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I was busy working on a game and suddenly remembered two specific, really old warcraft 3 maps. But for the life of me I can't remember what they were called or important details, only small bits.
Both were single player RPGs.
I have no idea what their names were, and I haven't been able to find any old map lists with my googling (RIP the old mapsnmods site).
Map 1:
* Very large map, famous at the time for having hundreds of triggers (a big deal back in those early days). * The land in the story was called "Iskan".
* A few minutes into the map, as you walk past a tree it gets struck by lightning and burns down.
* You could control multiple heroes as well as hire units.
* The map had a "travel" mechanic, which hid all of your units (except for your main hero) until combat.
* The main character used the Medivh model (I think)
Map 2:
* Similar to map 1 above, this map had a unique travel system. Only your main hero would walk around on the main map. Units on the main map represented *parties*, not individual units.
* Combat system: related to the travel system, when starting a fight your camera would go to a small arena on the side of the map (various arenas for the different terrains, parts of the map) where your entire party would fight an enemy group.
* You controlled multiple heroes.
* A secondary hero with the Jaina model had an ability that created 3 breath of fire animations in a circle around her (the resultant effect was a flame nova), which was memorable because at the time no maps really had custom abilities.
Alternatively, if anyone can point out where I would better be able to look for maps from that time. These are from before hive and epicwar.
Thanks!
Both were single player RPGs.
I have no idea what their names were, and I haven't been able to find any old map lists with my googling (RIP the old mapsnmods site).
Map 1:
* Very large map, famous at the time for having hundreds of triggers (a big deal back in those early days). * The land in the story was called "Iskan".
* A few minutes into the map, as you walk past a tree it gets struck by lightning and burns down.
* You could control multiple heroes as well as hire units.
* The map had a "travel" mechanic, which hid all of your units (except for your main hero) until combat.
* The main character used the Medivh model (I think)
Map 2:
* Similar to map 1 above, this map had a unique travel system. Only your main hero would walk around on the main map. Units on the main map represented *parties*, not individual units.
* Combat system: related to the travel system, when starting a fight your camera would go to a small arena on the side of the map (various arenas for the different terrains, parts of the map) where your entire party would fight an enemy group.
* You controlled multiple heroes.
* A secondary hero with the Jaina model had an ability that created 3 breath of fire animations in a circle around her (the resultant effect was a flame nova), which was memorable because at the time no maps really had custom abilities.
Alternatively, if anyone can point out where I would better be able to look for maps from that time. These are from before hive and epicwar.
Thanks!
