Why modding Warcraft 3 ?

[Lancer1111]

Why are just modding Warcraft 3 ? Many people know Jass and so it's easy for them to learn something like C++ or Delphi, so they can programm their own games. Or the Terrainers; they create wonderfull landscapes. Why they don't make a game together with the Jass Pros ? Or limits; if you have your own game, you won't have any limits !

But have a view at my list, it tells more. Then give me your opinion, why modding Wc3 or why it'S better to make own games.
Pros for modding Wc3 /Cons for creating own games:
- Engine / Physics / Code is already there
- Good for beginners
- You don't need any skills in programming, GUI is very friendly to beginners
- ....

Cons for modding Wc3 / Pros for creating own games:
- "Little" Maps, only up to 16 tilesets (more variation in own games)
- Battle.Net Download is crap, only 4 Mb allowed
- Limits removed in own games
- 50-75 % of maps have nothing to do with the Original Warcaft
- ....

So, in my opinion, if you're good at programming, you could create your own games. But if you have no expirience with this, better leave at modding games.

 

[Zombie]

Modding Warcraft is obviously much easier than creating your own game. There are some who tried programming their own games though.

 

[Hijax]

I agree with you. I think if you're actually good enough a programmer to create your own game, you should very much go ahead. But, most people aren't, so its easier for most people to do.

 

[IaMfReNcH]

When modding warcraft III, you don't have graphical issues. You don't need to code all the game engine (making a unit move, path finding and so on...).

And there is a script language, so you don't need to take long time re-building your code after you just had fixed ZE bug and ZE new bug...

Scripting is also obviously very faster than creating a game from the scratch. There is also a warcraft III community, so it's easy to publish new maps, were publishing a new game instead would be much harder.

There is also a poll of models, icon... You don't need to care about the interface...