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SAG
Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
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posted May 21, 2010 09:47 AM |
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questions for interview with homm3 creator
i've contacted with Gus Smedstad and he has agreed to answer some questions to Russian online magazine.
do you have any questions to Gus Smedstad (programmer and designer of homm3)?
post them here and if they will be interesting, i will ask them to Gus.
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I play HoMM3 at www.heroes-
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AlexSpl
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Supreme Hero
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posted May 21, 2010 11:25 AM |
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Edited by AlexSpl at 11:38, 21 May 2010.
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1. Please, tell us about development of Forge town and its fate. Did you just get rid of it? If not, is there any chance to resurrect this project (by fans and, of course, with ex-NWC guys help: sources, graphics, materials)?
2. Did you know about extraordinary popularity of the game in Russia? Did you plan to organize any HoMM competitions in USA or even worldwide?
3. Could you, please, share with us your ideas on creating spells. Why spell 'Fear' was abandoned and, then, replaced with 'Titan's Lightning Bolt'?
4. What else could we see in the game if you (NWC guys) had had enough time to complete all you wanted to be completed?
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SAG
Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
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posted May 21, 2010 11:44 AM |
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1. Please, tell us about development of Forge town and its fate. Did you just get rid of it? If not, is there any chance to resurrect this project (by fans and, of course, with ex-NWC guys help: sources, graphics, materials)?
i think that ex-NWC team are not fans of homm3  sources, graphics i guess are owned by Ubisoft. However we can ask him who from ex-NWC still likes homm3 - if he keep contact with them.
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2. Did you know about extra popularity of the game in Russia? Did you plan to organize any HoMM competions in USA or even worldwide?
he is not related to any tournaments. "extra popularity" by the way is too optimistic. compare 200-300 regular homm3 players and 200000 players into Warcraft or other games
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3. Could you, please, share with us your ideas on creating spells. Why spell 'Fear' was abandomed and, then replaced by 'Titan's Lightning Bolt'?
good question
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4. What else could we see in the game if you (NWC guys) had had enough time to complete all you wanted to be completed?
in which version?
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I play HoMM3 at www.heroes-
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AlexSpl
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Supreme Hero
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posted May 21, 2010 11:50 AM |
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Edited by AlexSpl at 11:52, 21 May 2010.
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200-300 regular homm3 players
There were more than 200-300 players in those past days 
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In which version?
All, in development of which he actually had been involved.
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angelito
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
proud father of a princess
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posted May 21, 2010 02:11 PM |
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Could we please have more detailed informations about the RMG and its features?
For example:
- the values (or value ranges) of each object (e.g.: utopia start with around 10.000, conservatories with 2000, etc...)
- What do the sizes of each area exactly mean. Are these numbers related to anything?
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Maybe a kind of manual for the whole sheet exists?
Would help a lot to create great templates....
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Better judged by 12 than carried by 6.
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SAG
Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
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posted May 21, 2010 02:37 PM |
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Could we please have more detailed informations about the RMG and its features?
too general question. General info is HERE
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For example:
- the values (or value ranges) of each object (e.g.: utopia start with around 10.000, conservatories with 2000, etc...)
as we all know, it's not a unique value for an object but a range. perhaps he will tell us something new about these ranges...
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- What do the sizes of each area exactly mean. Are these numbers related to anything?
i guess they set relative proportions between all zones. right? if not, then please explain what is wrong
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Maybe a kind of manual for the whole sheet exists?
Would help a lot to create great templates....
i remember there was post (maybe yours?) in Library with explanations. can you please find this link, so we can see what fields still not 100% clear.
i personally would like to know more about "1 per zone" objects like stables, observatory etc.
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I play HoMM3 at www.heroes-
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angelito
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
proud father of a princess
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posted May 21, 2010 04:56 PM |
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Edited by angelito at 16:56, 21 May 2010.
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- What do the sizes of each area exactly mean. Are these numbers related to anything?
i guess they set relative proportions between all zones. right? if not, then please explain what is wrong
All starting zones in Jebus for example have the same "size" in the template. But we all know, in reality, those zone often differ very much in size. Why is that? Does each zone size relate to a different "mother number"?
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Maybe a kind of manual for the whole sheet exists?
Would help a lot to create great templates....
i remember there was post (maybe yours?) in Library with explanations. can you please find this link, so we can see what fields still not 100% clear.
Yes, it was made by me (6th post in this thread), but many things couldn't be explained there. Be it (as mentioned) the zone sizes, the value ranges, the restrictons, etc...
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Cepheus
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Far-flung Keeper
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posted May 22, 2010 12:55 AM |
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Hi, can you ask Gus to share any memories he may have of the NWC Heroes V project - plans, ambitions etc (if he participated in its development)?
If he did, can he confirm whether it was also to be set in Axeoth (the world introduced in Heroes IV)? Many thanks.
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"Those who forget their history are inevitably doomed to repeat it." —Proverb, Might and Magic VIII
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Lord_Immortal
Famous Hero
DoR Dev Team
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posted May 22, 2010 07:40 PM |
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There are 2 questions to the Heroes III creator:
1)Why did NWC and 3DO failed as companies?
2)How to add new creatures,towns etc. in Heroes 3?
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E-J
Known Hero
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posted May 23, 2010 01:01 AM |
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-what is your opinion on WOG?
-did you play Salamandre's maps? (if not, they are strongly recommended! )
-the community already knows a lot of ways to modify heroes, but there are certain limits like the town limit and creature limit. do you know how to solve these problems?
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SAG
Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
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posted May 23, 2010 09:50 AM |
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There are 2 questions to the Heroes III creator:
1)Why did NWC and 3DO failed as companies?
was asked a lot times; not interesting
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2)How to add new creatures,towns etc. in Heroes 3?
officially no way; unofficially he can't help/does not know
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-what is your opinion on WOG?
-did you play Salamandre's maps? (if not, they are strongly recommended! )
i doubt that he played even SOD. he is not a player.
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-the community already knows a lot of ways to modify heroes, but there are certain limits like the town limit and creature limit. do you know how to solve these problems?
if that would be easy, then we would all know it already. this is very difficult without source codes. he does not own source codes
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I play HoMM3 at www.heroes-
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Lord_Immortal
Famous Hero
DoR Dev Team
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posted May 23, 2010 11:09 AM |
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2)How to add new creatures,towns etc. in Heroes 3?
officially no way; unofficially he can't help/does not know
Then ask him what program do we need to extract the Source Code.
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Warmonger
Promising
Legendary Hero
fallen artist
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posted May 23, 2010 11:20 AM |
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kesnar
Famous Hero
from Kesnaria
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posted May 23, 2010 09:00 PM |
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Can we hope in a possible realease of the source-code in the near future?!?
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SAG
Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
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posted May 24, 2010 08:18 AM |
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Ubisoft payed $1M for homm brand + sources. why should they give it to you for free?
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Dj
Promising
Supreme Hero
Always loyal to HC
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posted June 10, 2010 07:58 PM |
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any news about this interview? when are u gonna talk to Gus Smedstad ?
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