Orcs and Humans: Tides of Darkness

Orcs and Humans: Tides of Darkness (6)

I was very disappointed when I saw that Blizzard did not include naval combat in RoC, so I set out to edit the melee system to include such things. Two years later I am ready to release this to the general public. Basically, this takes a regular melee map and adds elements of WCII and my own ideas as well as others that I have accumulated over the many months I have worked on this map. It is the only melee map of its kind that is able to be hosted on b-net without insane downloading time; average dl time is around 45 seconds. I have received very good feedback from those I have played it with on b-net, and I hope you will enjoy it as well. The latest version has been super-optimized for this purpose.



Here are the answers to all of your questions.

What does Orcs and Humans: Tides of Darkness seek to do?

I was annoyed that Blizzard failed to add a naval aspect to WC: III, so I set out to add it in. Secondly, I want this to be playable on bnet, and currently it is the only WCII styled map with a small enough file size to play on bnet.

Who worked on this?

I have done 99% of the actual map work, but I also had some help from Vexorian and Moyack more recently.

How long have you been working on this?

Over two years.

Does this seek to emulate WC: II perfectly?

No. This is a mix of the two, however many ideas are shared.

Why aren't there WC: III style heroes?

I decided that they are simply too unbalanced, and I found that many times people wouldn�t even bother with a ground army and just rely on heroes. The new version forces you to build armies.

Did you do any of the custom models/textures/icons for this map?

With the exception of a few icon edits, no I did not. Credits can be found in game in the Information tab.

Can I have any of the models in your map?

I'm afraid all of the models are the property of others and were given to me by the creators. Therefore, I can only tell you who made them.

Why is your map locked?

I've been a victim of having maps stolen and/or changed before and it is no fun.

Will you ever release an unprotected version?

Perhaps when I retire from WC: III.

What happened to the non-naval version?

I decided it was pointless as my mod is meant to implement naval combat.

Update Log:

02-9-08

-Remove remaining hero aspects - Done

-Complete AI - Done

-Added Bombard and Arrow towers - Done

-Replace Rifleman with Archer - Done

-Fix numerous description bugs - Done

-Fix Torpedo bug - Done

-Remove Goblin Workshop - Done

-Remove Disease Purveyor - Done

-Remove Goblin Blitzer - Done

-Replace Temple of the Damned model - Done

-Add Grenadier - Done

-Replace Troll Submerger with Giant Sea Turtle - Done

-Add Ballista - Done

-Remove Energy Tower - Done

-Buff base human towers - Done

-Lower bounty on Pirate creeps - Done

-Remove item shops - Done

-Rename secondary construction units - Done

-Resort construction lists - Done

-Remove unused resources - Done

-Cut build time for all structures by 50% - Done

-Cheapen naval unit costs - Done

-Make Town Hall and Great Hall only require Barracks - Done

-Remove Salve Wagon - Done

-Add Ensnarement Barge - Done

-Squish all unsquished models - Done

-Update to 1.21b - Done



04-2-07

-Fix torpedo targeting issue - Done

-Add AI - In progress

-Add "hero" units - Done

-Human sea building item issue - Done

-Remove inventory from units - Done

-Look through credit list and remove those that arent used anymore - Done

-Fix Farm bug - Done

-Add "Cleaving Attack" to Footmen - Done

-Replace "Sea Charge" model - Done

-Reduce Purifier hp and increase Ravager hp - Done

-Reduce Ravager and Purifier cost - Done

-Rework loading screen - Done

-Add last abilities for hero units - Done

-Refine naval unit sound sets - Done

-Replace Rifleman with Archer - Cancelled

-Make Disease non-homing - Done

-Redo sound sets for naval units - Done

-Fix Necrolyte bugs - Done

-Replace any non JASS hero abilities - Done

-Interconnect islands - Done

-Replace Goblin Workshop model - Done

-Change so when a player leaves their units become neutral hostile - Done

-Redo "player" has left message - Done

-Add battle horn when first combat unit is created - Done

-Fix various grammar errors - Done

-Replace "Time Stop" model - Done

-Add new item shop and "taven - Done

-Add Faceless Void as neutral hero - Done

-Redo terrain - Done

-Replace Goblin Workshop model - Done

01-3-07

-Remove all non-custom heroes - Done

-Add naval heroes (1 per race) - Cancelled

-Redo "Runes" ability - Done

-Remove "Blood Seal", "Boil Corpse", "Crimson and Blessed Hammer" - Done

-Remove Farseer, Paladin Champion, Voodoo Priest, Bloodmage, Archmage and all neutral heroes except for the Draenei Influencer - Done

-Moved the Tiki Ice Mage to the Tavern - Done

-Remove all heroes - Done

-Redo various icons to conform with Blizzards - Done

-Rework terrian - Done

-Remove all custom hero ability data that isn't going to be used - Done

-Fix various icons - Done

-Remove item spawns except for health, mana, and gold - Done

-Add "Ravager" and "Purifier" - Done

-Add teamcolor versions of Goblin Blitzer and Blaster - Done

-Update map dialogue - Done

11-5-06

-Redid terrian

-Removed Kodo Beast, Raider, Voidwalker, Rock Golem, Steam Shredder, Goblin Shredder

-Fixed bug where refresh time on submarines and submergers was not working correctly

-Made Energy Towers and Heavy Towers into upgrades for basic towers

-Made pirate creeps weaker

-Replaced "Scattershot" on the Dwarven Sniper with "Bayonet"

-Land mines now cost 400 gold and have three charges instead of six

-Cannabalize upgrade now in Barracks

-Redid "Freezing Strike"

-Replaced "Cabalist Combustion" with "Land Consumption"

-Fixed Pig Farm desc.

-Fixed Orc Barracks desc.

-Fixed Sappers desc.

-Fixed Blitzer desc.

-Fixed Demo Squad desc.

-Removed custom Orc Death Knight model

-Removed "Mass Impale"

-Colorized player defeated and victorious messages

-New spell author credit list:

Arctic Fury - Vexorian

Black Hole - Blade.dk

Blessed Hammer - Vexorian

Blood Seal - Leopard

Charge - Vexorian

Corpse Explosion - Blade.dk

Displacement - w3catlegio

Energy Wave - Nantuko Husk

Flaming Shield - Vexorian

Force Dampen(Dampen) - Blade.dk

Inferno - Vexorian

Sea Charge - Moyack

Summon Kraken - Moyack

Mind Distortion - Vexorian

Land Consumption - Rising_Dusk

Pandoras Box(Pandoras Keg) - Blade.dk

Plague - Blade.dk

Rolling Axe(Pulverize) - emjlr3

Stone Prison - Darky28

Time Stop - Vexorian

Volcano - Vexorian

-Reduced cost of naval units

-Made "Charge" unable to affect trees

-Changed "Enrage" percent damage bonus from 1% to 8%

-Replaced "Liquid Spear" with "Sea Charge"

-Fixed "Enrage" damage bonus

-Made sure no aura spell affects mechanical units

-Replaced "Tornado" with "Summon Kraken" on Naga Sea Witch

-Made workers hold twice the lumber

-Added AI - Comming soon thanks to Moyack

-Made "Death and Decay" not affect trees

-Updated to Caster System 13.9

-Changed Farm model

-Replaced "War Stomp" with "Roar of Terror"

-Added one level lumber upgrade for Orcs

-Removed "Reflection Shield"

-Replaced "Pulverize" icon

-Reverted to original human barracks model

-Removed Spirit Walker and Blood Elf Lieutenant, replace with Necrolyte and Salve Wagon

-"Torpedo" now has a chance to miss

-Added Wall and Palisade

-Buffed both Foundry units HP

-Removed "Magic Armor" upgrade from both races

-Renamed Paladin hero to "Paladin Champion"

7-20-06

-Replaced the Tauren Chieftan with the Ogre Lord

-Changed "Rolling Axe" to "Pulverize"

-Changed all ship impact Z heights to -10.0 and sub launch Z heights to -50.0 (This is to create the illusion that the submarines projectile is fired from underwater and impacts underwater.)

-Added "Torpedo" ability to Gnomish Submarines and "Liquid Spear" ability to Troll Submergers

-Updated the caster system

-Fixed Pandaren Brewmaster ability list in F9 information

-Fixed Warlock "Possession" description in naval version

-Both maps now preload all custom spells for better performance on first time casts

6-29-06

-Revised Runes description

-Added hero glow to Warlock in naval version

-Added "Pandoras Keg" to Pandaren Brewmaster

-Fixed "Time Stop" description

-Reworked "Headshot"

-Added creep camp to non naval version

-Added "Sentry Ward" to Fortress in naval version

-Fixed Wardens stock max in naval version

-Set Glyph of Ominiscience to 1000 gold in naval version

Download statistics - previous versions:

Version 3.4

Wc3C - N/A

EpicWar - 389

Version 3.5

Wc3C - 105

EpicWar - 345

Version 3.6

Wc3C - 127

EpicWar - 316|||For whatever reason it isn't attaching anything I tell it too. So here is the link to the main forum:

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=32321