1.24 Situation

[thisisdota.com]

thisisoutrage!

were with you icefrog!

[CarnageHeart]

Currently 6.59d works

[supa_fly]

I'll be around for a while if you need us to do anything to help get this fixed quicker.

[Slam]

Damn, that must be so frustrating for you. I guess the open Beta Testers should wait till you have a version that works with 1.24 live before we do anymore testing?

Edit: ^ I'll also be around for a few hours if you need me

[TeT]

6.59d working seriously ?

[unsigned char]

Oh, Blizzard, could you have made a bigger mess of all this?

Hopefully they will roll this back until the bugs (in Blizzard's patch!) are fixed.

[He||Raiser]

yes..its working!

[chxcks]

Originally Posted by Kasad

is this comfirmed?

afaik it is. Most tower defenses, Hero line wars, and footy's don't work (including dota of course with the exception .59d

[TeT]

Some players are saying it just can't work !!
So please did someone really tryed 6.59d ON patch 1.24 ?

[blau08]

Garena FTW. Everyone should play on garena. It's much better.

[maxouw]

Yes it work. I v played several games till the new blizzard's release on 5.59d.

[Cp6uja]

Originally Posted by blau08

Garena FTW. Everyone should play on garena. It's much better.

Enjoy hacking. Thats why Blizzard rules with official patching!

[CarnageHeart]

The majority of maps that use certain advanced JASS functions do not work. DotA is a perfect example, as well as Element TD with certain modes selected, Rabbits Vs Sheep when you choose extreme mode and random draft (a few people said they have no problem, but it crashes for me). I'm sure there are other maps out there that are crashing, but I don't know what other ones are off hand. Many people are complaining about it though.

[JacksoN.]

Omg stop crying.

6.59d works flawlessly - I know it I played a complete game of aprox. 40 minutes.

6.62 is going to be released for the Warcraft 3 TFT Patch 1.24 as soon as possible.

So please keep cool. This patch was so needed and nobody will undo the patch cause of some angry dota people.

All maps are gonna be adapted you will see, it will just take some time.

[blau08]

Originally Posted by Cp6uja_

Enjoy hacking. Thats why Blizzard rules with official patching!

People hacked on b.net too man...

Doesn't icefrog's new -ah (anti-hack) mode work?

[Demon_Hunter309]

i wonder could it be that triggering works and scripting are broken. Because i tested some maps i know are scripted and it doesnt work. I also tested out some non-scripted map it works

[Cp6uja]

Originally Posted by blau08

People hacked on b.net too man...

Doesn't icefrog's new -ah (anti-hack) mode work?

-ah doesn't have anything with that kind of hacking. Its Anti-Maphack. Also, Blizzard is updating because of all those collided maps which roam through Garena.

[blau08]

For all those people who test scripts and codes, can a lot of you work for big computer programming companies?

[unsigned char]

Originally Posted by JacksoN.

So please keep cool. This patch was so needed

Perhaps. That's no excuse for releasing a version that wasn't ready for release. I have been a software developer and it makes me upset that the folks at Blizzard can get away with this whereas if I had done this I would probably have gotten fired or sued, depending on whether the software was internal or external.

and nobody will undo the patch cause of some angry dota people.

Blizzard claimed that they were working with the makers of custom maps. Then they released the patch before the main custom map maker (IceFrog) was ready, and it didn't work the same way it did on the beta server. The least they can do is roll it back and re-release it when it's actually ready, which is exactly what any other company would do if they made a similar blunder. IceFrog is not paid to work on DotA and leaving the buggy patch is an unfair burden on his time, as well as that of all the beta testers. Of course Blizzard doesn't have to care about any of that but it would be awfully nice if they did.

EDIT: Blizzard could roll back the patch version to 1.23 for bnet and leave 1.24 available for Garena people if they want it. A new patch 1.24b could be put into place on bnet when it's ready. This is what I would do if I were the manager in charge of this.

[Cp6uja]

Originally Posted by unsigned char

Perhaps. That's no excuse for releasing a version that wasn't ready for release. I have been a software developer and it makes me upset that the folks at Blizzard can get away with this whereas if I had done this I would probably have gotten fired or sued, depending on whether the software was internal or external.
Blizzard claimed that they were working with the makers of custom maps. Then they released the patch before the main custom map maker (IceFrog) was ready, and it didn't work the same way it did on the beta server. The least they can do is roll it back and re-release it when it's actually ready, which is exactly what any other company would do if they made a similar blunder. IceFrog is not paid to work on DotA and leaving the buggy patch is an unfair burden on his time, as well as that of all the beta testers. Of course Blizzard doesn't have to care about any of that but it would be awfully nice if they did.

Just underlining the main part. Nothing else. This man speaks the truth.