Warcraft III/Patch 1.29.0a

Patch 1.29.0
Warcraft III “PTR only”
Release date	March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)
Version	1.29.0
Initial build	8920
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Specific Changes & Improvements

• Team colors revision v2 (Props to Erkan for setting us on the path)
• Camera reset to 1.28 height

Bug Fixes

• Korean client crash resolved
• Custom hotkeys no longer unbind Esc
• Matchmaking now starts when using community maps
• Alchemist's Healing Spray now self-heals
• Various missing textures located (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map)
• Default resolution no longer resembles Felwood
• World Editor limits raised for reals:
  • Neutral Units - 2,048
  • Neutral Buildings - 384
  • Player Units - 4,320
  • Player Buildings - 2,400
  • Items - 1,024
• Queuing actions behaves correctly
• Ladder maps cleansed of sneaky tower locations near starting mines

Hero Balance Updates

Blademaster

• Mirror Image
  • Decreased Mana cost (all levels) from 115 to 100

Shadow Hunter

• Serpent Wards
  • Level 1: Increase damage from 11-13 to 14 to 16; Increase HP from 75 to 90
  • Level 2: Increase damage from 23-26 to 27-30; Increase HP from 135 to 165
  • Level 3: Increase damage from 41-45 to 48 to 52; Increase HP from 135 to 200

Dread Lord

• Carrion Swarm
  • (Buff) Max Damage increased
  • Level 1: 300 Dmg to 400 Dmg
  • Level 2: 600 Dmg to 700 Dmg
  • Level 3: 1000 Dmg 1200 Dmg

Demon Hunter

• Mana Burn
  • (Nerf) Mana cost increase from 50 to 60

Priestess of the Moon

• Attack Speed
  • (Buff) change default from 2.46 to 2.33

Scout

• Increase movement speed from 270 to 300
• Level 1: Reduce mana cost from 100 to 50
• Level 2: Reduce mana cost from 75 to 50

Known Issues

• Selecting LAN in Asian locales crashes the client
• Esc on Mac has a chance to close the client
• Opening a scoreboard will temporarily freeze the game during a multiplayer match
• TriggerAddCondition() now requires you to add (Condition()) around the "function funcname"
• Constant native DecPlayerTechResearched not working
• The GUI equivalent for SetAbilityOnIcon and GetAbilityOnIcon have invalid parameters causing the editor to throw errors
• World Editor crashes with bad IF statement syntax
• Cannot set research to a lower level using SetPlayerTechResearched
• DecPlayerTechResearched causes SetPlayerTechResearched to set level at a lower value
• PlaySpecialEffect and PlaySpecialEffectWithTimeScale are not working correctly
• The Italian client is missing menus

Notes

• Replays are incompatible between major game versions
• This will be the last version to support Windows XP