Heroes of the Storm Alpha!

[givemhell]

Reserved for top and added info, please try and keep this Quoted on the top of the next few pages to kinda kill off the asking for smarter AI and Lanplay,

alot of people are asking about the smarter AI and Matchmaking/Lanplay
these are the current problems/challenges we face in modification

1. All maps - probably not going to happen. There are bits and pieces here and there, but the majority of those maps simply haven't been created or weren't included. I found some files referencing a battle between Arthas and Muradin (another tutorial level? or maybe a scrapped tutorial?), but it's very incomplete.

2. Alternate costumes/mounts, choosing bot difficulty, choosing talents, choosing teammates/enemies: This shouldn't be very difficult once the file format is completely reversed because all of this is controlled by the map's MapScript.galaxy file. We first need access to the compiled StormMap files. They are currently compiled on the fly by Blizzard, so that process must be reverse engineered. After that's done, somebody would need to make a small tool to alter parts of the StormMap quickly - shouldn't be hard because the hex offsets will never change since the StormMap is static. Additionally, Ladik's libraries for MPQs also work for SC2Maps (and therefore almost certainly work for StormMaps). This will require time but not an -incredible- amount, so somebody will probably do it eventually.

3. Online/LAN Play: I have no idea. It's going to require the file format to be fully reversed, just like #2, but it will also need much more work done, specifically to the exe. This may be nearly impossible because it would require somebody with a lot of skill and a lot of time to waste (only a small community will use a leaked alpha).


Edit: With some serious tweaking, Heroes could be made to run in SC2 directly as a custom map. I'm doing a little work on it atm. I've recompiled a ton of bits and pieces of one of the maps and recreated it as an SC2Map. It loads, but again, need full reversal of file format to get all the models/textures - right now it's just a blank black map.

https://i.imgur.com/imTFvix.png

All Heroes files are already included - they get downloaded from the FTP and then combined into those massive data.000, data.001, and data.002 files. Accessing alternate costumes/mounts could probably be done with memory editing, but it would take a lot longer to get working than hero selection.

AI for your own team has higher difficulty.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Trigger: Init Players
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool gt_InitPlayers_Func (bool testConds, bool runActions) {
    int autoF4A3553F_ae;
    int autoF4A3553F_ai;
    int autoBC54A7AB_ae;
    int autoBC54A7AB_ai;

    // Variable Declarations
    int lv_indexPlayer;

    // Variable Initialization

    // Actions
    if (!runActions) {
        return true;
    }

    libGame_gv_players[1].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Raynor");
    libGame_gv_players[2].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Uther");
    libGame_gv_players[3].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("DemonHunter");
    libGame_gv_players[4].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Nova");
    libGame_gv_players[5].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Tyrael");
    libGame_gv_players[6].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Diablo");
    libGame_gv_players[7].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Arthas");
    libGame_gv_players[8].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Illidan");
    libGame_gv_players[9].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("Malfurion");
    libGame_gv_players[10].lv_heroIndex = libStEx_gf_HeroIndex("WitchDoctor");
    autoF4A3553F_ae = 5;
    autoF4A3553F_ai = 1;
    lv_indexPlayer = 1;
    for ( ; ( (autoF4A3553F_ai >= 0 && lv_indexPlayer <= autoF4A3553F_ae) || (autoF4A3553F_ai <= 0 && lv_indexPlayer >= autoF4A3553F_ae) ) ; lv_indexPlayer += autoF4A3553F_ai ) {
        libAIAI_gf_HeroAISetAIDifficultyLevel(lv_indexPlayer, 4); // <- your team
    }
    autoBC54A7AB_ae = 10;
    autoBC54A7AB_ai = 1;
    lv_indexPlayer = 6;
    for ( ; ( (autoBC54A7AB_ai >= 0 && lv_indexPlayer <= autoBC54A7AB_ae) || (autoBC54A7AB_ai <= 0 && lv_indexPlayer >= autoBC54A7AB_ae) ) ; lv_indexPlayer += autoBC54A7AB_ai ) {
        libAIAI_gf_HeroAISetAIDifficultyLevel(lv_indexPlayer, 3); // <- enemy team
    }
    libCore_gv_tUTTalentsAutobuyOn = true;
    return true;
}

can we get this compiled? i do not have the hard drive space to even install a compiler...

No. To get working map we need all files. I only have galaxy scripts.

i dont know what he was talking about when he said galaxy scripts. i thought it was the map at first but it seems to be a file type
its clear were missing files or scripts in the stuff

but there are 2 lines of code that are interesting [Doesn't mean it will work]

        libAIAI_gf_HeroAISetAIDifficultyLevel(lv_indexPlayer, 3); // <- enemy team
    }
    libCore_gv_tUTTalentsAutobuyOn = true;
    return true;
}

I'm not a programmer at all, and this seems like a way to easy solution...but, can we not just change that 3 on the enemy team to a 4?

i would of thought so but i think tom would of tried
or he may of overlooked it

id try it but i dont have the space or the things to start recompiling to test it either

I don't have AI difficulty for you today (give it a week or two, it will happen), but I do have something amusing to play with.

Change offset 0x02E251B2 to '2' (Byte) while in a game with Cheat Engine or a modified version of Tom's MapSwitcher.

[Kipx]

I don't have AI difficulty for you today (give it a week or two, it will happen), but I do have something amusing to play with.

Change offset 0x02E251B2 to '2' (Byte) while in a game with Cheat Engine or a modified version of Tom's MapSwitcher.

Can someone translate that to simple/stupid for me, you're able to input that command while in game? how? Or is this a programming thing you input in the data files?

[Nyarly]

Can someone translate that to simple/stupid for me, you're able to input that command while in game? how? Or is this a programming thing you input in the data files?

1- Launch HoTS
2- Launch CheatEngine
3- Attach Play.exe to CE
4- Add address manually : 02E251B2 (select Byte)
5- Open MapSwitcher and patch the game
6- Start the tutorial
7- Put the value of the address to 2 in CheatEngine

I didn't notice any change but i didn't play much with this. Gonna try more tonight.

[irongete]

Can you explain what this address do?

thanks!

[Ultima1221]

DL doesnt work

[TOM_RUS]

I don't have AI difficulty for you today (give it a week or two, it will happen), but I do have something amusing to play with.

Change offset 0x02E251B2 to '2' (Byte) while in a game with Cheat Engine or a modified version of Tom's MapSwitcher.

All I noticed is different sounds for battle starting/ending and so on.

[rob122]

All I noticed is different sounds for battle starting/ending and so on.

But no changes at the AI?
Thanks!

[CatsNimo]

All I noticed is different sounds for battle starting/ending and so on.

Yes. It changes the voiceover announcer from the Default to Abathur.

RED TEAM FIRST BIOMASS

[Kaiser499]

I wonder if they have more announcer voice overs.

[CatsNimo]

I wonder if they have more announcer voice overs.

Yes, but no others shipped with the alpha.

[CatsNimo]

Probably of 0 interest to anyone, but

Player 1's AI Difficulty static is stored at Play.exe+281F71C aka offset 0x0301F71C.

The value is distributed to it by generic code that distributes values all throughout the program, unfortunately. Maybe if you 'nop' a specifc segment of that it will leave the value alone and not override it when changed or something - that's beyond me.

I know two other statics for AI difficulty, both bytes: 0x0301F8B3 and 0x0301FF0F. They both contain the value of 0 while no game is in progress and the value of the AI difficulty while the game is running

I believe one of them is the AI difficulty for Player 6 and the other is the AI difficulty for the enemy team, but I'm not 100%, and I have no idea which is which.

Also, the AI difficulty for the enemy team is useless - changing it does nothing. You want to find the pointer for the Player 6 AI difficulty. If you can change just 1 AI difficulty, you're miles closer.

AI difficulty of enemy team is automatically calculated constantly based on the lowest AI value of the enemy team's players. To affect any real change, you must change the values of players 6-10.

[Ehnoah]

@TOM_RUS just for notice, should it be able then to change map also with CheatEngine if you add: (Which type?)


static readonly IntPtr PatchMapOffset1 = new IntPtr(0x0140DF60);
static readonly IntPtr PatchMapOffset2 = new IntPtr(0x0140DF67);
static readonly IntPtr PatchHeroOffset = new IntPtr(0x02E04E94);

[CatsNimo]

Yes, Ehnoah. Probably can change PatchMapOffset if you add 0x0140DF60 as string, and I know it can change 0x02E04E94 when added as 4 bytes (or byte or 2 bytes).

[Ehnoah]

02E04E94 for Hero Change working perfectly. But the other Address for Map Change not work (as Text, same not as Unicode) -> 0140DF60

Dunno, may it just not work with CheatEngine.

[CatsNimo]

Meh, it's not important. It's easiest to just load TOM's program in Visual Studio and change the string and hit 'Debug'.