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Betrayal in the Dark Wood

Editing Guide

Betrayal in the Dark Wood is a custom map for WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne originally developed by Antistone for Blizzard's Halloween Mapping Contest in 2006.  A revised and updated version had been submitted to Clan TDG's initial 2008 Mapathon contest.  You can download the version submitted to the contest here.

This page should contain all the information needed to understand, modify, and extend the map over the course of the Mapathon.  All of this is, of course, subject to change at the discretion of the contest organizers.

About Betrayal

• Playing the Game

  • Entering the Wood

  • The Haunt Begins

• Why This Map?

• Expansion Opportunities

Terrain

• Random Terrain Generation

  • Zones and Doors

  • Creating the Pathing

  • Filling the Forest

• Making Terrain

  • General Terrain

  • Adding New Zones and Doors

  • Adding Unique Zones

  • Zone Events

  • Artifact Zones

  • Filler Zones

Heroes

• Hero Selection

• Heroic Attributes

  • Attributes

  • Skills

• Tactical Considerations

• Creating Heroes

  • Creating the Hero and Skills

  • Making the Hero Playable

Monsters

• Monster Generation

• Creating Monsters

  • Making Monsters Appear

Items

• Item Generation

• Creating Items

  • Making Items Appear

Haunts

• Designing a Haunt

  • The Traitor

  • Objectives

  • Haunt Balance

• Anatomy of a Haunt

  • Organization

  • Haunt Selection

  • Zone Reservation

  • Haunt Initialization

  • Victory Conditions

• The Haunt Begins...

  • Starting Condition

  • The Cinematic

  • Beginning Haunt Gameplay

Debugging Tips