Warcraft III/Patch 1.24a

Patch 1.24a was a minor patch that was released on August 4, 2009.

• 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

• 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.

• “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.