Blood Master
-reworked Kragr's "Fury"
-added "Blood Rage" as level1 ability for Blooded One Warlock; reduced his maxhp by 20 and increased his attackcooldown from 0.9 to 1.2 seconds
-fixed hotkey for Skullbomb
-added "Final Strike" as level3 ability for Kragr The Blood Master
-added "Soul Drain" as level1 ability for Holy Guard
-added Ashgan (aka Northwind-Hero) as avatar
-increased duration of dualise from 1.1 to 1.3 seconds
-us now increases size by 50% instead of 100%
-changed various icons
-random command can't be used before the chessters are unpaused
-repick is now disabled for -ar
-changed Blooded One Shaman's lvl1 ability to "Blood Bolt"
-added "-cd" for admins and beta testers
-changed descriptions for the selection circles

Changelog for V.: 1.14
-fixed issue: final curse remove after ashari's angelic ascension
-fixed tooltip of hydra spawn's coralcage
-reduced bloodfog spirits' duration from 10 to 7 seconds
-increased the aoe of shuriken-jitsu from 150 to 175
-removed chance to spellreflect for arcane defense
-equalized armorreduction of bio bomb to 6 (originally 5 as arenaspell and 7 as field attack)
-increased initial damage for sandstorm to 17 from 2 and halved movementspeed reduction to 25%
-blood mastery now adds 15% bonus attackspeed; movementspeed bonus increased to 15% from 10%; maxmana bonus reduced to 10 from 20
-reduced manacost on energy bind to 10 from 15; tooltip changed
-reduced meta curse attackspeed reduction to 40% from 50%
-changed golden chicken sfx; added a customized buff; changed tooltip
-reduced damage of tsunami to factor 2 from 2.5
-increased burning rage attackspeed bonus to 15% from 10% (summon: burning dead)
-fixed coordinates of final curse to match a common level 3 ability
-reduced unchanneled castingtime of skullbomb to 2 from 3 seconds
-increased casting range of widow's kiss to 250 from 200
-fixed soul rend
-increased damage of combustion to 25 from 15
-increased hpcost of unholy contract to 8 from 5
-unholy claws now deal 5 damage per second for 3 seconds
-reduced angelic ascension hp bonus to 150 from 200
-fixed dualise duration
-reduced damage of freezing winds to 40 from 50
-reduced damage of gravity wave to 60 from 70
-reduced chilling amor armorbonus to 3 from 4
-increased bonusdamage for frost orb to 6 from 5; highly increased splash effect
-reduced sharp armor's damagereflect to 25% from 30%
-reduced stop duration to 3 from 5 seconds; increased cooldown to 15 from 10 seconds
-increased kragr the blood masters' maximum damage by 2
-reduced meteoric critter's hp to 95 from 100
-reduced hydra spawns base&maxdamage by 5
-increased pyromancers attack cooldown to 1.5 from 1.15 seconds; increased base&maxdamage by 3
-reduced guard of pergatory's attack cooldown to 1.9 from 2 seconds
-reduced rotten bonedragon's attack cooldown to 2.7 from 3 seconds; fixed acquisitionrange
-increased movementspeed of summoned ghuls to 250 from 200
-increased movementspeed of summoned burning dead to 280 from 240
-increased attackcooldown of cold armor gamma to 1.8 from 1.65 seconds
-reduced maxhp of gelidus the cold foci to 215 from 230
-increased maxhp of lash beast to 100 from 90
-price: avatar and soulpoints added, updated avatareffects
-account&avatar update: the_savior changed to eternal-pain
-added mode: -ar (allrandom)
-added mode: -ss (soulstorm)
-added admincommand: -setsouls
-added hellsingpentagram (thx to n00bstance for the model!)
-changed chrononuke: 30% of the damage is dealt to the caster; +7% if the caster dies
-added mode: -fu (fortifiedunits) i really like some of those shortcuts
-enabled working ending
-added mode: -ns (nosouls)
-added mode: -mm (minime)
-added mode: -us (ubersize)
-added "mode": -tt X (turntime X)
-added mode: -te (tilltheend)
-added mode: -ru (randomunits)
-updated questinfo
-extended pre-tutorial time by 50% (from 20 to 30 seconds)
-added "-modes?" to display all activated modes in chronologic order
-added mode: -rm (random modes) <-freaky! (prevented any possible conflicts between modes)
-replaced bio tinker's lvl2 ability energy bind by bio lure
misc. changes

Changelog V.: 1.13
-added hotkey for final curse
-fixed "restless" (archbone warrior: lvl3, green death) movespeed
-reduced basespeed of archbone warrior and archbone assassin by 40
-increased minimumcost of divine recreation (soulpower, alliance) by 5 soulpoints
-increased manacost of widow's kiss (unholy lady: lvl3, black horde) by 5
-reduced cocktail bombers (goblin swarm) stun duration by 0.7 seconds
-fixed bug related to aznereth (soulpower, black horde) being defeated by field attacks
-increased minimumcost of voidsphere (soulpower, elementals) by 2 soulpoints
-reduced attack&movespeed sloweffect of gravityorb (soulpower, cold armors) by 5%.
-reduced duration/nr.of blood effects for The Will of Blood (soulpower, blood orcs) by 1/3 to prevent perfomance problems or even disconnect issues.
-fixed ashari's morph issue
-fixed typo at end of a battle
-fixed camerapan at battleending
-fixed zoom at goblin&seraphie soulpower
-added some pathblockers to prevent warp&batform abusing
-changed healingfields: heal per turn instead per round (no advantage for player green)
-reduced delay time for new round by 0.5+2.5 seconds
-added manacost for cocktail bomber's hold out pistol: 4
-slightly increased damage and damageradius for engineer's V17-Steelstorm
-redesigned blood rage
-gave blood rage to barbarian
-increased damage of shadow elemental (meta mage lvl3)
-changed armor and attacktypes
-customized armor and attacktype tooltipinfo

i heard about an "unpause" issue which may randomly happen after battles. please spam me with any information concerning this. would be very useful since i never encountered this bug myself.

changelog 1.12:
-fixed 1st-line tauntissue
-fixed 1st-click-leveluprequest issue at beginning of the game
-fixed beyondmax-leveluprequest issue
-reduced cold armor alpha's basedamage
-added a turncounter
-upgraded levelupgraphics
-added dummi for cursed flesh (icon&tooltip)
-added P23 Incinerator as lvl1 ability for mecha
-slightly updated uranium-235-powercore sfx
-added -zoom X (value X from 20 to 840)
-added -resetcam
-updated gameplay constants
-customized the is-attacked-buff
-increased mecha's attackcooldown by 30%
-various misc stuff
-rotten bonedragon -20 maxhp
-bloodfogspirits as lvl3 ability for bloodfog archer

changelog 1.11:
-decreased cold armor beta's dmg by 5
-renamed Fren-Wu The Elementalist to Fren-Wu The Meta Mage
-renamed Seraphie Sword Maidens to Seraphie
-fusion wraith's soul rend has now a 3% chance to deal 5 times dmg
-developed final curse as level 3 ability for fusion wraith
-reduced gridsize of map (160x160 to 160x128)
-gave submarine level 2 ability tsunami
-developed vacuum grenade as level 2 ability for mecha
-changed leveluptriggers to prevent overflow
-developed Uranium-235-Powercore as level 3 ability for Mecha
-fixed tauntloop-issue

changelog 1.10:
-fixed loop-overlap issue: more triggers at the same time caused very werid bugs every once in a while because the loops used the same variables
-tutorial may now be skipped with 1 vote if theres only 1 player in the game
-reduced number of effects on blood orcs' and seraphie's soulpowers to prevent certain players from dropping (i just hate that >.<)
-enabled "evillaugh", "insanelaugh" and "play soulpower" (2 single sounds, 1 musictheme) as substringcommands for common users
-added "-iam XYZ" as renamecommand. the old "-rename N XYZ" which can be used to rename player number N still exists and is restricted to admins and betatesters (ppl might get annoyed if this is accessable for common users)
-replacing cold armor alpha's "warp" by a new ability called "dualise"
-balance: increasing strength of blood orcs (just a bit), decreasing the power of rotten bonedragon, cold armor beta and gelidus, increasing Warrior's hp and decreasing its armor (renamed: Silveredge Warrior)
-certain details changed in triggers
-increasing the cost of aznereth by 10 souls each time he was summoned
-added "-random" to pick a random race
-fixed teamdeclaration for creeps in singleplayer
-evaluating the high random for certain races

although the LITE versions are about 2 mb smaller ill create another normal version of 1.10 for those who play lan or have enough patience for the transfer. (normal version includes 2 WoW tracks: one as boardtheme and one as battletheme)
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i will update this post to display the current status of the map

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

lol....i thought the name Laosh'Ra was familliar....im actually playing the map on lan with my friends ... i win every time...that made em try to take me out form the begining sa i wouldn't win again.

i recomend adding a random for races...or adding a few new ones as well ><.

Very good map and i recomend it

You can make a Real Risk map the same way (the way it should be played...turn based)

 

[Laosh'Ra]

MOVED: was originaly the first post
well i've spend 9 months of work until i considered this map to be ready for a release. here it is and i hope you enjoy it. however id like to have some feedback of course, im open minded for any suggestions or criticism.

to learn how to play the map, start it in singleplayer, watch the tutorial and read the whole stuff in the quest section because this post is ment to be an addition as well as giving an impression of the map.

here's some general information about the project:

main idea:
create something unique instead of aos-style #3072 or td #4508. although there are a lot of maps which are much more fun to certain people they might still play the map every once in a while for a change.

genre:
mix between turnbased strategy game and arenabattles and other misc possibilities (its defo NOT like chess). consider the game to last about 1 hour 30 mins with 4 players.

players:
1-4, they can pick between 8 completely different races.
1: to get a first impression. creeps will spawn but they won't move at all.
2: works but not recommended
3: big disadvantage for the player in the middle
4: that's the way it's ment to be played. even noobies have chances to win since its 1on1on1on1 which leads to a natural balance during the game.

controls:
select one of your own units during your turn to let circles appear on the ground. the grey ones are blocked, green ones to move, red ones to attack an enemy or to use a field attack. selecting your king or pressing ESC during your turn will show up a menu for different actions.
the unitshotkeys are: Q W E and R (depending on the position of the abilities). there are also certain commands like "-skip" to voteskip the tutorial, "-cam" to reset the camera or "play xyz" where xyz is a musictrack.
some commands such as changing a units life, skipping a turn or even... more suspicious stuff is limited to certain betatesters and admins and is NOT ment to be abused. if you're annoyed by such a person please report it to me.
important: talk to ALL and NOT TO ALLIES (change that in the chatmenu). i havent found a way to change the default for this yet.

general info / progress of the game:
the board is shaped like a cross (so the forces don't overlap in the corners), there are 4 healingfields in the middle. each player has 10 units and loses if his king-type unit dies. the players take turns to move their units.
during your turn you can EITHER
-move a unit
-attack a unit (arena)
-attack a unit (field attack)
-skip your own turn (to leave everything as it is)
-increase the level of one of your units
-use your soulpower
-do stupid stuff until the turntime runs out (1:30)

-attack a unit (arena)
instead of killing a unit directly an arenafight is triggered (both units are unpaused and transported to 1 out of currently 6 arenas). the attacker has +25% attackspeed and +10% movementspeed. warning: the damage is VERY randomized. the winning unit will levelup (max: lvl3) and gather 3 soulpoints, the loser will gather 5 soulpoints.

-attack a unit (field attack)
some units (averagely 2 per race) have field attacks. instead of triggering an arenafight the attacker will attack once or cast a single spell to hurt / weaken the victim. (check the abilities of the RED CRICLES for field attacks)

-levelup / soulpower
as mentioned before you gather souls by fighting. but you also gather souls by occupying the kingfields (1 soul per round) and the healingfields in the middle (2 souls per round). those souls can be spend to increase the level of a unit (neither a king nor aznereth) for 10 souls or to cast the race-specific soulpower. both options can be found in the menu which shows up if you select your king or press ESC.
soulpowers are usualy very strong and may change the tide of the battle.


about balance:
you cannot compare certain units of each race like "his king is stronger than mine! IMBA!" because each race has advantages and disadvantages in certain CATERGORIES. for example the blood orcs are very strong in 1on1 arena-combat but they got no field attacks at all. the black horde have weak units but a strong king and a strong soulpower. in the end the 1on1on1on1 contributes a lot of balance.

i changed the damagetables for the different attack and armortypes and i also randomized the damage a lot (stuff like 15-35 damage) so don't be too angry if you lose a fight although you attacked.

about strategy:
hiding at your startingpoints won't help you at all. you units won't reach higher levels and you will gather only 1 soul per round. besides that other players will recognize your tactic and either focus on you or just occupy the middle until they gathered enough souls to blow you apart.

be sure to always COVER your units with other units because most of them will die if attacked. in this case you need another unit next to it to counter the attack.

about bugs:
due to the fact that it is a turnbased map a lot of bugs appeared and it took ages to fix them and the map is stable now. however if there are still some left, please report them to me. theres still 1 thing that buggs me: 1 or 2 soulpowers DROP some players. this happens rarely and im going to reduce the sfx to prevent this to happen any further.
/MOVED


thanks for feedback... if you want send me some replays A: makes me happy to c other ppl having fun with my work B: a good way to get some balance infos (since im the creator i always have certain advantages against the poor noobs :roll: so its no real balance test in the end) C: also a good way to find out about possible bugs or ppl having problems getting along with certain stuff (movesystem etc.)
just mail them to [email protected] during a period of boredo(o)m. ah just in case u want to whisper me: b.net doesnt allow the precious ' so my nick is actually LaoshRa (however its automaticly changed to Laosh'Ra while i play the map xD)

well about the nr. of races... there are about 20 suggestions for new races but im not even sure if ill add a single one anymore. creating the units and adding them to the specific triggers takes 1 day, adding abilities takes about 3 days, the soulpower another day and in the end it takes... uh... at least a month to balance/bugfix. therefore i focus on the goal to make unique levelup abilities for every unit.

as for the suggestion of creating a risk map... im not sure if its worth creating such a thing since is MUCH work. besides that i think i've heard about a risk map which contains dices etc...

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

By the way ...i forgot to tell you ....nice avatar of Hexadeath

but still i would like to see a random race option .... just like an -ar or -ap in dota...

and why boost blood orcs they allready are insanely strong in arena fights... and soul points should be used to heal units too....cause later in fight...there maybe no units left just kings...and kings are imune to some soulpowers (blood orcs kill random unit...not king so his soul points are no use to him ...while goblins can cast ChronoNuke so it can hurt all other kings) and kings are also imune to theire own lvl up spell :/...why can't they lvl up like normal units

 

[Laosh'Ra]

(as u might have noticed im still working on 1.10)

uh... the avatar is gilgamesh from ff5 and i never heard of hexadeath (maybe ur talking about exdeath... perhaps a different translation). i use it because im interested in the REAL history of gilgamesh (yes, he did exist and is said to have ruled for about 120 years in uruk): it is the oldest epic created by mankind (~4000 years old) and made by the sumerians (the ppl who invented writing and... BEER :lol: ). besides that the bible, the book with the 2nd most print runs on earth (nr.1 is indeed the IKEA catalog) took over the part of noah and the Flood (the ark had 217.000 m³ space). although i dont know anyone who read the epic of gilgamesh i still think its an important piece of culture. putting ff aside u can find relations to gilgamesh, enkidu (his best friend) or ishtar in games like tales of phantasia or... whatever. bah im brabbling too much unrelated stuff >.<
ANYWAY... the blood orcs are ment to be much stronger in arenafights but they still lose too often and the disadvantage of not having any field attacks (and a weak soulpower if you compare it) is too strong. as for the healing, there are already healingfields which are important to prevent ppl from hiding (kind of a king of the hill) so it is important that theres hardly any other way to heal the units. besides that theres one soulpower which DOES heal and units with higher levels also regenerate a certain amount of hp per round.
leveling kings (or aznereth) would be just too imba because some kings are insanely strong on higher levels (e.g. alucard). they have to be leveled by fighting which is another way to annoy "hiding" players. as for the fact that the soulpoints become useless in lategame for certain races... thats just another disadvantage of a race (compare naix with silencer in dota!) and wont be altered. however i MIGHT invent another way of distributing the points but ill make it very unefficent for the players.
as for the random race option... i think ill do that. besides that i already made a trigger which is currently limited for admins: u only get the king and the soulpower if you select a race and all other units are random (they still keep their class). however this contains an uneceptable amount of imbalance since some kings/soulpowers are stronger than others which is actually equalised by weaker common units.

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

double post ....did yo uget my e-mail i send you with the played demo with my friends ><....

and yes that is gilgamesh!! ...as i recall he kidda was a persistent dude ....and ies that was exadeath (i mgiht just try to play ff5 again.. i finished it twice....with perfection...i got all the monsters ,spirits , blue spells ...normaly that is where the story of Finel Fantasy should have ended ...once with the gems....nut of cours play station didn't agree )

good luck on soul chess please tell me when you get a new version ><

 

[Laosh'Ra]

im done with 1.10 (upload in a few mins). not THAT much features because i got a lot of work atm... anyway check the post above for a changelog. ill watch the replay(s) tomorrow i guess, hf!

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

yeah...hours of fun ....but my friend refuses to play cause you added 10 soulpoints to azereth ))....ROFL =))

 

[Laosh'Ra]

omg... its 10 points more for the SECOND time he's summoned (first time: 45, second time: 55, third: 65 and so on). i guess i focus on new abilities now, as for the camerathing there'd be a lot to change (changing cam a lot) so ill do that during my holy-days or in case i find a faster solution.

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

lol...thats better i guess +10 for each summon....oh...and the ulti of the elemental leaves holes in the ground when he uses it (should that happen? ) good luck and if u need any thing (i know i will) just ask me (i know i will ask you)... you make friends fast ...maybe because you are a goodeditor....before i complete any maps i'll send em to you for a complete check-up ..

BTW...any advice on what map i should make?

 

[Laosh'Ra]

(yes the voidsphere of the elementals is ment to leave permanent craters... thats just KEWL!)
as for a mapproject... i guess that depends on you (i got no idea what kind of maps u like... dont make a map which u wouldnt like yourself!) i got a single mapidea at the moment but... uh... id like to create that myself XD if you really have no idea what to do... id always like some kind of rampage map: many different groups (single heroes? whole bases?) and each has its own unique goal and there are a lot of possibilities that can be triggered... another great maptype is a coop-dungeon with loads of traps and treasures. i already made one of those but it has a linear storyline and id like to see a diablo-like map which is more like an open-rpg... hum... i think ill update the one i made and upload it. was actually a nice map... mtg tempest

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

i was wondering.... can you actualy make a open rpg map....and have about 50 (i'll name the map RPG 1) and you get a -save code and a -password. the question is....could you use the code to load your hero on OPENRPG 2 ??? (that is the second map) ...and if you do not enter the corect password you can not play map 2 cause you did not finish map 1 (wiitch gives you password if you finish the map... this would be a good way to implement a new type of rpg...a multi map one (this should also help your diablo map quite much....you wold gain just like in diablo original map...you would have people helping weaker guy pass map 1 faster buy directly killing andariel .... but i do intend to make this RPG from my own personal imagination)

 

[Laosh'Ra]

:shock: strange enough that i know a guy called northwind-hero which is doing an aos-style map (actually more like an openrpg: genre is quite similar to WoW) which will include many terrains (maxlvl 200). so i guess he got about the same idea u just brought up. however he planned to give each terrain a suggested and a maximum level. i know about that project because he asked me for some help with triggers (reviving heroes with spells etc.). as far as i know theres a standart save&load system in weu but i dont know if that can be used to save certain integers as well. shouldnt be too hard to create own algorithms for this though. the big problem due to the genre is: if you change something you have to apply it to ALL maps... anyway... we shouldnt spam mapideas in this topic XD

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

i don't need to give it a maximum level...cause monsters in first map probaly will give exp not enough for 000.1% of an entir lvl for a hero ><... also you could add a team mode just like diablo (Ex: -team invite red ... that should invite red in you're group and it will devide exp >< would help a lot in Plvl)

 

[Laosh'Ra]

I just released 1.11. Check the first post of this topic for changes. hf!

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

yeah!!!! more hours of Turn Based fun

BTW...i have an ideea for a map...it's not exactly an ideea it's more of a copy of a map :/ (i disgust myself) but hey what am i gonna do... I lately saw so many stupid and idiotic imitations of the game DotA... the fact that all utalanted editors atempt to create new maps imitateing DotA...it's practicly an invitation..yelling ... "Why do you let everyone be an idiot...go now!! be one yourself!!! "

I think you got the point by now... im trying to make a map better then DotA...thats right! ... I said Better!!

Well i need your help if your asking..."what dose this have to do with me ?"

I'll explain more about the map in private...pls try to get YM! so we can talk . I don't want to talk about the map here...some newbie editor might try to make a stupid imitation of this map too :/

Anyone is WELLCOMED!!!

I just need a few exampels of your work befor i let you join the project

 

[Laosh'Ra]

well thats a nice idea but... not fitting in this topic :lol: XD u should create a new thread to announce this...

 

[Laosh'Ra]

1.12 is in progress now. see page #1 for info.

 

[Laosh'Ra]

1.12 released
download here!

 

[Laosh'Ra]

I will held a tournament for Soulchess in about a month.

Prises
Winner: Avatar of his choice in selection arena, +3 soulpoints at beginning of each game
#2, #3, #4 (Finalists): +1 soulpoint at beginning of each game

Gamemode
CHANGE: instead of all being forced to -random there'll be normal pick games. ill try to arange the teams so there wont be any conflicts.
the participants will still be allowed to normally pick a race ingame even if they didnt specify a prefered race. however, those who posted a prefered race will have priority. -random has to be entered after those players have picked.
There will be 4 games which will be 1on1on1on1 FFA and the 4 finalists will fight each other in the final game.
There will be a tournament map-version including reduced effects and a 5th slot for a judge and I'll try to balance as much as possible until the tournament starts.
The games will be played @Northrend.
So far the maximum number of competitions is 16. However I'll change the gamemode if there are MUCH more players signing up.
I won't join the tournament myself since i think that wouldn't be be fair (you may always challenge me though ^^). Betatesters are allowed to play the map though (no extra-commands for them in the tournament version).

those rules might still be changed.

Signup
Just post your battle.net name here as well as your prefered race. It might also be useful to know the days/daytime which would be prefered for you to play. The tournament won't cost any money.

Participants
1.Templ3r@Northrend - Cold Armors
2.The_Savior@Northrend - Seraphie
3.Seon@Northrend - Alliance of Kel'Nar
4.Northwind-Hero@Northrend - Elemental Legion
5.Dekar@Northrend
6.Ion_Killer@Azeroth
7.Reborn91@Azeroth - Green Death (FR SA SU)
8.JetPack@? - Goblin Swarm
9.UnknownEnt@Northrend
10.InMemoryOfDisco@Northrend - Any
11.AedharinSadai@Northrend - Any (prefered: during holidays?)
12.Ragnaok@Northrend - Goblin Swarm
13.Kalvorod@Northrend - (after 8 EST except friday)
14.LoneSlayer@Northrend - (EST. prefered: weekend)
15.Delolith@Azeroth - any but green death / goblin swarm
16.Mini-Me@Northrend - Elemental Legion (any time except early morning)
ill add more than 16 entries just in case some ppl wont be able to participate for certain reasons.

GL & HF!

 

[Kalvorod]

Freaking Awesome

Why certainly I'd like to join I always come 1st or 2nd, so I think I've got a good chance.
B.net name [email protected] USEAST (Lordearon?)

I'll make one for Northrend around the time of tourny(unless otherwise specified). It will also be Kalvorod, cause who in the world would take my name anyways.

It took me a hell of a time finding the map(I tried a search for SoulChess, and nothing came up)and then the forum took a long time to load. Um... that's about it. I'm available every day after 8, cept on fridays. All day on sat and sun(school durring weekdays, I hope timezone difference doesn't cause a problem).

Timezone is Eastern Standard for me.


BTW: to SSJ_Gohan: I made a Turn Based Risk game a while back. Go do a map search for "Risk: World Domination" 8) It's got some bugs, but it works just like risk(cards, dice, buncha shit). It could use some more work, but I'm done with it. If anyone wants to work on is just email me [email protected]

Also email me [email protected] with info about the tourny



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[LoneSlayer]

Kal you arrogent jerk.
Just for that I will enter. My problem is time frame. I only have internet on ceretaint days and weeks. My mom is evil...

My name will and always be LoneSlayer. I dont have an NOrthrend account but I will make one. Email is [email protected], and I am also EST. Scholl on weekdays blah blah blah. Mondays and Wendsdays I have form 8 till 10 on school, and Tuesdays, Thurs, Fridays, I have afterschool untill I get kicked off or haff to go to me mums, and Weekedns I have the major time if I am at my dads. Like i said, my mum is Evil. EVIL!!!!

 

[Laosh'Ra]

i changed the gametype and added a list of the registered participants. version 1.13, which might be used for the tournament (after modifying it) is already in progress. changelog on page #1.

 

[Mini-Me]

Mini-Me signing in the tournament

My race: Elementalist

I play in northern, can play in the day and night, but not in morning (like to sleep in late )

 

[N00byStance]

HAHA :lol: No, I suck at Soulchess, to don't suck I need much training... I'm not signing up, sorry... But maybe Mini-Me will kick all your asses? Hope so :twisted: Good luck Mini-Me!

 

[Laosh'Ra]

16 players registered. if u dont belong to them: sign up anyway. u MIGHT still get the chance to play if a game ends in a draw (or in case someone is absent).
as for the date, i guess itll be held in 2 weeks.

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

i thought u were supposed to use Random teams in the tournament?... anyway... if you think you'll need me in the tournament just gimme a PM on wc3search with the time and the day. I'll teach em' to play.

 

[Kalvorod]

Huh

HUH? The list is in version 1.13? But you havn't posted that version yet...

Well, can I atleast take the place of someone if they don't show? You know like if something comes up with them and they can't make it(or just forget) then I'll be with you guys to take his place.


Could you tell me how you made it so the units don't have Move Patrol Stop, etc. If you don't mind, I was going to do something similar(it would never get finished don't worry it's just for my own fun ).


By the way, someone said that this map reminded them of 'Brigadine' for PS1. There was also a similar game for the old NES called 'Archon', and another more recent one called 'Wrath' for XBox(that uses hexes instead of squares,+ other 3d kinda stuff).

 

[N00byStance]

Lol, it is something called "Unit - Pause unit"

 

[Laosh'Ra]

@Kalvorod:
1.1.13 is in progress but not released yet (i think i posted a possible releasedate...)
2.as i said theres a chance that even those can play who didnt sign-up in time. however id really like u to post ur bnet name, the realm and ur favorite race.
3.N00byStance is right ^^
4.i dont know any of these... as for archon... i once played archon ultra. that was for DOS i think. maybe that inspired me although i can hardly remember anything of that game.

 

[Kalvorod]

GAH!

ARCHON ULTRA?! I tryed playing that(downloaded it) but it only works for Pure DOS(which means you need to use Win95 or below, pretty much)(DOSBOX doesn't work either). As far as I could tell it looked like Archon, but more 3d and colorful. Might have had other new features, but I only saw a screen shot.

B.Net name is Kalvorod@USEAST .
I don't have one for Northrend, but if I need one it will be the same name, Kalvorod.

Favorite race... Lets see... I'd say Elementals

Pause Unit is all? Well they can't use abilities, but i remembered that you didn't use abilities from the unit, you used them from the circles.



If anyone wants me to give advice to make a Turn Based Stratagy game, like FF Tactics, etc. I can help with the move system(I worked with one for months in a different game, so I know how it works) With the system you can make a unit be able to move at least 7 squares, which changes depending on obsticals, and have them follow the correct path to the point(not running trough enemies or walls).


EDIT: I found a bug(If you did this on purpose I recomend it be changed). Seraphe's ultimate ability drops her back down to level 1 after it is used. This makes her a pretty much useless hero because she loses all of her abilities.

 

[Laosh'Ra]

released 1.13. check page #1 for the changelog.
the map played in the tournament will be a modified version of 1.13.
because of this i hardly added anything new and complex. however you might check out the new damage and armortypes as they might change the outcome of a battle.
as for the tournament the first rounds will start at sunday. acting as judge i will distribute the tournament version and watch all the games. ill be @northrend for the whole day starting at about 10 am (gtm+1). just whisper LaoshRa or join the channel "soulchess". dont worry if u cant make it in time since the tournament might take a whole week. as for the azeroth people, make a northrend account to contact me or just post here. (of course we will play @azeroth dont worry!)
HF with 1.13!

 

[Kalvorod]

m

You said you fixed a problem with Ashari's morph(I don't know who that is). Did you fix the problem with Seraphies morph?

 

[Kalvorod]

m

You said you fixed a problem with Ashari's morph(I don't know who that is). Did you fix the problem with Seraphies morph?

Ofcourse I will be on Northrend tomarrow, like I said, Kalvorod@northrend .
OH shit! GMT +1? That means 6 hours ahead of me (eastern standard is GMT-5) So when you get on, it will still be 4 Am here.

I'll do my best to get there early, but that might be a little too early >_<

--- unrelated note:
I made a move system 5 times better than yours . It allows a unit to move anywhere from 0-6 squares(depending on the type of unit of course). And I am making a game like Soulchess, but more Archon style set up. 2 rows, 7 collums. It has 4 races so far, with lay outs for 16 more(I doubt that many will make it to completion, but I can always choose which ones I like better out of them). I am now making a battle system. ------ end unrelated note.

Say, could I work on your map with you? I'll send you a screen shot of the move system if you don't believe me how good it is 8)

 

[Laosh'Ra]

round #1:
tuesday, 6.30 pm GTM +0 @northrend, meet channel soulchess.
players:
Kalvorod
Templ3r
Mini-Me
Seon

FOR THE REGISTERED TOURNAMENT PLAYERS:
anyone may sign up for MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY or SATURDAY (this week), FRIDAY SATURDAY or SUNDAY (next week) - each for either 3 pm GTM+0 or 8 pm GTM+0.

post which of those 16 dates would suit for you (post as much as possible but only if ur sure you got time at that date). WARNING: if you signed up for a date and u dont show up in time you may be replaced by another player. check this post if any rounds will be held at the dates you posted.
sign up as soon as possible, i might consider replacing anyone who didnt signup withing a week (deadline: sunday 11th september)

ill put up new dates in case theres no way to arrange all the rounds within those 2 weeks.



ashari is the seraphie's king (queen? lol). by talking about morph i was talking about HER level1 morph called angelic ascension which resulted in levelup abilities disappearing.
id like to see your map but i wont let you work on soulchess sry XD thats nothing personal but a promise i made with the my 2 "helpers".

 

[Laosh'Ra]

round one:
#1 Mini-Me - Elementals
#2 Templ3r - Cold Armors - Defeated by Mini-Me's Hydra Spawn (turn 133)
#3 Dem0n-Hunt3r (instead of Kalvorod) - Black Horde - Defeated by Mini-Me's Tornado (turn 93)
#4 Seon - Alliance of Kel'Nar - Defeated by Templ3r's Gelidus the Cold Foci (turn 83)

@Kalvorod: sorry for replacing you but i had no choice. the excuse "i had enough time if we started 30 minutes earlier" isnt quite striking since you said u had to go in 30 mins making this a total free time of a single hour for you. you should know that a soulchess may take much longer than an hour (especially a tournament). besides i already warned you last time. at least u showed up so i guess we can find a place for you in another round.

@all: a round takes time! think of 2 whole hours. saving a game to continue it at another time will hardly work out.

id like the 2nd round to start around this weekend (i guess most ppl have their prefered time @ weekend).

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Way to go mini-me! Blaze in the glory my friend! FOR CBS!!! 8)

 

[Laosh'Ra]

round two:
#1 Northwind-Hero - Elementals
#2 ToM_mOreLLo - Cold Armors - Defeated by Northwind-Hero's Fren-Wu The Meta Mage (turn 246)
#3 ilikedoggystyle - Black Horde - Defeated by ToM_mOreLLo's Gelidus The Cold Foci (turn 157)
#4 Dekar - Green Death - Defeated by Northwind-Hero's Meteoric Critter (turn 70)

unluckily i had urgend buisness about an hour after the game commenced (at least i knew that before we started). i went afk and replaced myself as judge by Mini-Me... thanks for assistance!
i saved the replay. if any of the participicants doesnt agree with the result: whisper me. i read the last chatlog before quiting and saving the replay, Northwind-Hero is definately confirmed as the winner. congratulations mr. finalist

 

[Laosh'Ra]

round three (played yesterday):
#1 King Abbott - Blood Orcs
#2 IKNOWUHAX - Goblin Swarm
#3 ragingspeedhorn - Black Horde - Defeated by IKNOWUHAX' Soulpower (Chrononuke)
#4 ErIkWaR - Green Death - Defeated by ragingspeedhorn's Rtyeta the Duke of Pergatory
unfortunately the replay got lost.
congratulations to finalist #3, King Abbott.

further news:
i have to thank VGsatomi for recommending soulchess for the "highlight showcase" map section for blizzard's official map hosting site which is currently in developement. there is a chance for soulchess to become an official blizzard map!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Stupid imba spell, I would have won if it wasent for that stupid nuke >_>

 

[Modeler]

Wow, very interesting map! I cant even get the move system, let alone obstacles and such. But i suggest you poke around your triggers, you have a few minor glitches here and there (Like the nova druid doesn't always show an animation when he uses his field attack.). Also, some spells are way to good (Vampire hero's level three self resurection) along with that some races are way out of whack (Blood orcs always win -,-.).

But the balance issues are very minor compared to most maps, and the systems themselves are virtualy flawless. I really dont see why so few people play this, it is infinitely more un than dota -,-.

 

[ssj2_Gohan]

Thats Because many people tend to forget about the strategy warcraft can present....and just wish to slaughter (DotA where heroes are unbeateble)...and i sugest you look again... all races have there advantage and weakness. Blood orcs may seem strong ... but there strenght can not be compared with the ulti in witchu you summon the great invinceble deamon ^^ ...or the crono nuke that can easely whipe out every thing....or the humans that have the ulti to heal all theire units plus give them a life bonus.

 

[Laosh'Ra]

Blood orcs always win -,-

*sight*... IKNOWUHAX recently complained about blood orcs to be the only race being too WEAK. its VERY hard to satisfy the whole community :? in any case im going to fiddle with their abilities till 1.14. they might even become a bit stronger overall!
remember, blood orcs got NO field attacks at all!

as for alucards lvl3 ability...
1. strong levelups are supposed to be one of the green death's strengths (all races have advantages and disadvantages)
2. compared to ALL other kings he is the weakest at level 1 (therefore i called him the RAISING vampire). therefore its hard to level him (unless ur playing with ppl who dont know his abilities at all...)
3. it only works only ONCE per game
4. after usage his hp drops to 1% and his mana to 0% as soon as the fight is over -> he's very vulnerable afterwards

i thought about it and im going to nerf the chrononuke a bit in 1.14: the damage% will remain as it is but the tinker himself wont be imune to it anymore, he'll recieve something like 30% of the damage% which is dealt to all other units.

ive never experienced that nova druid issue... gonna try to figure that out.

 

[N00byStance]

Take a look:

http://www.battle.net/forums/war3/thread.aspx?fn=war3-maps&t=189876&p=1&tmp=1#new189876

^^

 

[Modeler]

I dont really think its possible to balance any map. Because balance is your veiw of how well things compete. So technicaly, its impossible to balance a map, because everyone has different veiws. My advice: Dont try to satisfy everyone. Satify as many as you can, and leave it. Just balance it till the map meets your term of balance.

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[ragingspeedhorn]

Meh, balancing is a waste of time just look at dota its not blanced at all and thats still the most popular map at bnet

 

[Laosh'Ra]

tournament is FULL! if u missed it: bad luck. maybe there'll be another sometime.

changelog for 1.14 (release: few days after the final tournament match)
-fixed issue: final curse remove after ashari's angelic ascension
-fixed tooltip of hydra spawn's coralcage
-reduced bloodfog spirits' duration from 10 to 7 seconds
-increased the aoe of shuriken-jitsu from 150 to 175
-removed chance to spellreflect for arcane defense
-equalized armorreduction of bio bomb to 6 (originally 5 as arenaspell and 7 as field attack)
-increased initial damage for sandstorm to 17 from 2 and halved movementspeed reduction to 25%
-blood mastery now adds 15% bonus attackspeed; movementspeed bonus increased to 15% from 10%; maxmana bonus reduced to 10 from 20
-reduced manacost on energy bind to 10 from 15; tooltip changed
-reduced meta curse attackspeed reduction to 40% from 50%
-changed golden chicken sfx; added a customized buff; changed tooltip
-reduced damage of tsunami to factor 2 from 2.5
-increased burning rage attackspeed bonus to 15% from 10% (summon: burning dead)
-fixed coordinates of final curse to match a common level 3 ability
-reduced unchanneled castingtime of skullbomb to 2 from 3 seconds
-increased casting range of widow's kiss to 250 from 200
-fixed soul rend
-increased damage of combustion to 25 from 15
-increased hpcost of unholy contract to 8 from 5
-unholy claws now deal 5 damage per second for 3 seconds
-reduced angelic ascension hp bonus to 150 from 200
-fixed dualise duration
-reduced damage of freezing winds to 40 from 50
-reduced damage of gravity wave to 60 from 70
-reduced chilling amor armorbonus to 3 from 4
-increased bonusdamage for frost orb to 6 from 5; highly increased splash effect
-reduced sharp armor's damagereflect to 25% from 30%
-reduced stop duration to 3 from 5 seconds; increased cooldown to 15 from 10 seconds
-increased kragr the blood masters' maximum damage by 2
-reduced meteoric critter's hp to 95 from 100
-reduced hydra spawns base&maxdamage by 5
-increased pyromancers attack cooldown to 1.5 from 1.15 seconds; increased base&maxdamage by 3
-reduced guard of pergatory's attack cooldown to 1.9 from 2 seconds
-reduced rotten bonedragon's attack cooldown to 2.7 from 3 seconds; fixed acquisitionrange
-increased movementspeed of summoned ghuls to 250 from 200
-increased movementspeed of summoned burning dead to 280 from 240
-increased attackcooldown of cold armor gamma to 1.8 from 1.65 seconds
-reduced maxhp of gelidus the cold foci to 215 from 230
-increased maxhp of lash beast to 100 from 90

planned: avatar of tournament winner; custom modes

 

[Laosh'Ra]

the final match is currently announced for the next saturday (22th) 6 pm gmt+0.

the finalists are:
Mini-Me; Northwind-Hero; KingAbbott; Ragnaok

so far those 4 seem to agree with the match to be held at weekend but not all confirmed sa 6pm yet.
in case theres no way it'll work out for you at that time: contact me ASAP or post here!

observers wont be allowed this time. gl hf!

 

[Laosh'Ra]

kingabbott might be unable to play at saturday. plz post if ur able to play at friday the 28th (sometime at evening).

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Hey laosh if king cant play im happy to step in and take his place