new race and upcoming FT features

well I've been looking through all the files from the beta and I've found some really interesting stuff first off in common.ai:

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// NAGA
//--------------------------------------------------------------------

// naga heroes
constant integer NAGA_SORCERESS = 'Nngs'
constant integer NAGA_VASHJ = 'Hvsh'

// naga units
constant integer NAGA_DRAGON = 'nsnp'
constant integer NAGA_WITCH = 'nnsw'
constant integer NAGA_MYRMIDON = 'nmyr'
constant integer NAGA_SERPENT = 'nwgs'
constant integer NAGA_HYDRA = 'nhyc'
constant integer NAGA_SLAVE = 'nmpe'

// naga buildings
constant integer NAGA_CORAL = 'nnfm'
constant integer NAGA_SHRINE = 'nnsa'
constant integer NAGA_SPAWNING = 'nnsg'
constant integer NAGA_TEMPLE = 'nntt'
constant integer NAGA_GUARDIAN = 'nntg'

it appears as if the nagas are going to be their own race, also in the world edit strings, where it lists the races, naga is a choice, so maybe we will have a new race! also, there are alot of new functions, the WE triggers are curently messed up cuz the checker is screwed, but you can still look at them in the blizzard and common.j first off, thee are finally functions for getting a heroes strength,agility, and intelligence, also good news for the fps mod, there are multiple new events that register the movement of the mouse, which could make looking in all directions very easy. there are also new classes of items as well as levels, making the item drop triggers slightly different, there are also some new game cache triggers, im about to go test the new get strength function and see if it works, i inserted it through cusom text, so well see

I highly doubt blizz would add a new race and NOT put them in the beta. This would completely nulify the purpose of the beta. As such I would have to say that the Naga are a creep race like demons. I mean if you look it also lists demon as their own race. As I recall, the High Elves had their own AI and such so yeah I would have to guess that the Naga are a neutral race.

i know they will probably be a neutral race, but they have enough buildings and heroes for them to probably be playable sometime in the campaign

Well thats certainly a possibility. I thought you meant for melee games.

Someone get those files in a usable WE and the FPS mod will love you guys for it.

It could of been a earlier thought of blizzard to add a fifth race, though they deciden not too, And since nagas will likely have some part in the campaign, that must be why they have their own AI, why they appear in the WE as a race, is very odd to me.

nic-

while ur looking at game cache find out of it will allow u to write to a cache during multiplay that will STAY there after u exit?

thanks!

I know u wont be able to do this but want to give people that idea when the new editor comes out :)

I think it is just new models that is a subrace for the neutral "player". Good find nonetheless, we can expect some new nuetral models, or so it seems.

And it figures, I'm doing lots of modding work and I don't get chosen. Oh well, better to wait and get a "fully" balanced and a version with less bugs than have something blow up my computer. Lol just kidding, I still wish I got it.

im sure that they will be more than just a group of creeps related, the fact that they have their own ai and stuff, but they arent in he WE yet, cuz those models arent there