Warcraft 3 Re-Reforged: Exodus of the Horde

[Ardenaso]

I don't think going back to the terribly-spliced "Hellscream" is necessary. We don't even know that Games Workshop is actually the reason for the change in the first place.

In all seriousness, I am begging you to just use the "Grom" audio if/when you eventually get to the Invasion of Kalimdor. The Hellscream Splice sounds absolutely horrific, and is, in my view, one of the bigger blunders of Reforged outside of feature/content removal; if they wanted to avoid saying "Grom" so bad, they should have re-recorded the damn dialogue like was part of the initial promises.

I don't know what reason they had for the change, and while there are theories, none of them are worth consideration for a fan-content creator like you. At absolute worst, if anyone with any semblance of power did say anything, you could just go back to the Hellscream audio then, with a note about actually being made to do so, instead of simply tip-toeing around what may in fact turn out to be nothing.

I believe that they can't, technically; it would probably mess with the FaceFX

 

[Blazethesage]

I believe that they can't, technically; it would probably mess with the FaceFX

If they hadn't said included the note saying "can't afford to anger Games Workshop", I'd take that as the reason, but I'm not so sure that has anything to do with it. Especially since it's been using "Grom" since June of 2020, when it was specifically changed from the "Hellscream" to "Grom".

 

[InsaneMonster]

If they hadn't said included the note saying "can't afford to anger Games Workshop", I'd take that as the reason, but I'm not so sure that has anything to do with it. Especially since it's been using "Grom" since June of 2020, when it was specifically changed from the "Hellscream" to "Grom".

I hate the Hellscream thing. I really do. But very well informed people told me that it was really risky to have something like that in a Blizzard mod now that the project has the spotlight. Blizzard would never take me down because the mod respect their EULA, but that little bit does not.

I prefer not to risk it. If someday I got some kind of assurance of nothing happening I will gladly put them back. It's a minor thing still, and hopefully I might get reassurance for when I start working on the full Orc Campaign.

 

[Wazzz]

What can be said about this rendition of the Prologue that hasn't been said already? Everything that was promised by Blizzard didn't even come close to what's been presented here. A lot of the touch ups to even the tutorial missions are intuitive. The addition of codexes with snippets from Wowpedia gives a nice touch, and an entirely optional incentive to try and find all of the entries. The introduction of demi-heroes is a very interesting concept to boot.

The bread and butter here is the cinematic immersion. This was something that was promised to us and we never got to see it delivered. This is very well done, my only very minor critique being the opening camera pan being sliiightly janky as we move towards Thrall's hut. This is the only instance that could have been done better, and even then... it's serviceable. There is clearly a lot of attention to detail put into each individual mission, into each individual aspect that combines together to create an overall experience.

Admittedly, I didn't want to play the Re-Reforged campaign until completion - I had a feeling that if I started now, then it's going to be that much harder to wait for the rest of it to be done, and I was right. This is incredible work, I don't think there's anybody who has played it that isn't looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the campaign. However, I am content to wait for more entries designed with this level of quality.

Without giving anything away, the design for mission 3 and how it ties in with mission 5 is a very nice touch. The redesign on mission 4 is also very engaging. With quite a few secret areas to explore, the biggest challenge is trying to find them without letting the AI get one over on you. The level design really takes advantage of the HD models and how well they can work together. To find out more, play it yourself - it's worth owning Reforged now.

Definitely a project worthy of its name, and one that puts me in mind that InsaneMonster should perhaps have a photo of his face become the new HD "Sammy" icon. A mantle well earned and passed on to the true spiritual successor.

 

[InsaneMonster]

What can be said about this rendition of the Prologue that hasn't been said already? Everything that was promised by Blizzard didn't even come close to what's been presented here. A lot of the touch ups to even the tutorial missions are intuitive. The addition of codexes with snippets from Wowpedia gives a nice touch, and an entirely optional incentive to try and find all of the entries. The introduction of demi-heroes is a very interesting concept to boot.

The bread and butter here is the cinematic immersion. This was something that was promised to us and we never got to see it delivered. This is very well done, my only very minor critique being the opening camera pan being sliiightly janky as we move towards Thrall's hut. This is the only instance that could have been done better, and even then... it's serviceable. There is clearly a lot of attention to detail put into each individual mission, into each individual aspect that combines together to create an overall experience.

Admittedly, I didn't want to play the Re-Reforged campaign until completion - I had a feeling that if I started now, then it's going to be that much harder to wait for the rest of it to be done, and I was right. This is incredible work, I don't think there's anybody who has played it that isn't looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the campaign. However, I am content to wait for more entries designed with this level of quality.

Without giving anything away, the design for mission 3 and how it ties in with mission 5 is a very nice touch. The redesign on mission 4 is also very engaging. With quite a few secret areas to explore, the biggest challenge is trying to find them without letting the AI get one over on you. The level design really takes advantage of the HD models and how well they can work together. To find out more, play it yourself - it's worth owning Reforged now.

Definitely a project worthy of its name, and one that puts me in mind that InsaneMonster should perhaps have a photo of his face become the new HD "Sammy" icon. A mantle well earned and passed on to the true spiritual successor.

Director's Cut! I'm so fucking happy about it! It's really an honour for me! Thank you for the amazing review... I have no other words

 

[roxxar]

Hey, real noob question here. when i try to download the file, after it reached 100% it takes me back to the main page with all the info... where can i find the file?

really looking forward to play the two mods! <3

 

[Ravager16829]

Hey, real noob question here. when i try to download the file, after it reached 100% it takes me back to the main page with all the info... where can i find the file?

really looking forward to play the two mods! <3

Read this and this post (from Jeopardy of the Horde), plus see the image below. As of 2022, downloading any files from Hive Workshop takes you to the redirection site. If you want automatic download, you should configure IDM like this:

Edit: You can also add W3X to your file types in IDM configuration window.
Edit 2: Your download should be in the "Downloads" folder. If the file type is RAR/ZIP, then it should be in "Compressed" folder.

 

[golas088]

I'm here to show my praise. I cannot imagine how much time you spent on this series of maps. Thanks for your love of Warcraft.

 

[Shadowsky]

I have just finished playing the Re-Reforged Campaign and I am absolutely blown away! It is exactly what I imagined Reforged should have looked like in the first place and every single addition was perfect. No stone remained unturned. I hope you continue to create more content on your quest to remake the whole story line from Orcs to Elves. This is the easiest 10/10 I've ever given away and if Microsoft has an wits about them, they'd source you out to do this professionally (hint hint )

 

[Fugrim]

Hei!
Love all your work with the re-reforged campaigns. I played all of them and they are amazing, keeping true to the old campaigns and giving more lore to the game!
I wanted to spice my play and decided to make the campaign more diverse in terms of the races, to that extent I decided to have different troops to both the player and the enemies
1 question I have regarding the campaign and how it's made how can I add a hero that will lvl up and keep it's items & level in the next campaign lvl?

Kinda decided to have myself in the campaign with thrall as a custom blademaster

 

[InsaneMonster]

Hei!
Love all your work with the re-reforged campaigns. I played all of them and they are amazing, keeping true to the old campaigns and giving more lore to the game!
I wanted to spice my play and decided to make the campaign more diverse in terms of the races, to that extent I decided to have different troops to both the player and the enemies
1 question I have regarding the campaign and how it's made how can I add a hero that will lvl up and keep it's items & level in the next campaign lvl?
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Kinda decided to have myself in the campaign with thrall as a custom blademaster

To do all that stuff is not that easy. Please look for tutorials on Hive Workshop and check out the code I wrote in the Level Data category and in the Housekeeping category. I really cannot explain that to you, because it would take long and there are plenty of tutorials around the site.

Btw, a new update is now released!

Changelog (01/30/2022)
This updated is focused on translations. Some english typos have been fixed too around all various maps.

• Updated Mission 05 Epilogue (Beyond the Sea) [v1.6]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation
• Updated Mission 05 (Contdown to Extinction) [v1.6]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation
• Updated Mission 04 (The Fires Down Below) [v1.6]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation
• Updated Mission 03 (Riders on the Storm) [v1.7]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation
• Updated Mission 02 Interlude (Malestrom) [v1.8]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation
• Updated Mission 02 (Departures) [v1.9]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation
• Updated Mission 01 (Chasing Vision) [v2.1]:
  - Improved french, russian and italian translation

 

[Travel Gabel]

Somehow I ended up playing your Scourge of Lordaeron Act 1 campaign before this one, but I just wanted to say I LOVE what you're doing man, and you make gorgeous blizz-like levels. Thoroughly impressed, and super excited for the rest of the campaigns!

 

[InsaneMonster]

A new update is released today!

Changelog (02/11/2022)

• Updated Mission 05 Epilogue (Beyond the Sea) [v1.7]:
  - Improved french translation
• Updated Mission 05 (Contdown to Extinction) [v1.7]:
  - Improved french translation
• Updated Mission 04 (The Fires Down Below) [v1.7]:
  • Improved french translation
  • Fixed some italian translation typos
• Updated Mission 03 (Riders on the Storm) [v1.8]:
  - Improved french translation
• Updated Mission 02 Interlude (Malestrom) [v1.9]:
  - Improved french translation
• Updated Mission 02 (Departures) [v2.0]:
  • Improved french translation
  • Fixed bug preventing creep camp fires to turn off when the relative creep camp is defeated
• Updated Mission 01 (Chasing Vision) [v2.2]:
  • Improved french translation
  • Fixed bug preventing creep camp fires to turn off when the relative creep camp is defeated

 

[Tipsilon]

Just a suggestion @InsaneMonster, what do you think about adding female grunts and orc children in your maps, ( in the camp on the first mission, on the ships on mission 3 and 5, and in cinematics, all non-playable of course) to show that the horde is not just made up of grunts and raiders. In my opinion it would add the necessary diversity and lore flavor, as the human campaign is full of neutral citizens (both male and female) and the horde has nothing in comparison.

 

[deepstrasz]

In my opinion it would add the necessary diversity and lore flavor, as the human campaign is full of neutral citizens (both male and female) and the horde has nothing in comparison.

Orcs in pre-WoW lore did not have females in their fighter ranks (except for Garona which was a half orc spy). Would be good to see female and children orcs as neutral passive units or spies (hinting at Garona). Orcs were sort of Mongol invader inspired race back then.

 

[Tipsilon]

Thats what i meant, as i said non playable and similar to human neutral passive villagers in comparison, sorry if the message did not get across as intended.

 

[Mr Hawk]

I like to make a suggestion. In the Mission Campaign needs to be updated atleast in terms of the new models for the Kul'tirans like have the Rifleman be replaced by the Crossbowman and update the Footman with the latest version of the Kul'tiran Human Kingdom Pack. Finally there's also new house model for the Kul'tirans as well.

 

[InsaneMonster]

I like to make a suggestion. In the Mission Campaign needs to be updated atleast in terms of the new models for the Kul'tirans like have the Rifleman be replaced by the Crossbowman and update the Footman with the latest version of the Kul'tiran Human Kingdom Pack. Finally there's also new house model for the Kul'tirans as well.

The house model has been commissioned by me

Kul Tiras is receiving an overhaul for the next patch, but I'll keep the rifleman to keep their roster as much vanilla as possible. You can expect new and better skins for everything else though, buildings included.

 

[InsaneMonster]

A new update is released today! It's a big update, focused on adding some more depth to the characters/factions, while bringing up to par with the human campaign all cinematics, back-end and front-end systems.

Changelog (05/06/2022)

• Updated Mission 05 Epilogue (Beyond the Sea) [v1.8]:
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Improved chinese translation
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements
• Updated Mission 05 (Contdown to Extinction) [v1.8]:
  • Cinematic overhaul (reduced fades to black, improved some camera angle)
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Improved chinese translation
  • Updated all Kul Tiras unit skins with new improved skins much easier to recognize and tell apart
  • Fixed Kelen the Seeker eyes not being blue like other High Elves
  • Rebalanced the tidesage (made stronger) and the hydromancer (made a bit weaker)
  • Added resistant skin to Nazgrel since it's a demi-hero
  • Reduced the amount of messages on screen, especially when tutorial is disabled
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements
• Updated Mission 04 (The Fires Down Below) [v1.8]:
  • Cinematic overhaul (reduced fades to black, improved some camera angle)
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Improved chinese translation
  • Updated all Kul Tiras unit skins with new improved skins much easier to recognize and tell apart
  • Rebalanced the tidesage (made stronger) and the hydromancer (made a bit weaker)
  • Increased a bit the overall difficulty of the mission, especially in the last encounter (reduced Flame Strike cooldown, increased mana and damage of Dagon, reduced runes dropped by barrier Mur'Ghuls)
  • Reduced the amount of messages on screen, especially when tutorial is disabled
  • Added resistant skin to Snowsong since it's a demi-hero
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements
• Updated Mission 03 (Riders on the Storm) [v1.9]:
  • Cinematic overhaul (reduced fades to black, improved some camera angle)
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Improved chinese translation
  • Updated all Kul Tiras unit skins with new improved skins much easier to recognize and tell apart
  • Updated barracks, farm and altar Kul Tiras skins to be thematic and easy to recognize (more skins will come in the future for all buildings requiring them!)
  • Fixed Kelen the Seeker eyes not being blue like other High Elves
  • Fixed Kelen the Seeker not being able to use its Kelen's Dagger of Escape
  • Rebalanced the tidesage (made stronger) and the hydromancer (made a bit weaker)
  • Increased the strength of Sea Giant creep
  • Added resistant skin to Nazgrel since it's a demi-hero
  • Reduced the amount of messages on screen, especially when tutorial is disabled and also for what concerns the optional quest
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements
• Updated Mission 02 Interlude (Malestrom) [v2.0]:
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Improved chinese translation
  • Updated all Kul Tiras skins (also added new skins, hopefully now nobody will think the captain is Proudmoore...)
  • Fixed Kelen the Seeker eyes not being blue like other High Elves
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements
• Updated Mission 02 (Departures) [v2.1]:
  • Cinematic overhaul (reduced fades to black, improved some camera angle)
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Completely redone villagers AI, now much more effective and less heavy on performances
  • Improved chinese translation
  • Updated Warsong Grunt model to be much more unique
  • Reduced the amount of messages on screen, especially when tutorial is disabled
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements
• Updated Mission 01 (Chasing Vision) [v2.3]:
  • Cinematic overhaul (reduced fades to black, improved some camera angle)
  • Light overhaul (added a rim light, improved all Day-Night-Cycle (DNC), fixed black faces of unlit characters during cinematics using also ambient light)
  • Removed low poly grass
  • Added animated natural doddoads
  • Improved chinese translation
  • Added new chinese logo
  • Reduced the amount of messages on screen, especially when tutorial is disabled
  • General optimization, bugfixes and improvements

 

[OldWolf]

Hi
I just finished the campaign, it worked perfectly. really great work, thank you man. I live in Iran, and our country is under heavy sanctions from the US.
our banks has been cut off from the rest of the world, so unfortunately I can't support you on Patreon, I'll try to support your work any other way I can,
maybe our damn dictatorship regime falls soon and the Persian people be free, and hopefully you won't get tired and finish this great work. I wish you the best.

 

[jhon Paz]

thanks friend for the update .. blizzard hire this genius

 

[InsaneMonster]

I added a warning about the campaign. This version was built on 1.32.10 and it's tested on 1.32.10. It might work on 1.33 but I cannot guarantee it works without bugs.

I have developed a version for 1.33 and I'm testing it internally. I hope to release it later this autumn, hopefully while Blizzard cleans some of its own stuff.

 

[TheJassy]

I just finished the campaign It was amazing. The bosses, the difficulty, Everything about it was just right. You didn't just manage to make the Epilouge campaign better but you actually made it the way I'd assume Bilzzard should have made it. Thank you for these few joyful hours I got to play your amazing campaign. I'll be starting the human one tomorrow. Looking forward for the rest, especially the orc one!

 

[Mr Ogre man]

I just finished the campaign It was amazing. The bosses, the difficulty, Everything about it was just right. You didn't just manage to make the Epilouge campaign better but you actually made it the way I'd assume Bilzzard should have made it. Thank you for these few joyful hours I got to play your amazing campaign. I'll be starting the human one tomorrow. Looking forward for the rest, especially the orc one!

The human is only missing the final chapter, btw. The rest is already being beta-tested (if you're as impatient as we all are, you can get access to those through the Patreon. Otherwise, it's most likely coming out before Christmas for free).

 

[TheJassy]

The human is only missing the final chapter, btw. The rest is already being beta-tested (if you're as impatient as we all are, you can get access to those through the Patreon. Otherwise, it's most likely coming out before Christmas for free).

I see, I'm kinda broke though so will the first cheapest pateron sub work?

 

[InsaneMonster]

I see, I'm kinda broke though so will the first cheapest pateron sub work?

Whatever works, but getting the map early should not be the reason people donate imho.

 

[InsaneMonster]

A new update is released today! It's a small update, but it brings full compatibility to W3R 1.34.

Don't forget to check out the Second Act of Scourge of Lordaeron Campaign!

Changelog (12/10/2022)

• Updated Mission 05 Epilogue (Beyond the Sea) [v1.9]:
  
  • General localization improvements
• Updated Mission 05 (Contdown to Extinction) [v1.9]:
  
  • Improved Kul Tiras models
  • General localization improvements
  • Made all codexes easier to find
• Updated Mission 04 (The Fires Down Below) [v1.9]:
  
  • Improved Kul Tiras models
  • Made the Murloc High Sorcerer a bit stronger to fight against
  • Now summoned units can't trigger the end game section
  • General localization improvements
  • Made all codexes easier to find
• Updated Mission 03 (Riders on the Storm) [v2.0]:
  
  • Improved Kul Tiras models
  • Added thematic Kul Tiras buildings
  • Made the Kul Tiras forces more prone to attack and less strong in defense
  • General localization improvements
  • Made all codexes easier to find
• Updated Mission 02 Interlude (Malestrom) [v2.1]:
  
  • General localization improvements
  • Improved weather effect during the storm
• Updated Mission 02 (Departures) [v2.2]:
  
  • General localization improvements
  • Made Southshore codex easier to find
• Updated Mission 01 (Chasing Vision) [v2.4]:
  
  • General localization improvements

 

[InsaneMonster]

Hotfix for chinese translation only, not worth changing version number for it.

Changelog (12/11/2022)

• Updated Mission 05 Epilogue (Beyond the Sea) [v1.9]:
  • Improved chinese localization
• Updated Mission 05 (Contdown to Extinction) [v19]:
  • Fixed chinese Codex dialog and buttons appearing as Allies
  • Improved chinese localization
• Updated Mission 04 (The Fires Down Below) [v1.9]:
  • Fixed chinese Codex dialog and buttons appearing as Allies
  • Improved chinese localization
• Updated Mission 03 (Riders on the Storm) [v2.0]:
  • Fixed chinese Codex dialog and buttons appearing as Allies
  • Improved chinese localization
• Updated Mission 02 Interlude (Malestrom) [v2.1]:
  • Improved chinese localization
• Updated Mission 02 (Departures) [v2.2]:
  • Fixed chinese Codex dialog and buttons appearing as Allies
  • Improved chinese localization
• Updated Mission 01 (Chasing Vision) [v2.4]:
  • Fixed chinese Codex dialog and buttons appearing as Allies
  • Improved chinese localization

 

[NaRrSyStIc]

Excellent campaign! Very fun, very challenging but not terrible!

 

[LittleOgre]

Dude, this is epic!! Just heard about this. I played the first level and I love the details! even the little things like The Prophet saying follow me and actually fly down the path, the cutscenes like the ogre and the orc camp. Even Thrall coming out of his house with his wolf off to the side. Amazing! This is truly what reforged should have been.

On the 2nd level now, the human bridge not instant building and giving hte murlocs the ability to swim. I love the attention to detail!!!

Look forward to playing through it as you make it.

 

[InsaneMonster]

Dude, this is epic!! Just heard about this. I played the first level and I love the details! even the little things like The Prophet saying follow me and actually fly down the path, the cutscenes like the ogre and the orc camp. Even Thrall coming out of his house with his wolf off to the side. Amazing! This is truly what reforged should have been.

On the 2nd level now, the human bridge not instant building and giving hte murlocs the ability to swim. I love the attention to detail!!!

Look forward to playing through it as you make it.

If you only played the first one, you are in for a ride! GL HF!

 

[Reiisen01]

First of, I want to say that you did an amazing job with this project. I can only imagine what huge undertaking this has to be.

So first the positives:- The improvements to the visuals is really good. Can't name specific examples, but overall it looks really good.

• The addition of codexes is genius.
• Demi hero units is an interesting concept. But it's a bit sad that I can't resurrect them in some way.
• The changes you made past the second mission are really cool. The fact you changed the tileset to an island one makes so much sense. Plus, changing the sea witch to a naga is an awesome foreshadowing of the Frozen Throne.

Now the negatives:

• First, I feel that the addition of new cutscenes is cool and all, but sometimes I am left scratching my head as to why you would make a cutscene out of just one line of dialogue. (Like the whole begging of fountain quest in mission 03)
• Also, I feel that some cutscenes take a little too long. But that might just be my lack of patience.
• The Snowsong section at the beginning, I felt was unnecessary because the whole sneaking mechanic doesn't appear later on in this mission.- Now I would call myself a very casual player of Warcraft 3 (really bad at multiplayer skirmish), so this is something that might be an issue on my end but what is up with the difficulty spike with the boss fight at the end of mission 04? I took me too many tries to actually beat this bastard.- Plus at the beginning of mission 05 the Sea Witch almost destroyed my base. Was that intentional? Or did i not see some difficulty selection?

Overall, I am positive about this project. Its just that some decisions should have been well thought out a few more times.
Can't wait to play the next campaign.

PS: Sorry for grammar. English is not my first language.

 

[lucas alexzander]

hello everyone new hiver here I have a few questions
1 what does the legacy download button do?
2 is there a way to get a prior version of the map like 13.2 for example?
thanks

 

[FallenStar]

Thank you for bringing us this masterpiece!

 

[InsaneMonster]

Soon (without the ™, so actually soon), I will release an english only open beta of the final version of this campaign. While not yet available for download, these are the main points of the changelog (which is still subject to changes) to keep you teased. Further details for each map will be available later when the full changelog will be released:

Changelog

• The entire prologue campaign is now bundled in a single .w3n (custom campaign) map file. This allows you to select difficulty in the game, select missions in the game and load saved game through game menus.
• The entire package is around 600 MB smaller than the previous version
• The custom campaign features a custom loading screen inspired from the default game one with the appropriate information about Hive Workshop and the project Patreon page
• File organization is reworked completely: all files (including most of the object related strings) are now contained in only one file, thus making translation and fixing backend much easier
• Object data completely reworked: all custom units are assigned as map-specific or campaign-specific and they are all organized with proper ids
• Chaos damage removed on all creeps where it makes no sense to have it
• Divine armor icon now properly displayed
• Items are completely reworked: they are reorganized, harder to kill and their values make more sense on a global scale
• Integrated some balance changes since 1.31 to Re-Reforged (like Sundering Blades, Prioritize Air and more) plus some other to improve gameplay
• Improved some codex and hint texts on all missions
• Now human scout towers have 1800 sight range on both day and night
• Made Death Pact and Death Ritual cost 0 mana (with longer cooldown, like the integrated Far Sight)
• Racial shops are redone according to the new items categorization system
• General improvements to all models (some are even new, other improved and optimized for 1.35)
• All ghosts now have a 15% transparency added to them beside the model fresnel effect
• Complete rework of all walking sounds (they loop correctly now in all cinematics)
• Music save/reload bugs now fixed
• Music overall randomization is better when default music is played
• Music doesn't include TFT tracks as default tracks anymore
• Fixed music sometimes not resetting correctly to the intended playlist
• Added new cheats: now "ggwp" (add "-cache" or "-nocache" to make it save the cache or not). You can also display current difficulty using "howhard" and you can enable all campaign buttons using "notimetowaste"
• Codex system UI reworked: now using icons, more space to display text and better hints to avoid issues with scrolling (please note, it's impossible to make it scroll from the start due to an engine limitation)
• Codex system interaction reworked: now codex scrolls give XP to heroes collecting them depending on how difficult they are to find. Their position is also reworked to be easier to find in all maps
• Added custom loading screens for all missions, reflecting how the missions are supposed to take place in the extended world of WC3 joined with the world from WoW
• Optimized and improved all trees animations
• Added some unit (mostly creeps) randomization to increase replayability
• Added some items randomization replayability
• Reworked the final "thank you" screen to be more up-to-date
• Added intro cinematic you can play before playing the campaign, like in default campaign
• Added campaign logo
• Improved Re-Reforged logo both in maps and in the campaign menu

 

[InsaneMonster]

Behold, the english open-beta of the Custom Campaign integration is ready to be downloaded. Here the final changelog. Translations will come later as they become ready.

Changelog (04/04/2023)

• The entire prologue campaign is now bundled in a single .w3n (custom campaign) map file. This allows you to select difficulty in the game, select missions in the game and load saved game through game menus.
• The entire package is around 600 MB smaller than the previous version
• The custom campaign features a custom loading screen inspired from the default game one with the appropriate information about Hive Workshop and the project Patreon page
• File organization is reworked completely: all files (including most of the object related strings) are now contained in only one file, thus making translation and fixing backend much easier
• Object data completely reworked: all custom units are assigned as map-specific or campaign-specific and they are all organized with proper ids
• Chaos damage removed on all creeps where it makes no sense to have it
• Divine armor icon now properly displayed
• Items are completely reworked: they are reorganized, harder to kill and their values make more sense on a global scale
• Integrated some balance changes since 1.31 to Re-Reforged (like Sundering Blades, Prioritize Air and more) plus some other to improve gameplay
• Improved some codex and hint texts on all missions
• Now human scout towers have 1800 sight range on both day and night
• Made Death Pact and Death Ritual cost 0 mana (with longer cooldown, like the integrated Far Sight)
• Racial shops are redone according to the new items categorization system
• General improvements to all models (some are even new, other improved and optimized for 1.35)
• All ghosts now have a 15% transparency added to them beside the model fresnel effect
• Complete rework of all walking sounds (they loop correctly now in all cinematics)
• Music save/reload bugs now fixed
• Music overall randomization is better when default music is played
• Music doesn't include TFT tracks as default tracks anymore
• Fixed music sometimes not resetting correctly to the intended playlist
• Added new cheats: now "ggwp" (add "-cache" or "-nocache" to make it save the cache or not). You can also display current difficulty using "howhard" and you can enable all campaign buttons using "notimetowaste"
• Codex system UI reworked: now using icons, more space to display text and better hints to avoid issues with scrolling (please note, it's impossible to make it scroll from the start due to an engine limitation)
• Codex system interaction reworked: now codex scrolls give XP to heroes collecting them depending on how difficult they are to find. Their position is also reworked to be easier to find in all maps
• Added custom loading screens for all missions, reflecting how the missions are supposed to take place in the extended world of WC3 joined with the world from WoW
• Optimized and improved all trees animations
• Added some unit (mostly creeps) randomization to increase replayability
• Added some items randomization replayability
• Reworked the final "thank you" screen to be more up-to-date
• Added intro cinematic you can play before playing the campaign, like in default campaign
• Added campaign logo
• Improved Re-Reforged logo both in maps and in the campaign menu
• Improved custom voice acting

• Updated Mission 05 Epilogue (Beyond the Sea) [v2.0]:
  • Added more variation to the villagers
  • AI upscaled reslution of ships used in close-up shots
• Updated Mission 05 (Contdown to Extinction) [v2.0]:
  • Now Snake Creature is a proper Naga Royal Guard (as per its stats)
  • Now the racial shop is already pre-built for the player
  • Some general environmental improvements
• Updated Mission 04 (The Fires Down Below) [v2.0]:
  • Completely reworked stealth detections sytem: new graphics, better introduction and now more integrated with the game
  • Made Ancient Spirits encounter overall harder
  • Made the fight at the barrier overall harder
  • Made the fight with the Murloc High Sorcerer overall easier
  • Some general environmental improvements
• Updated Mission 03 (Riders on the Storm) [v2.1]:
  • Improved some camera shots in various cinematics
  • The shop is now in-line with racial shops of the orc (within map tech-tree limits)
  • Made Ancient Spirit encounter overall harder
  • Some general environmental improvements
• Updated Mission 02 Interlude (Malestrom) [v2.2]:
  • Reduced the amount of white in the dream sequence fades (now they are grey)
  • AI upscaled reslution of ships used in close-up shots
• Updated Mission 02 (Departures) [v2.3]:
  • Added more variations to the villagers
  • Fixed peasant axing unappropriate stuff, now they axe wood
  • Some general environmental improvements
  • The mission now takes place nearby Southshore
• Updated Mission 01 (Chasing Vision) [v2.5]:
  • Improved camp animations
  • Improved camp buildings scale
  • Now Medivh can't be selected in-game and its quest icon display the raven icon (why reveal his face earlier than the final cinematic?)
  • Now circles of power are hidden if not playing tutorial
  • Improved some tutorial hints
  • Some general environmental improvements
  • The mission now takes place in the Hillsbrad Foothills, at the boundary with the Arathi Highlands
  • Circle of Outer Binding renamed into Circle of Elements

 

[raypack]

"- Chaos damage removed on all creeps where it makes no sense to have it" - thank you!
It always bothered me cause in original RoC, the strong creeps had (usually) Normal damage type.
The worst is the night elf finale, where you can just kill Archimonde with the Chaos damage furbolgs (something that you couldn't do in vanilla RoC)...

 

[InsaneMonster]

Just released a small hotfix to the just released open beta.

Changelog (04/05/2023)

• Removed all animated trees triggers (now it's done by fixing the models).
• Fixed some typos
• Added a missing loading screen (sometimes loading screens get removed by the editor when saving campaigns. In time I will understand the pattern to avoid that, but for now, just bear with me).

 

[lichao001486]

Good job.

 

[Sanglier Furieux]

What an incredible job, but I'd like to know when the translations for the prologue will be available ?

 

[InsaneMonster]

What an incredible job, but I'd like to know when the translations for the prologue will be available ?

Soon... and not TM

 

[Bond009]

Great work on this, its good we care to make up for blizzard giving no f's lol.

 

[DepRa]

I downloaded for the third time to enjoy this masterpiece again and learn all the latest changes, but... My favorite Russian language is not here! How to set it up now?)

I understand that the translation of the prologue is planned again in the near future, right?

 

[RocketHops]

I hate to sound really dumb, but are the reforged graphics required

 

[MenteTitanica]

It's a wonderful job

Does anyone know when it will be in the other languages?

I'm waiting for it to come out in Spanish to download it

 

[InsaneMonster]

I downloaded for the third time to enjoy this masterpiece again and learn all the latest changes, but... My favorite Russian language is not here! How to set it up now?)

I understand that the translation of the prologue is planned again in the near future, right?

Yes, now!

I hate to sound really dumb, but are the reforged graphics required

Yes... always...

It's a wonderful job

Does anyone know when it will be in the other languages?

I'm waiting for it to come out in Spanish to download it

Yes, now!

Just released a quite interesting patch for all people around the world! This version adds localization in most languages, plus a bunch of fixes and improvements. As of now, only polish localization is still missing.

Changelog (06/26/2023)

• Added french, spanish latino, spanish european, italian, chinese simplified, german, french and russian localization, consisting in UI, texts and full voice acting
• Added hydromancer adept/master icons
• Increased responsiveness of codex dialog buttons (when clicking on the text, now they are fully responsive)
• Removed most memory leaks in all maps
• Improved the loading screen graphics of Thoradin's Wall landmark
• Fixed some graphical issues on Kul Tiras buildings portraits
• Fixed detection aura moving around following the head of the model it was attached to
• Some minor improvements here and there

 

[Hanson]

hi i use translator hope i don't offend
I would like to ask if the traditional Chinese translation will be added in the future
My friends and I are very unfamiliar with expressions and character names in Simplified Chinese
Maybe this is a request from a few people but I hope you can add it thanks

 

[Mike]

I payed The Scourge of the Lordaeron and that was totally brilliant. Unfortunately, this campaign is't workng in my 1.35 version for some reasons(

 

[InsaneMonster]

I payed The Scourge of the Lordaeron and that was totally brilliant. Unfortunately, this campaign is't workng in my 1.35 version for some reasons(

It is developed with the latest version of the game, so you need the latest version of the game to play it. The game would not recognize it otherwise.

 

[EdDy22]

Absolutely loved it!