FINALLY

hellmonja · Regular Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 122

i've debugged until i can debug no more. if i see one more bug i could go crazy. i didn't have any team of beta testers so pardon if any bug that gets away.

so without further delay, here it is, my map... and i'm sweating in anticipation and fear. oh well, hope you enjoy it.

Protectors of the Ancients v1.0 beta

PS: don't mind about the 'video' thingy. just click the nifty looking pic and it will download itself
PPS: if ever this comes out pretty well, you can check on this site for updated releases
PPPS: as i've said this still isn't perfect. please don't compare it so much to DotA coz they had six versions to master their craft.
PPPPS: nothing, i just thought it'd be cool to have 4 post scripts...
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Hungry Mongoose · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

Great! I'll be sure to check it out when my bandwidth cap resets. And when I've finished my essay.

jjjynx · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject:

TEST TEST TEST TEST! Wait 5 mins.

I think Sange doesn't works, and it ain't working on Gnoll Hunter.

Ride the lightning sounds cool, but is actually very useless.

Ensnare + troll trap is a pretty cool idea, but it'll probably just piss someone off terribly if he's to wait for 1 min of doing nothing. I'll test if it works with another friend soon, but that's all for now.

Am I too blunt?

hellmonja · Regular Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 122

blunt is good. as long as it's not rude. so far it's not rude at all.

i'll check on that. thank very much for testing stuff. the Gnoll trap is actually an 'annoying' ability. if used skillfully, would frustrate players and force them to get left behind on levels. also on team vs team play, it's a pretty nice ability of taking out the strongest hero instantly. Blue_PDT_01_01

what specifically doesn't work on Sange? the abilities of the item?

ah! Ride the Lightning useless. should i add the damage?

anyway, thanks jynx. feedbacks like this mean a lot to me. i've logged the bugs you found and will see what i can do...
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jjjynx · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:

The item adds no strth, but insteads throws everything on damage. and I couldn't feel the maim effect due to Gnoll Hunter's ability...SnY works fine though. Oh yea, I almost forgot, the regen rune doesn't seems to be working.

hellmonja · Regular Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 122

ok 16 strength is actually 16 damage. that's the problem. fixed it. Maim seems fine. but it would be impossible to tell with Grant having Crippling Poison. the regen rune? i didn't even that touch that, it came with the Template. nevertheless, i'll see if there's anything wrong with it. maybe a code is keeping of from working properly. thanks, keep 'em coming...

UPDATE

regen rune was actually just pretty slow. reduced time it takes to regen and upped amount of HP and mana regenerated. man! making a good map is hard...
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hellmonja · Regular Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 122

hmm, should i have posted this in the General Discussion?...
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Hungry Mongoose · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

Ah, screw it, it's not a big file and I'm bored, I'll check it out now.

Hungry Mongoose · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:34 am Post subject:

Overall, I'm very impressed. It was enjoyable. I never really got into DotA itself, but I do enjoy the mapstyle, and I enjoyed this one quite a bit. I'll probably play through it more in the future to check out each of the heroes.

I played as Dice the Ninja, and I found a bug for one of her abilities, I think it was called the Star of Hayabusa, where for some reason the tooltip won't show. That was all though.

hellmonja · Regular Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 122

ah! i remember now. i removed all the extended tooltip on that ability which causes the bug. easily fixed but i did forget. thank you for pointing that out.

i'm glad you liked it. Blue_PDT_01_16

sometimes, my map tests stretch for 45 minutes coz i get so hooked up playing a character. thank you, thank you very much!...
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Hungry Mongoose · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject:

Well, I'd like to help you find bugs by playing with as many characters as possible, but I also feel compelled to play right through each time. Blue_PDT_01_42

hellmonja · Regular Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 122

ack! no don't! just take it in your own sweet time. i'm afraid if you do the map might do something to you and you'd really hate it. i intended it to be fun anyway so take it slow... Blue_PDT_01_08

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Hungry Mongoose · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

Alrighty! It's a good thing I love Goblins.

jjjynx · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject:

Might I add a little suggestion for the "ride the lightning" ability?

Since I'm a Guilty Gear Fan, and Ride the Lightning is one of the moves name on Ky-Kiske, where he actually rides within a giant ball of lightning, I was wondeering if it'd be better to replace fork lightning with Lightning shield ability that deals 30/40/50/60 damage per second to all units around it, including allies. Yea sure it'd make it imba with his slow and snare, but it'd make more sense to it's name.

And I think hell you're doing a pretty good job on this map, though you'd need some name changes if it gets popular...I like the few characters I've seen while choosing so far, and will be testing them out soon....well I'm busy going to a funeral everyday....but yea, I'm going to get a few friends to test it with me, and I'll report to you once I find something.

Hungry Mongoose · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

More bug reports! Harrowvein's Winter Mist ability is causing misses 100% of the time, and to both sides. It was a little fun stopping combat for a while, but that's not how it's supposed to work according to the tooltip. Blue_PDT_01_37

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PARTY TIME.