Warcraft 3 Reforged: Defense of the Plaguelands Intro (Blood Elven 2 Player Campaign)

[Rokoltira]

what is this game mode

 

[deepstrasz]

Please understand that alphas go here: Map Development
Do not use the resource threads for unfinished works.
Also, please don't spam tags. It's not a campaign yet as it's just one map. Only choose the most fitting ones. I presume RPG and Co-op work best, not Footman Frenzy. That's an entirely different genre.

 

[deepstrasz]

Intro is finished (The first map)! Why would I post something that is finished into Map Development?

Because you wrote that it's only one map and it's not even finished, i.e. in alpha state:

EDIT: also, this is not true:

DDay: Judgement 19.9b 1.30v+ (AI - 0.4)

Six months ago i wanted to play an old map that did't work from 1.23v of Warcraft III. I made it to work on (1.)1.30++ patch so I can play it with my brother, it's all just fun. I wanted to integrate an (3.)AI into this map but the AI is at (0.4 version) still needs much, much work. Have fun...

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[DarkIllidan]

Because you wrote that it's only one map and it's not even finished, i.e. in alpha state:
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EDIT: also, this is not true:
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DDay: Judgement 19.9b 1.30v+ (AI - 0.4)

Six months ago i wanted to play an old map that did't work from 1.23v of Warcraft III. I made it to work on (1.)1.30++ patch so I can play it with my brother, it's all just fun. I wanted to integrate an (3.)AI into this map but the AI is at (0.4 version) still needs much, much work. Have fun...

www.hiveworkshop.com

Thanks for the answer. Not an Alpha. Issues in text resolved!

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

i come to cleanse this land
-said every blood elf

 

[SENMON]

Hello, boss! Can I translate this campaign into chinese? I wanna share it with chinese players

 

[DarkIllidan]

Hello, boss! Can I translate this campaign into chinese? I wanna share it with chinese players

Map is going massive through changes from Demon Hunter model changed to Fel Rogue model. Changed some core spells from both main Heroes and will be posting finished second map that will be Altered Melee with Blood Elven Tech Tree. After that you can translate it.

All voice lines were changed, every single one and many more changes. Now using Elven Labs and it's much better experience.

You will have to wait few more months.

 

[SENMON]

Map is going massive changes from Demon Hunter model changed to Fel Rogue model. Changed some core spells from both main Heroes and will be posting finished second map that will be Altered Melee with Blood Elven Tech Tree. After that you can translate it.

All voice lines were changed, every single one and many more changes. Now using Elven Labs and it's much better experience.

You will have to wait few more months.

OK！ Thanks for your making.

 

[DarkIllidan]

OK！ Thanks for your making.

Blood Elven Chapter 1 has been updated my friend. It has been changed so much that you should play it again!
You can translate it but give credits to me! Need feedback too.

Spoiler: Blood Elf Chapter 1 - 3.18.2024

• All of the dialogs texts in the whole map have been changed
• All of Voice Characters were changed -
• Went from Cheap AI to Elven Labs Pro AI Voice to Text
• Cinematics updates
• Lo'thul model change
• Blood Elven kids change from Cheap wow TBC Blood Elven Child ones to much better ones Blood Elven Kids. Thanks to Mwas.
• Changed Demon Hunter to Fel Rogue
• Changed Main Character story, model and spells
• Paladin - 2 new spells
• Fel Rogue - 3 new Spells
• All Quest - Rework

Blood Elven Chapter 2 that is Altered Melee will take a bit more time, but soon.
Blood Elven Chapter 1-7 is planned!

 

[SENMON]

You guys are great.Thanks for your making.

 

[deepstrasz]

1. Aralana has two abilities mentioning Turalyon. Ability descriptions should be consistent in the way they are written (text colour, formatting etc.).
2. Luzran has no hero glow. It could be simply added: How to add Hero Glow without Modeling Same Cold Wraith.
3. Feel there should be less undead at the gates message spam. Have a triggered timer before the text can appear again, once in x seconds or so.
4. Had 11 items to use on Runes and used one on the runestone near the corrupted keeper of the grove resulting in all 11 items to disappear from the inventory.
5. Undead Unrest doesn't tell you how many you should kill but the requirements update with how much you've killed. Same with The Sanctum of the Light.
6. The orb quests says the bandits are north in the woods but they're actually southeast.
7. Reaching the cemetery you get the message that the elite undead will attack the elf base. I assume it was Luzran. But he/it was dead already.
8. Pressing ESC after Tannia tells of the "wonderful news" will get you that message again and camera moved to her location; runestone quest completed too.
9. Kaedanis' "!" mark remains after finishing the quest with ghosts. Keel's was not visible anymore though, not even the "?".

Overall, a very nice co-op RPGish map which can definitely become a lovely campaign.

Approved.

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[DarkIllidan]

Thank for the review soo much, you are blast!
I needed feedback. I'll fix everything up!

I have made Discord for the project! Discord link
For further suggestions, bug fixes, collaboration, progress and other.

 

[DarkIllidan]

1. Aralana has two abilities mentioning Turalyon. Ability descriptions should be consistent in the way they are written (text colour, formatting etc.).
2. Luzran has no hero glow. It could be simply added: How to add Hero Glow without Modeling Same Cold Wraith.
3. Feel there should be less undead at the gates message spam. Have a triggered timer before the text can appear again, once in x seconds or so.
4. Had 11 items to use on Runes and used one on the runestone near the corrupted keeper of the grove resulting in all 11 items to disappear from the inventory.
5. Undead Unrest doesn't tell you how many you should kill but the requirements update with how much you've killed. Same with The Sanctum of the Light.
6. The orb quests says the bandits are north in the woods but they're actually southeast.
7. Reaching the cemetery you get the message that the elite undead will attack the elf base. I assume it was Luzran. But he/it was dead already.
8. Pressing ESC after Tannia tells of the "wonderful news" will get you that message again and camera moved to her location; runestone quest completed too.
9. Kaedanis' "!" mark remains after finishing the quest with ghosts. Keel's was not visible anymore though, not even the "?".

Resolved most of the issues 1,2,3,5,6,7,9 and many other bugs along the way
4, 8 can't reproduce the same bug
Thanks for pointing out!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Hey @DarkIllidan! I played your map recently, and will share my walkthrough here:

I liked it. It keeps the pressure during constant undead assaults. I liked voice lining, and like to see it as a common thing nowadays.
Albeit I could mark the following as interesting stuff:

• I understand - this map is not for solo players, but maybe it would be better to deliver the second hero to the 1 player than share it?
• Patroling abomination is not so hard, but why in Azeroth's name there are "defeat" conditions if Undead enter the village? I think it would be clever and nice to force all those units near the gates to rush & defend the village. Yet constant pressure always forced me to go back to help defenders or pray that they could solo it. It's not bad, but I think that you should state that staff teleportation is a required item for success in that case.
• After one dialog all sound effects on the map became nearly muted - even music, even voice lines. Perhaps something-something with cinematic sound mode.
• The Keeper of Grove quest boss is a tough fellow, but if you summon him and rush toward his spawn - he will mostly ignore you and run toward Runestone.
• I was forced to finish the last quest twice to get the victory.

Overall all the above is what I found interesting. Looking forward to see into what story will develop. I sense that those nathrezim have a cunning plan...

 

[DarkIllidan]

Awesome that you liked it, thanks a bunch!
Love that you posted it on youtube!

Hey @DarkIllidan! I played your map recently, and will share my walkthrough here:

• Patroling abomination is not so hard, but why in Azeroth's name there are "defeat" conditions if Undead enter the village? I think it would be clever and nice to force all those units near the gates to rush & defend the village. Yet constant pressure always forced me to go back to help defenders or pray that they could solo it. It's not bad, but I think that you should state that staff teleportation is a required item for success in that case.

Great ideas will do. I wanted people to feel the pressure of possible loss, while that pressure can be minimized. Quest 2 the stolen orb, involves returning the Arcane Orb, which fixes the Arcane Golem and causes it to start defending the gates which alleviates the pain of returning constantly.

To get faster from the right part of the map. Quest 4 that involves of killing the Ghosts you get 'Flame Strike' as an consumable item and you can destroy the forest left of and open a faster way home.

I try to give more possibilities for interesting play. Or just use 'Flame Strike' to get some secret areas for more rewards.

Dialog fix will be in next update!

Did not understand about the last quest. You killed the Lich two times?

 

[dirtycopgangsta]

Hey, your discord link isn't working, fyi.

 

[dirtycopgangsta]

Some of the triggers aren't working properly at the moment.

The big undead can't go into his attack trigger at 2100 seconds because of conflicts with the patrol triggers. The big undead will not attack the city unless provoked.
The minimap pings for the runestone and wraith quests have no kills. The minimap will continue to be pinged even after the quest is completed.
The defenders can't go back into their defending positions.

 

[DarkIllidan]

Some of the triggers aren't working properly at the moment.

The big undead can't go into his attack trigger at 2100 seconds because of conflicts with the patrol triggers. The big undead will not attack the city unless provoked.
The minimap pings for the runestone and wraith quests have no kills. The minimap will continue to be pinged even after the quest is completed.
The defenders can't go back into their defending positions. This m

All bugs fixed. Thanks for pointing out!

 

[APOCACS]

Great map, really liked the heroes, i played solo but i liked the map idea, i found some bugs, but they weren't game changing, the story is pretty simple but i liked it, some hero abilites icon are weird, like some look reforged the other look more like classic. Now lets hope you make the other missions as good as this one.

 

[Jeff Gazetti]

Mission one is already too difficult. Can't level up fast enough before the charge attack happens. Really looked like a lot of effort went into this too.

EDIT: Nvm. I didn't know that there was an option to type solo. Up until now i was just playing with ONLY the pally. That extra hero and 2 units made all the difference.

 

[DarkIllidan]

In the future there will be difficulty options. I'll adjust the diff a bit today. Play it tomorrow.
If you feel pressure, that's definitely what I was going for.

Second map that will have Blood Elven base building will be uploaded in a few weeks.

Try to find secrets (I put tons of them, easter eggs) that are all over the place in means of:

• Glyphs that upgrade units
• Tomes
• Items
• Gold
• Utilize the shop for items and its healing and mana options
• Extra units (Priest, even Hawkstrider Knight)
• Quest 2 reward revives Arcane Golem which helps and defend the town
• Many more options to get stronger, explore free your mind

Loot on many creeps is randomized by triggers so its even more replayable, some great items have very low change of drop and drop after more played games.

 

[Rivara]

Fantastic map.

Only bug we encountered: when returning to Keel after defeating the bone lich, Keel refuses to complete the quest.

What to do in this case?

 

[vonlonent]

Good map.
This is a bug,Keel refuses to finish the game.

 

[Rivara]

@DarkIllidan let us know if which alternative ways Keel might accept the quest submission