Warcraft III V1.10 Patch Released

Thanks to Blue's News for pointing out that, according to the official Blizzard tech support site, the new V1.10 patch for Warcraft III is available via in-game auto-update. There are also detailed new patch notes, with the update briefly summarized as being: "..an upgrade to Reign of Chaos in preparation for the upcoming release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, available on July 1st. This patch contains numerous new features and upgrades to Reign of Chaos, as well as several balance changes."

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[WuWarrior]

Patch 1.10:

REIGN OF CHAOS PATCH 1.10 FOREWORD

• The 1.10 patch is an upgrade to Reign of Chaos in preparation for the upcoming release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, available on July 1st. This patch contains numerous new features and upgrades to Reign of Chaos, as well as several balance changes. Due to these significant changes we have moved the version number from 1.06 up to 1.10. We look forward to hearing community feedback on the new features and improved game balance. See you on Battle.net! - Blizzard Entertainment

FEATURES

• Upgrades and units can be queued in the same queue chain.
• Buildings can now be queued.
• A graphic placeholder is displayed to notify where a building is going to be constructed after the command to queue the building has been given.
• Minimap filters now "remember" your preferences so you no longer have to toggle them on or off in every game.
• A creep camp minimap filter has been added. When it is used, small circular graphics are displayed on the minimap representing the location of creep camps.
• Added a third minimap "ally" filter that changes the colors displayed for allies in the minimap.
• When using "ally" settings, the colors for the player, enemies, and allies now properly adjust in the world frame.
• Improved defeat conditions address "hide the farm" strategies.
• An "Occupied" graphic now appears over Orc Burrows, Goblin Zeppelins, Entangled Gold Mines, etc. This allows players to quickly tell how many units are currently occupying a structure or transport.
• Hero icons for allied players are now displayed on your console if an ally drops from a game or shares unit control.
• Flying Unit Improvements: We have turned off collision detection for flying units so that they can now easily pass through each other. This will allow air units to move about more smoothly than before. We have also added "separation behavior" so air units will break out of clusters once they reach a destination.
• Upgrade & Research Complete alerts now include text messages that indicate which upgrade has just finished.
• Added player handicaps that allow players to limit their units' maximum hit points prior to a game starting.
• Easy AI effectiveness has been further reduced. Combined with handicaps, the AI can now be severely limited.
• Normal & Hard AI strategies have been improved. The AI now chooses between a few different build orders per race (mass casters, mass Gargoyles, etc.), which include varying numbers of Heroes.
• Holding the ALT key displays the health bars for all units on screen. Alternately, holding the "[" key will display friendly unit health bars, while the "]" key will display enemy unit health bars exclusively.
• Players can now quickly reply to the last "tell" command received by using the "/r" command from in the game (if connected to Battle.net).
• Waypoints now have a graphical representation in the world frame and on the minimap.
• Increased the number of waypoints that can be placed at one time.
• Shops have been given an improved interface which now allow players to select which Hero or unit is purchasing items, units, or services.
• Added the ability to see the inventory of the purchasing Hero when the shop is selected.
• Added the ability to sell items back to shops.
• A new resource indicator is displayed for players whose teammates leave in the middle of a game. The indicator appears in the top right corner of the screen and allows players to see the allied army's current resources.
• Players can now transfer resources to the allied army of a teammate who left the game.
• Tomes are now "powerups". This means that if you right-click on them with a Hero selected, the Hero will now automatically use them rather than pick them up.
• In-game chat messages now display who will be the recipient(s) (All, Allies, a specific player, etc.).
• Bui

Important Note:

[Paolomania]

Blizzard has made some changes to their file formats, so many of the user-made maps which contain custom spells (such as Defense of the Ancients or DAOC Battlegrounds) are broken until further notice due to this patch. Too bad we don't have the option to not upgrade and still play online.