Warcraft III/Patch 1.29.0a

Patch 1.29.0 was a major patch that was released on March 15, 2018. This patch was never released to the live production, only the PTR.

Specific Changes & Improvements

 * Team colors revision v2 (Props to Erkan for setting us on the path)
 * Camera reset to 1.28 height

Bug Fixes

 * Korean client crash resolved
 * Custom hotkeys no longer unbind Esc
 * Matchmaking now starts when using community maps
 * Alchemist's Healing Spray now self-heals
 * Various missing textures located (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map)
 * Default resolution no longer resembles Felwood
 * World Editor limits raised for reals:
 * Neutral Units - 2,048
 * Neutral Buildings - 384
 * Player Units - 4,320
 * Player Buildings - 2,400
 * Items - 1,024
 * Queuing actions behaves correctly
 * Ladder maps cleansed of sneaky tower locations near starting mines

Blademaster

 * Mirror Image
 * Decreased Mana cost (all levels) from 115 to 100

Shadow Hunter

 * Serpent Wards
 * Level 1: Increase damage from 11-13 to 14 to 16; Increase HP from 75 to 90
 * Level 2: Increase damage from 23-26 to 27-30; Increase HP from 135 to 165
 * Level 3: Increase damage from 41-45 to 48 to 52; Increase HP from 135 to 200

Dread Lord

 * Carrion Swarm
 * (Buff) Max Damage increased
 * Level 1: 300 Dmg to 400 Dmg
 * Level 2: 600 Dmg to 700 Dmg
 * Level 3: 1000 Dmg 1200 Dmg

Demon Hunter

 * Mana Burn
 * (Nerf) Mana cost increase from 50 to 60

Priestess of the Moon

 * Attack Speed
 * (Buff) change default from 2.46 to 2.33

Scout

 * Increase movement speed from 270 to 300
 * Level 1: Reduce mana cost from 100 to 50
 * Level 2: Reduce mana cost from 75 to 50

Known Issues

 * Selecting LAN in Asian locales crashes the client
 * Esc on Mac has a chance to close the client
 * Opening a scoreboard will temporarily freeze the game during a multiplayer match
 * TriggerAddCondition now requires you to add (Condition) around the "function funcname"
 * Constant native DecPlayerTechResearched not working
 * The GUI equivalent for SetAbilityOnIcon and GetAbilityOnIcon have invalid parameters causing the editor to throw errors
 * World Editor crashes with bad IF statement syntax
 * Cannot set research to a lower level using SetPlayerTechResearched
 * DecPlayerTechResearched causes SetPlayerTechResearched to set level at a lower value
 * PlaySpecialEffect and PlaySpecialEffectWithTimeScale are not working correctly
 * The Italian client is missing menus