1.24 Patch

[TKF]

Patch 1.24 for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is now live.

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  WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE VERSION HISTORY
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Patch 1.24
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PC WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

- Added new JASS hash table functions to replace the lost functionality from
   fixing unsafe type casting.
   - Hash Table - Save Item Handle
   - Hash Table - Save Unit Handle
   - ...
   - Hash Table - Load Item Handle
   - Hash Table - Load Unit Handle
   - ...
   - Hash Table - Get Handle ID

FIXES

- Fixed an exploit related to unsafe type casting that allowed users to
   execute arbitrary code in maps.
- Fixed the JASS unsafe type casting exploit ("return bug").
- Fixed several World Editor crashes.

Code:

ADDITIONAL (Unwritten changes not listed in the changelog)

• “Shadowing” global variables with local variables no longer is possible.
• Fixed a type conversion dealing with operators (i.e. adding a handle with an integer)
• 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.
• Increased max map file size from 4MB to 8MB.

However there is a rumor at wc3c that the return bug isn't fixed in 1.24