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Article #711101Hack to slow down Warcraft 3 game speed?
From: riku
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:36
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:36
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First time playing through WC3 (RoC). I am playing on Hard and so far have done ok, apart from a couple of very hard missions, like the awakening of Stormrage. Needless to say, the very last mission (Twilight of the Gods) is really killing me, no matter what I try. The problem is that the game runs way too fast for me even on slowest game speed. It seems to me they made the slowest game speed in WC3 much faster than e.g. in Starcraft, where I never felt the game ran too fast to be able to keep up with the pace. This last mission really seems to be about how much you are able to micromanage all over the map in a given time, not so much whether you are using the proper tactics and right units for the job. So my question is, is there any "speed hack" for Warcraft 3 single-player campaigns that would slow the game speed down even further? I'd say something like half the speed of the current "lowest game speed" would be fine (to me it seems then it would run maybe about the same as Starcraft in lowest game speed). Yes I realize it is kind of a cheat, but unlike other kinds of cheats (unlimited gold, invulnerability etc.), it would let me see whether I am using proper tactics at all in this level, or if the limiting factor for my success really is just my inability to keep up with the speed of the game. I would like to play this first and foremost as a tactical game, not an action game. Also, does anyone know if there are replay files showing how people have completed "Twilight of the Gods" and other maps on hard? I have seen a couple of WC3 replay sites, but they seem to carry only competitive online multiplayer replay files, not single-player campaign files. Thanks.
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