SC2Mapster

@TheNeo: Go

Wow that version is over 9 months old. yea publish this version http:www.sc2mapster.com/maps/shadows-taldarim/files/34-shadows-of-the-taldarim-rpg-en-gb-act-1-0-97a/

You're welcome to publish it, there are alot of horribly old versions out there, that are generally plagued by poor multiplayer gameplay, uneven XP splitting, only 9 heros, save/load unstability and they're dying to be updated.

If you can publish Act 1 on EU BNET let me know and I'll post the enGB versions of acts 2 and 3 for you.

Waypoint system implemented! Players can now directly teleport to one of 7 different locations on each act, through the waypoint network. Some waypoint nodes are like teleporters where you just walk on top of them, but some waypoint nodes you right-click like a town portal.

@TalDarimDestroyers: Go

• Some missions aren't repeatable, so if you're trying to re-play act 2 when you've already beat the destroyer it won't execute.

I might beleive that you killed the destroyer in act 2, but there IS no destroyer in act 3. The last boss is Nezzax the Consuming, and it's extremely unlikely that you would have beat this boss without at least dying 4-5x.

• Edit : All heros suck equally by act 3, and it's working as intended. And the reason you damage seems lacking is because you're either not spending stats right, you're not buying mercenaries or you're not bothering to replace your old gear.

It sounds like you're playing an old version, and whoever's uploaded the version your playing needs to update it. This project is nearly a year old so there's a lot of really OLD versions floating around.

The updated version is on US BNET. If you're from SEA or enGB send me a private message and I will try to send you an updated version.

I play in widescreen 1366x768, I don't have any overlapping dialog issues. And yeah you don't need to be a WOW player to play my maps, you just need to know how to spend stat points, and manage inventory like in Diablo. My map is nothing like wow and was never intended to be. It has several WOW features and a 'lock camera' mode (for people who DID play WOW.) It's enjoyed by about 20% of the people who play my map, so if you don't like lock camera mode, then don't use it. You can turn lock camera mode off by hitting the 'Unlock camera' button right next to it. (In older versions, type -unlock)

My wife plays on 1024x768 and looking at her inventory I can only see one thing wrong, the damage meter button seems to overlap the unit wireframe (which is a secondary shields/life/energy display.)

I changed how inventory works a little bit, and I want to apologize in advance to players who have lost a bag full of stuff. I split the existing Inventory bag into 2 bags, an Inventory bag and a Quest Items bag. So we now have 3 inventory windows: Equipment, Inventory, and Quest Items.

Your equipped items will remain intact however. Most people only lost a bag full of consumables.

• In the long run, this will hopefully eliminate many problems that arise from constantly having a full inventory. Because there are players that just LOAD UP on potions and don't save any room for the quest items that they need to record their progress. Really, I agree with that philosophy, why should anyone have to save space for anything? Quest items should simply manage themselves. If players want to max out their Inventory with potions, let them.

a 0.97 build will be coming soon but it will NOT include the new zerg hero (and the stash box idea has been abandoned) Instead I'm going to be putting up more gear for sale at the vendors, and adding new vendors. When I get the vendors rebalanced I'll work on making a seperate bag for quest items, making potions stackable (up to 2 per stack), and add new rings for Act 3.

Working on the Stash Box feature on an (act 1) test build that is currently private on US bnet. I'm going to be stress testing this new feature, making adjustments until I deem it ready to be deployed to all 3 acts.

• The stash box feature doesn't seem to be properly saving across games. If I can't fix this issue, it will either be made to hold quest items only, or removed entirely.

yeah idk. Most people who play starcraft 2 rpgs play those RPG's where you start at level 1 every fucking time. I haven't seen any other diablo-style RPG's in the top 10 since ZH RPG was popular.

Most people who play my rpg have all 3 acts all on bookmarks by now.

• Edit : the hot or not system doesn't help either, since players get randomly thrown into my act 2 and act 3 games when they haven't completed act 1. This generally causes players to say 'wtf this game sucks' and click 'not fun' because they have no hero to play act 2 or act 3 with...

This week I'm going to be working on a new stash box feature. This will effectively serve as a bank for your hero to store items in for later use. The stash is stored on a different file than what your hero is. The intent is to create extra storage without making your existing save files bigger.

This will end up being either a great idea, or a terrible waste of time. Either way, items stored in this stash box are not garaunteed save properly across acts, but players will be advised of this as they approach the stash box.

It's approaching the 1 year anniversary of Shadows of the Tal'darim RPG. I had a number of ideas that I was throwing around, some were simple, some were tried and didn't work like the 'hero battleground PVP map. Some haven't been tried yet, like 'hero duels.' I'm conjuring new ideas and multiplayer stress testing all 3 acts in preparation. Thanks for playing folk, I intend to make this go up to act 4 some day :)

I'm going over several possibilities for 0.97. The new zerg hero is still not ready.

After a detailed review I may (or may not) make some changes to some of the Roach's abilities. I'd like to at least change/replace charge, because it's sort of !@#$ing useless.

I may also be reviewing and permanently changing lifestealing mechanics.

I've been playing alot of Warcraft 3, Magecraft, and Red Circle TD. Sometimes I'm hanging out in the looking for custom games channels, looking for people to play act 2 or 3 with.

I have about 80 people on my friends list, about half of them are my old World of Warcraft guildies that aren't ever on. The other half are people who play my RPG. About 2-3 of them are people awaiting a character restoration from save file issues. Just find me in Looking for Custom Games channel and throw me on friends if you need a character restored or want to do some multiplayer :)

• Edit: I set up 2 5player games last weekend, 1 for act 2, 1 for act 3. So 5 player games of act 2 and 3 aren't unheard of.