It looks like they want to see fan feedback on Definitive Mode graphics before fixing up the old campaigns.

https://wc3v.com

Free, no account needed.

## Replay Simulation

Warcraft 3 originally made its replay file format with computers and hard drives of its era. This meant they saved as little information as possible and relied on your game client to play it back in full.

This is the simple reason today why you cannot rewind a replay, and it also explains why it's so difficult to look at or interact with replays in meaningful ways.

WC3V is a tool that does something no other tool has done yet - which is simulate the full game back as accurately as possible and turn that into a new file format.

This website shows off a bunch of the powerful things you can build now that we have detailed information from replays, we never did before, and tools to visualize, analyze, and rewind those replays back.

On top of this all a Desktop app spawned as a way for you to automatically manage uploading, parsing, and analyzing your replays from your existing library and also right after they happen. With some powerful APIs from the W3C team there is an integration that helps you know your own games, your opponents, and can show it all on your stream with the OBS integration

### Build Orders

One thing that replay simulation can help with is creating an automatic set of build orders from any replay. The small details that happen in game like moving workers to lumber or gold and the exact spawn timings, not just the start timings, can really enhance learning and also give you detailed analysis of you vs a pro

### New Players

The site offers a way for people who are new or learning the game to go through a guided walkthrough of any replay. It's based on some primary concepts that I've learned as a player and observer of the game over the years - and tries to walk you through why those steps matter and how timing can effect your decisions.

If you want to just play a unit you like it offers a way to just select that army and watch a replay of another player if we have it - or teaches you some things to do if you want to play this strategy.

This is one of the areas where feedback and players using the tool would be extremely helpful, so please send feedback and fill out bug forms as you go

### Last words

I started building this tool by hand back in 2018 and grinded a lot of its capabilities out through experimentation and setting up replay fixtures. Much of the information about WC3 file formats and community tools was extremely helpful along the way - and the simulator itself is powered by another great tool. All of this is open sourced, meant for educational purposes only, will ALWAYS be AD free, and I'd absolutely love if anyone wants to build anything with it or even contribute to the site itself.

You can find the open source code here: https://github.com/jblanchette/wc3v

Desktop app link here: https://wc3v.com/download?level=new

Shout out to all the great help and feedback given along the way. I'm working on some updates to the community page to help reflect those contributions so for now accept my sincere shout out and thank you

BlizzCon is coming up (!!!) and it’s got me thinking about a big decision - what race in Warcraft 3 should someone play in 2026?

I’ve been playing Orc for years and years but sometimes I play the other races and feels like riding a bike (something i know how to do) but all handle / size proportions are different and I’m pedaling up hill the whole time.

Could the new Warcraft 3 news be a good window of opportunity to pick up a new race? I think it may be and this video is the result of my thinking. Right now? I’m feeling like trying to play either Human or Night Elf for a couple post BlizzCon!

(I draw the line at Undead, however. I have my limits and I refuse to serve the lich king)

It seems the small glimmer of “anything” new coming to Warcraft 3 gives me ample motivation to pick up a new race. (thought I don't see Orc being replaced fully ever...)

A comparison between the now three graphic sets of Warcraft III. Please not that I have an old computer that wasn't top shelf when it was made to begin with. When Reforged came out, and I won a key for it in a raffle on Tak3r's live stream, I did play the new campaign, but had to do so with reduced graphic settings. In making this video, I intentionally DIDN'T turn down the graphics in order to emphasize the difference in performance between the three graphic settings on weaker systems. The Definitive Edition is actually quite the improvement over Reforged, but obviously also doesn't run as smooth as Classic.

Insect Empires is a RTS game with 4 factions and 4 different base building gameplay styles I developed over the cost of 4 or more years and I would love for you guys to come try it out! I plan to release next month! Consider joining us and helping to shape this into something even better!

Steam- https://store.steampowered.com/app/3231600/Insect_Empires/

Just started The Last Days of Lordaeron and finished Homecoming. I really like the atmosphere so far — seeing Lordaeron alive again with the new presentation feels surprisingly nostalgic.

I recorded the opening cinematic and the full first chapter in 4K60 if anyone wants to see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85JwE2HLTU

What do you think of the new campaign so far?

It's all the same again and again, where are the juicy and funny thumbnails ???

Incinerate is a great spell - except sometimes it doesn't do anything.

Actually, if it just didn't do anything that would be fine. In it's current state, sometimes incinerate NEGATES all damage your hero would otherwise do to whatever unit it is attacking.

This wisp survived and it should have died. The injustice I have suffered at the hands of Blizzard is insurmountable at this point. The only thing I can do is lobby for the Firelord - he must be fixed. BLIZZARD PLS!

Altar of Champions has got this gaming brain thinking about casual competitive and how important I think it is.

We should encourage entertaining types of embrace the best genre ever made. Not for any serious pressure or need, but for the plain reality of organic esports community being something that exist within us.

Tl;DR (or watch): the dead game idea is largely discussed by players who don’t realize how relatively small their own circle of influence needs to be in order to keep niche communities afloat for decades.

Passive healing test with both auras at lvl 3 with statue. Fiends have second armor upgrade, they cant kill each other at third armor upgrade.