Things are going really well, sorry for the total lack of updates. Working a lot and getting ready for a new college in fall, been taking up all my time.
There's great news for the map too. My old crew and I hung out the other day and playtested the CRAP out of this map with about 8 people total. It was absolutely incredible. So there's a ton of little tweaks going on, and a nice list of improvements getting settled in.
There is a few glitches though, that I can't seem to sort out. A big one is one of the Heroes gets 'stuck'. It won't take commands or anything. But if you kill him, when he comes back he's fine. Can't figure out what it is.
Anyway, more information later! Gotta get some more work done on it. ;-)
My buddies are veteran Warcraft 3 players, and they've played a ton of mods. They loved the map. And three of the testers were brand-new to Warcraft 3 (had to install it at the party, lol) and they're hooked on WC3 now.
Pardon the bump... haven't been on in a while, and I decided to search this thread back up since I wanted to see how it was going.
The map is sounding great! I'd love for you to send me a pm for testing (that is, if you will do testing) when you're ready. And remember, I have nothing better to do with my time, so I'd love to help whenever I can.
Just an update to those who are awaiting this map. I'm sorry it's taking so long to complete! But believe me, it'll be well worth the wait.
Almost all of the Heroes are complete. Just a handful of abilities left to finish scripting. A few more structures need to be completed for the Dungeon Master too, but it's making great progress.
NEW FEATURE: Deities.
Probably the first Warcraft3 map to feature this. (Correct me if i'm wrong, though) Once a Hero reaches level 3, he or she may choose a Deity to follow. Currently there are four deities, each one has a different method for appeasing them. (Killing enemies, casting spells, etc)
Piety is how much your god favours you. It's increased by appeasing them. When you've collected enough Piety, you can request favors from your God at the cost of that piety. Your God may even choose to help you out of certain situations if you have a high enough piety.
Well, I have a few weeks off from classes right now, so i'm spending a ton of time on this project, hoping to finish it up. I'll keep you guys posted.
So far, no balance issues! I'm making sure to carefully test and balance as much as possible before the release.
I've had to pull a few conceptual features already, just to ensure things don't get too imbalanced. And some of 'em were glitchy, lol. I want this to be as perfect as possible on release.
Although I don't know if I need to actually actively heat it or just let the plate and hotend bring the ambient temp to whatever it will, but even then I need to figure out an exfiltration for hot air. I think I kind of know what to do but it's still fucking confusing
I don't think I'm dealing with quite the same pressures though, at the very least its a significantly smaller system. For the time being I'm just going to put together a quick scrubby box though and hope it works good enough to not make my house toxic
I do know this - xenforo dropped the ball by not keeping the vbulletin reputation comments as a feature. The loss of the Reputation comments data when we switched to Xenforo really was the death knell for the site when it came to all the users that left. I know I missed it so much and I got way less interested in the site when that feature was gone and I run the site.