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Salamandre
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
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posted October 08, 2015 09:35 PM |
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Maybe those can be added as togglable options in HD mod, it would be disappointing imo to restrict HotA to multiplayer only, people playing solo do not always care about game perfect "balance".
There are already incompatibilities with old school maps.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 08, 2015 10:03 PM |
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nik312 said:
It is a package for hardcoding HW multiplayer rules. In mp diplomacy is totally broken and there is no surprise that it is banned. It still can be used for making crucial buy-outs cheaper
I understand that, but the skill is pretty useless if units can't join, ai won't benefit from it AT ALL and the skill might as well not be there.
I made my own restrictions to diplomacy in my map. All 7th (and 8th) level units are set to savage, meaning they can't join, 6th level are set to savage-hostile (depending on what they protect) meaning small to no chance of joining, 1st-5th is set to aggresive (the default setting) meaning they have an okay chance of joining. This works very well imo.
Also a little wish: I know you have added the option of monster/plague weeks in the editor. But would it be possible to separate those options, so I could have monster weeks on and plague weeks off?
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Hero_Of_Light
Responsible
Supreme Hero
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posted October 09, 2015 01:12 AM |
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Is there a way to acquire any older versions of HotA? I liked the old animations for orcs and pikemen better.
Oh, never mind I found v1.3 in my computer.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 09, 2015 08:24 AM |
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I also like the original orcs and pikemen/halbardiers better. Same with hero portraits.
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nik312
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted October 09, 2015 11:50 AM |
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Salamandre said:
Maybe those can be added as togglable options in HD mod, it would be disappointing imo to restrict HotA to multiplayer only, people playing solo do not always care about game perfect "balance".
There are already incompatibilities with old school maps.
Ehm, what? What are you talking about? We were talking about HW rules pack, not about HotA
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hippox89
Famous Hero
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posted October 09, 2015 01:13 PM |
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Edited by hippox89 at 13:27, 09 Oct 2015.
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I personally think that it was a very sensible decision to do something about the previous HotA portraits as they - as a collected impression at least - stood out a bit too much in the whole of things. For example, compare the previous Dargem incarnation to the current Dargem and then take a look at all of the other original portraits from HMM3; which one of them do you feel blends in better, so to say?
They could alternatively have tried to make all of the portraits from HMM3 fit the previous Cove portraits better, but this in itself would probably have been too much work, but more importantly, it might have meant losing too much of the classical impression. I do, however, like the smaller tweaks they have done to some of the original HMM3 portraits, such as to Caitlin for example.
I myself really the new Orc and Orc Chieftain, not that I disliked the original ones. I just find them fitting in their own right. They also look very detailed. So nothing much to say here.
I'd agree that there's still something a little off about the new Pikeman/Halberdier. It could just be because of his face, because unlike most other humanoid creatures of similar size, his nose/eyes stands out clearly, maybe even a bit exaggerated. In a way it actually makes his face look less natural.
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P4R4D0X0N
Famous Hero
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posted October 09, 2015 04:01 PM |
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Wasnt it the copyright issue with modified Portraits? I could swear I saw one of the male pirates on a painting from the game Thief3... 
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 09, 2015 04:24 PM |
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I was thinking about non-Hota portraits. Especially Vey from Stronghold looks like a 5-year old played around a bit in MS Paint.
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hippox89
Famous Hero
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posted October 09, 2015 06:42 PM |
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Edited by hippox89 at 18:50, 09 Oct 2015.
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phoenix4ever said:
I was thinking about non-Hota portraits. Especially Vey from Stronghold looks like a 5-year old played around a bit in MS Paint.
Hmm, yes, I'd actually agree that the original Vey looked better before. He got some plastic surgery and his teeth done alright, but in all seriousness the changes does take away some of his previous unique look of character.
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P4R4D0X0N
Famous Hero
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posted October 09, 2015 08:20 PM |
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I could redraw it if wanted, actually I do tons of pixelwork for other mods. Maybe it looks like an ogre later on.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 09, 2015 09:48 PM |
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't see the point in messin' with the graphics of a 16 year old game. Is the graphics dated? yes. Does the graphics still have a certain charm and flavour to it? yes. Therefore I don't see why bother with the graphics, improving the gameplay, yes, but graphics, no.
Ubisoft apparently thought they could make a lot of money making a 16 year old game in HD and I was one of the stupid people who bought it. HotA with HD+ mod is a thousand times better and I never wan't to play Ubisoft's HOMM3 HD ever again.
In short I don't care about improved graphics of a 16 year old game, the game should look like it always did. Just my opinion.
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PawnR
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 10, 2015 04:16 PM |
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I don't think anyone would mind if it were to improve the graphics where it's needed. For example I really enjoyed the Underground Entrance variations (eg Snow covered). In fact I'm really hoping to see more terrain adapted things. Like mines covered in snow in the snow terrain etc. etc. But hey, after all this years I'm greateful that someone still keeps this game alive, instead of just pulling the plug.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 10, 2015 05:43 PM |
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I welcome new graphics, just don't change the old graphics, if you know what I mean. 
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gatecrasher
Famous Hero
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posted October 10, 2015 08:26 PM |
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They already did touch A LOT of the original graphics and the change was for the better.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 10, 2015 09:04 PM |
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I guess you did'nt read my last few posts...
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Salamandre
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
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posted October 10, 2015 09:17 PM |
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You two talk about two different things. One thing is fixing graphics (wrong pixels, bad transparency etc) and another thing is changing a graphics, like halberdiers and orcs. Anyway, there is a easy way to eat the cake and get the money for, just ask Hota what they changed, then you add those defs from original to your Hota/data, then add them again after each upgrade. I don't remember if game reads priority from Data folder for defs too, but if not, you can always replace in hota.lod and then will work 100%. In all, its a few seconds process, once you have the files. A bit longer if you want the creatures portraits too.
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fred79
Disgraceful
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 10, 2015 09:21 PM |
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Salamandre said:
You two talk about two different things. One thing is fixing graphics (wrong pixels, bad transparency etc) and another thing is changing a graphics, like halberdiers and orcs. Anyway, there is a easy way to eat the cake and get the money for, just ask Hota what they changed, then you add those defs from original to your Hota/data, then add them again after each upgrade. I don't remember if game reads priority from Data folder for defs too, but if not, you can always insert in hota.lod and then will work 100%. In all, its a few seconds process, once you have the files. A bit longer if you want the creatures portraits too.
this. i don't get why people complain about anything graphics-wise, when they can mix and match literally whatever they want to use themselves, using any of the graphics here or anywhere else on the internet. that's what i've always done.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 10, 2015 10:59 PM |
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Guess I could do that, if I learned how. It's probably not as hard as I make it out to be, but I would have to do it again with every update, which is a little annoying.
Sorry, I won't go off-topic with this anymore.
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fred79
Disgraceful
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 10, 2015 11:03 PM |
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changing graphics out is the easiest thing you can do with modding, seriously. it only becomes somewhat difficult when making the graphics yourself, or modifying them before switching out.
when switching out graphics, you only have to find the files you want to replace in whatever lod or pac, then switch them out using the correct formats(depending on what type of graphic you're switching out). easy peasy.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted October 11, 2015 12:11 AM |
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Easy for you to say Fred, you are like the grandfather of graphics. 
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