Element TD [v0.51 - 7/5/2012]

[Crae]

There's a lot of information about the map that needs to be written down. For now, I've created a quick start guide that should get new players up and playing. Former WC3 players should have no trouble playing it, other than getting used to the HoN interface.

Known Issues - v0.51

• If you crash a lot in normal HoN, chances are you may crash as well when playing this map. Try playing in OpenGL mode to help mitigate this (but see next point).
  
• OpenGL mode currently has a giant black square plastered in the middle map. See the picture below for an example of what it looks like.

Version 0.51 (7/5/2012) - Download
The "Where Have You Been?" Release
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== Towers ==

- Arrow / Cannon Towers
* Now return 100% of mana cost when sold regardless of game mode

- Periodic Tower
* Will now properly use an Essence charge when built

- Electricity Tower
* Conjure Lightning can now hit 4 total targets, up from 3

- Flesh Golem Tower
* Properly despawns Flesh Golem when upgraded or sold

- Trickery Tower
* Will no longer clone pet units

- Windstorm Tower
* Properly despawns Tornado when upgraded or sold

Previous Versions

Version 0.50 (4/27/2012) - Download

The Beta Release
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== General ==

- Renamed Shop Tower to Shop
- Added Countdown timer to Admin Tower
* Admin Tower will show effect when you can change game options
- Added chatbox display of when All Pick charge is available

== Towers ==

- Periodic Tower
* Will now properly use an Essence charge when built

== Creeps ==

- Elementals will no longer prevent the next wave from spawning

Quick Start Guide

Loading the Map

1. Download the map using the link above and place it in your Heroes of Newerth installation under ../Heroes of Newerth/game/maps.
2. Open Heroes of Newerth and login.
3. Click on Create Game, select Practice for server type, select Element TD for map.

Setting Up the Game

• Game mode and difficulty can be set on the Admin Tower in the upper left corner of the map.
  
  • The default game mode is All Pick and the default difficulty is Normal.
  • If this is your first time playing, try setting the difficulty to Easy or Very Easy by clicking on the items in the Admin Tower inventory.
  
  
• Level up the Builder's (Q) ability to start earning Interest.

Building Towers

• Cannon Tower and Arrow Tower are the only available towers to begin with. They are located on the Builder's (W) and (E) abilities.
  
• Hit (W) or (E) and click on the ground to place a tower. A tower can only be placed in certain places, so look for the square underneath your cursor for a square showing where the tower will be placed.
• As you gain Elements, the Builder's items will become unlocked, allowing you to build Elemental towers and their upgrades.

Spawning an Elemental

• Every 5 levels in All Pick mode, an Elemental can be spawned from the Shop, which is next to the Admin Tower.
  
• There are three tiers of each Elemental: Amplified, Focused, and Refined.
• Each time you spawn an Elemental in the Shop, it will increase the Elemental to the next tier.
  
  • Tier 2 (Focused) Elementals are hard to kill than Tier 1 (Amplified), and Tier 3 (Refined) Elementals are much harder to kill than Tier 1.
  • Generally, you want to wait on spawning Tier 2/3 Elementals until later in the game, when you have towers that can kill them easier. Try spawning multiple Tier 1 Elementals of different types in the first stages of the game.

Elemental Towers

• Once you kill an Elemental, you can build an Elemental tower.
• Elemental towers do damage based on the type of Element they are.
• Elemental towers can be upgraded to Dual Combination and Triple Combination towers.
  
  • For example, if you have killed a Fire and Water Elemental, you can build a Vapor Tower.

Upgrading Towers

• Towers can be upgraded to become more powerful. The types of upgrades available for a tower depend on what kind of tower is trying to be upgraded.
  
  • Basic towers (Cannon Tower, Arrow Tower) have no requirements other than cost.
    
    • Basic towers are upgraded by selecting them and hitting (R).
    
    
  • Elemental towers (Darkness, Earth, Fire ... ) require the next tier of Elemental to be killed before they can be upgraded.
    
    • The Tier 1 Elemental unlocks the base Elemental tower as well as the Amplified Elemental tower.
    • An Elemental tower can be upgraded in the same way as a Cannon or Arrow Tower, but higher Tier Elementals are required.
    • After an Elemental tower is upgraded to an Amplified Elemental tower, it can be upgraded when another Element is available to form a combination tower.
    
    
  • Combination towers require 2 or 3 combinations of Elements to construct
    
    • To build a combination tower, start by building an Elemental Tower. Possible combination tower upgrades will be listed in the items of the Elemental tower.
    • An single Elemental tower can be upgraded into a dual combination tower.
      
      • Dual combination towers can be upgraded in the same way as a Cannon or Arrow Tower, but require higher Tier Elementals that were combined to make the tower.
      • Alternatively, a dual combination can be combined with yet another Element to form a triple combination.
      
      
    • A dual combination tower can be upgraded into a triple combination tower.
      
      • Triple combination towers can be upgraded in the same way as a Cannon or Arrow Tower, but require higher Tier Elementals that were combined to make the tower.
      • There are no further combinations beyond triple combinations.

Example of Combination
Suppose I random an Amplified Fire Elemental at level 5, then an Amplified Water Elemental at level 10. I first start by build a Fire Tower (Alt+E) and upgrade it to an Amplified Fire Tower (R). I can then combine my Fire and Water to upgrade to a Vapor Tower (Alt+S). I use this Vapor tower until I reach level 15 and get an Amplified Light Elemental. I can combine this with my Vapor tower to make a Windstorm Tower (Alt+E). However, I also gained two more options for dual combination: Lightning Tower (Fire + Light) and Ice Tower (Light + Water).

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Installing the Map

1. Download the map from the link in the first post.
2. Copy the map into your maps folder located in your HoN installation directory, in the game folder (Windows example: C:\Program Files\Heroes of Newerth\game\maps)

Starting the Game

Steps when you can login

1. Run Heroes of Newerth and login.
2. Click on the Create Game to bring up the Create Game menu.
3. In the Create Game menu, set the following options:
   
   1. Server: Practice
   2. Map: Element TD
   
   
4. ​Click on Create Game in the Create Game menu.

Steps when you can't login

1. Run Heroes of Newerth.
2. Hit Ctrl+F8 to bring down the Console.
3. Type in the following and hit Enter:
   
   1. startgame practice ETD map:elementtd allheroes:true
   
   
4. ​When the map loads, hit Ctrl+F8 again to close the Console.

[Crae]

Ingame Setup

After loading the game, you can setup this round by clicking on the the Admin Tower in the upper left hand corner of the map. The first creep wave starts spawning when the game clock reaches 30 seconds, and you have until then to change the game options and set up your initial towers.

Game Mode
The game mode is set using the abilities of the Admin Tower (Q, W, E, and R). Two game modes can be played.

• All Pick (default)
  
  • Every 5 levels, a charge is gained on the Shop that can be used to spawn an Elemental.
  • Allows you to customize an Element "build" by selecting their order; also allows additional levels of Interest.
  • Towers sell for 75% of the cost used to build and upgrade them.
  
  
• All Random
  
  • Every 5 levels, a random Elemental will spawn, with a maximum of 1 Interest spawn possible.
  • Forces you down random build paths depending upon what Elements spawn.
  • Towers sell for 100% of the cost used to build and upgrade them.

Game Difficulty
The game difficulty is set using the items of the Admin Tower (Alt+Q, Alt+E, Alt+R, ...). There are 5 difficulty levels. The difficulty levels affect the amount of health the creeps have as well as the amount of their innate damage reduction.

• Very Easy: Incoming damage reduced by 10%. Creep health reduced by 50%.
• Easy: Incoming damage reduced by 20%. Creep health reduced by 37.5%.
• Normal (default): Incoming damage reduced by 30%. Creep health reduced by 25%.
• Hard: Incoming damage reduced by 40%. Creep health reduced by 12.5%.
• Very Hard: Incoming damage reduced by 50%. Creep health reduced by 0%.

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FAQ
Gameplay

Q. Why does it seem like the Essences or other creeps are invulnerable? Why does creep health sometimes refill after the bar goes down to 0?

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The UI can only display a maximum health of 32767. Any number above this will cause the health bar to overflow and not show damage being done to it until it is below 32767. This causes some graphical glitches, like having the bar extended beyond its borders or the bar refilling after it is empty. This is exasperated by the large base health of the Essences.

[[Defi]Tyestor]

Can't wait for this. I loved Element TD in WC3. This will be great.

[Danvari]

This is amazing. Can't wait for this, I'm in awe at how beautiful it looks.

[[BOSS]Shiro_Chan]

this makes me very moist

[BigAssBoy]

I cant wait

[Jeroz]

for some reason I find it quite hilarious to see attack with his ulti.

[Sm1l3]

Looks awesome , cant wait for more maps like this!

[[TECH]Gorb]

My favourite WC3 custom map.

[[RLSQ]salierii]

How can we play this? Garena? I'm beyond excited.

[[BNNS]BananaBanana]

Oh my god. Been waiting for this. Yes, please yes!!!

[[NzGG]FunkstaG]

loved this game on WC3. looks just as epic on HoN!!@#$ win win win

[Goatmilk]

This is gonna be so awesome.. been looking forward to some td maps for ages.

[[J4K]Gimlyly]

I am RUBBING MY CROTCH AREA in excitement!

[[S2]Viole]

I very very much want this. Now.

[[RCT]Kaee]

wow, pure awesome just hit newerth