The latest patch is now live and includes Ranked Play, Player Profiles, Leaderboards, and more.

Warcraft III Reforged Patch Notes

Version 1.33 August 10, 2022

Ranked Play

• Players may now choose between Ranked and Unranked Play on the Versus screen.
  • Auto-matching via either mode will count towards wins for Portrait unlocks.
• Seasons are now defined.
  • When a Season ends, the ladder will reset, and players can see their history via their Profile and the Leaderboards.
  • Player MMR is reset with the beginning of each season.
  • Players have separate MMR for each race, including Random.
  • Players must play 5 placement matches per race to be placed each Season.
• After playing a Ranked Match, players will be shown MMR gained and rankings.
• Ranks are:
  • Unranked
  • Combatant
  • Challenger
  • Rival
  • Duelist
  • Elite
  • Gladiator
  • Champion

In-Game Stats

• Added "!Stats" functionality. 
• !Stats displays the Win/Loss record and MMR information for players in the current match.
  • If a player leaves the match, their stats will no longer be retrievable by the "!stats" command.
  • Typing "!Stats + Username" will display the Battletag, W/L, and MMR for that player.
  • Typing "!Stats" will display your own Battletag, W/L, and MMR.
• A partial name will provide stats for the closest matching name.

Leaderboards

• Players can now view their rank among others via the Leaderboard, accessible from the Versus screen.
• Preset filters allow you to sort between race, friends, and mode.

Player Profiles

• Players profiles are accessed by right-clicking on the player icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
• Other players’ profiles may be viewed by right-clicking on the player’s name and selecting “View Profile”.
• Player profiles display the player's current rank is for each race, lifetime stats, and match history.

Classic Portraits

• Added a collection of Classic Versus portraits.
• Portraits are unlocked via reaching certain total lifetime wins.
• These criteria match original Warcraft III.

Custom Games

• Custom Games are now global and can be filtered by ping from all regions.
• Adding a computer player or closing a slot in the custom game lobby will no longer increase the player count in the custom game list.

Reforged Campaign

• Various tuning and balance adjustments have been made to multiple campaign maps.

Game Servers

• A proxy game server in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. has been added.

PopcornFX Update

• The Warcraft III Reforged version of PopcornFX has been upgraded to version 2.5.1.63447.
  • Custom mapmakers with custom FX baked on an older version must rebake their assets to the current version.
  • Added an error message in the editor for users who have outdated custom FX.

Zoom Feature

• Added additional Camera Zoom functionality to support mouse wheel zooming.
  • Camera Zoom is disabled by default and may be enabled via the options menu in the gameplay section.
  • Zoom may also be adjusted using the Page Up and Page Down keys.
• Default zoom and maximum zoom can now be set via a slider option.
  • Games will always begin in your default zoom.
  • Press F5 to snap your camera back to your defined default zoom.
  • Maximum zoom allows you to limit the farthest your camera can zoom out using the mouse wheel.
  • Maximum zoom cannot be less than the default zoom.

Additional User Interface Updates

• Menu buttons may now be activated via hotkeys.
• The main user interface has been optimized to be more responsive.
• Windows 10 common controls are enabled for the World Editor.
• Updated the GPU renderer to improve performance, with a slight change to the appearance of the font. To enable the old font rendering, run the command "-legacykerning".

Bugfixes

• Fixed an causing FileAliases.JSON to have incorrect file paths for some textures.
• The Mountain King avatar ability now says "For Khaz Modan!" (was "Khaz Modan!").
• Made various animation collision changes on Reforged assets to match their original SD counterpart's collision.
• Fixed a crash when using custom particle FX exported on an older version of Popcorn.
• Fixed an editor crash when opening the terrain pallet menu with custom terrains.
• Fixed a crash in the world editor when a user tries to open a map with an invalid object ID via double clicking.
• Fixed an issue with sorting the import list in the world editor.
• Fixed an issue where the game music was playing from the wrong playlist.
• Fixed an issue where voice lines of units did not play.
• Fixed an issue where in-game portrait animations would not play.
• Fixed an issue with the in-game menu displaying the Human UI for all races.
• Fixed a bug preventing the Insert key from rotating the camera as expected.
• Fixed a bug with the “=” function when using single-player cheats.