War2Combat 4.6 Released. Happy Birthday, Warcraft II!

[iL]

24 years ago, Warcraft II Tides of Darkness have been released!

So, i thought would be great to release this new version today:

Warcraft 2 Combat Edition
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    update in version 4.6 (12.2019)
    - Added option: New Iron Man Ladder mode with subtypes. Improved and bugfixed.
    - Added Game Types: Melee with Units, FFA with Units, etc
    - Added interface option: new lobby + improved LobbyMap plugin bundled with it
    - Added optional complex graphic fixes:
         Fixed a few errors in the graphics of the game,
         Added options to choose the color of black player for all tilesets separately
         You can choose from several palette options for each tileset
        ("black to pink" and "dimmed winter" options are in this section now)
    - Added an option to select Eye of Kilrogg appearance
    - Small interface fixes
    - Interface for Combat lite(poor) version fixes
    - New AutoWarLat plugin - automatic Warlatency activation on game start
    - New PlaySound plugin - Plays a sound on events (Game Start/Join game)
    - DDraw configuration tool updated, including last ddraws, new options
    - Hole puncher updated - IPX support and DirectIp added
    - CpuSaveC plugin updated
    - Added detailed dump in case of crash
    - Small Windows compatibility fixes

Full english version:
ftp://ftp.war2.ru/war2/War2Combat46_en_full.exe
All versions on 7 languages:
http://en.war2.ru/downloads/

[Nox]

Oh thank you very much, i download it now!!! 

PS: More informations about iron man and melle units type?

[Hesh]

Game doesn't launch for me.

[tk[as]]

Game doesn't launch for me.

You're probably having similar issues that I have been having with other versions. If I launch the game and then start clicking my mouse I can actually get the screen to pop up. Otherwise it just automatically closes on itself after like 10-15 seconds

[Hesh]

Game doesn't launch for me.

You're probably having similar issues that I have been having with other versions. If I launch the game and then start clicking my mouse I can actually get the screen to pop up. Otherwise it just automatically closes on itself after like 10-15 seconds

Yep that's it, thanks I guess

[jaiaeiararhe]

Keep in mind people that this update does NOT add Superwarlat which everyone has been talking about. While Superwarlat makes the game's units respond far faster than with the normal Warlat, all this current update does is add Autowarlat, which simply automatically turns on the slow old Warlat we've known for many years now.

It is most likely that iL will include Superwarlat in a future update.

This current update 4.6 might cause lag in some big games, in this case, press F5 and enable High latency while in the game.

@iL You should make the next installer automatically delete Autowarlat if it includes Superwarlat, since it is superseded by Superwarlat which also includes a patch for these same bytes of code but takes a smarter decision on whether to enable it or not.

[Nox]

Keep in mind people that this update does NOT add Superwarlat which everyone has been talking about. While Superwarlat makes the game's units respond far faster than with the normal Warlat, all this current update does is add Autowarlat, which simply automatically turns on the slow old Warlat we've known for many years now.

It is most likely that iL will include Superwarlat in a future update.

This current update 4.6 might cause lag in some big games, in this case, press F5 and enable High latency while in the game.

@iL You should make the next installer automatically delete Autowarlat if it includes Superwarlat, since it is superseded by Superwarlat which also includes a patch for these same bytes of code but takes a smarter decision on whether to enable it or not.

Oh really? Was sure it was the super warlat... 

Is that super warlat really effective and safe?

No virus?

[jaiaeiararhe]

@Equinox:

It is 100% safe, there are several players already using it and you can check such things at https://www.virustotal.com
Unless someone gives you a virus claiming it's Superwarlat, that's why you should only trust certain players.
However, it is only a testing version yet.
Better version will probably be released in next Combat update soon.
It only works when everyone in the match has it.
Otherwise, it auto-disables itself in order to keep compatibility with no drop.

[Nox]

@Equinox:

It is 100% safe, there are several players already using it and you can check such things at virustotal.com
Unless someone gives you a virus claiming it's Superwarlat, that's why you should only trust certain players.
However, it is only a testing version yet.
Better version will probably be released in next Combat update soon.
It only works when everyone in the match has it.
Otherwise, it auto-disables itself in order to keep compatibility with no drop.

Yes im really aware of how latency is working lol

is that official by il that we can use it as add on?

Is that possible to add it for the moment in download section of the website untill its release on the official version?

So at least everyone can download it without any probleme and being scare of being hacking.

[jaiaeiararhe]

At the moment with the current development stage the programmers decided to release it only for private testing given to certain players only.
It will be posted in the forum for public testing when it is ready for that stage.
So, it will not be posted publicly yet.
People who have been invited to test it, but are scared of being hacked, should just wait until it's ready.

[shesycompany]

wargus wont work eithier.. blizzard has ceased all war2dos for going out..meaning players has to by the disc in physical form...oh yeah the everyone is hacking me phobia
forgot to tell ya that..blizzard is a player like nintendo

[iL]

Keep in mind people that this update does NOT add Superwarlat which everyone has been talking about. While Superwarlat makes the game's units respond far faster than with the normal Warlat, all this current update does is add Autowarlat, which simply automatically turns on the slow old Warlat we've known for many years now.

It is most likely that iL will include Superwarlat in a future update.

This current update 4.6 might cause lag in some big games, in this case, press F5 and enable High latency while in the game.

@iL You should make the next installer automatically delete Autowarlat if it includes Superwarlat, since it is superseded by Superwarlat which also includes a patch for these same bytes of code but takes a smarter decision on whether to enable it or not.

The main problem is superwarlat is not compatible with war2insight, i think that is a thing that should be fixed before including plugin into combat.
I think it's not the question should be resolved in 1-2 days while releasing combat.
I think we can get some solution in a 2-3 weeks. After that is will be a good time to release new combat including superwarlat.

[Tolean]

Thx sir! Long live war2

[RipE[Eur0]]

wots when hosting "pgl game2 ??

seems like my hosting works with 4.6 and it didnt with 4.5.


still waiting desperately for the super warlat. that is the biggest new addition ever. try kali if u wanna know how it feels like. no latency at all.

[Droid]

Much obliged for a new version, here's some issues I've found.

What's not good?

1) Map Editor has stopped working, at all. Even my old one in an old WC2 folder, I haven't touched any tome.1 files or something, this window just popped up.


2) Mini Map in the lobby. It disappears when I type something in the chat, and appears again when I touch the mouse.
Maybe its a plugins problem, not 4.6, but I've never used these plugins before, so I dunno.

3) Also there are some glitches when you making a game in those drop-down list boxes (game type, resources, 4v4, etc...). Like when it was with old DDRAWs.

What's good?

Insight 1.04 with an autorecord script works well.
The latest non-glitch WarVideo also works well.

So I'm staying on 4.6 version, hope I'll fix my map editor somehow.