TestArena.w3x A Warcraft III Expansion Map for testing unit matchups 2 players By Jon Schneider ("WolverineJon") === Description === Did you ever want to see how a battle between 7 Gryphons and 4 Frost Wyrms would work out? Or how different Orc forces would work to counter a mixed Night Elf force composed of Huntresses, Druids of the Talon, and Chimeras? Then Test Arena is the map for you! This map is set up for 2 players, with unlimited gold and lumber, and one of each type of unit-producing building and upgrade building in the game for each player. Build times for all units and upgrades are set to 1 second, making production of any type of mixed force a snap. You and a friend build up the forces of your choice, then send them at each other in the center of the map. After each battle, any leftover units can be sent back to the fountains of life/mana in each player's base to heal back up (at 10 times the normal fountain rate), or removed from the game by sending them through the portal at the bottom center of the map. Heroes can be quickly levelled by purchasing unlimited experience tomes from the two marketplaces located at the top of the map. Strength, Intelligence, Agility, and Health tomes are also available at the Marketplaces. The food usage of each player's force is displayed at the top right of the game interface, to help ensure "fair" matchups in terms of food used by each force (if desired). === Where To Obtain the Latest Version === The latest version of this map can be obtained from: http://jonschneider.com/war3maps.asp === Known Issues === - Orc Spirit Walkers take their normal build time to train, instead of the reduced 1-second build time like all other units. This seems to be an issue with the World Editor. - The Sacrifical Pits sometimes will not respond to orders to convert Accolytes into Shades. I'm not sure what the cause of this is. - Items and Units at the Goblin Merchants, Goblin Laborotory, Mercenary Camps, and Taverns are not immediately available for purchase; their normal melee map delays are still in effect. - The Marketplaces toggle between showing 99 and 100 of each item available. There seems to be a World Editor issue with populating Marketplaces with items through triggers where the item disappears from the Marketplace after one is purchased regardless of how many are in stock; I worked around this by setting triggers to repopulate the Marketplaces from scratch whenever any item is purchased, although this has the side effect of variously showing either 99 or 100 of each item available. - Only "Lordaeron Summer" mercenaries are available from the Mercenary Camp. == Possible Future Enhancements == - Allow a single player to control both the West and East forces - Allow creation of computer-controlled Creeps or units to fight with - Make more items and mercenary types available for purchase - Add "Total Gold Value of Force" and "Total Lumber Value of Force" to the leaderboard === Revision History === 08/02/2003 - Original version released. Copyright 2003 Jonathan S. Schneider