Warcraft III and The Frozen Throne [locked]

2004-09-23 05:44:00 am

Would you guys be interested in having Warcraft III Done Quick and The Frozen Throne Done Quick up on this site? =)

It was a collaborative effort I organised on a Blizzard fansite quite a while ago now, but there are a few, hmm... well, disruptive things about watching it. =)

Firstly, the only way to watch them is in the game itself, it wouldn't make much sense making videos of it, because most of the time you are doing two or more things at once on different parts of the map so you'd miss a lot of cool stuff.

Secondly, you have to download the maps (into a specific directory) aswell as the replays because I had to change a property in all the maps to allow them to be recorded in the first place.

Thirdly, all of the maps for Warcraft III Done Quick are in version 1.12 (excluding one which is in 1.14a (Argh!), I can actually use a different replay that's in v1.12 but 2 seconds slower though, so that is easily remedied). Furthermore, all the maps for The Frozen Throne Done Quick are in v1.14a. And since both games are up to v1.18 or something now, that poses a pretty big annoyance.
Now there are standalone patches that can take you from the initial version of the game up to those versions, but not back down. =/

Below is a list of the times just so you can see what they're like. =)

Hmm, they won't fit in one post. =)

Thread title:

Would you guys be interested in having Warcraft III Done Quick and The Frozen Throne Done Quick up on this site? =)

It was a collaborative effort I organised on a Blizzard fansite quite a while ago now, but there are a few, hmm... well, disruptive things about watching it. =)

Firstly, the only way to watch them is in the game itself, it wouldn't make much sense making videos of it, because most of the time you are doing two or more things at once on different parts of the map so you'd miss a lot of cool stuff.

Secondly, you have to download the maps (into a specific directory) aswell as the replays because I had to change a property in all the maps to allow them to be recorded in the first place.

Thirdly, all of the maps for Warcraft III Done Quick are in version 1.12 (excluding one which is in 1.14a (Argh!), I can actually use a different replay that's in v1.12 but 2 seconds slower though, so that is easily remedied). Furthermore, all the maps for The Frozen Throne Done Quick are in v1.14a. And since both games are up to v1.18 or something now, that poses a pretty big annoyance.
Now there are standalone patches that can take you from the initial version of the game up to those versions, but not back down. =/

Below is a list of the times just so you can see what they're like. =)

Hmm, they won't fit in one post. =)

Chib

Edit history:

Chib: 2004-09-23 06:04:27 am

2004-09-23 05:53:43 am

Warcraft III Done Quick

Total time to complete Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos -
4 hours, 12 minutes and 4 seconds.

~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Prologue Campaign Exodus of the Horde Total Time: 00:09:44
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One Chasing Visions
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:01:38
Chapter Two Departures
Chib Time: 00:08:06
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Human Campaign The Scource of Lordaeron Total Time: 00:43:30
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One The Defense of Strahnbrad
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:01:18
Chapter Two Blackrock & Roll
Giaddon Time: 00:03:42
Chapter Three Ravages of the Plague
Chib Time: 00:02:29
Chapter Four The Cult of the Damned
Chib Time: 00:01:00
Chapter Five March of the Scourge
Chib Time: 00:15:45
Chapter Six The Culling
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:05:41
Chapter Seven The Shores of Northrend
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:04:44
Chapter Eight Dissension
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:04:14
Chapter Nine Frostmourne
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:04:37
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Undead Campaign Path of the Damned Total Time: 01:00:07
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One Trudging Through the Ashes
Chib Time: 00:02:19
Chapter Two Digging up the Dead
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:06:08
Chapter Three Into the Realm Eternal
Grater Time: 00:05:34
Chapter Four Key of the Three Moons
Grater Time: 00:12:43
Chapter Five The Fall of Silvermoon
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:04:41
Chapter Six Blackrock & Roll, Too!
Grater Time: 00:09:50
Chapter Seven The Siege of Dalaran
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:01:51
Chapter Eight Under the Burning Sky
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:17:01
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Orc Campaign The Invasion of Kalimdor Total Time: 00:53:13
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One Landfall
Chib Time: 00:03:55
Chapter Two The Long March
Chib Time: 00:08:33
Chapter Three Cry of the Warsong
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:08:42
Chapter Four The Spirits of Ashenvale
Frelont Time: 00:07:34
Chapter Five The Hunter of Shadows
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:9:16
Chapter Six Where Wyverns Dare
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:06:12
Chapter Seven The Oracle
Chib Time: 00:05:35
Chapter Eight By Demons Be Driven
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:03:19
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Night Elf Campaign Eternity's End Total Time: 01:25:30
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One Enemies at the Gate
Grater Time: 00:05:24
Chapter Two Daughters of the Moon
Chib Time: 00:03:35
Chapter Three The Awakening of Stormrage
Chib Time: 00:06:53
Chapter Four The Druids Arise
Chib Time: 00:08:26
Chapter Five Brothers in Blood
Chib Time: 00:07:09
Chapter Six A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow
Grater Time: 00:08:39
Chapter Seven Twilight of the Gods
Grater Time: 00:45:24
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Total Time to complete Warcraft III Reign of Chaos: 04:12:04
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~

[b][color=yellow][SIZE=14]Warcraft III Done Quick[/SIZE][/color]

[color=#01F8C0]Total time to complete [/color][color=yellow]Warcraft III[/color][color=#01F8C0]:[/color] [color=yellow]Reign of Chaos[/color] [color=#01F8C0]-[/color]
[color=red]4[/color] [color=#01F8C0]hours, [/color][color=red]12[/color] [color=#01F8C0]minutes and [/color][color=red]4[/color][color=#01F8C0] seconds.[/color][/b]

[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Prologue Campaign[/color] Exodus of the Horde [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]00:09:44[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] Chasing Visions 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:01:38[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] Departures 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:06[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Human Campaign[/color] The Scource of Lordaeron [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]00:43:30[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] The Defense of Strahnbrad 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:01:18[/b][/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] Blackrock & Roll 
 [color=white]Giaddon[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:42[/b][/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] Ravages of the Plague 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:02:29[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] The Cult of the Damned 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:01:00[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] March of the Scourge 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:15:45[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] The Culling 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:05:41[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven[/color] The Shores of Northrend 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:04:44[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Eight[/color] Dissension 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:04:14[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Nine[/color] Frostmourne 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:04:37[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Undead Campaign[/color] Path of the Damned [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]01:00:07[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] Trudging Through the Ashes 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:02:19[/b] [/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] Digging up the Dead 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:06:08[/b] [/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] Into the Realm Eternal 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:05:34[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] Key of the Three Moons 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:12:43[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] The Fall of Silvermoon 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:04:41[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] Blackrock & Roll, Too! 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:09:50[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven[/color] The Siege of Dalaran 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:01:51[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Eight[/color] Under the Burning Sky 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:17:01[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Orc Campaign[/color] The Invasion of Kalimdor [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]00:53:13[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] Landfall 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:55[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] The Long March 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:33[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] Cry of the Warsong 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:42[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] The Spirits of Ashenvale 
 [color=white]Frelont[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:34[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] The Hunter of Shadows 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:9:16[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] Where Wyverns Dare 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:06:12[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven[/color] The Oracle 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:05:35[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Eight[/color] By Demons Be Driven 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:19[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Night Elf Campaign[/color] Eternity's End [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]01:25:30[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] Enemies at the Gate 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:05:24[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] Daughters of the Moon 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:35[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] The Awakening of Stormrage 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:06:53[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] The Druids Arise 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:26[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] Brothers in Blood 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:09[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:39[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven[/color] Twilight of the Gods 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:45:24[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=white]Total Time to complete[/color] [color=yellow]Warcraft III Reign of Chaos[/color][color=gray]:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]04:12:04[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]

Chib

Edit history:

Chib: 2004-09-23 06:05:11 am

2004-09-23 06:02:35 am

The Frozen Throne Done Quick

Total time to complete Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne -
2 hours, 33 minutes and 18 seconds.

~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Sentinels Campaign Terror of the Tides Total Time: 00:41:11
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One Rise of the Naga
Chib Time: 00:03:29
Chapter Two The Broken Isles
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:03:24
Chapter Three The Tomb of Sargeras
Chib Time: 00:04:45
Chapter Four Wrath of the Betrayer
Chib Time: 00:01:59
Chapter Five Balancing the Scales
Chib Time: 00:06:10
Chapter Six Shards of the Alliance
Chib Time: 00:08:17
Chapter Seven The Ruins of Dalaran
Chib Time: 00:06:07
Chapter Eight The Brothers Stormrage
VulToRa Time: 00:07:00
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Alliance Campaign Curse of the Blood Elves Total Time: 00:50:47
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One Misconceptions
Grater Time: 00:07:58
Chapter Two A Dark Covenant
Grater Time: 00:07:37
Chapter Three The Dungeons of Dalaran
VulToRa Time: 00:06:18
Chapter Four The Search for Illidan
Chib Time: 00:05:40
Chapter Five Gates of the Abyss
VulToRa Time: 00:14:06
Chapter Six Lord of Outland
VulToRa Time: 00:09:08
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Scourge Campaign Legacy of the Damned Total Time: 01:01:20
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Chapter One King Arthas
VulToRa Time: 00:07:34
Chapter Two The Flight from Lordaeron
VulToRa Time: 00:02:05
Chapter Three The Dark Lady
Chib Time: 00:03:15
Chapter Four The Return to Northrend
VulToRa Time: 00:11:42
Chapter Five Dreadlord's Fall
Book_of_Stuff Time: 00:09:59
Chapter Six A New Power in Lordaeron
Grater Time: 00:08:45
Chapter Seven, Part One Into the Shadow Web Caverns
VulToRa Time: 00:03:04
Chapter Seven, Part Two The Forgotten Ones
VulToRa Time: 00:03:53
Chapter Seven, Part Three Ascent to the Upper Kingdom
Chib Time: 00:03:39
Chapter Eight A Symphony of Frost and Flame
VulToRa Time: 00:07:24
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~
Total Time to complete Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne: 02:33:18
~~______________________________________________________________________________________~~

[b][color=#33CCFF][SIZE=14]The Frozen Throne Done Quick[/SIZE][/color]

[color=#01F8C0]Total time to complete [/color][color=yellow]Warcraft III[/color][color=#01F8C0]:[/color] [color=#33CCFF]The Frozen Throne[/color] [color=#01F8C0]-[/color]
[color=red]2[/color] [color=#01F8C0]hours, [/color][color=red]33[/color] [color=#01F8C0]minutes and [/color][color=red]18[/color] [color=#01F8C0]seconds.[/color][/b]

[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Sentinels Campaign[/color] Terror of the Tides [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]00:41:11[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] Rise of the Naga 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:29[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] The Broken Isles 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:24 [/b][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] The Tomb of Sargeras 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:04:45 [/b][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] Wrath of the Betrayer 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:01:59[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] Balancing the Scales 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:06:10 [/b][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] Shards of the Alliance 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:17[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven[/color] The Ruins of Dalaran 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:06:07 [/b][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Eight[/color] The Brothers Stormrage 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:00[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Alliance Campaign[/color] Curse of the Blood Elves [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]00:50:47[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] Misconceptions 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:58[/b][/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] A Dark Covenant 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:37[/b][/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] The Dungeons of Dalaran 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:06:18[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] The Search for Illidan 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:05:40[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] Gates of the Abyss 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:14:06[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] Lord of Outland 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:09:08[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=yellow]Scourge Campaign[/color] Legacy of the Damned [color=white]Total Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]01:01:20[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter One[/color] King Arthas 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:34[/b] [/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Two[/color] The Flight from Lordaeron 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:02:05[/b] [/color] 
[color=yellow]Chapter Three[/color] The Dark Lady 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:15[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Four[/color] The Return to Northrend 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:11:42[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Five[/color] Dreadlord's Fall 
 [color=white]Book_of_Stuff[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:09:59 [/b][/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Six[/color] A New Power in Lordaeron 
 [color=white]Grater[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:08:45[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven, Part One[/color] Into the Shadow Web Caverns 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:04[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven, Part Two[/color] The Forgotten Ones 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:53[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Seven, Part Three[/color] Ascent to the Upper Kingdom 
 [color=white]Chib[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:03:39[/b] [/color]
[color=yellow]Chapter Eight[/color] A Symphony of Frost and Flame 
 [color=white]VulToRa[/color] [color=black]Time:[/color] [color=LimeGreen][b]00:07:24[/b] [/color]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]
[b][color=white]Total Time to complete[/color] [color=yellow]Warcraft III[/color]: [color=#33CCFF]The Frozen Throne[/color][color=white]:[/color] [color=LimeGreen]02:33:18[/color][/b]
[color=orange][s]______________________________________________________________________________________[/s][/color]

gravity

2004-09-23 06:20:48 am

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Wow, those are some pretty good times. Too bad all the patching makes it a pain to view old replays :/.

Chib

2004-09-23 06:23:34 am

Yeah, some guy had actually previously made a version changing program, that even let you just double-click replays and it would switch the game to the proper version, load it up and play it. But work on that was stopped over a year ago and it doesn't support the versions I need for this.

Ekarderif

2004-09-23 06:44:38 am

Your almighty lordship

Those are actually some awesome times. If someone captures them on DivX, we wouldn't have to worry about all those version problems :P. I'd love to see some of these in action (especially A Symphony of Frost and Flame).

Chib

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Chib: 2004-09-23 07:02:01 am

2004-09-23 06:56:02 am

There are quite a few maps where video would work - namely, the ones where you're runnning around with a very small force the entire time, but the large majority of them you're doing multiple things at once on different parts of the map, flicking back and forwards and not actually watching what you're doing; so video would kind of suck. =/

To make it spectator friendly, you really gotta let them choose what to watch, it lets you scoot around big battles and take in all the action, jump around the map to watch whatever you want, whenever you want.

StrangenessDSS

2004-09-23 07:16:55 am

Sleeping Terror

Seems to me that the best way to record video from them would be capturing a video of what the original player sees... but I don't think that data is preserved in the replay. Replay would still be better when you can view them, but video is much more convenient.

Where can I download these replays? This is the first I've heard of it, and I would like to watch it, even if I have to reinstall and patch to a different version.

Also, what difficulty are these done on? You didn't mention it, so I assume the default of Normal?

Chib

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Chib: 2004-09-23 08:46:52 am

2004-09-23 08:39:46 am

Oh yeah, forgot about that, it's all easy difficulty I think. =)
That wasn't a specification though, it was just do it on whatever will get you through the maps the quickest.

The only extra stuff recorded in the replays is what you have selected - there is some automatic mode that continually centres the map on whatever you've got selected, but that's not that useful.

I don't know what the rules on advertising here are, but if you want to watch them, they're still up on the Blizzard fansite in the forums here:
http://www.infoceptor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9513
and here:
http://www.infoceptor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12867
Gives a couple lines instruction on how to watch them too.

Edit: Speaking of things I forgot to mention... =) The maps were all done individually, it was a pretty massive effort to get them all done anyhow, but coordinating each map to continue on from the last one was a bit much. =) The repercussions for this aren't too big though, it just means your heroes will likely start out at a different level and with different items than they had at the end of the last map. The game is generous though; if you start from a map in the middle of a campaign they'll adjust your hero level accordingly and give you some items.

Oh yeah, forgot about that, it's all easy difficulty I think. =)
That wasn't a specification though, it was just do it on whatever will get you through the maps the quickest.

The only extra stuff recorded in the replays is what you have selected - there is some automatic mode that continually centres the map on whatever you've got selected, but that's not that useful.

I don't know what the rules on advertising here are, but if you want to watch them, they're still up on the Blizzard fansite in the forums here:
http://www.infoceptor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9513
and here:
http://www.infoceptor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12867
Gives a couple lines instruction on how to watch them too.

Edit: Speaking of things I forgot to mention... =) The maps were all done individually, it was a pretty massive effort to get them all done anyhow, but coordinating each map to continue on from the last one was a bit much. =) The repercussions for this aren't too big though, it just means your heroes will likely start out at a different level and with different items than they had at the end of the last map. The game is generous though; if you start from a map in the middle of a campaign they'll adjust your hero level accordingly and give you some items.

Timinator

2004-09-23 12:06:28 pm

18 to the diablo2 holy grail

i dont understand how the ingame view looks worse than a program capturing EXACTLY that ..

more people could watch it that way.

Chib

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Chib: 2004-09-24 01:35:31 am

2004-09-24 01:33:12 am

You're right actually, I went and watched a whole bunch again last night, and all the cool ones are the ones where you have a bunch of guys with a specific objective.

What I was worried about before is when you're doing multiple things at once and not actually watching one of them, you can't see both things at once, but that doesn't happen all that often really.

Now the problem becomes how to record them into avi and upload them. I could probably be told how to record them, but uploading them would take forever since I'm on a 56k connection here. But whatever, bring it on. =)

Turlis

2004-09-24 05:26:31 am

Weakling!

um i cant get them to work at all... i have v1.16 so they wont work...

Chib

2004-09-25 12:04:36 am

Well of course you can't. =)
You'd have to install a new copy and patch it to 1.12 for the Warcraft III ones or patch it 1.14a to watch The Frozen Throne ones. =)

Mkt2015

2004-09-25 06:20:58 am

MGS for PS1 forever.

You can copy Warcraft III to the C:\ and install a new copy and then patch it.

Turlis

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Turlis: 2004-09-29 04:52:40 am

2004-09-29 04:35:37 am

Weakling!

how do i patch to just 1.12 i cant find it anywhere...

EDIT: nm found it

Connor

2004-09-29 11:18:09 am

on a kind-of related note, are there any starcraft speed runs out there??

gravity

2004-09-30 08:30:11 am

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

I tried making one for one of the levels, but the replay feature is not reliable on maps with triggers, so it would have to be made using Fraps or something. Also, it would probably be a lot longer in general, as compared to Warcraft 3 there are a lot more "destroy all enemy buildings" levels in SC.

HJoy

2004-09-30 04:39:07 pm

On the German site www.broodwar.de is a "StarCraft Done Quick" at work. The original campaigns were transferred into standalone missions, so replays are working on them. I haven't checked the actual replays myself. The whole project has just started.

gravity

2004-10-01 11:12:18 am

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Quote:

On the German site www.broodwar.de is a "StarCraft Done Quick" at work. The original campaigns were transferred into standalone missions, so replays are working on them. I haven't checked the actual replays myself. The whole project has just started.

That's what I tried to do, but the replays tend not to play back correctly.