Upadoro TD v0.985

[EpixBelongToMe]

are you sure you selected the right version of the map?
i can host it without problems.

when battle.net says "the game was not found" it thinks the map still uses return bug but thats only in older versions.

 

[Lobis]

Yes I am sure. Does map still works with 1.23 version?

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

when i try to host it on northrend battle.net it works fine. i don't think it is different on other battle.net servers.

but i don't know if it still works with 1.23 because of the new native jass functions that replace H2I

 

[FrozenFenrir]

ive hosted it once and the half of the players didnt get any spawns =/
and the names of those players on the multiboard said "not playing" for no reason =O

 

[carolemmm]

Did you check if they choosen they're difficulty? happened to me today and i checked... he didnt have it chosen when he took it the spawn started.

 

[FrozenFenrir]

Did you check if they choosen they're difficulty? happened to me today and i checked... he didnt have it chosen when he took it the spawn started.

hm i havent checked it...
this could be the answer.
it would be a good suggestion to lock the cam to the diff choosing building until they've done it

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

thanks for the hint i will look at it. the new difficulty selection was planned for 0.98 so it is not optimal implemented yet and some people may not see/recognize it.


but as you can host it. it seems to work so i don't know whats the problem for Lobis.

 

[Neogecko]

i got big problem sometimes (not everytime) there is a problem in level 47 i don't know what exactly happens but lvl 48 don't start i think somewhere is a invisible unit stucked or something like that....

 

[Void]

yeah thats a bug with the creep counter it thinks there's still a creep out there but in reality its not - it will be fixed in the next version

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

i got big problem sometimes (not everytime) there is a problem in level 47 i don't know what exactly happens but lvl 48 don't start i think somewhere is a invisible unit stucked or something like that....

yeah well i think nearly every patch with new stuff has atleast one thing that is broken and screws the rest >.<

but anyway thanks for the hint. it shouldn't occure often but it will be fixed.


edit:
0.98 still needs some time (i think it will be released with Duke Nukem Forever ). so here is a little patch to fix the rare chance that level 47 could stuck

 

[Neogecko]

well that chance wasn't very "rare" XD it happens nearly each game i have i Question will there be any new races in the game? cause i mastered them all (without this dranei bastard XD .... WAY too weak if u compare them with... goblins )

 

[Void]

The following is kinda a spoiler:

Spoiler

well there won't be a new race for now but i can say as much as this: there will be a new builder with really awesome towers and a new very different difficulty setting - and that's why the next version is taking so long the towers have real great looking abilities and they take a lot of work (were done with like 1/11) so stay tuned

 

[Coal_Celevra]

very good map! I hope you will make new ver. for this map!

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

just a little update:
-the new towers are nearly done
-balance is also in progress

that sounds not very much. but balance can always take some more time. and the new towers have very special abilities why it takes so long to make them.

 

[kekeke]

The game takes >1 min to load, that's why i dont play it
edit: ok, i've widgetized it and now it only takes 8 sec vs 1:10

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

Hey Hey,
new version is finally out. Read the patchlog for all informations. It's again very short because i always forget to make a real documentation about the changes but i think it lists the most important things.

Please report any bugs. Mainly there could be a few non working autocasts but i think i tested all.

 

[Xandrix]

Found a bug that prevents the game from progressing. On the Phoenix Wave where they turn into eggs, a friend had Demonic Illidan's telepot a few of the eggs back to the start. We were not able to progress because they were invulnerable, and would not hatch to run through the map.

 

[Black4ce]

I am really a fan of your map=) and now i am trying to get all secrets, have a few=) but i dont post them herexD

i have found mugg hidden ability, and a bug with him. if u cast the hidden ability, and after it u make itemify and summon mugg again, he have full mana and his ability is rdy again, without waiting the cooldown=(
i even found cortas(or how he gwt called^^) but i still dont know, what to do with the pulsing crystal, maybe u can give a little hint?

and i think the lvl 55 boss is bugged, because if he start summon, he dont stop summon??? i have maked over 10k kills in a game and he still summon units? if its a bug?(i killed him with a cheat to get the code=()

MFG
BlackAce

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

hmm never had that in mind before that this could happen.
i will have a look at it.

 

[Black4ce]

and can it be that the ability from cowking is bugged too?
he says if u click 50 times on it the next boss drop something, i clicked the ability 50 times and even the boss 50 times, but nothing happened, or have i do someting wrong?

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

thanks for your comments. I gonna fix that with the final boss. But last time it didn't happen for me so does it always occure for you or did you something special?
hmm yeah and that with mugg I forgot to add a mana requirement for the spell. changed that too.
for the pulsing crystal just look in the earlier comments I think there where some hints.
and for cowking thing just search for some facts about the "blizzard chatgem"

 

[Black4ce]

i play the td with a friend often, most on difficult nightmare, and it happens always by me, and the units the lvl 55 boss sends are bugged to i think, because sometimes the go straight your towers und u have no chance to kill them=(

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

yeah you are right. last time i checked the boss it was before we improved the trigger for it but then we forgot to retest it. Its fixed in my newest version.

 

[ArnaudB]

Tried nightmare too, same bug with boss wave 55, endless kills (fun though but still... having 3k+ souls lol)

Also there is a typo error in the templar aura that give soul, lvl 3 give 3 soul but tooltip of lvl 3 say it give only 2.

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

yeah i found the bug. we made a change to improve that boss ability but didnt recheck it -_-
i will make a patch for tomorrow so if there are more bugs please report them

 

[Black4ce]

you can count on me=)

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

uploaded a new version to fix the bugs which were pointed out.
thanks for the reports.

 

[Black4ce]

Found a bug with lvl 6 if i saw right.

the mortars have the ability to fake their death, if they fake their death, u get gold and then u kill him u get again gold, means u get this waves 2 times the gold it should give.
another bug(not a really bug) is then u itemify towers with full mana and u rebuild them, that they have no mana more, and this is realy anoying by the paladin...

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

the thing with the mana is intended because otherwise you could just itemify the towers and reuse the abilities. and a trigger to restore the mana would be to complicated for the little effect.

but i can't confirm the thing with the mortars. tried it two times and got normal gold and soulpower. maybe it just looked like double gain when many die on the same spot.

 

[Black4ce]

that could be, dont saw if it was 2 times or not, so i said i wasnt sure=)
but the pulsing crystal tower is a little bit overpowered i think, with lvl 3 30%chance to stun 3 sec with very fast attack speed, if he focus the boss they cant move^^

These Things are Unbalanced:

Pulsing Crystal tower too much stun(+itemify bug again, if u itemify him he get his as speed spell back=()
shamanistic keepers spell is too strong for the souls
lvl 55 boss on nightmare is a joke, he get by me to the seocond corner, that cant be nightmarexD^^

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

Yes I think I will focus the next patch on balancing.

 

[KillMaster]

I found Upadoro TD a very cool Td map. Its one of my 3 most favorite =)

But it still has few bugs in it:

1)the ogre warlord (or whatever is his name - the upgrade of 120 gold ogre from mercenaries) gets stuck (stops attacking) before autocasting his wave (manual casting is ok).

2)both upgrades of self made aircraft get stuck right after autocasting their attackspeed bonus spell.

3)there are wrong requirements written in the goblin/nightelf race - it always shows category two - war (even if it needs category one/three)

4)this is more imbalance than a bug - the nightmare difficulty is much easier than the very hard (but still fun to play)

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

thanks for your comment. hmm very strange i found the bug with the ogre/airplanes my self and fixed it and tried it a few times and it worked for me. but there seems to be another reason for triggering fail.

hmm the upgrade tool tip is generated by the game. I will look at it and why it shows the wrong upgrades.

and yeah like I said the next patch will focus on balance instead of adding again a lot of stuff.

 

[grandel]

I spent days and days and fianally i managed to complete this awesome TD on easy difficoulty (random race)

I think i had a night elf race anywho i saved the replay *proud*

Every race really is unique in it's own way and the simplest towers can have the most spectacular abilitys or just simple and very helpful abilitys which make the spectacular ones more special
It's one of the few games (atm the only map) that made me addicted to it until completing it...

The map also has a very nice visual look and all tooltips are complete with information a player needs and some colors to highlight the important stats. There were some minor spelling mistakes but hopefully those will be fixed soon in the next release.

As I said before the map is awesome and now i completed it (on easy at least) I can now rest in peace ;D
Good Job 5/5!

 

[KillMaster]

I spent days and days and fianally i managed to complete this awesome TD on easy difficoulty (random race)

I think i had a night elf race anywho i saved the replay *proud*

Every race really is unique in it's own way and the simplest towers can have the most spectacular abilitys or just simple and very helpful abilitys which make the spectacular ones more special
It's one of the few games (atm the only map) that made me addicted to it until completing it...

The map also has a very nice visual look and all tooltips are complete with information a player needs and some colors to highlight the important stats. There were some minor spelling mistakes but hopefully those will be fixed soon in the next release.

As I said before the map is awesome and now i completed it (on easy at least) I can now rest in peace ;D
Good Job 5/5!

Lol kidding? Throught this is one of the best tds i know for sure, its also one of the easiest. I have beaten it on nightmare/very hard (whitch i think is more difficult) mode on first try except with the daemon race. =)

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

I spent days and days and fianally i managed to complete this awesome TD on easy difficoulty (random race)

I think i had a night elf race anywho i saved the replay *proud*

Every race really is unique in it's own way and the simplest towers can have the most spectacular abilitys or just simple and very helpful abilitys which make the spectacular ones more special
It's one of the few games (atm the only map) that made me addicted to it until completing it...

The map also has a very nice visual look and all tooltips are complete with information a player needs and some colors to highlight the important stats. There were some minor spelling mistakes but hopefully those will be fixed soon in the next release.

As I said before the map is awesome and now i completed it (on easy at least) I can now rest in peace ;D
Good Job 5/5!

Thanks for your nice comment and short review.

Do you still know where you found some spelling mistakes? So I can fix them faster.


and to the next patch:
I found some bugs which made nightmare indeed easier. The voodoo damnation of the voodoo keeper for example had a little typing mistake which results in a higher bonus damage than intended.
and another thing: After trying a little bit and recalculating I think there is just too much gold and the gold gain from creeps raises too fast and too much. What do you think about that?

 

[HornyRetard]

So.. 1st is a typo in map story. Theres kitnaped - not kidnaped. Nightmare mode is to easy. You should realy give waves more hp or more armor or better abilitys becos soultemplars are just destruction. The other thing is the last boss!? Are you kidding me? He has hero armor Not demonic. He has overaly only 200k hp like wtf? 50th lvl wave mobs have 66666. And overaly more then him. He is kinda slow. And ffs Who wouldnt kill him with a tower of 60% Bash. Its very easy. And the last boss is the same on all dificultys... what kinde of hard ship is that? I really really love your map heh. It got me addicted for a bit now. 1 thing i still dont get is what to do with the Necronomicon that is droped by last boss. Its a skill item or something? Becos i read on some posts that they playd 55th wave and i got only 50 can the game go on further? I want to know becos me and my friends playd the map on nightmer 10 times or so and everyone got the necronomicon but no one knows what to do with it. Please give alittle more help around it. Not just Now go kill upadoro... Ah 1 more thing i found Fish, Stone Golem tower and Holly Crusader tower: Are there any more secret towers/abilitys/places?
Hmm still w8ing for replay for a day now: You stoped developing of this map?

 

[extermianner]

As many other people have already stated, I think that this is one of, if not the most, awesome TD EV4R! It's very simple to start with, many different races, special abilities, and just very nice gameplay. If I have to say anything bad about this, there are a few spelling mistakes but nothing major, (except for the Flying Machine thing (Piolet? )) and it would also be funnier if you could pick the Nightelf race in stead of just being lucky, (I have restarted countless times and haven't received it yet >.<) So, overall: 4,99/5 Awesome map!

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

So.. 1st is a typo in map story. Theres kitnaped - not kidnaped. Nightmare mode is to easy. You should realy give waves more hp or more armor or better abilitys becos soultemplars are just destruction. The other thing is the last boss!? Are you kidding me? He has hero armor Not demonic. He has overaly only 200k hp like wtf? 50th lvl wave mobs have 66666. And overaly more then him. He is kinda slow. And ffs Who wouldnt kill him with a tower of 60% Bash. Its very easy. And the last boss is the same on all dificultys... what kinde of hard ship is that? I really really love your map heh. It got me addicted for a bit now. 1 thing i still dont get is what to do with the Necronomicon that is droped by last boss. Its a skill item or something? Becos i read on some posts that they playd 55th wave and i got only 50 can the game go on further? I want to know becos me and my friends playd the map on nightmer 10 times or so and everyone got the necronomicon but no one knows what to do with it. Please give alittle more help around it. Not just Now go kill upadoro... Ah 1 more thing i found Fish, Stone Golem tower and Holly Crusader tower: Are there any more secret towers/abilitys/places?
Hmm still w8ing for replay for a day now: You stoped developing of this map?

Sorry for the late answer but actually there is not much time and I'm trying different things for a better balance when I find some time.
Actually I'm trying around with the balance of the gold gain because already after doing well in the first bonus wave there is too much money for the players so I think there is more balance needed for the bonus wave and a smoother gold gaining curve. And some Keepers will be weakend.
And yes the endbosses are still very weak because they are just stunned too death, so I thing there is some kind of re-design required.

 

[HornyRetard]

Take your time l0l - good stuff is made thrue time and effort. Good luck and keep it up. Ill submit any bug's/glitches me and ppl i play with will finde.

Found this: Golemagg the Incinerator's Frenzy Aura effects soul templar as well giving him the 15% atack speed bonus and it should only effect core hounds.(WoW race)

 

[Skar]

Hey epix, are you still working on this map?

I am not a fan of Tower Defense maps, but I really like Upadoro TD and I found some bugs like towers getting stucked, wrong hotkeys and some abuses.

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

yeah still working on it but it could still take some time because I want to finish this map to 1.00 version because I really don't find much time to still add a lot of things and so I just want finish it to a full version now.

 

[Skar]

Great, so here is a list of bugs and other things I found:

1. All "W" hotkeys for build tower don't work. They are, actually on "G";
2. After Mugg gains the morph ability, if you itemify it, it will return with full mana and all the cooldowns reseted;
3. If you itemify the Royal Spire, you can't pick it up;
4. The Burning Archer tower gets stuck trying to autocast its shockwave ability. It tries to attack then it stops and uses the ability, but it don't fires, so it tries to attack again and so on;
5. The Patchwerk tower, when you turn off the autocast of its second ability it starts to use, if you turn on, it stops;
6. Change the position of the starting buildings that some races has. For player red, for example, they block a good spot for build towers. Put it a little more to southeast, just a little;
7. The 3 last waves, starting from the Phoenixes, the game says you finish the wave before you really kill them all. Probably you are not counting the eggs, or when the other creeps go back in time;
8. The final boss an the Nightmare difficulty are way too easy.

This is what I remeber now, there is probably nothing else.

Anyway, keep the good work Epix, it's a really good TD map.

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

Hey skar,

1. that's strange with the hotkeys for me it works but maybe it is difference with keyboard settings/language or maybe you made changes in your custom keys

2. I think I already fixed that for my newest test version. but I will check it again.

3. Yeah I don't know many people don't have problems and can pick it and for others it doesn't work. Maybe I must search a new modell or use a standard modell.

4. I know this bug and I don't know why it sometimes returns even if I try to fix it since many versions and sometimes it works normal. But I will also recheck that.

5. Ok fixed. I forgot to change the patchwerk triggers to the new cast system.

6. How do you mean that? The startposition in the maze is for every color the same and the gate is being removed and then you can choose where to place the starting tower.

7. Hmm okay never really noticed that checking that.

8. Yeah that was mentioned many times. I must see how I can make the bosses more difficult.

Thanks for your hints.

 

[Skar]

This is what I mean about the starting buildings:

Place them farther from the main path, so you can build towers there. And make the same for all players.

About the Burning Archer, I am not sure about that, but once I tryed to cast its ability manually and it says that I can't target enemies. Maybe is something with the spell targets.

You will add more secrets on the next version? It's fun to find them.

 

[YumItsTasty]

One of the best TDs Ive ever played.
Very unique and fun Builders, waves and abilities.
In the long run, some more challenges would be nice thou ..

Great map anyways 5/5

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

ah okay you mean the goldmine of the scourge. hmm okay I could place it somewhere else but for my own feeling I think there are enough other and better build spots anyway. I will try a little bit.

Yeah and secret's is always hard to balance when it is an extra tower for example but maybe I can add something funny.

 

[FrozenFenrir]

found a bug:
mercenaries race,
both the interceptor and the bomber dont autoattack after they used their skills =/

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

yeah it's the same as for the bone archer and I don't know why it always returns even if it seems to be fixed and I'm still trying to find out but I think the only possebility will be using dummies to cast the real spell.

 

[Windu]

What does that crystal that drops from the Fleshgolem do ?!

Otherwise - great map. Very nice and interesting.