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 Heroes 3.5 - WoG and Beyond:   [Official Thread] HoMM 3: Horn of the Abyss - Announcements, Questions, Features ( Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 ) 
Thread with 5087826 views started by nik312 on 01 Jan 2014, rated , last reply 14:17, 03 May 2024. | Go To Post:  No Subject
posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 03:44, 31 Jan 2020
It's only a bugfix 1.6.1. Not 1.7.0, of course. The next major update should not be expected in the next 2-3 months for sure.
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Heroes 3.5 - WoG and Beyond: [Official Thread] HoMM 3: Horn of the Abyss - Ideas and Suggestions ( Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 )
Thread with 587667 views started by nik312 on 04 Mar 2017, rated , last reply 19:28, 19 Apr 2024. | Go To Post: No Subject
posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 23:04, 26 Oct 2019
Salamandre said:
It was Docent Picolan who released first graphical patch made entirely from stolen assets
This claim is complete nonsense posted with an intent to deceive people. All of my pre-HotA WoG-related activities were aimed to adapt already existing assets to the original style, either ones from the original game (recoloring and frame-by-frame processing of so-called 8 lvl creatures), "stolen" graphics from WoG, or works of other modders. There hasn't been a single example of me intentionally borrowing a graphics from another game and trying to pass it off as my own work. Any attempts to 'work' on obviously imported assets such as objects from Age of Wonders were commissioned by other community members. As with all HotA source material, all early assets still exist in my archives; all discussions regarding such patches can be read on DF2 forums, and I can prove everything I said above using the material I mentioned. Actually, anyone who was engaged in HoMM modding in mid-2000s knows this, and I'm particularly baffled to hear such claims from you.
Worth mentioning is the fact that the experience I amassed adapting imported graphic assets to the visual style of HoMM III proved to be very useful. It still comes in handy every now and then when doing post-processing for 3D models.
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Hota with a friendly modkit (allowing all that WoG does and more) would expand the community from the actual one hundred at best to ten thousands, for a start.
And that's just a hilarious notion. You know there are 200,000 registered accounts in the lobby with at least a thousand online at any time, right?
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 04:47, 22 Oct 2019
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So, are HotA devs actually reading this thread?
Yep.
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Heroes 3.5 - WoG and Beyond: [Official Thread] HoMM 3: Horn of the Abyss - Announcements, Questions, Features ( Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 )
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 23:24, 12 Jul 2019
The update with the new terrain will most likely slide from summer to early autumn. However, later this month, an article with new development details will be released, so stay tuned.
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 21:54, 13 May 2019
The development of the Factory, the second town to be introduced in HotA and 11th overall in the game, is in full swing. As you already know, on April 28th, the Streamfest convention took place where some of the freshly developed content was unveiled. It included the following video, which, if one forgives the obvious shortcomings of hasty production, can be considered the second trailer for the Factory town.
Demo trailer for Streamfest: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSsek0wIEY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSsek0wIEY[/url]
We were always planning to publish another illustrated update in May, but, thanks to the team's increased productivity in the course of preparation for the festival, we are now able to show you even more than was initially planned. Make no mistake: the town graphics are in the earliest stage of development. Many things will likely change before the release, so the following content is nothing more than a sneak peek inside the Factory.
Provisional appearance of the townscreen. Factory unit and hero portraits
Here are some facts HotA Crew is able to confirm so far:
- The Halfling (Tier 1) and the Gunslinger (Tier 6), complete with their upgrades, were chosen for unveiling not because they somehow epitomise the essence of the new town, but rather because out of the whole lineup, only these two had been agreed upon in terms of appearance before the decision to participate in the convention was made.
- All humanoid units from the lineup have now been made public; these are the Halfling, the Gunslinger and the Mechanic (formerly Flamethrower Operator), described in the previous article.
Animated model of the Bounty Hunter, 200% scale. By Quick-Sighted Dog, Axolotl
- Neither in the New Year Day teaser and the festival trailer, the Factory town musical theme was played. These two videos have dedicated scores, specially written for this cause; however, you can expect certain melodic elements from these tracks to make a return.
- The provisional release date for the Factory town is still December 31th. The version 1.6.0, one to introduce the Wasteland terrain, will be released this summer.
- Three big announcements for the Factory have been published thus far: the New Year Day trailer, the interview from mid-January, and now this piece featuring the most up-to-date material. We also do not intend to keep mum until the release; within a month, you can expect another article.
- While many town elements are far from completion, most of the decorations and textures for the Wasteland terrain are now finished and will not change until the 1.6.0 release.
Wasteland terrain. Factory village and heroes
Textures of the Wasteland terrain. By Docent Picolan
Model of a Factory village for the adventure map. By Don_ko
Factory castle and heroes on the adventure map. Wasteland terrain
Conversely, one of the rawest elements shown at the convention is the Wasteland battlefield, an eleventh-hour addition to the demo. Naturally, it will see change.
Provisional Wasteland battlefield, Halfling and Gunslinger units with their upgraded versions, a Magic hero of the Factory.
Now for select renders of the Factory buildings and some tidbits from the townscreen creation process:
Models of the Marketplace and Resource Silo for the Factory townscreen. By Don_ko
Model of the Saloon, 6th tier dwelling, for the Factory townscreen. By Don_ko
Model of the Blacksmith for the Factory townscreen. By Don_ko
Raw draft of the Factory townscreen background. By Docent Picolan
Current Factory townscreen background. By Agar, Docent Picolan
First estimate of the Factory townscreen population. By Don_ko
Animated GIF of the provisional Factory townscreen layout. By Don_ko, Agar, Docent Picolan, DrSlash
There is also a video of the same screen in its original scale available at [url=https://youtu.be/xYDFyyS_5uw]https://youtu.be/xYDFyyS_5uw[/url]
An animated combat model of an Artificer class hero. By DrSlash
Special thanks go to Axolotl (3d tweaking and animation for the Gunslinger), Ivan Vorontsov (demo mapmaking), fiorin (3d modelling and animation for the Halfling) and the crew member gotthit for his efforts in last-minute programming for the demo.
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 11:04, 02 May 2019
Ok. You wanna play rough? Ok. Say hello to my little friend!
Maurice said:
I am guessing people are just antsy about any new information.
Expect a summary of the content made for Streamfest to be posted in a few days.
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 23:40, 06 Mar 2019
This is obviously a set up screenshot  When creating official production screenshots of HotA, I arrange the objects based on artistic considerations. Ergo, the objects are not placed following any gameplay logic, not in realistic or RMG-like patterns, but combined only by artistic criteria — which of them look more aesthetically pleasing together. A harmonious composition of the frame, working color combinations, taking advantage of the opportunity to demonstrate several new elements in a group. So yes, the guards will not be anything sensible, and some objects may be unreachable. For example the zealots are placed there only because of their blue-tinted robes near the similarly colored teleport and surrounded by the blue player interface. A spell scroll, Cyclops and a Pandora's Box — those accentuate and expand three-ways the beige palette of the Factory castle. And so on and so forth.
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 22:56, 28 Feb 2019
Russian World of Fantasy magazine has published an article dedicated to the 20th anniversary of HoM&M3 that mentions our project: [url=https://www.mirf.ru/games/videogames/20-let-geroyam-mecha-i-magii-3-chem-zhivyot-kultovaya-igra-segodnya]https://www.mirf.ru/games/videogames/20-let-geroyam-mecha-i-magii-3-chem-zhivyot-kultovaya-igra-segodnya[/url]
There is mostly no new information given about the future of HotA in the article, so a translation won't be needed. Though there is a new exclusive screenshot that is worth mentioning, showing the Factory's castle (until now only the "village"/capitol sprite has been shown publically) as well as a couple of new portraits. The model is, most likely, not final. As usual, around 15 different concepts of the castle have been discarded before we came up with the one we finally considered to be looking adequately enough.
There are two major architectural styles found in the Factory — its Capitol represents art deco, while art nouveau is represented by the Factory's castle. The main idea behind the castle's appearance is to be "the face of an empire", a monument to its ambitions. We deliberately made the architecture more secular and railway station-/institute-like in its aesthetics, rather than militaristic. The feature that is specific to the Factory's castle is how "alive" it is. of sieges an animation of the artillery guns being deployed will be shown, similar to how a short jingle is played at the start of each battle in the original game. Said animation will involve jets of steam ejecting, while several gears start moving with a rumbling noise, revealing the artillery cannons. In short, the building is moderately peaceful in its appearance, even has certain luxurious decoration, which, in a way, traps the unsuspecting besiegers.
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 18:59, 29 Jan 2019
fred79 said:
thanks for the info. question: if i am able to make defs from these and recolor them to match the grass terrain, would you guys have any issues with me releasing them in my patch? seeing that you guys aren't going to use them, atm.
No, in this case we won't object.
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posted by Docent_Picolan (Promising Adventuring Hero) at 17:05, 29 Jan 2019
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Is that building will by assigned for the Bounty Hunters/ Gunslingers ?
Yep.
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