TFT v. 1.20b Russian Patch

Patch 1.20b Game Changes

FIXES

* Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.

Warcraft III v1.20

BUG FIXES

* Fixed a Bug that disabled Spirit Walkers from resurrecting other Spirit Walkers.

MAPS

* (6)WizardsRetreat : separated two creep camps near both corner starting locations to prevent them from calling each other for help when one is attacked.
* (6)Gnollwood : separated two creep camps near merchant buildings to prevent them from calling each other for help when one is attacked.
* (6)BlizzardTD : Fixed phase-shifting units to behave normally when attacked.
* (12)WormWar : Fixed a bug that causes player worms to become immobile after using powerups while respawning.

Patch 1.19b Game Changes

FIXES

* Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.

Reign of Chaos Patch 1.19 Game Changes

MAPS

- (2)PlunderIsle

o Added ground anti-air creep to both center goldmines.
o Added ground anti-air creep to both center Goblin Merchants.

- (6)ScrochedBasin

o Removed center creep camp and neutral building
o Reduced the creep level of the two center goldmines from a Red camp to Green camps.
o Opened up all choke points on the map.
o Added trees to all start locations to ensure better balance with all races.

- (8)GolemsInTheMist

o Removed the center creep and Neutral building.

- (8)PlainsOfSnow

o 3 of the 4 center goldmine creep camps dropped a level 5 charged item,so I fixed it so all 4 drop a level 5 charged items.
o Added a Goblin Merchant between Teal and Purple start location. Also increased the item drop to level 3 charged item instead of level 2 charged items.
o Added a Goblin Merchant between Pink and Green start location. Also increased the item drop to level 3 charged item instead of level 2 charged items.

BALANCE CHANGES

- Creep-dropped item sell prices have been standardized. Items of the same level will now always sell for the same amount.
- Ensnare duration reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.

WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

Trigger Editor

- The "Image" category and actions now appear after the "Item" category.
- The "Ubersplat" category and actions now appear after the "Unit Group" category.
- Fixed script generation errors when using the "Terrain Pathing Is Off" function. This is now a Boolean function.
- Fixed script generation errors when using variables of the following types:
o Attack Type
o Combat Sound
o Damage Type
o Effect Type
o Pathing Type
o Sound Type
- Sorted lightning type presets.
- Appended "Cliff" to cliff terrain types, to distinguish them from non-cliff terrain types.
- Renamed "Life Drain" and "Mana Drain" to "Drain Life" and "Drain Mana", respectively.
- Cleaned up the name, grammar text, hints and/or sorting order for the following trigger functions/calls:
o (Boolean) Environment - Terrain Pathing Is Off (was Terrain Pathable)
o (Unit) Event Response - Damage Source
o (String) Game - Ability Name
o (String) Game - Ability Effect Art Path (was Ability Effect Art)
o (String) Game - Ability Effect Sound Name (was Ability Sound)
o (String) Hero - Hero Proper Name
o (String) Trigger - Trigger Name
o (Real) Lightning - Red Color of Lightning
o (Real) Lightning - Green Color of Lightning
o (Real) Lightning - Blue Color of Lightning
o (Real) Lightning - Alpha Value of Lightning (was Alpha Color of Lightning)
- Cleaned up the name, grammar text, hints and/or sorting order for the following trigger actions:
o Environment - Change Terrain Type
o Environment - Turn Terrain Pathing On/Off (was Turn Pathing On/Off)
o Floating Text - Suspend/Resume
o Floating Text - Permanent/Expires
o Floating Text - Change Color
o Floating Text - Change Lifespan
o Floating Text - Change Fading Age (was Change Fadepoint)
o Floating Text - Change Age
o Game - Enable/Disable Selection (was Enable/Disable Select)
o Game - Enable/Disable Drag-Selection (was Enable/Disable Drag Select)
o Game - Enable/Disable Pre-Selection (was Enable/Disable Pre Select)
o Image - Create
o Image - Change Color
o Image - Change Render State
o Image - Change Render Always State
o Image - Change Above Water State
o Lightning - Create Lightning Effect (was Create Lightning Effect At Points)
o Lightning - Move Lightning Effect (was Move Lightning Effect To Points)
o Lightning - Set Lightning Effect Color
o Unit - Add Classification
o Unit - Remove Classification
o Unit - Issue Drop Item Order (was Drop Item On A Point)
o Unit - Issue Move Item In Inventory Order (was Drop Item In Slot)
o Unit - Issue Give Item Order (was Drop Item On A Unit)
o Unit - Damage Area
o Unit - Damage Target
o Unit - Decrease Level Of Ability For Unit
o Unit - Increase Level Of Ability For Unit
o Unit - Set Level Of Ability For Unit
o Ubersplat - Create
o Ubersplat - Change Render State
o Ubersplat - Change Render Always State
- Added an event and three new trigger functions for future tournament support:
o (Trigger Event) Tournament Event
o (Real) Tournament Time Remaining
o (Integer) Tournament Melee Score
o (Integer) Tournament Finish Rule

CHANGES

Categories

- Image: Category and actions now appear after the "Item" category.
- Ubersplat: Category and actions now appear after the "Unit Group" category.

Literals

- Terrain Type: Appended "Cliff" to the cliff texture names, to distinguish them from non-cliff textures.
- Lightning Type: Sorted them. Renamed "Life Drain" to "Drain Life". Renamed "Mana Drain" to "Drain Mana".

Types

- Attack Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Combat Sound: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Damage Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Effect Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Pathing Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Sound Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.

Functions

- (Integer) Terrain Pathable: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint, fixed script generation errors. This is now a Boolean function.
- (Unit) Damage Source: Now appears in the correct place in the list of unit functions.
- (String) Ability Name: Changed category, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Ability Effect Art: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Ability Sound: Clarified name and grammar text, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Hero Proper Name: Added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Trigger Name: Now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (Real) Alpha Color of Lightning: Changed category, clarified name, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.
- (Real) Red Color of Lightning: Changed category, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.
- (Real) Green Color of Lightning: Changed category, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.
- (Real) Blue Color of Lightning: Changed category, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.

Conditions

- Terrain-Type Comparision: Removed the dash from the name for consistency.

Actions

- Environment - Change Terrain Type: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Environment - Turn Pathing On/Off: Clarified name and grammar text, changed hint.
- Floating Text - Suspend/Resume: Clarified grammar text.
- Floating Text - Permanent/Expires: Clarified grammar text.
- Floating Text - Change Age: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Floating Text - Change Color: Clarified hint.
- Floating Text - Change Lifespan: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Floating Text - Change Fadepoint: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Game - Enable/Disable Select: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint.
- Game - Enable/Disable Drag Select: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Game - Enable/Disable Pre Select: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Image - Create: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Image - Change Color: Added hint.
- Image - Change Render State: Clarified grammar text.
- Image - Change Render Always State: Clarified grammar text.
- Image - Change Above Water State: Clarified grammar text.
- Lightning - Create Lightning Effect At Points: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Lightning - Move Lightning Effect: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Lightning - Change Lightning Effect Color: Clarified name and grammar text,added hint.
- Unit - Add Classification: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Remove Classification: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Drop Item On A Point: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Unit - Drop Item In Slot: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Drop Item On A Unit: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Unit - Damage Area: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Damage Target: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Decrease Level Of Ability For Unit: Clarified grammar text and hint.
- Unit - Increase Level Of Ability For Unit: Clarified grammar text and hint.
- Unit - Set Level Of Ability For Unit: Clarified grammar text and hint.
- Ubersplat - Create: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Ubersplat - Change Render State: Clarified grammar text.
- Ubersplat - Change Render Always State: Clarified grammar text.

The Frozen Throne Patch 1.19 Game Changes

MAPS

- (2)EchoIsles
o Added range creep to expansion goldmines.
o Replaced both Fountain of Health with Mercenary camps and changed the creep composition so that it's not all piercing attack.
o Replaced the mana fountain with a Market Place and changed the level 3 perm item drop to level 3 charged items.
o Replaced one Troll Trapper with an equal level Ogre to the all troll trapper green camp next to each start location.

- (2)TirisfalGlade
o Added a tavern to each side of the map, reduced the creep level and item that guard the Mercenary buildings, and reduced two Orange creep camps and level of the item drop.

- (4)TurtleRock
o Opened areas of the map to help alleviate strong choke points that favor ranged unit combat.

- (4)BrokenShard
o Replaced the 4 center orange camps with 4 green camps.
o Replaced two ranged units with two melee units to the creep camps guarding the Goblin Merchants.
o Increase the Orange camps level near each start location and added an additional item to each of those camps.

- (4)Hellfire
o Reduced the creep level on the two middle Red creep camps.
o Reduced the creep level on the East and West Goblin Laboratory creep camps.

- (4)StonecoldMountain
o All creep with the ability to posses units have been removed this map.

- (4)LostTemple
o Added a few trees to all the start locations to ensure better balance of lumber harvesting for all races.

- (4)TwistedMeadows
o Changed the level 4 charged item drops at the Goblin Merchant to level 4 permanent drops.

- (4)SunrockCove
o Added pathing room around Goblin Laboratory and removed the clump of trees in front of the Goblin Laboratory to enhance game play.
o Lowered the goldmine creep camp from Red to Green
o Pushed Blues West ramp further from it's start location.

- (6)GnollWood
o Removed all Gnoll Assassins from the Goblin Merchant creep camps, replaced with Gnoll Brute's.

- (6)Typhoon
o Fixed Red and Teal start location to be closer to the goldmines like the other start locations.

- (6)SilverpineForest
o Removed the Tavern from all start locations
o Can now path across the center of the map, added a Tavern to the center of the map.
o Reduced the Item and creep levels of the 4 Red camps in the center of the map.
o The 6 center goldmines have been reduced in difficulty of creep camps.

- (6)Dragonblight
o The two center creep camps have been pushed away from pathable area to prevent accidental attacks.
o The players alliance settings have been changed to favor 2v2.

- (6)Moonglade - New Map File
o Two center creep camps and buildings have been removed.
o Added two tavern to the center of the map.
o Opened up all chokepoints
o Added some tree to all start location to help harvesting.

- (6)Everfrost
o Added a few trees to Yellow and Teal start location to ensure lumber harvesting balance.
o Added ground Anti-Air units to the East and West Red creep camps.

Bonus Maps Added to Battle.net

- (6)Everfrost
- (6)Sunrock Cove
- (8)Full Scale Assault
- (4)Phantom Grove
- (2)Shrine of the Ancients
- (8)Hurricane Isle
- (6)Emerald Shores
- (4)Deathrose
- (6)Duststorm
- (8)Cherryville
- (12)Worm War (this is a trigger map)
- (10)Skibi'sCastleTD
- (2)TerenasStand

BALANCE CHANGES

Items

- Creep-dropped item sell prices have been standardized. Items of the same level will now generally sell for the same amount.
- Wand of Lightning shield now has 2 charges down from 3.

Undead

- Skeletal Mastery research time reduced to 30 seconds from 45 seconds.
- Skeletal Longevity research time reduced to 15 seconds from 30 seconds.
- Exhume Corpses research now costs 75 gold / 50 lumber down from 125 gold/ 100 lumber.
- Destroyer armor reduced to 3 from 4.

Orc

- Spiritwalkers now have the passive Resistant Skin ability. This causes some spells such as Cyclone and Slow to have a much shorter duration when used on a Spiritwalker. Resistant skin also grants immunity to certain other spells such as Polymorph and Possession.
- Ensnare duration reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
- Batrider hit points reduced to 325 from 400.

Night Elf

- Tree of Life build time increased to 120 seconds from 110 seconds.

Human

- Human Towers (Guard, Cannon, Arcane and Scout) now gain 1 armor per masonry upgrade, down from 2.

WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

Trigger Editor

- The "Image" category and actions now appear after the "Item" category.
- The "Ubersplat" category and actions now appear after the "Unit Group" category.
- Fixed script generation errors when using the "Terrain Pathing Is Off" function. This is now a Boolean function.
- Fixed script generation errors when using variables of the following types:
o Attack Type
o Combat Sound
o Damage Type
o Effect Type
o Pathing Type
o Sound Type
- Sorted lightning type presets.
- Appended "Cliff" to cliff terrain types, to distinguish them from non-cliff terrain types.
- Renamed "Life Drain" and "Mana Drain" to "Drain Life" and "Drain Mana", respectively.
- Cleaned up the name, grammar text, hints and/or sorting order for the following trigger functions/calls:
o (Boolean) Environment - Terrain Pathing Is Off (was Terrain Pathable)
o (Unit) Event Response - Damage Source
o (String) Game - Ability Name
o (String) Game - Ability Effect Art Path (was Ability Effect Art)
o (String) Game - Ability Effect Sound Name (was Ability Sound)
o (String) Hero - Hero Proper Name
o (String) Trigger - Trigger Name
o (Real) Lightning - Red Color of Lightning
o (Real) Lightning - Green Color of Lightning
o (Real) Lightning - Blue Color of Lightning
o (Real) Lightning - Alpha Value of Lightning (was Alpha Color of Lightning)
- Cleaned up the name, grammar text, hints and/or sorting order for the following trigger actions:
o Environment - Change Terrain Type
o Environment - Turn Terrain Pathing On/Off (was Turn Pathing On/Off)
o Floating Text - Suspend/Resume
o Floating Text - Permanent/Expires
o Floating Text - Change Color
o Floating Text - Change Lifespan
o Floating Text - Change Fading Age (was Change Fadepoint)
o Floating Text - Change Age
o Game - Enable/Disable Selection (was Enable/Disable Select)
o Game - Enable/Disable Drag-Selection (was Enable/Disable Drag Select)
o Game - Enable/Disable Pre-Selection (was Enable/Disable Pre Select)
o Image - Create
o Image - Change Color
o Image - Change Render State
o Image - Change Render Always State
o Image - Change Above Water State
o Lightning - Create Lightning Effect (was Create Lightning Effect At Points)
o Lightning - Move Lightning Effect (was Move Lightning Effect To Points)
o Lightning - Set Lightning Effect Color
o Unit - Add Classification
o Unit - Remove Classification
o Unit - Issue Drop Item Order (was Drop Item On A Point)
o Unit - Issue Move Item In Inventory Order (was Drop Item In Slot)
o Unit - Issue Give Item Order (was Drop Item On A Unit)
o Unit - Damage Area
o Unit - Damage Target
o Unit - Decrease Level Of Ability For Unit
o Unit - Increase Level Of Ability For Unit
o Unit - Set Level Of Ability For Unit
o Ubersplat - Create
o Ubersplat - Change Render State
o Ubersplat - Change Render Always State
- Added an event and three new trigger functions for future tournament support:
o (Trigger Event) Tournament Event
o (Real) Tournament Time Remaining
o (Integer) Tournament Melee Score
o (Integer) Tournament Finish Rule

CHANGES

Categories

- Image: Category and actions now appear after the "Item" category.
- Ubersplat: Category and actions now appear after the "Unit Group" category.

Literals

- Terrain Type: Appended "Cliff" to the cliff texture names, to distinguish them from non-cliff textures.
- Lightning Type: Sorted them. Renamed "Life Drain" to "Drain Life". Renamed "Mana Drain" to "Drain Mana".

Types

- Attack Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Combat Sound: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Damage Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Effect Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Pathing Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.
- Sound Type: Fixed script generation errors when used for variables.

Functions

- (Integer) Terrain Pathable: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint, fixed script generation errors. This is now a Boolean function.
- (Unit) Damage Source: Now appears in the correct place in the list of unit functions.
- (String) Ability Name: Changed category, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Ability Effect Art: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Ability Sound: Clarified name and grammar text, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Hero Proper Name: Added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (String) Trigger Name: Now appears in the correct place in the list of string functions.
- (Real) Alpha Color of Lightning: Changed category, clarified name, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.
- (Real) Red Color of Lightning: Changed category, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.
- (Real) Green Color of Lightning: Changed category, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.
- (Real) Blue Color of Lightning: Changed category, added hint, now appears in the correct place in the list of real functions.

Conditions

- Terrain-Type Comparision: Removed the dash from the name for consistency.

Actions

- Environment - Change Terrain Type: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Environment - Turn Pathing On/Off: Clarified name and grammar text, changed hint.
- Floating Text - Suspend/Resume: Clarified grammar text.
- Floating Text - Permanent/Expires: Clarified grammar text.
- Floating Text - Change Age: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Floating Text - Change Color: Clarified hint.
- Floating Text - Change Lifespan: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Floating Text - Change Fadepoint: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Game - Enable/Disable Select: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint.
- Game - Enable/Disable Drag Select: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Game - Enable/Disable Pre Select: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Image - Create: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Image - Change Color: Added hint.
- Image - Change Render State: Clarified grammar text.
- Image - Change Render Always State: Clarified grammar text.
- Image - Change Above Water State: Clarified grammar text.
- Lightning - Create Lightning Effect At Points: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Lightning - Move Lightning Effect: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Lightning - Change Lightning Effect Color: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Add Classification: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Remove Classification: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Drop Item On A Point: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Unit - Drop Item In Slot: Clarified name and grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Drop Item On A Unit: Clarified name and grammar text.
- Unit - Damage Area: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Damage Target: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Unit - Decrease Level Of Ability For Unit: Clarified grammar text and hint.
- Unit - Increase Level Of Ability For Unit: Clarified grammar text and hint.
- Unit - Set Level Of Ability For Unit: Clarified grammar text and hint.
- Ubersplat - Create: Clarified grammar text, added hint.
- Ubersplat - Change Render State: Clarified grammar text.
- Ubersplat - Change Render Always State: Clarified grammar text.

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