Download Warcraft III 1.24b

Blizzard has released a new patch for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and the add-on The Frozen Throne. The patch, which wears jersey number 1.24b, is available as a full patch or as an update from version 1.24a. You can of course also update within the game itself by clicking the Battle.net button. Version 1.24b adds some new features to the World editor, a program that allows players to design their own scenarios and maps. The changelog also shows some bug fixes:

PC World editor changes:

• Increased max map file size from 4 MB to 8 MB.
• Added the ability to store hashtable handles in a hashtable.
• Added GetSpellTargetX and GetSpellTargetY natives.
• Added a new base handle type “Agent” of which many types now extend from.
• Added a SaveAgentHandle native which can be used for saving most handle types.
• Added a JASS optimization dealing with global variable change events.

Fixes:

• Fixed a few false positives caused by the “return bug” fix.
• Fixed a crash related to hashtable reference counting.
• “Shadowing” global variables with local variables no longer is possible.
• Fixed a type of conversion dealing with operators (ie adding a handle with an integer).