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Thread: [Official Thread] HoMM 3: Horn of the Abyss - Announcements, Questions, Features This Super Thread is 548 pages long: 1 70 140 210 ... 266 267 268 269 270 ... 280 350 420 490 548 · «PREV / NEXT»
Kipshasz
Kipshasz


Undefeatable Hero
Elvin's Darkside
posted January 03, 2018 04:52 PM

Are there any plans to "remake" more creatures, like it happened with Orcs and Pikemen?
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zuccer
zuccer

Tavern Dweller
posted January 03, 2018 04:54 PM
Edited by zuccer at 16:56, 03 Jan 2018.

heroes_fanboy said:

Providing tools is a good idea. Maybe you should consider an online translation platform for fans where you would upload HotA texts after each new release (or possibly even earlier for trusted translators)? So that these localization efforts become a little bit more organized (this could also work as a central hub for downloading translations), the contributors would feel more appreciated, but you still would not have to bother with adding these translations to installers.


We are working in a simple GitHub-repo when we made our Swedish translation. I think it will suffice for most of the plain text editing, the problem comes when you have to compile and build the entire solution to test if the translations are correct inside of HotA.exe. Also, if you want to keep some new features secret it might be a bad idea to make it public on GitHub

I'd love to help, but I understand if just the tracking of what a lot of people outside of the project group are doing would take up much of your time. At least it seems like there is a lot of potential in the community which could be used in some way!
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avatar


Promising
Supreme Hero
posted January 03, 2018 05:04 PM

zuccer said:

inside of HotA.exe.

There's fan-made polish, spanish (and german, if I remember correctly) HotA translations and none of them change anything in hota.exe...

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Mursilis
Mursilis


Hired Hero
posted January 03, 2018 06:43 PM

zuccer said:
heroes_fanboy said:

Providing tools is a good idea. Maybe you should consider an online translation platform for fans where you would upload HotA texts after each new release (or possibly even earlier for trusted translators)? So that these localization efforts become a little bit more organized (this could also work as a central hub for downloading translations), the contributors would feel more appreciated, but you still would not have to bother with adding these translations to installers.


We are working in a simple GitHub-repo when we made our Swedish translation. I think it will suffice for most of the plain text editing, the problem comes when you have to compile and build the entire solution to test if the translations are correct inside of HotA.exe. Also, if you want to keep some new features secret it might be a bad idea to make it public on GitHub

I'd love to help, but I understand if just the tracking of what a lot of people outside of the project group are doing would take up much of your time. At least it seems like there is a lot of potential in the community which could be used in some way!


Hey, Zuccer. I am the translator of the Spanish version (right now I am translating the new version 1.5.0), and I want to help you. The HotA texts are not in the .EXE file, but in the HotA.dat file. To edit it, I use an editor that I found online (the authors of the mod never answer my messages, so I have to find resources on my own). I do not remember the page where I found the application, but you could send it to you by mail if you want.

The problem is that this program is slightly limited, since it only recognizes English and Polish characters. In my language we have several symbols (', ¿, ¡, ñ) that the program does not recognize, and I have to use alternative words to avoid unsightly elements.

Finally, I think the biggest problem is the texts of the HD mod, because there are several add-ons (including the rules tournament plugin), which are encrypted in dll format. Baratorch has promised to put them in txt format in the future, but we are still waiting ...

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Sav
Sav


Known Hero
posted January 03, 2018 06:55 PM

Mursilis said:
the authors of the mod never answer my messages

Check your e-mail inbox at 20.08.2017. I've send you quite a large message with the explanations and links that day.

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Mursilis
Mursilis


Hired Hero
posted January 03, 2018 07:43 PM

Sav said:
Mursilis said:
the authors of the mod never answer my messages

Check your e-mail inbox at 20.08.2017. I've send you quite a large message with the explanations and links that day.


Sorry, Sav. I'm checking my email (mursilis1321@gmail.com) on that date and I have nothing (not even in the spam folder). Could you send it back to me?

Thank you very much!!

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Sav
Sav


Known Hero
posted January 03, 2018 07:47 PM bonus applied by Maurice on 03 Jan 2018.

Ok, I've sent it once again now.

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Mursilis
Mursilis


Hired Hero
posted January 03, 2018 07:50 PM

Sav said:
Ok, I've sent it once again now.


Yes now. Thanks, Sav!

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zuccer
zuccer

Tavern Dweller
posted January 03, 2018 08:00 PM
Edited by zuccer at 20:06, 03 Jan 2018.

avatar said:

There's fan-made polish, spanish (and german, if I remember correctly) HotA translations and none of them change anything in hota.exe...

Sorry for being unclear, I just meant that you have to test the changes before including them in the package

I received the same e-mail message as you got so I think we have all we need for the moment. Really greatful for that, thank you very much  Sav!

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kors
kors

Tavern Dweller
posted January 03, 2018 10:03 PM
Edited by kors at 22:09, 03 Jan 2018.

Hey guys, I installed the 1.5.0 update and played for a while. Very nice changes, especially the spell research, which was a welcomed surprise.

I noticed something tho... I made a random map and the Plague week triggered. I remember that this was removed from RMG when Hota hit, so is this intended? Asking because I didn't see anything regarding this in the 1.5 notes.

Have a nice day

Edit: here's a screenshot if it helps in any way


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Salamandre
Salamandre


Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
posted January 03, 2018 10:12 PM

Plague occurs when computer detects that human player sits in same town and does nothing for 3 months, kinda penalty hardcoded.

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kors
kors

Tavern Dweller
posted January 03, 2018 11:41 PM

Salamandre said:
Plague occurs when computer detects that human player sits in same town and does nothing for 3 months, kinda penalty hardcoded.


In all the years of playing H3, I didn't knew this. It was strange, because I didn't saw the Plague week since I played H3 Complete and I tend to farm my personal area when playing vs AI quite often.

I quote the line from the original list of added features:

Creature weeks, creature months and plague are disabled for random maps.

Hence my question if it was re-added in this patch

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Sav
Sav


Known Hero
posted January 03, 2018 11:53 PM

kors said:
I noticed something tho... I made a random map and the Plague week triggered. I remember that this was removed from RMG when Hota hit, so is this intended? Asking because I didn't see anything regarding this in the 1.5 notes.

Now it depends on template settings. Default template pack has monster/plague weeks enabled, while most of single templates have them disabled.

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RRobin
RRobin

Tavern Dweller
posted January 03, 2018 11:53 PM

Sav said:
RRobin said:
With the rmg template editor,could somebody make alterations in his favour on some templates and play them online?

In lobby it will be considered cheating. If you make changes, you must rename the template and your opponent must know which template you play.


Yes,u can rename same as old one and the opponent would not know.
Hope that the Hota team will take a position on this-its BIG ISSUE-and do something to protect or allow only balanced templates.
Until then i am thinking to quit playing online..
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Popcioslav
Popcioslav


Hired Hero
The best H4 unit
posted January 04, 2018 12:25 AM
Edited by Popcioslav at 00:28, 04 Jan 2018.

I'm not sure if this entire post is fitting here or not, but oh well.

Before I'll say anything I really want to thank Hota team for everything they've done and worked on for the past 2 years or so while making this amazing update. It's by far my favorite one.

I didn't get much to playing this update because I was mostly working 24/7 on a new map that would showcase everything new in 1.5. and I'd really love to share it in some grand way, but, just today I've encountered the first problem, mainly [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/319755823075164161/398245976923570190/unknown.png]this[/url]. I've tried restarting the map, even doing different things, but every single time I would reveal that green sea portal, the game would crash. I've tested it both on the newest [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vZJqi3ed3nNFu5l34emJY37mrRoZhcIoBfwlY1JjeaA/edit?usp=sharing]HD version[/url] and [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xBi8RzNAqGWqe-O1L76b544gQpvU2aAb9biGjQ6QSdY/edit?usp=sharing]without it[/url]. (links to docs with crash files in it, sorry I couldn't do it in a better way atm)


If anyone would like to play the map, whatever to test the issue or to have some fun until you'll find another big bug i somehow have missed, it's here on [url=http://mapy.heroes.net.pl/mapa/1032]on this polish site[/url]. I'd normally update or remove the map from there if I only knew how to.

Oh and is there any tutorial on how to use RMG Template Editor? I really have no idea how to use it despite trying to make something work for 5 hours. I do know how to handle the templates itself, I just don't know how to set them up so I can actually try them out and play them.


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OrrinIsTheBest
OrrinIsTheBest


Known Hero
Invest in your future.
posted January 04, 2018 07:45 AM

Popcioslav said:
I'm not sure if this entire post is fitting here or not, but oh well.

Before I'll say anything I really want to thank Hota team for everything they've done and worked on for the past 2 years or so while making this amazing update. It's by far my favorite one.

I didn't get much to playing this update because I was mostly working 24/7 on a new map that would showcase everything new in 1.5. and I'd really love to share it in some grand way, but, just today I've encountered the first problem, mainly this. I've tried restarting the map, even doing different things, but every single time I would reveal that green sea portal, the game would crash. I've tested it both on the newest HD version and without it. (links to docs with crash files in it, sorry I couldn't do it in a better way atm)


If anyone would like to play the map, whatever to test the issue or to have some fun until you'll find another big bug i somehow have missed, it's here on on this polish site. I'd normally update or remove the map from there if I only knew how to.

Oh and is there any tutorial on how to use RMG Template Editor? I really have no idea how to use it despite trying to make something work for 5 hours. I do know how to handle the templates itself, I just don't know how to set them up so I can actually try them out and play them.



To use RMG temp editor effectively you must at least have the basic knowledge of how rmg.txt works. What i suggest is first read this thread: http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=14290&pagenumber=1   and then analyze/test rmg text files using excel. If you face any difficulty,ask in thread and ill try to answer.

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mistrz
mistrz


Hired Hero
posted January 04, 2018 12:40 PM

Outstanding job Hota Crew! New version plays great, thanks for keeping H3 alive. I have a question, are any new units planed in nearest future? Hope so, thanks!

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Javiduc
Javiduc


Adventuring Hero
posted January 04, 2018 03:59 PM

Thank you HOTA crew! I liked it a lot, research spells, reject not wanted secondary skills from witch hut, leprechauns... I have been playing a few hours without any crash or bug detected.

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Serp
Serp


Known Hero
posted January 04, 2018 04:44 PM

OrrinIsTheBest said:

To use RMG temp editor effectively you must at least have the basic knowledge of how rmg.txt works. What i suggest is first read this thread: http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=14290&pagenumber=1   and then analyze/test rmg text files using excel. If you face any difficulty,ask in thread and ill try to answer.

? the reason to have an editor, is to make is easier to create those templates. So no, you don't have to understand the previous way of making templates (only if you want to know limitations). But to create your own templates, you don't need to understand. Simply open some existing templates and explore every single setting. And to see the generated map, start it ingame and open the hm3 file generated in your random_maps folder with scenario editor.

@Gruk:
I hope you read my previous two posts with feedback

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Bluts
Bluts


Hired Hero
posted January 04, 2018 05:09 PM
Edited by Bluts at 17:24, 04 Jan 2018.

Already found a bug that causes RMG map to not be generated:
Lowered the number of shrines on the map
Crash log:
http://m.uploadedit.com/bbtc/1515081968966.TXT
And another one when adding same neutral town at the starting zone
or was it because I chose less players ?
Crash log:
http://m.uploadedit.com/bbtc/1515082445918.TXT

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