Warcraft III: Reforged Patch Notes - Version 2.0


Version 2.0
November 13, 2024

 In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, we’ve updated Warcraft III: Reforged to version 2.0, which includes many fixes, improvements, and nods to Warcraft’s history.

Classic HD + Addon System

  • Added HD versions of Classic Units, Buildings, VFX, Heroes, Environments and Icons.
  • Added new section (under Reforged in the option screen) which will give players the ability to customize between Reforged and Classic HD Assets.

Collection

  • Collection screen now has a filter option between skins and portraits.
  • Added 5 new Warcraft III Starter Portraits.
  • Added Reforged Campaign Heroes as playable skins in Multiplayer (if the skin has a Classic equivalent, the Classic version will show if you have Classic HD Heroes enabled).
  • Added an option to disable Skins (for players who only want to see default units).
  • Added Warcraft 2 Portraits.
  • Added Warcraft 1 Portraits.

User Interface

  • Added The Frozen Throne Theme (TFT). Players can toggle back by clicking the logo on the main menu or in the options.
  • Menu flow has been updated.
  • All front-end menus have been updated.
  • Added in-game hotkey customization screen in the option menu. Players must have custom keys enabled to access the menu.
  • Added options to turn on APM, FPS, Timer, Ping through the option menu.
  • Added the ability for a player to watch through their Match History if they have the replay saved.
  • Search filter added to create game.
  • Search filter added to replays.
  • In-Game User Interface
    • Added in-game timer that can be turned on/off via the options or using “/time”.
    • Added deny indicator that can be turned on/off via the options.
    • Added Goldmine worker counter that can be turned on/off via the options.
    • Added Race Indicator in the Allies menu (F11) next to the players’ names.
    • All chat is disabled by default but can be turned on manually via the options.
    • Squad formation is disabled by default but can be turned on manually via the options.
    • Health bars are set to always on by default but can be changed manually via the options.
    • Numbers on cooldown are set to on by default but can be turned off manually via the options.
    • Idle worker key will camera snap to the unit only after the player has double tapped.
    • HUD can now be scalable in the option.
    • Classic mode HUD now has the option of removing the side boarders.
    • Campaign Talking Head UI is disabled by default but can be turned on manually via the options.

Music

  • Added Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 Music as an option.

Multiplayer

  • Added XP and leveling to ranked play.
  • Leaderboard ranking is based on the amount of XP if player have the same XP rank tie breaker will be MMR.
  • MMR bands have been reduced from 0-10000 to 0-7000.
  • MMR will no longer reset after a new season if you are currently ranked. MMR will reset slightly if you played 0 games in the previous season.
  • Level and XP will reset completely at the start of every season.
  • AT can no longer match RT in 4v4 and 3v3.
  • Added game servers located in Chicago, United States of America and Sydney, Australia.

Reforged Environments

  • All Reforged Terrian Art has been updated for all environments.
  • Various Tree Doodads have been updated to reflect the environment changes.
  • Foliage is disabled by default.

Reforged Lighting

  • Bloom has been removed.
  • Tone map has been updated.
  • Increased Ambient Lighting.

Settings

  • All settings have been set to default settings.

Tooltips

  • Updated various tooltips to better reflect ability usage for Heroes.

World Editor

  • Added option to turn on/off Addons from Reforged to Classic HD.
  • Added the ability to toggle on/off foliage.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed an issue where players could no longer create or invite players to Clans.
  • Fixed an issue where the Demon Hunter would lose vision permanently if it was revived through the Ankh of Reincarnation.
  • Fixed an issue where match results would not be processed.
  • Mac
    • Fixed an issue preventing Mac users from launching the game.
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