Warcraft III - Patch 1.30

[StoPCampinGn00b]

Patch 1.30 is LIVE

Log onto battle.net to download the patch and experience the new field of battle! Link to Blizzard post. Most of the patch notes have been detailed before in the previous PTR posts, but changes and additions that differ from the original PTR build are highlighted in white.

• Updated anticheat to keep the Horde at bay. The warden is back with vengeance.
• Unit button locations and hotkeys adjusted for consistency
• Bug fixes for mac, in-game mechanics, and World Editor features

Bug Fixes & Known Issues

BUG FIXES

[Mac] Joining a custom game no longer results in a crash [Mac] Loading a saved game no longer results in a crash [Mac] Client no longer crashes when switching between expansions [Mac] Cinematics work again [Mac] Switching between fullscreen and windowed mode no longer causes menu/text misalignment [World Editor] Crash when same ability with different buff ID’s is cast on a unit resolved Blademaster able to path through intended items during Wind Walk again Defend consistently reflects damage from piercing attacks again – see Appendix Killing a Demon Hunter at the end of its Metamorphosis no longer prevents Metamorphosis from being used for the rest of the match Stun works again if the target has already been stunned by an illusion Using Crypt Fiend's burrow/unburrow no longer resets the cooldown for the Web ability Using Town Portal on a moving Tree of Life can no longer cause the spell to interrupt and grant temporary invulnerability Units that can only attack other air units (or groups of units that include one of these units) can attack move to areas where there are trees again Dropped items can no longer be stacked on top of each other Cursor matches the mouse position when resolution is taller than wider again Players can rejoin a saved multiplayer game again Clan Message of the Day can be set again Intro cinematic displays again Text scales correctly and is no longer cut off In Windowed Mode After loading a saved game, portraits no longer stretch the width of the screen Ambient sound has been returned to ambience Hero glow for player 12 is consistent with original version again Korean and Chinese installation names of Warcraft III on Windows 10 OS no longer say "StarCraft" in those languages Setting 3 of "Set Ally Color Mode" no longer changes the team color of neutral creeps Team and color no longer reset when clicking on the dropdown arrow in Lobby The cursor no longer disappears behind the black bars of the main menu The scoreboard no longer truncates when a timer is present Tooltips for Keeper of the Grove's Learn Tranquility, Blademaster Critical Strike, and other Critical Strike abilities have been updated to properly reflect changes made in 1.29.0 IME no longer creates a green box in non-enUS clients Opening preferences no longer generates an error The map pool from Random Team has been mirrored to Arranged Team “/fps”, “/apm” and “/ping” visibility will be retained between games Sound continues to play when game is minimized No longer able to overwrite a Saved Game without receiving a warning prompt Omni lights no longer show through the Fog of War Resolution drop down no longer displays multiples of the same resolution settings Community map descriptions updated AI player start locations no longer “merge” in large custom games (Thanks to Roland for the test map) Floating texts are now correctly positioned on widescreen (Thanks to SpasMaster for the direction) Textures\\Doodads0-0.blp no longer missing from game data (Caught by eejin) Maps utilizing return bug now prompt an error dialogue rather than crashing on map select (4)FountainofManipulation was missing from Small FFA pool "The Tomb of Sargeras" (TFT Night Elf 3) no longer crashes when cheats have been used Matchmaking sound notification plays correctly Tooltip windows scale properly (Thanks Tasyen) Text and multi-boards are correctly aligned on the left and rights sides of the screen HTML commands no longer display during cinematics Issuing a build command to a worker while other actions are queued no longer causes the command queue to break 24 player games with AI no longer causes starting locations to be merged The glaive thrower damage buff in 1.30 is now applied to the Vorpal Blades upgrade [Mac] Units display ground shadows again Halls of the Dead and Black Citadel gold cost corrected Multiboard minimize icon location is correctly located Reinforced Defenses and similar upgrades apply correctly Polish voice over no longer overwrites Russian audio in cinematics Game data in custom campaigns no longer reverts with another map open [World Editor] The edges of the Editor window are clickable again [World Editor] BlzIsUnitInvulnerable returns the correct boolean value [World Editor] BlzSetSpecialEffectPosition and BlzSetSpecialEffectPositionLoc names are now distinguishable in the GUI [World Editor] Dead units no longer remain selectable when using BlzIsUnitSelectable [World Editor] Improved function names for ability tooltips to turn on/off autocast [World Editor] Values for BlzSetUnitDiceSides can be modified [World Editor] Renaming an Item no longer changes all Items’ names [World Editor] The default GUI values for UnitInterruptAttack and UnitCancelTimedLife no longer cause an error [World Editor] UnitDisableAbility hides an ability with Hide=true and Disabled=false again [World Editor] With an ability that has Disabled=false, attempting to set Disabled to false again no longer causes a crash [World Editor] Adding a hero ability to a non-hero unit via Spellbook no longer causes a crash [World Editor] Preloader native no longer requires “Allow Local Files” registry settings [World Editor] 3D sounds can be toggled on/off within the Sound Editor [World Editor] Movement based triggers function [World Editor] Custom ability names no longer cause increased load times and in game lag (Thanks to Retera for the test map) [World Editor] Preloader native functions (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map) [World Editor] SetSpecialEfffectZ will always have a set value, and SetSpecialEffect Height accounts for terrain levels

KNOWN ISSUES

In 24 player games AI buildings may become stuck in construction (unverified) Unit health and mana bars overlap quest text in the UI Icons are off center when the client is snapped while in windowed mode in narrow resolutions Framerate is not adjusting correctly when running in the background To help visualize and solve mouse cursor lag we have added oscursor to registry that draws the operating system arrow cursor – see Appendix [*]Imports in custom campaigns may become corrupted

• Added World Editor support for vJass with JassHelper.
• war3.mpq, war3x.mpq, etc. have been migrated into a CASC filesystem.
• Most buffs/debuffs can simultaneously apply to the same unit if their ID’s are different
• Added BlzPlaySpecialEffect
• Added BlzSpecialEffectAddSubAnimation
• Added BlzSpecialEffectRemoveSubAnimation
• Added BlzSpecialEffectClearSubAnimations
• BlzSetSpecialEffectHeight will take terrain height into consideration
• Users may choose up to 16 tiles including cliffs
  

• Several ladder maps and map pools have been updated! Rejoice! See the full changelog below:
  
  Map Pool Updates

  MAP POOL UPDATES

  Map Updates (2)TerenasStand_LV More building area at start locations Swapped creep camps at the expansions - closer expansion is the easier creep camp now Level 8 Wizard no longer agro's on passing units Swapped the Mercenary camp location with the green creep camp - these buildings are now further away from start locations (4)Avalanche_LV Swapped Mercenary Camp with Fountain of Health Swapped Tavern for Mercenary Camp Added a Tavern to the center of the map Relocated creep camp to prevent accidental agro (4)BridgeToNear Relocated creep camp to prevent accidental agro (8)Ferelas_LV Pushed back several expansion goldmines and creeps to prevent accidental agro (8)GolemsInTheMist_LV Relocated the 2 Mercenary Camp creeps further to prevent accidental agro (8)TwilightRuins_LV Swapped the remaining Goblin Laboratories on the outside of the map with the Goblin Merchant's at the center of the map The center creep camps that dropped level 1 permanent items now drop level 1 power-ups (4)PhantomGrove_LV Red camps are two levels harder now - Item drop is unchanged Replaced the level 3 Ghost with level 3 Skeletal Marksman (2)Amazonia Reduced the number of Wand of Illusion and Sentry drops by creating proper level 2 Charged items drops (2)SwampedTemple Removed all custom data Cleaned up tree placement General map clean up from removing the custom doodads Revised again by Anomines (2)NorthernIsles Cleaned up tree placement (2)ConcealedHills Cleaned up tree placement (2)RoadToStratholme_LV Revised based on community comments but not yet added to 1v1 pool (4)TwistedMeadows Red Dragons replaced with Granite Golems to prevent base harass (Thanks Ugrilainen) Map Pool 1v1 (2)TerenasStand_LV (2)Plunderisle_LV (2)SwampedTemple (comm) (2)NorthernIsles (comm) (2)EchoIsle (2)TirisfalGlades_LV (2)Amazonia (comm) (2)LastRefuge (comm) (2)ConcealedHill (comm) (4)TwistedMeadows (4)TurtleRock 2v2 (4)PhantomGrove_LV (4)Avalanche_LV (4)TurtleRock (4)CentaurGrove (4)BridgeTooNear_LV (4)Synergy_big_paved (comm) (4)TidewaterGlades_LV (4)LostTemple (4)TwistedMeadows (4)FurbolgMountain (comm) (6)GnollWood 3v3 (6)ThunderLake_LV (6)GnollWood (6)Monsoon_LV (6)DarkForest (6)UpperKingdom (6)RuinsOfStratholme (8)Mur’gulOasis_LV (6)RollingHills (6)TimbermawHold (6)StranglethornVale (8)Battleground 4v4 (8)Feralas_LV (8)Northshire_LV (8)Sanctuary_LV (8)TwilightRuins_LV (8)Battleground_LV (8)Deadlock_LV (8)GolemsInTheMist_LV (8)Mur’gulOasis_LV (8)MarketSquare (8)GoldRush (8)Friends (8)BlastedLands FFA (4)Deathrose (4)FountainOfManipulation (comm) (6)EmeraldShores (6)SilverpineForest (6)Monsoon_LV (6)NeonCity (comm) (8)Deadlock_LV (8)Mur’gulOasis_LV (8)TwilightRuins_LV (8)Marketsquare

• NEW META! Tons of balance changes. Including: archmage nerfs, brewmaster nerfs, siege tank nerf, along with very interesting tech tree changes for chimeras and spirit walkers/tauren! See the full list of changes below. Test it now and be sure to leave feedback!
  
  Balance Changes

  BALANCE CHANGES

  Hero Balance Changes Archmage Water Elemental Level 1: Decreased Hit Points from 525 to 500; increased damage from 18 - 22 to 19 - 23 Level 2: Decreased Hit Points from 675 to 625; increased damage from 31 - 39 to 33 - 41 Level 3: Decreased Hit Points from 900 to 825; increased damage from 41 - 49 to 44 - 52 Brilliance Aura Level 2: Decreased mana regeneration from 1.5 to 1.25 per second Level 3: Decreased mana regeneration from 2.25 to 1.75 per second Mass Teleport Increased Area of Effect from 700 to 800 Mountain King Storm Bolt Level 2 damage reduced from 210 to 200 Level 3 damage reduced from 325 to 310 Thunder Clap Damage AoE reduced from 65 to 60 Damage AoE reduced from 125 to 115 Damage AoE reduced from 175 to 160 Blademaster Base Stats Reduced Agility from 24 to 22 Far Seer Far Sight Cooldown for all levels is now 30 seconds Level 1 radius increased from 600 to 900 Level 3 radius increased from 2700 to 4000 Lich Frost Armor All Levels: Reduced slow duration against all units to 4 seconds Demon Hunter Base Stats Reduced Agility from 22 to 21 Metamorphosis Reduced duration from 60 to 45 Keeper of the Grove Force of Nature All Levels: Reduced mana cost from 125 to 100 Goblin Alchemist Healing Spray Level 1: Decreased from 40 to 30 per wave Level 2: Decreased from 55 to 45 per wave Level 3: Decreased from 70 to 60 per wave Transmute Increased conversion factor from .8 to 1.25 Goblin Tinker Base Stats Reduced Armor from 4.5 to 3.5 Pocket Factory Pocket Factory now has Heavy Armor instead of Normal Engineering Upgrade Level 1: Increased spawn interval time for Clockwerk Goblins from 4 to 4.5 seconds Level 2: Increased spawn interval time for Clockwerk Goblins from 3.2 to 3.5 seconds Level 3: Increased spawn interval time for Clockwerk Goblins from 2.56 to 3 seconds Cluster Rockets Level 2: Increase base damage from 18.75 to 19.75 Level 3: Increase base damage from 27.5 to 30.5 Naga Sea Witch Mana Shield Level 1: Increased damage absorbed from 1 to 2 Level 2: Increased damage absorbed from 1.5 to 3 Level 3: Increased damage absorbed from 2 to 4 Pandaren Brewmaster Breath of Fire All levels: Increased mana cost from 70 to 75 Level 1: Reduced damage over time from 7 to 5, reduced max damage from 520 to 480 Level 2: Reduced damage over time from 14 to 10, reduced max damage from 1000 to 720 Level 3: Reduced damage over time from 21 to 15, reduced max damage from 1360 to 1080 Pit Lord Base Stats Increased starting agility from 14 to 15 Cleaving Attack Increased AoE for all levels from 200 to 250 Increased splash damage from 30% to 40% Increased splash damage from 55% to 65% Increased splash damage from 80% to 90% Human Balance Changes Flying Machine Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 200 to 250 Increased Gold cost from 90 to 100 Increased Damage from 14 - 15 to 18 - 19 (air-vs-air only) Militia Base Stats Decreased duration from 45 to 40 seconds Rifleman Base Stats Decreased attack cooldown from 1.5 to 1.35 Mortar Team Base Stats Decreased half damage radius from 150 to 100 Decreased quarter damage radius from 250 to 200 Priest Dispel Magic Increased cast range from 500 to 600 Added a 5 second cooldown Applies to Doom Guard (Creep); Doom Guard (Summoned); Pandaren Brewmaster (Storm) Siege Engine Base Stats Increased Supply cost from 3 to 4 Spell Breaker Spell Steal Cooldown increased from 3 to 6 seconds Cannon Tower Tech Tree Fragmentation Shards applies Items Ivory Tower Base Stats Increased lumber cost from 20 to 25 Reduced stock from 3 to 2 Orb of Fire Base Stats Increased hero bonus damage from 5 to 10 Increased splash damage radius from 140 to 150 Increased gold cost from 275 to 325 Upgrades Defend 1.30.0.9655 balance changes reverted Flak Cannons Tech Tree Now unlock with Keep Swapped command card location with Flying Machine Bombs Fragmentation Shards Base Stats Reduced half damage radius from 275 to 225 Increased quarter damage radius from 250 to 275 Reduced base damage for half damage radius from 18 to 15 Reduced base damage for quarter damage radius from 12 to 10 Tech Tree Now applies to Cannon Tower Improved Masonry Cost Level 1: Increased to 125 gold and 50 lumber Level 2: Increased to 150 gold and 75 lumber Level 3: Increased to 175 gold and 100 lumber Barrage Base Stats Increased base damage 12 to 14 (13-14 damage to 15-16 damage) Research button location relocated to (2,1) Orc Balance Changes Bat Rider Base Stats Increased base damage from 13 - 15 to 16 - 18 Berserker Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 450 to 475 Headhunter Cost Increased gold cost from 135 to 140 Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 350 to 375 Increased Regeneration upgrade from 0.8 to 1.0 Hit Points per second Increased range from 450 to 550 Shaman Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 335 to 350 Increased base damage from 8 - 9 to 10 – 11 Increased mana regeneration from 0.67 to 0.72 Purge Mana cost decreased from 75 to 65 Bloodlust Mana cost decreased from 40 to 35 Spirit Walker Tech Tree Now trained at Tauren Totem Changed Hotkey from (T) to (W) Witch Doctor Base Stats Increased mana regeneration from 0.67 to 0.72 Tauren Tech Tree Requires War Mill Tauren Totem Tech Tree Now unlocks with Stronghold instead of Fortress Now trains Spirit Walkers and Spirit Walker upgrades Swapped command card locations so Spirit Walkers are (0,0) No longer requires War Mill Spirit Lodge Cost Reduced lumber cost from 150 to 135 Items Scroll of Speed No longer applies to Goblin Sappers Orb of Lightning Decreased chance to purge from 35% to 30% Upgrades Berserker Base Stats Decreased the damage debuff from 50% to 40% Swapped command card location with Troll Regeneration upgrade Burning Oil Moved command card location to middle row Liquid Fire Base Stats Reduced the attack speed debuff from 80% to 60% Reinforced Defenses Base Stats Reduced from 200 to 175 lumber Increased gold cost from 50 to 75 Tech Tree Unlocks with Stronghold instead of Fortress Spiked Barricades Cost Level 2: Reduced from 175 to 100 lumber Level 3: Reduced from 275 to 125 lumber Troll Regeneration Swapped command card location with Berserker upgrade Ensnare Base Stats Reduced duration for units from 12 seconds to 10 seconds Reduced cooldown from 16 seconds to 15 seconds Pulverize Tech Tree Requires War Mill Undead Balance Changes Acolyte Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 220 to 230 Increased Hit Point Regeneration while on Blight from 2 to 4 per second Increased armor from 0 to 1 (6% damage reduction) Increased movement speed from 220 to 250 Destroyer Base Stats Reduced Hit Points from 900 to 850 Reduced Orb of Annihilation bonus damage from 20 to 15 Frost Wyrm Base Stats Reduced Frost Breath attack duration on Heroes from 10 seconds to 3 seconds Necromancer Base Stats Increased base damage from 7 to 9 (8-9 damage to 10-11 damage) Cripple Reduced mana cost from 175 to 125 Unholy Frenzy Reduced drain from 4 to 3 Hit Points per second Raise Dead Increased base summon duration from 40 to 45 seconds Obsidian Statue Base Stats Reduced Hit Points from 550 to 500 Skeleton Warrior Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 180 to 190 Skeleton Mage Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 230 to 240 Buildings Haunted Gold Mine Base Stats Reduced Blight radius from 960 to 768 Reduced cost to 225 gold and 210 lumber Necropolis Base Stats Reduced cost from 255 to 225 gold Reduced build duration from 100 to 90 seconds Ziggurat Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 550 to 600 Items Orb of Corruption Base Stats Decreased armor reduction from 5 to 4 Sacrificial Skull Tech Tree No longer requires Graveyard to purchase Base Stats Decreased stock regeneration from 60 to 45 Items Book of the Dead Changed number of Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Archers from 4 each to 3 each Changed HP of Skeleton Warrior and Skeleton Archer from 180 to 190 Upgrades Cannibalize Swapped command card location with Frenzy upgrade Ghoul and Abomination Decreased the duration from 33 seconds to 20 seconds for Ghouls and Abominations Ghoul Increased healing from 10 to 16 per second Abomination Increased healing from 15 to 25 per second Devour Magic Decreased damage against summoned units from 180 to 160 Disease Cloud (Abomination) Increased damage from 1 to 2 per second Reduced duration from 120 to 90 seconds Exhume Corpse Now generates Crypt Fiend corpse instead of Ghoul corpse Frenzy Swapped command card location with Cannibalize upgrade Skeletal Longevity Increased duration time from 15 to 20 seconds Removed upgrade – included in Skeletal Mastery Skeletal Mastery Cost Increased gold cost from 125 to 200 Increased lumber cost from 150 to 175 Tech Tree Now unlocks with Halls of the Dead Now includes Skeletal Longevity Research button location relocated to (0,1) Stone Form Moved command card location to the middle row Night Elf Balance Changes Archer Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 245 to 260 Tech Tree Improved Bows command card location swapped with the Marksmanship upgrade Chimeras Base Stats Decreased half damage splash radius from 125 to 100 Druid of the Claw (Bear Form) Base Stats Decreased base damage from 29 - 44 to 25 - 40 Druid of the Talon Base Stats Increased cost from 135 to 150 gold Faerie Fire Reduced duration on units from 90 to 70 seconds Reduced duration on heroes from 60 to 40 seconds Dryad Abolish Magic Reduced damage against summoned units from 300 to 250 Applies to: Eredar Sorcerer, Naga Couatl, Centaur Sorcerer, Polar Furbog Shaman, Forest Troll Shadow Priest, Kobold Geomancer, Mur'gul Snarecaster, Nerubian Seer, Salamander Seer, Watery Minion Snarecaster, Tuskarr Healer, and Ice Troll High Priest Glaive Thrower Base Stats Increased base damage from 36 - 53 to 51- 68 Huntress Base Stats Increase base damage from 15 to 16 (16-18 damage to 17-19) Tech Tree Moonglaive now unlocks with Tree of Ages Sentinel is researched by default Sentinel has a 180 second duration[ Mountain Giant Base Stats Decreased cost from 425 to 350 gold Decreased Supply from 7 to 6 Taunt Now activates a second time after 3 seconds Cooldown increased from 15 to 16 seconds Hippogryph Tech Tree Hippogryph Taming is researched by default Hippogryph Rider Base Stats Increased Hit Points from 765 to 780 Buildings Ancient of War Base Stats Reduced Hit Points from 1000 to 900 Reduced base attack damage from 44 to 36 Tech Tree Removed Sentinel upgrade – researched by default Ancient of Wind Tech Tree Removed Hippogryph Taming upgrade - researched by default Ancient Protector Base Stats Reduced build time from 60 to 55 seconds Decreased rooted attack cool down from 2 seconds to 1.7 seconds (24.75 to 29.12 damage per second) Decreased uprooted attack cool down from 1.5 seconds to 1.4 seconds (19.67 to 21.07 damage per second) Moon Well Base Stats Increased mana regeneration at night from 1.25 to 1.50 per second Chimera Roost Tech Tree No longer requires Ancient of Wind to build Neutral Balance Changes Purge Reduced damage to summoned units from 400 to 200 Ensnare Ensnare (Neutral Hostile) - Reduced unit duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds; hero duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds; increased cooldown from 10 seconds to 15 seconds Ensnare (Naga) - Reduced unit duration from 15 seconds to 8 seconds; hero duration from 12 seconds to 3 seconds; increased cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds Cannibalize Creep cannibalize changed from 10hps to 12hps Duration reduced from 33 to 20 Items Boots of Speed Now have a stock of 2 at game start

 

[Shar Dundred]

Smells like bug fixing.
That's what I get for using the latest melee patch option.

Guess I will have to install WC3 again sooner or later. Shit.

 

[deepstrasz]

Using Town Portal on a moving Tree of Life can no longer cause the spell to interrupt and grant temporary invulnerability

You should not even be able to cast it on a moving main base. No other faction has this advantage.

Sound continues to play when game is minimized

I hope it means it doesn't because that's the point of minimizing, not having the game interfere for the time you need to do something else.

 

[Pinzu]

Wtf is that click sound in melee, make it stop! God! Game no longer playable with sound. Not to mention all the sound that I no longer hear, though who needs it, it's ingrained in my brain already :<
(seem to only have affected human)

WEX no longer runs?

Did MMH break?

Perhaps its finally time to remove the jass/vjass distinction? :]

 

[Kyrbi0]

Heck yeah boiiiiiis

Buff Stacking!

 

[deepstrasz]

That's what I get for using the latest melee patch option.

By not choosing that in the map options, do we get to see the old values in the object editor?

 

[Shar Dundred]

It used to be like that, no idea if they removed that.

 

[BobOfficialPando]

Game went from uncapped fps in .26 to 60cap bugging to 40cap if I alttabed too often during game and now the fps went even lower? What are they doing with the game

 

[Tharifas]

Stackable buffs! Hell to the yeah!

 

[Kam]

We are working on the native fullscreen issue.

 

[_lycan]

Nice they increased the tiles to 16 finally on the main world editor! now let's hope for a removal of doodad limit and custom tile pathing (such as in jngp) and there won't be much need for JNGP anymore as we will be able to edit our maps on main editor/sharpcraft!

 

[PrinceOfThaWest]

We are working on the native fullscreen issue.

Are there some chances we'll see colorizer (for object editor and other stuff) added to default editor as well?

 

[Kam]

Are there some chances we'll see colorizer (for object editor and other stuff) added to default editor as well?

Many exciting features are coming to the editor.

 

[Chaosy]

Nice they increased the tiles to 16 finally on the main world editor! now let's hope for a removal of doodad limit and custom tile pathing (such as in jngp) and there won't be much need for JNGP anymore as we will be able to edit our maps on main editor/sharpcraft!

Ehhh, no.
A very important feature is still missing, TESH. It is impossible to use JASS or vJASS without a syntax highlighter.
Fine, not impossible. Just annoying.

Edit: also the tool tip creator thing in JNGP was pretty useful

edti2: Oh, and JNGP muted certain sounds, which I really liked. That startup sound is cancer to my ears.

 

[Himperion]

The best thing about a fresh patch, is the wait for the bug fixing .2 patch.

Hopefully Blizz added again the colored water textures to xmpq.

 

[Pinzu]

Any chance there'll be a native for displaying true error messages (without having to clea

edti2: Oh, and JNGP muted certain sounds, which I really liked. That startup sound is cancer to my ears.

There is a setting for muting sounds i think. But yes it's pure cancer.

 

[mwsdevcom]

Is Opengl option gone forever? It gave me better fps and no mouse lag.

 

[Sepheran]

Many exciting features are coming to the editor.

Any hint on which features?

 

[Pinzu]

Any hint on which features?

I would get excited over the thought of not being able to attack team buildings in 4v4 xD

 

[infrenus]

Uhm, not downloading here, but people in the forums seem to be having the same issue, so I will just see that as a bug that will be fixed in the next hotfix.

I find many of the hotkey changes and button changes nice, a lot of it seems to be made to streamline the design of the game to be more akin to modern blizzard ones, wich is a good move, as certain unit training buttons were well... quite weird. I will not say much about the techtree changes tho, as I cannot play the new patch and its just now getting open, so only time will tell ho much it changes the meta.

The world editor changes seems to be exponetially increasing, adding features the community already had for ages to the base game. I see it in a positive light. I still sure an (advanced building) button would help the game, but theres more serious matters to fix and work for now, and I bet they are doign their best.

We will really need to update a lot of custom maps tho...

 

[GhostWolf]

More custom games unplayable. Custom models crash. Sounds utterly bugged to the point you don't even get attack notifications, unit sounds/missiles/abilities sometimes work and sometimes don't, ambiant sounds sometimes work and sometimes don't, clicking on buildings makes a click sound instead of their sounds. Matchmaking still matches 0-0 stats (who are generally leavers) with high level players in team games (being able to match fast and have 0 actual games isn't better than having to wait 10 minutes to find a game...maybe something in between?). Mouse is now laggy for people it wasn't laggy previously.

 

[BobOfficialPando]

Sounds went completely nuts, everything is like 2x louder and randomly increases during match further

 

[_lycan]

Many exciting features are coming to the editor.

NICE, hopefully colorizer loads faster (if it is added) since it would be in the actual editor and not a plugin

 

[Chaosy]

Wasn't there a similar bug last patch? I am pretty sure I had a broken tileset which crashed my map, turns out it was fixed in a later hotfix.

 

[chusrubi2]

We are working on the native fullscreen issue.

It was my only way of playing since I have mouse lag in normal mode...

 

[Lizreu]

Found some new strange natives on common.j

native RequestExtraIntegerData                     takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns integer
native RequestExtraBooleanData                     takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns boolean
native RequestExtraStringData                      takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns string
native RequestExtraRealData                        takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns real

Can anyone shed some light on what these do?
Also, what does this even mean in the bug fixes section? "[World Editor] Preloader native functions (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map)" What was fixed?

@Kam, @MindWorX ?

 

[ahayab]

not sure if this is worth mentioning, but Alt + Q + Q no longer works for quiting a map

 

[deepstrasz]

but Alt + Q + Q no longer works for quiting a map

Great! Now I can use alt for health bars and not leave them always on without the risk of accidentally quitting the game.

 

[Pinzu]

Great! Now I can use alt for health bars and not leave them always on without the risk of accidentally quitting the game.

AltQQ is absolutely essential for anyone who wants to keep up their ladder addiction. Goddamn scrub deepstrasz!

 

[PrinceOfThaWest]

Many exciting features are coming to the editor.

Awesome, looking forward to that. Keep up the good work, lads!

 

[Fluffy]

It's cool that we have 1.30 patch, but there is a bad news for modemakers: mpq-archives have been removed from the game folder. That's why modemaking cease to exist, because we won't have any powerful tool like WEX. I would like to suggest using mpq-archives instead of CASC-technology. It's the only way of saving modemaking which we have for these ten years.

 

[Marshmalo]

Uhhh.. so people seem to be crashing in custom games alot more now, hope there's a hot fix soon.

 

[Shar Dundred]

More custom games unplayable. Custom models crash. Sounds utterly bugged to the point you don't even get attack notifications, unit sounds/missiles/abilities sometimes work and sometimes don't, ambiant sounds sometimes work and sometimes don't, clicking on buildings makes a click sound instead of their sounds. Matchmaking still matches 0-0 stats (who are generally leavers) with high level players in team games (being able to match fast and have 0 actual games isn't better than having to wait 10 minutes to find a game...maybe something in between?). Mouse is now laggy for people it wasn't laggy previously.

How delightful. This patch sounds just wonderful.

 

[Abovegame]

The enthusiasm is real! What happened with our THW clan anyway ?

 

[TriggerHappy]

Found some new strange natives on common.j

native RequestExtraIntegerData                     takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns integer
native RequestExtraBooleanData                     takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns boolean
native RequestExtraStringData                      takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns string
native RequestExtraRealData                        takes integer dataType, player whichPlayer, string param1, string param2, boolean param3, integer param4, integer param5, integer param6 returns real

Can anyone shed some light on what these do?

We don't know what those natives do. Me and a couple others tried testing them but couldn't figure anything out. I also couldn't look at the natives in a dissembler because it looks like Blizzard obfuscated the executable as of patch 1.30 (similar to their other games).

Also, what does this even mean in the bug fixes section? "[World Editor] Preloader native functions (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map)" What was fixed?

@Kam, @MindWorX ?

In 1.30 PTR the Preloader native was broken. It flat out didn't work, so I sent MindWorX some information regarding the native so he could fix it and asked (again) if they could remove the Allow Local Files requirement. Thanks to @MindWorX for getting it done.

It looks like we're lucky it broke in PTR

 

[A Void]

The enthusiasm is real! What happened with our THW clan anyway ?

It apparently expired, because clan chieftain was inactive or sth?

 

[Barade]

Wow native JassHelper support, awesome!

Did they remove the MPQ archives war3.mpq and war3x.mpq etc.? I cannot use any War3Mod.mpq archive anymore

There is still a bug: My map has four different cliff types but it renders the last two as the first two. I think the game cannot render more than two different cliff types?

 

[4rum_Arts]

Hi, I am a Korean mapmaker.

Korean people change UI a lot because of language problem, but this patch is blocked. Is there any way to use it like before?

 

[MindWorX]

Hi, I am a Korean mapmaker.

Korean people change UI a lot because of language problem, but this patch is blocked. Is there any way to use it like before?

Can you explain the exact issue?

 

[4rum_Arts]

Can you explain the exact issue?

The GUI is basically English, so there are many inconveniences for people who do not know English very well. So we translated the contents of the TriggerStrings.txt file into Korean in the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\UI. We've also added a function to the TriggerData.txt file to help people who can't use JASS or vjass as a GUI. However, this patch blocked this method, protected the MPQ file, and does not force the replacement of the TriggerStrings.txt file.
As a result, maps that used that added function cannot be modified after 1.30.

 

[Gauda]

I am not sure if maps can now load faster if i am just having luck/ the feeling that it is like that.

A custom map i am working on with many units that are initially on the map loaded faster and i had no lag at the beginning which usually happened there.
Also i tried to load a random map from Legends of Arkain and it feels also faster.
This appeared with the patch.

 

[Pinzu]

The entire game crashed for all players when I used a spell book ability on a destructible, I managed to repeat the bug... I can't confirm this is a patch thing (as I'd have to dl a version switcher) but I looked at the trigger and saw nothing strange going on there, plain vanilla GUI from 2007. Having played the map many times before and never had it crash like that I suspect that it might be. I'll update if I get around to exploring this crash some more.

 

[Fluffy]

The same problem with WEX, because it uses mpq-architecture. Thats why we won't have any tool like it. I think that fast standard WE is less important than normal WEX.

 

[MindWorX]

The GUI is basically English, so there are many inconveniences for people who do not know English very well. So we translated the contents of the TriggerStrings.txt file into Korean in the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\UI. We've also added a function to the TriggerData.txt file to help people who can't use JASS or vjass as a GUI. However, this patch blocked this method, protected the MPQ file, and does not force the replacement of the TriggerStrings.txt file.
As a result, maps that used that added function cannot be modified after 1.30.

I'll look into this. Can you send me the files so I can test?

 

[TriggerHappy]

The GUI is basically English, so there are many inconveniences for people who do not know English very well. So we translated the contents of the TriggerStrings.txt file into Korean in the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\UI. We've also added a function to the TriggerData.txt file to help people who can't use JASS or vjass as a GUI. However, this patch blocked this method, protected the MPQ file, and does not force the replacement of the TriggerStrings.txt file.
As a result, maps that used that added function cannot be modified after 1.30.

You should still be able to replace files with the "Allow Local Files" method. It worked on PTR at least.

The same problem with WEX, because it uses mpq-architecture. Thats why we won't have any tool like it. I think that fast standard WE is less important than normal WEX.

The issue is not with CASC the issue is that the Blizzard is actively trying to prevent hacking. It's not as easy to hack the World Editor as it once used to be.

The entire game crashed for all players when I used a spell book ability on a destructible, I managed to repeat the bug... I can't confirm this is a patch thing (as I'd have to dl a version switcher) but I looked at the trigger and saw nothing strange going on there, plain vanilla GUI from 2007. Having played the map many times before and never had it crash like that I suspect that it might be. I'll update if I get around to exploring this crash some more.

I sent a few demo maps reproducing crashes maps to Kam. Most of the crashes seem to be relate to how abilities target things.

 

[BobOfficialPando]

I feel like playing customs elsewhere might just be so much less pain than trying to get everything up after each patch

 

[Tasyen]

The GUI is basically English, so there are many inconveniences for people who do not know English very well. So we translated the contents of the TriggerStrings.txt file into Korean in the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\UI. We've also added a function to the TriggerData.txt file to help people who can't use JASS or vjass as a GUI. However, this patch blocked this method, protected the MPQ file, and does not force the replacement of the TriggerStrings.txt file.
As a result, maps that used that added function cannot be modified after 1.30.

One can still "overlap" World Editor data almost as one was used to, one needs to adjust the paths of the custom UI Folder placed into warcraft 3 a bit.

 

[GhostWolf]

There is still a bug: My map has four different cliff types but it renders the last two as the first two. I think the game cannot render more than two different cliff types?

You can technically have 16 cliff type, same as ground types. However, the cliff texture paths are constant, and will always point to ReplaceableTextures\Cliff\cliff0.blp and cliff1.blp. So long as that doesn't change, having more cliffs will just result in weird texture usage.

 

[mwsdevcom]

Something wrong with the audio on 1.30. Sounds get distorted, I think SetMusicVolume doesn't work.
I made a comparison with same sound settings

Notice how on 1.30 music is still on, heartbeat and ability sounds get distorted.

 

[4rum_Arts]

One can still "overlap" World Editor data almost as one was used to, one needs to adjust the paths of the custom UI Folder placed into warcraft 3 a bit.

Thank you so much! It's all been solved.