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02-19-2008, 07:41 AM#1
Archean
Hi,
Ok, so this is going to sound a bit like brown nosing, but first, let me say well done for getting this project so close to completion. Honestly, we've all seen hundreds of projects die after a week or so, and none of the ambitious ones get near to a fraction of where you guys are now. So yeah, you guys are clearly the bomb!
But I still have a few things I'd like to ask. First of all, will the campaign chapters be released as Warcraft III campaign files, or as MPQs? Reason I'm asking is that Mac users and won't be able to play it if it's the latter (as far as I know).
About the custom art, are you guys going to keep it protected or release it to the public for other groups to use in their mods?
Has the hero system been changed since the Demo?
In terms of the campaign (this has probably been asked a thousand times, so I apologize for being a lazy ass and not check in the forums), will it follow the Blizzard campaigns showing the two different storylines ending with the victory of your side, or will it follow the official story ending with the Horde's defeat?
Oh, and also I was wondering if you guys are going to carry on with the Warcraft II remake. I'm asking because I tried doing one a few months ago (which I never finished), and ended up with a lot of fully terrained maps of the original Warcraft II levels and I don't know what to do with them, if you catch my drift...
02-19-2008, 05:00 PM#2
The_Skullpitter
Quote:
Originally Posted by Archean
Hi,
Ok, so this is going to sound a bit like brown nosing, but first, let me say well done for getting this project so close to completion. Honestly, we've all seen hundreds of projects die after a week or so, and none of the ambitious ones get near to a fraction of where you guys are now. So yeah, you guys are clearly the bomb!
But I still have a few things I'd like to ask. First of all, will the campaign chapters be released as Warcraft III campaign files, or as MPQs? Reason I'm asking is that Mac users and won't be able to play it if it's the latter (as far as I know).
About the custom art, are you guys going to keep it protected or release it to the public for other groups to use in their mods?
Has the hero system been changed since the Demo?
In terms of the campaign (this has probably been asked a thousand times, so I apologize for being a lazy ass and not check in the forums), will it follow the Blizzard campaigns showing the two different storylines ending with the victory of your side, or will it follow the official story ending with the Horde's defeat?
Oh, and also I was wondering if you guys are going to carry on with the Warcraft II remake. I'm asking because I tried doing one a few months ago (which I never finished), and ended up with a lot of fully terrained maps of the original Warcraft II levels and I don't know what to do with them, if you catch my drift...

1) So far it's a separate executable with a new patch mpq.
2) We're not encouraging people to use our art, and it may be protected in some form. It really depends on our mood when we release; we want our stuff to remain fairly unique to our project, because it's part of what makes DoC so cool.
3) The hero system is under constant revision.
4) We still plan to go ahead with Gathering Storm after DoC is released. Not sure what's going to happen with the maps, though, because WC2 had too many gimmicky bodies of water just to show off their boats.
02-21-2008, 07:38 PM#3
paulH
Two questions of my own to add:

1) Will we get to see, or at least hear about, Garona in "Dawn of Chaos"?
2) Concerning "The Gathering Storm", have you made any firm decisions on what the four races shall be?
02-21-2008, 09:19 PM#4
The_Skullpitter
1) Yes to both.
2) There might not be four. That was just a convenience thing for DoC. We'll see.
02-22-2008, 04:56 PM#5
paulH
Wonderful, thanks for the answers!