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.