Warcraft III/Patch 1.29.0b

Patch 1.29.0
Warcraft III
Release date	April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10)
Version	1.29.0
Initial build	9055
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Specific Changes & Improvements

Widescreen support added. To prevent stretching their have been changes to the interfaces:

• Added bookends to the in-game interface
• Added black pillars in menus

Game lobbies expanded to support 24 players. We’ve added 12 new team colors. Thanks to Erkan and others for contributing to the new palette:

• Player 13 - Maroon
• Player 14 - Navy
• Player 15 - Turquoise
• Player 16 - Violet
• Player 17 - Wheat
• Player 18 - Peach
• Player 19 - Mint
• Player 20 - Lavender
• Player 21 - Coal
• Player 22 - Snow
• Player 23 - Emerald
• Player 24 - Peanut

Notes

• Ladder standings have been reset; good luck and have fun on the climb
• Replays are incompatible between major game versions
• This will be the last version to support Windows XP
• Automated tournaments will resume next week

Bug Fixes

• Clans can be created
• Mac launches
• Korean locale launches
• Various missing textures located (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map)
• Default resolution no longer resembles Felwood
• Ladder maps cleansed of sneaky tower locations near starting mines

Known Issues

• Temporarily disabled Fixed Aspect Ratio in Video Options
• Chaos Kodo Beasts are showing as idle workers in campaign missions
• Unable to input text while keyboard settings are under different languages in zhCN and koKR locales
• Certain elements in World Editor overlap
• Set/GetAbilityOnXXXX functions are renamed to Set/GetAbilityActivatedXXXX
• SetUnitNameAll is disabled for now
• PlaySpecialEffect is disabled for now
• PlaySpecialEffectWithTimeScale is disabled for now
• Crash: With an ability that has "Disabled"=false, attempting to set "Disabled" to false again will crash the World Editor
• UnitDisableAbility does not hide an ability with Hide=true and Disabled=false
• Default map directory is for from maps when creating custom games
• Resolution does not change properly when switching between windowed and full screen
• Tooltips for hero abilities may not be updated

Hero Balance Changes

Mountain King

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• Stormbolt
  • Level 2: Reduce damage from 225 to 210
  • Level 3: Reduce damage from 350 to 325
• Thunder Clap
  • Level 1: Increased damage from 60 to 65; Increased area of effect from 25 to 30
  • Level 2: Increased damage from 100 to 125; Increased area of effect from 30 to 35
  • Level 3: Increased damage from 140 to 175; Increased area of effect from 35 to 40

Paladin

• Attack Speed
  • Reduced cooldown from 2.2 to 2.0 seconds
• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• Divine Shield
  • Level 2: Reduced duration from 30 to 25
  • Level 3: Reduced duration from 45 to 35

Blademaster

• Mirror Image
  • Reduced Mana cost from 115 to 100 for all levels
• Critical Strike
  • Removed + damage item interaction from multiplier calculation: (Avg Damage + Item Damage)*Critical Multiplier = Total Damage
  • Prior calculation: (Avg Damage *Critical Multiplier) + Item Damage = Total Damage

Far Seer

• Feral Spirit
  • Level 1: Increased unit healths from 200 to 250
  • Level 2: Increased unit healths from 300 to 350; Reduced unit level from 4 to 3 to reduce enemy experience reward
  • Level 3: Reduced unit level from 5 to 4 to reduce enemy experience reward
• Chain Lightning
  • Reduced damage reduction from 15% to 10% per jump for all levels
• Far Sight
  • Level 1: Removed mana cost; Added a cooldown of 60 seconds
  • Level 2: Removed mana cost; Added a cooldown of 45 seconds
  • Level 3: Removed mana cost; Added a cooldown of 30 seconds

Shadow Hunter

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

Tauren Chieftain

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• War Stomp
  • Level 1: Increased damage from 25 to 30
  • Level 2: Increased damage from 50 to 60
  • Level 3: Increased damage from 75 to 90
• Reincarnation
  • Reduced spellcast from 7 seconds to 5 seconds

Crypt Lord

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• Carrion Beetles
  • Level 1: Increased health from 140 to 170; Increase movement speed from 270 to 290
  • Level 2: Increased health from 275 to 330; Increase movement speed from 270 to 290
  • Level 3: Increased health from 410 to 490; Increase movement speed from 270 to 290
• Impale
  • Level 1: Increased damage from 50 to 75
  • Level 2: Increased damage from 80 to 120
  • Level 3: Increased damage from 110 to 165

Dread Lord

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• Carrion Swarm
  • Level 1: Increased maximum damage from 300 to 400
  • Level 2: Increased maximum damage from 600 to 700
  • Level 3: Increased maximum damage from 1000 to 1200
  • Mana Cost reduced from 110 to 100 for all levels
  • Now damages mechanical units
• Sleep
  • Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds for all levels
  • Level 1: Reduced duration from 20 (5) sec to 15 (4) sec; Reduced mana cost from 100 to 80
  • Level 2: Reduced duration from 40 (10) sec to 35 (8) sec; Reduced mana cost from 75 to 65
  • Level 3: Reduced duration from 60 (15) sec to 55 (12) sec
• Vampiric Aura
  • Level 1: Increased life steal from 15% to 20%
  • Level 2: Increased life steal from 30% to 35%
  • Level 3: Increased life steal from 45% to 50%

Lich

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290

Demon Hunter

• Mana Burn
  • Increased mana cost from 50 to 60 for all levels

Keeper of the Grove

• Intelligence
  • Increased default value from 18 to 19
• Tranquility
  • Added 3 seconds of invulnerability on spellcast
  • Reduced duration from 30 seconds to 15 seconds
  • Increased healing per second from 20 to 40
• Entangling Root
  • Level 2: Reduced duration on units from 24 seconds to 18 seconds; Increased duration on heroes from 3 seconds to 5 seconds; Increased damage per second from 15 damage to 20 damage
  • Level 3: Reduced duration on units from 36 seconds to 30 seconds; Increased duration on heroes from 5 seconds to 7 seconds; Increased damage per second from 25 Damage to 30 Damage
• Force of Nature
  • Increased Treant attack damage from 14 to 16

Priestess of the Moon

• Attack Speed
  • Reduced cooldown from 2.46 to 2.33 seconds
• Scout
  • Increased speed from 270 to 300
  • Level 1: Reduced mana cost from 100 to 50
  • Level 2: Reduced mana cost from 75 to 50

Warden

• Blink
  • Level 2: Reduced cooldown from 10 seconds to 7 seconds
  • Level 3: Increased cooldown from 1 second to 4 seconds

Dark Ranger

• Life Drain
  • Increase damage done per second and lower mana cost
  • Level 1: Increase damage per second from 25 to 30; Reduce Mana cost from 75 to 50
  • Level 2: Increase damage per second from 40 to 45, Reduce Mana cost from 75 to 50
  • Level 3: Increase damage per second from 55 to 60, Reduce Mana cost from 75 to 50

Firelord

• Incinerate
  • Level 1: Increased bonus damage multiplier per stack from 1 to 2; Increased death by incineration damage full area from 90 to 120; Increased death by incineration damage half area from 180 to 240; Increased duration from 2 to 4
  • Level 2: Increased bonus damage multiplier per stack from 2 to 3; Increased death by incineration damage full area from 90 to 120; Increased death by incineration damage half area from 180 to 240; Increased duration from 2 to 4
  • Level 3: Increased bonus damage multiplier per stack from 3 to 4; Increased death by incineration damage full area from 100 to 120; Increased death by incineration damage half area from 180 to 240; Increased duration from 2 to 4
• Soul Burn
  • Level 1: Increased duration on units from 14 seconds to 16 seconds; Increased duration on heroes from 6 seconds to 7 seconds; Increased damage from 100 to 125
  • Level 2: Increased duration on units from 16 seconds to 18 seconds; Increased duration on heroes from 7 seconds to 8 seconds; Increased damage from 225 to 270
  • Level 3: Increased duration on units from 18 seconds to 20 seconds; Increased duration on heroes from 8 seconds to 9 seconds; Increased damage from 375 to 450

Goblin Alchemist

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• Healing Spray
  • No longer heals enemy units
  • Heals Alchemist
• Acid Bomb
  • Level 1: Increased Damage from 5 to 8 (total damage 75 to 120; Secondary damage 3 to 5)
  • Level 2: Increased Damage from 10 to 13 (total damage 150 to 195; Secondary damage 6.5 to 8.5)
  • Level 3: Increased Damage from 15 to 18 (total damage 225 to 270; Secondary damage 10 to 12)

Goblin Tinker

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290
• Cluster Rockets
  • Now targets air units
  • Level 1: Increased damage from 35 to 45 damage per second
  • Level 2: Increased damage from 65 to 75 damage per second
  • Level 3: Increased damage from 100 to 110 damage per second

Naga Sea Witch

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290

Pandaren Brewmaster

• Movement Speed
  • Increased base speed from 270 to 290

Map Pool

1v1

• (2)TerenasStand_LV
• (2)Plunderisle_LV
• (2)TheTwoRivers_LV
• (2)RoadToStratholme_LV
• (2)EchoIsle
• (2)TirisfalGlades_LV
• (2)Amazonia(COMMUNITY)
• (2)LastRefuge-1.3(COMMUNITY)
• (4)Floodplains1v1_LV
• (4)TwistedMeadows
• (4)TurtleRock

2v2

• (4)PhantomGrove_LV
• (4)Avalanche_LV
• (4)TurtleRock
• (4)Duskwood_LV
• (4)BridgeTooNear_LV
• (4)FrozenClover_LV
• (4)TidewaterGlades_LV
• (4)LostTemple
• (4)TwistedMeadows
• (6)Duststorm_LV
• (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_LV

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
• (6)Duststorm_LV
• (6)EmeraldShores
• (6)StranglethornVale
• (6)Monsoon_LV
• (6)ThunderLake_LV
• (8)Deadlock_LV
• (8)Mur’gulOasis_LV
• (8)TwilightRuins_LV
• (8)Battleground_LV

World Editor Upgrades

• Object Limit: 30,000
• Neutral Units: 2,048
• Neutral Buildings: 384
• Player Units: 4,320
• Player Buildings: 2,400
• Items: 1,024
• Map Size Limit: 480 x 480
• Tile Slot Limit: 16
• Max Execution Limit: 3,000,000
• Max Food Limit: 999
• Max Resource Limit: 9,999,999
• Array Size Limit: 32,768
• "Always show Health Bars" now shows Mana Bars as well

New Natives

• native GetTriggerPlayerMouseX: takes nothing returns real
• native GetTriggerPlayerMouseY: takes nothing returns real
• native GetTriggerPlayerMousePosition: takes nothing returns location
• native GetTriggerPlayerMouseButton: takes nothing returns mousebuttontype
• native SetAbilityTooltip: takes integer abilCode, string tooltip, integer level returns nothing
• native SetAbilityActivatedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, string tooltip, integer level returns nothing
• native SetAbilityExtendedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, string ExtendedTooltip, integer level returns nothing
• native SetAbilityActivatedExtendedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, string ExtendedTooltip, integer level returns nothing
• native SetAbilityResearchTooltip: takes integer abilCode, string researchTooltip, integer level returns nothing
• native SetAbilityResearchExtendedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, string researchExtendedTooltip, integer level returns nothing
• native GetAbilityTooltip: takes integer abilCode, integer level returns string
• native GetAbilityActivatedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, integer level returns string
• native GetAbilityExtendedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, integer level returns string
• native GetAbilityActivatedExtendedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, integer level returns string
• native GetAbilityResearchTooltip: takes integer abilCode, integer level returns string
• native GetAbilityResearchExtendedTooltip: takes integer abilCode, integer level returns string
• native SetAbilityIcon: takes integer abilCode, string iconPath returns nothing
• native GetAbilityIcon: takes integer abilCode returns string
• native SetAbilityActivatedIcon: takes integer abilCode, string iconPath returns nothing
• native GetAbilityActivatedIcon: takes integer abilCode returns string
• native GetAbilityPosX: takes integer abilCode returns integer
• native GetAbilityPosY: takes integer abilCode returns integer
• native SetAbilityPosX: takes integer abilCode, integer x returns nothing
• native SetAbilityPosY: takes integer abilCode, integer y returns nothing
• native GetAbilityActivatedPosX: takes integer abilCode returns integer
• native GetAbilityActivatedPosY: takes integer abilCode returns integer
• native SetAbilityActivatedPosX: takes integer abilCode, integer x returns nothing
• native SetAbilityActivatedPosY: takes integer abilCode, integer y returns nothing
• native GetUnitMaxHP: takes unit whichUnit returns integer
• native SetUnitMaxHP: takes unit whichUnit, integer hp returns nothing
• native GetUnitMaxMana: takes unit whichUnit returns integer
• native SetUnitMaxMana: takes unit whichUnit, integer mana returns nothing
• native DeleteHeroAbility: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilCode returns nothing
• native SetItemName: takes item whichItem, string name returns nothing
• native SetItemDescription: takes item whichItem, string name returns nothing
• native GetItemDescription: takes item whichItem returns string
• native SetItemTooltip: takes item whichItem, string name returns nothing
• native GetItemTooltip: takes item whichItem returns string
• native SetItemExtendedTooltip: takes item whichItem, string name returns nothing
• native GetItemExtendedTooltip: takes item whichItem returns string
• native SetItemIconPath: takes item whichItem, string name returns nothing
• native GetItemIconPath: takes item whichItem returns string
• native SetUnitName: takes unit whichUnit, string name returns nothing
• native SetHeroProperName: takes unit whichUnit, string name returns nothing
• native GetUnitBaseDamage: takes unit whichUnit, integer weaponIndex returns integer
• native SetUnitBaseDamage: takes unit whichUnit, integer baseDamage, integer weaponIndex returns nothing
• native GetUnitDiceNumber: takes unit whichUnit, integer weaponIndex returns integer
• native SetUnitDiceNumber: takes unit whichUnit, integer diceNumber, integer weaponIndex returns nothing
• native GetUnitDiceSides: takes unit whichUnit, integer weaponIndex returns integer
• native SetUnitDiceSides: takes unit whichUnit, integer diceSides, integer weaponIndex returns nothing
• native GetUnitAttackCooldown: takes unit whichUnit, integer weaponIndex returns real
• native SetUnitAttackCooldown: takes unit whichUnit, real cooldown, integer weaponIndex returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectColorByPlayer: takes effect whichEffect, player whichPlayer returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectColor: takes effect whichEffect, integer r, integer g, integer b returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectAlpha: takes effect whichEffect, integer alpha returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectScale: takes effect whichEffect, real scale returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectPosition: takes effect whichEffect, real x, real y, real z returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectHeight: takes effect whichEffect, real height returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectTimeScale: takes effect whichEffect, real timeScale returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectTime: takes effect whichEffect, real time returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectOrientation: takes effect whichEffect, real yaw, real pitch, real roll returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectYaw: takes effect whichEffect, real yaw returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectPitch: takes effect whichEffect, real pitch returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectRoll: takes effect whichEffect, real roll returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectX: takes effect whichEffect, real x returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectY: takes effect whichEffect, real y returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectZ: takes effect whichEffect, real z returns nothing
• native SetSpecialEffectPositionLoc: takes effect whichEffect, location loc returns nothing
• native GetLocalSpecialEffectX: takes effect whichEffect returns real
• native GetLocalSpecialEffectY: takes effect whichEffect returns real
• native GetLocalSpecialEffectZ: takes effect whichEffect returns real
• native GetUnitArmor: takes unit whichUnit returns real
• native SetUnitArmor: takes unit whichUnit, real armorAmount returns nothing
• native UnitHideAbility: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilId, boolean flag returns nothing
• native UnitDisableAbility: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilId, boolean flag, boolean hideUI returns nothing
• native UnitCancelTimedLife: takes unit whichUnit returns nothing
• native IsUnitSelectable: takes unit whichUnit returns boolean
• native IsUnitInvulnerable: takes unit whichUnit returns boolean
• native UnitInterruptAttack: takes unit whichUnit returns nothing
• native GetUnitCollisionSize: takes unit whichUnit returns real
• native GetAbilityManaCost: takes integer abilId, integer level returns integer
• native GetAbilityCooldown: takes integer abilId, integer level returns real
• native SetUnitAbilityCooldown: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilId, integer level, real cooldown returns nothing
• native GetUnitAbilityCooldown: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilId, integer level returns real
• native GetUnitAbilityCooldownRemaining: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilId returns real
• native EndUnitAbilityCooldown: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilCode returns nothing
• native GetUnitAbilityManaCost: takes unit whichUnit, integer abilId, integer level returns integer
• native GetLocalUnitZ: takes unit whichUnit returns real
• native DecPlayerTechResearched: takes player whichPlayer, integer techid, integer levels returns nothing
• native SetEventDamage: takes real damage returns nothing