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Warcraft 3 Conversion Alpha V1.0 PC VERSION
By Infoceptor
http://www.infoceptor.com
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Thank you for Downloading Warcraft 3 Conversion Alpha V1.0, below will
list Installation, Usage, Features, Credits and some Miscellaneous Things.
Please read this before attempting to run the Conversion.

This Zip comes with the following files:

-war2alpha.exe ------------------------------->This is the File used to run the Conversion.
-readme.txt------------------------------------>Your Reading it Now!
-*.smk files --------------------------------->The Portrait files for the Conversion

Installation:
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The Warcraft 2 Conversion is Easy to Install, just follow the steps below. I've put them in far 
more detail compared to the previous version to help you out =). Also this version utilizes Portraits which must be extracted to your <starcraft>/portrait dir. 

However unlike the previous version, these portraits will no longer replace your Starcraft
Portraits and will be in effect while you run the conversion

Just follow the detailed steps below

1. Make Sure Starcraft is NOT running in the Background

2. Extract War3tc.exe into your Starcraft Directory. 

3. If you had the previous version of the War2 TC, delete the portrait directory in your Starcraft directory. Otherwise skip to Step 4.

4. Extract all The Portrait files which are all the .smk files that you see listed into your
Starcraft Directory, make sure that you ARE USING FOLDER NAMES.  Winzip should have when you are extracting files, simply tick it. 

ie: if your SC Directory is C:\starcraft\
extract them to C:\starcraft
when it's finished, you should see a new folder created in your Starcraft dir at
C:\starcraft\portrait

3. Run War3tc.exe. Be sure to do this when Starcraft is NOT running.

5. A little Splash Screen should appear with the War3 Conversion Logo on it, Read the comments
 if you wish, then press OK. 

4. You will see another screen, which will prompt you, whether you wish to use Starcraft or
 StarEdit, for now Choose Starcraft. Using StarEdit will allow you to edit Warcraft 2 Conversion 
Maps.

5. The Program will now load Starcraft Straight Away, in this case jump straight to the next 
step.
However if you have other conversion files in your Starcraft Directory, it will prompt you
on which conversion run, tick the box next to War3tc.exe and continue.

6. The Warcraft 3 Conversion Splash Screen should appear, the interface is now slightly modified
 on the Mainmenu has been severely modified for a Warcraft feel. However you should have no problem clicking on the Multiplayer of Singleplayer tab =)

7. Battle.net will function as normal! However you will need to play with people who have the 
Conversion. Go on to Channel: Infoceptor for some serious War3 Mayhem =).

If Battle.net displays a message saying it can not identify your Starcraft Version and
you need to reinstall. DO NOT listen to it! Simple restart the Warcraft 3 Conversion and log
on.

This happens only after you have failed to connect to B.net the first time. Hence 
logging on should not be a problem. 

To run the normal Version of Starcraft, all you need to do is run the normal Starcraft.exe. 
There is no longer the need to rename the portrait dir.

Single Player Campaign:
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Although this Zip does not come with a Preview Campaign, you may like to try the War2 Preview 
campaign using it. Although many units have been altered since the development of the campaign,
 it should prove rather interesting.

You can find it at
http://www.infoceptor.com

The full campaign, which will replace th pres-existing campaign's is under development

Multiplayer:
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Yes that's right, the Warcraft 3 Conversion supports Multiplayer and can be used on Battle.net.
However it will only be compatible with other people using the Conversion. The Multiplayer games are damn fun though =)

If you wish to play on Battle.net with the War3 TC, Please log onto the Channel:

Infoceptor

If there is enough people playing the Conversion, then you will be able to get a 
Multiplayer Game going straight away. The best time log on if probably around
6pm PST, as that's when most people are online.

All three races, Demons, Orcs and Humans have been totally balanced to deliver a great 
Multiplayer experience. However should you have any suggestions on balance issues, please
 send them to:

deathwing@infoceptor.com

Also we have a great Multiplayer scenario designed just for the Conversion. Warcraft 3 
Simulation if a Scenario designed to completely simulated Warcraft 3. It uses elaborate
 triggers to gives each side Hero Units which are required to control normal units. 
Embark on quests to fight off wondering monsters in search for more heroes while battling
 your enemies at the same time!

http://www.infoceptor.com/war3tc/maps.shtml


Feed Back!
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If you like the Conversion and would like the next version to be released faster or would 
like more people to be playing the Conversion on Battle.net all you need to do is help us
 tell people about it!

Tell your friends, post on the Battle.net Forums, After all the more people playing it on 
B.net, the more fun it will be!


Finally whenever you got spare time, log on to Channel: Infoceptor with the War3 TC, that
 way there will always be people there willing to play.


Custom Scums:
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All Maps specifically Designed for the Warcraft 3 Conversion are highly welcome. To design one, 
simply run StarEdit using the Conversion (See Above for Details).

Any Scenarios should be submitted to Infoceptor at
http://www.infoceptor.com

However with any War2 Maps, please notify me at
deathwing@infoceptor.com

If they are of supreme quality and have a distinct Warcraft 3 feel, we will place them into 
the specially designed Warcraft 3 maps

Known Bugs:
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Here is a list of the current Known Bugs of the TC which we will strive to get rid of.

-Dragon Fireballs: Press STOP Button to launch
The Dragon is now given 2 attacks, it's normal fire breath, plus fireballs that it can launch
(interceptors). Without a command Editor, we have allocated the stop button add the fireball 
button.

Remember to press S, when you need the extra firepower.

-Orc AI Instability: The Computer Orc AI seems to be rather unstable, and may cause game 
crashes. Due to this, try avoid using Orc computers till we find out what causes this.

-Auto Attacking Problems, a few melee units in the TC will only auto-attack once they are 
under attack. In this case, unit control becomes vital. 

-Instability on Some Systems On some systems, the game may crash average of once every three 
hours or so. So if you find it crashing be sure to save your game a lot. However this only 
happens on some systems

Website Support:
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Infoceptor (http://www.infoceptor.com) will offer support for the Warcraft 3 Conversion,
FAQs will be printed on the main page and progress of the Conversion will be covered here.

However any questions related to Stardraft itself should be e-mailed to Camelot Systems.


Patch History:
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Warcraft 3 Conversion Alpha V1.0

-Converts Stats on Many 'Hero Units'
-Converts All Zerg Unit/Weapon names to that of War3
-Converts All Build Commands to that of War3
-Alters the Unit Speeds of All Demon Units to that of War 3
-Converts 7 more Wireframes]
-Includes Special War3 Simulation Scenario

-Converts the Following Unit Graphics:
 Zergling------> Demonspawn
 Corsair------> Orc Raider
Dark Templar------>Undead Wraith
Hydralisk------>Storm Rider
Broodling------>Green Slime
Ultralisk------>Archdemon
Queen------>Heretic
Goliath------>Dwarven Riflemen
Scourge------>Bone Demon
Guardian------>Demon Lord
Egg------>Warping Portal
Caccoon------>Black Vortex
Larvae------>Pulsating Energy
Defiler------>Succubus
Lurker------>Inferno
Dragoon------>Troll Hunter
Infested Marine------>Skeleton (Yemporary)
Devourer------>Spectre (Temporary)

-Converts the Following Hero Unit Graphics:
 Alan Schezar------>Dwarven Dragonslayer
Zaratul------>Minotaur
Fenix------>Troll Axethrower
 
-Enhanced the Following Units: 
 Bone Demon---------> Enhanced Movement and Death Animations
 Mage---------> Enhanced Meteor Shower Summoning Animations

-Converts the Following Spell Graphics
 Nuclear Launch -------> Meteor Shower
 Ensnare ------> Cloud of Confusion
 Dark Swarm------> Reign of Darkness
Spawn Broodling------> Subvert Slime
 
-Converts the Following Structure Graphics
 Nydus Canal -------> Chaos Portal

-Enhances the Following Structure Graphics
 Runestone -------> Adds Charging Animation

-Converts the Following Missile Graphics
 Lurker Spines -----------> Inferno Fire
Glave wurms -----------> Demon Fire
Acid Spore -----------> Shadow Bolt
Ultra Attack -----------> Inferno
Hydralisk Spines -----------> Lightning Bolt
Twin Gauss Cannons----------> Rifle Shell


-Dramatically Enhanced the Missile Graphics
 Lightning Bolt -----------> Electric Trail Added 
 Gaze of Hatred -----------> Adds Death Ray
 Dragon Fireball -----------> Now Glows

-All Demon Unit Shadows Converted!

-More Demon Icons Converted, Icons Enhanced

-Converts the Following Portraits
Archdemon
Minotaur
Mephit
Demonlord
Dwarven Rifleman
Wraith
Raider

-Enhances Many Other Portraits
 
-Updated Warcraft 3 TC Splash Screen
-Enhances Main Menu Appearance
-Converts Interface Screen, and Demon Mission Briefing Screen
-Reallocates Button Placing
-Converts Mission Briefing Interface Graphics

-Fixes Efreet Bug

Warcraft 2 Alpha V4.0

-Converts Many Heroes stats to that of War 2
-Converts All Build/Command/Spell names to that of War2
-Balanced Previous Multiplayer balance Issues. Details at Infoceptor
-Alters the Unit Speeds of All Units to fit that of War2!
-Converts Most Orc Building and Unit Wireframes

-Converts the Following Unit Graphics:
 Siege Tank------>Gnomish Cannon
 Corsair------>Demon
 Arbiter------>Land Death Knight

-Converts the Following Hero Graphics:
 Gantrithor------>Deathwing
 Danimoth------->Terron Gorefield on Red Dragon
 
-Dramatically Enhanced the Following Units: 
 Death Knight ------> Movement, Walking, Animations added. Attack Animation Enhanced.
 Gnomish Flying Machine------> Propellar Animations Added
 Dwarven Warrior-------> Attack Animation Added
 Grunt--------> Perfected Animation, Enhanced Death Animation
 Dragon-------> Flaping Animation Enhanced, Adds Attack Animation
 Air Elemental-------> Adds 3d Shimmering Effect, Adds Attack Animation
 Troll---------> Movement, Death and Attack Animations Perfected
 Bone Demon---------> Enhanced Movement and Death Animations
 Mage---------> Enhanced Movement and Death Animations, 
 Necrolyte---------> Enhanced Death Animation, Black Warp Shadow Added
 Ogre Spirit---------> Graphics Completely Redone
 Beholder-------> Team Colors Fixed, Adds Death Animation
 Footman---------> Fire Removed, Attack and Movement Animations Enhanced
 Peon---------> Offensive Animations Added
 Peasant------> Offensive Animations Added

-Converts the Following Spell Graphics
 Psi Storm -------> Blizzard
 Irradiate------> Whirlwind
 EMP Shockwave------> Exorcism
 Shield Battery Recharge ------> Demonic Energy Recharge
 Disruption Web------> Chaos Storm
 
-Converts the Following Structure Graphics
 Nuke Silo -------> RuinStone
 Physics Lab------> Tower of Sorcery
 Stargate------> Storm Spire
 Shield Battery------> Beacon of the Damned
 Armoury------> Dwarven Lodge
 Refinery------> Human Refinery

-Enhances the Following Structure Graphics
 Alter of Storms -------> Adds Research Animation
 Ogre Mound------> Adds Idle Animation
 Mage Tower------> Adds Research Animation
 Orc Foundry------> Adds Production Animation
 Human Blacksmith------> Adds Research Animation
 Orc Blacksmith------> Adds Research Animation

-Converts the Following Missile Graphics
 Plasma Shockwave -----------> Force of Fury
 Canister Rifle -----------> Demon Fire


-Dramatically Enhanced the Missile Graphics
 Cannon Ball -----------> Exploding Impact Added
 Storm Hammer -----------> Plasma Trail and Exploding Impact Added
 Gaze of Hatred -----------> 3 Eyes instead of 2
 Arrow-----------> Speed Hastened
 Lightning-----------> Chain Lightning Effect Added
 Catapult Rock-----------> Red Explosion, Scarab now Flies

-Converts the Following Miscellaneous Graphics
 Psi Flame -------> Orange Flame
 Starcraft Structure Ruins------> Warcraft Structure Ruins
 Blood Splatter------> Human Corpse
 Dragoon Corpse ------> Horde Corpse
 Shield Flare------> Unholy Energy Flare

-All Unit Shadows Converted!
-All Structure Shadows Converted!
-More Icons Converted

-Converts the Following Portraits
Alleria
Nur'zhul
Terron Gorefiend
Necrolyte - New Version
Gnome Cannon

-Enhances Many Other Portraits
 
-Updated Warcraft 2 TC Splash Screen
-Converts Main Menu Appearance
-Converts Interace Screen, and Misiion Briefing Screens
-Reallocates Butoon Placings
-Converts Mission Briefing Interface Graphics

-Fixes Weakness Crash Bug

Warcraft 2 Alpha V3.0

-Converts Hero Stats Existing in the Preview Campaign to that of War 2
-Converts Hero names to that of War2
-Balanced Previous Multiplayer balance Issues. Details at Starcraft Infoceptor
-Alters the Unit Speeds of All Air Units!
-Converts Nearly All Icons!

-Converts the Following Unit Graphics:
 Dragoon------>Troll Beserker
 Arbiter------>Death Knight
 Dark Archon------->Efreeti
 Medic------------->Cleric
 Goliath----------->Dwarven Warrior
 Reaver------------>Catapult
 Dragon Corpse----->Orc Corpse
 Marine Blood------>Human Corpse
 
-Dramatically Enhanced the Following Units: 
 Knight ------> Attacking + Movement Animations Added
 Gryphon------> Attacking + Movement Animations Added
 Dragon-------> Movement Frames Added
 Grunt--------> Smoother Animation
 Wraith-------> Attacking Animations Added
 Peon---------> Harvesting + Movement Animations Added
 Peasant------> Harvesting + Movement Animations Added
 
-Converts the Following Structure Graphics
 Machine Shop -------> Gnomish Siege Workshop
 Robotics Support Bay------> Goblin Siege Workshop

-Converts the Following Missile Graphics
 Missiles -----------> Arrow
 Halo Rockets -------> Lightning
 Fragmentation Grenades------->Storm Hammer
 Gemini Missiles------------>Cannon Ball
 Anti Matter Missiles--------->Gaze of Hatred
 Disruption Cannon------------>Throwing Axe

-Converts the Following Sounds
 Sword Clang
 Arrow Fire
 Lightning
 Death Coil
 All Death Knight Sounds
 Air Elemental Sounds

-Converts the Following Portraits
 Floating Citadel
 Catapult
 Cleric
 Wraith
 Gnome Cannon
 
-Improved Warcraft 2 TC Splash Screen
-Converts Mission Victory/Defeat Splash Screen
-Converts Main Menu Appearance
-Converts Campaign Button Animations

-Fixes Weakness Crash Bug

Warcraft 2 Alpha V2.0

-Converts the Heroes Stats Existing in the Preview Missions to that of War2
-Converts the Weapons Names into the of War2
-Balances Previous Multiplayer Balance Issues. Details of Changes are at Starcraft Infoceptor.
-Adds a Preview Mission featuring full sound/trigger support.
-Converts of Human Ranking Names

-Converts the following unit Graphics:
 Shuttle------>Orc Transport
 Firebat------>Footman
 Dark Templar------>Bone Demon
 Valkyrie------>Air Elemental
 Corsair---->Wraith
 Mineral Batch----->Log

-Converts the Following Portraits:
 Dark Archon----->Efreeti
 Probe------>Peon
 Zealot------>Grunt
 Observer----->Goblin Zepplin
 Carrier----->Dragon
 SCV------->Peasant
 Marine------>Elven Archer
 Ghost------>Mage
 Wraith----->Gnomish Flying Machine
 Battlecruiser------->Griffon Rider
 Vulture--------->Knight
 Fenix------>Gromtak Half-Orc
 Stukov------>Deathwing
 Firebat------>Footman
 Dark Templar------>Bone Demon

-Converts The Following Structure Graphics
 Missile Turrent------>Human Cannon Tower
 Covert Ops---->Mage Tower
 Mineral Patch Type 1----->Trees
 
-Converts The following Sounds
 -All Dragon Sounds
 -Invisibility
 -Blizzard
 -Whirlwind

-Updates Starcraft Splash Screen

Warcraft 2 Alpha V1.0

-Converts the Unit Data into that of War2
-Converts the Structure Data into that of War2
-Converts all Miscellaneous Data to that of War2
-Converts all Unit/Structure/Spell txt to that of War2

-Converts the following unit Graphics:
 Probe------>Peon
 Zealot------>Grunt
 High Templar------>Necrolyte
 Archon------>Ogre Spirit of Vengeance
 Observer----->Goblin Zepplin
 Scout------->Beholder
 Carrier----->Dragon
 SCV------->Peasant
 Marine------>Elven Archer
 Ghost------>Mage
 Wraith----->Gnomish Flying Machine
 Science Vessel------>Floating Citadel
 Battlecruiser------->Griffon Rider
 Vulture--------->Knight
 DropShip--------->Human Transport

-Converts the Following Spells/Special Abilities
 Cloak----->Invisibility
 Lockdown---->Blizzard
 Recall----->Reinforcement
 Stasis----->Whirlwind
 Defensive Matrix--->Holy Armor
 EMP Shockwave---->Exorcism
 Irradiate------>Fire Ball
 Yomato Cannon----->Ice Bolt
 Psychic Storm----->Petrify
 Disruption Web----->Enfeeblement
 Feedback----->Anti Magic
 Maelstorm----->Power Word Stun
 Mind Control---->Enslavement
 Optic Flare----->Power Word Blind

-Converts Countless Structure Graphics
-Converts Sounds for Lots of units
-Converts Starcraft Splash Screen

Credits:
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Deathwing:
Director of Conversion Project
Conversion of Statistic Datafiles,
Conversion of Some Unit Graphics.
Conversion of Txt Files
Conversion of A Few Sounds
Creation of CWAD and Readme
Multiplayer Balancing
Unit Design Concepting
Warcraft 3 TC Webpage Design
Publication Write ups
Storyline Design
Spell Effect Concepting
Warcraft 2 Conversion Preview Campaign
Warcraft 2 Conversion Campaign Sounds

Shadow:
Editing of Image.dat and Iscript.bin
Editing of Flingy.dat 
The Enhancement of All Units
Technical Datafile Editting
Creator of Minotaur, Wraith, Dwarven Rifleman and Orc Raider graphics.
Conversion of Nearly All Unit Graphics
Conversion of all Spell Graphics
Conversion of all Hero Graphics
Conversion and Many new Portraits
Enhancement of All Portraits
Enhancement of all Missiles
Conversion of all Shadows
Creator of Meteor Shower
Conversion of Mission briefing Interface
The Addition of Frames for Units, Missiles and Spells
Further Frame Editing Research
Conversion of Many New Structures
Conversion of Lightning Bolt, Cannon Ball, Chin Lightning, Death Ray, Shadow Bolt and Many Others
Conversion of Victory/Defeat Splash Screens

Jastarr:
Conversion of Orc Building Wireframes
Conversion of Orc Unit Wireframes

 
Wind of the Past:
Conversion of Catapult and Deathknight 
Conversion of Campaign Buttons
Conversion of Mainmenu Background
Some Portrait Conversions
A Lot of Structure Graphics
Some Unit Sound Conversions
Conversion of Axe, Arrow and Gaze of Hatred

GaMe$t@:
Creation of Warcraft 3 Simluation Map

ShySmurf:
Beta Testing

CDR Kyle:
Conversion of Some Structures
Some Sound Conversions

GodHead:
Some Structure Conversions

Rituals of Rebirth Staff:
Supplying War2 Versions of Beholder, Air Elemental, Troll Hunter and a few Building Animations, 
Portrait Concepting

Clonk!
Conversion of a few Structures

Gaile:
Storyline Suggestions/Editing

Kyle Kartan:
Some Unit Sound Conversions

K-Line:
Some Unit Sound Conversions

If I missed anyone, tell me!




