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Thread: [Official Thread] HoMM 3: Horn of the Abyss - Announcements, Questions, Features This Super Thread is 548 pages long: 1 ... 40 41 42 43 44 ... 70 140 210 280 350 420 490 548 · «PREV / NEXT»
Macron1
Macron1


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posted January 29, 2014 04:54 AM
Edited by Macron1 at 04:55, 29 Jan 2014.

Tyrem said:
i'm no good at all at modding

As you will start, the skill will come

PS I'm also don't know polish. You can use Google Translate to read texts in unknown languages

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heroes_fanboy
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posted January 29, 2014 09:35 PM
Edited by heroes_fanboy at 21:36, 29 Jan 2014.

These new HotA screenshots on the first page of this thread are awesome!

I'm waiting for a good video review (and by "good" I mean this) of HotA in English. There are a few in Russian and Polish, but not in English. Do we have any reviewers/people who know reviewers here?

 
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hippox89
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posted January 29, 2014 10:01 PM
Edited by hippox89 at 22:08, 29 Jan 2014.

You mean a preview/spotlight video. I think a 'review' is when something is finished and can be reviewed. But I suppose exposure from somebody with the level of influence as TB would be great when the time is right. I think 'now' is far too soon. We could write to TB (and others) when such times come that the crew feels that HotA is ready for broad exposure to the gaming public, if they so desire. Also, broad exposure too early probably equals stress. I want the crew not to be stressed and enjoy themselves, too, in making HotA.

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posted January 29, 2014 10:07 PM

heroes_fanboy said:
(and by "good" I mean this)

There's only one TotalBiscuit in the world, man! You ask for too much
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heroes_fanboy
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posted January 29, 2014 10:17 PM

Storm-Giant said:
heroes_fanboy said:
(and by "good" I mean this)

There's only one TotalBiscuit in the world, man! You ask for too much


TotalBiscuit really loves HoMM 3, so maybe it would be actually possible for him to review HotA.

Yeah, it could be a review, an overview, a spotlight, whatever. An argument that it is too early for such a video is also logical.
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posted January 29, 2014 10:38 PM

heroes_fanboy said:
Storm-Giant said:
heroes_fanboy said:
(and by "good" I mean this)

There's only one TotalBiscuit in the world, man! You ask for too much


TotalBiscuit really loves HoMM 3, so maybe it would be actually possible for him to review HotA.

Yeah, it could be a review, an overview, a spotlight, whatever. An argument that it is too early for such a video is also logical.

Actually I'm not saying that TB wouldn't do that, but that you are asking for a review by someone with the skills of TB or similar, when that's NOT the norm.

Ofc I'd be very happy if he made a review of HotA, very happy. But he is a hell of a busy man, don't get upset if he doesn't have time to do that.
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rubanani
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posted January 30, 2014 05:21 PM


[url=https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/256819436634374144]TotalBiscuit really loves HoMM 3[/url], so maybe it would be actually possible for him to review HotA.

Yeah, it could be a review, an overview, a spotlight, whatever. An argument that it is too early for such a video is also logical.

Actually I'm not saying that TB wouldn't do that, but that you are asking for a review by someone with the skills of TB or similar, when that's NOT the norm.

Ofc I'd be very happy if he made a review of HotA, very happy. But he is a hell of a busy man, don't get upset if he doesn't have time to do that.


I think it is best to wait ´a bit´. I mean, HotA is cleary a current endproduct considering the fact that there is a new town, a new campaign, new buildings, new artifacts, updated mapeditor, new single scenarios (really good ones by the way) and a lot of new features and fixes. We cannot wait for another town to arrive, because that will probably take at least 2 years. We can wait for some bug fixing and the release of some nice new things (like the better battlescreens), but that won't convince TB. If TB doesn't want to cover HotA at this stage, he will not suddenly want to cover it after some small changes. Also: HotA is now fresh and new (english and everything), this is the perfect moment!

A bit waiting on 1.3.3 for some more bugfixes can't do any harm though.. I personally never experience any bugs, but it would be a pity if TB plays a bugged game (I think that 1.3.3 will solve the last bunch of some critical bugs).

Of course, HotA team can give their opinion too.. I don't know what they are planning to work on this year. In general, it would be nice to know on what kind of things they are working.

If now is the time.. I will also contact some youtube gamereviewers to get as much exposure as possible.

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hippox89
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posted January 30, 2014 05:54 PM
Edited by hippox89 at 17:57, 30 Jan 2014.

Well, Nik posted a preview in this thread of what was on the drawing board for HotA and in what order of priority, too. I just now wouldn't find the actual post because HC doesn't let you jump to a post but only to the thread, it seems. Anyhow, after critical crashes/bugs stuff, then I think that I remember the water content being up next for a closer review. This is actually be a rather huge deal, but we'll just have to wait and see what they'll do. Anyhow, I wouldn't act without the crew's blessing, trying to get TB to give a 'WTF' of HotA.

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denien
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posted January 30, 2014 06:45 PM

Something that just occured to me. Seeing as how the HOTA team relishes and respects the M&M universe and also the original creators' intentions for the series - Forge being my argument here - I can't help but wonder: Has the idea of building on the very little that is known of what HoMM 5 was originally ment to be (by NWC), been given?

Apart from a map town view, I think this is the only other image availabe:

http://www.celestialheavens.com/images/misc/7-H5.png

Three new (to the HoMM series, not to M&M I think) creatures can clearly be seen from these six.

Anyway, please don't take this as a request or plea or anything of the sort. I love what you guys are currently doing...I love what you already DID! This is a question just out of pure curiousity, tis all.

Cheers!

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posted January 30, 2014 07:17 PM

denien said:
Something that just occured to me. Seeing as how the HOTA team relishes and respects the M&M universe and also the original creators' intentions for the series - Forge being my argument here - I can't help but wonder: Has the idea of building on the very little that is known of what HoMM 5 was originally ment to be (by NWC), been given?

Apart from a map town view, I think this is the only other image availabe:

http://www.celestialheavens.com/images/misc/7-H5.png

I remember there are like 5 o 6 towns lineups concepts, but I can't search for them right now.
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Hobbit
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posted January 30, 2014 07:48 PM

Sphinx was planned for Tower's alternative creature at one point, that's for sure. There was even a model, but without animation.



The rest wouldn't be much new TBH. There already are Gnolls which look similar to Lionmen, and there already are Wolf Raiders which look similar to Firewolf.
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Storm-Giant
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posted January 30, 2014 09:08 PM

Hobbit said:
Sphinx was planned for Tower's alternative creature at one point, that's for sure. There was even a model, but without animation.

That's an early concept of HotA?

It doesn't look terribly bad, but I'm not a big fan on that creature.
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Toffer
Toffer

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posted January 30, 2014 11:58 PM

Sphinx

It's a painted pegasus with a mask.

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blob2
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posted January 31, 2014 01:05 AM
Edited by blob2 at 01:09, 31 Jan 2014.

While it's correct in terms of what a Sphinx is (at least that's how ancients seemed to envision it), I don't really like the above-mentioned kind of design. It can be so much cooler (personal tastes) like this or this (both MTG, which has a lot more Sphinx depictions to be precise). Or personally I can tell that Lamassus from H6 are quite a nice variation of the Sphinx.

And, of course, while we'll never see it happen, as I assume there was never that much of the source code, H5 is one of those "a real shame that it never happened" kinda things that still haunt me It seemed like it could have been H3/H4 hybrid, but with all the H4 critique taken into account.

But it's a HotA topic so let's just drop the NWC H5 wishlist thing...  

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nik312
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posted January 31, 2014 08:37 AM

hippox89 said:
Well, Nik posted a preview in this thread of what was on the drawing board for HotA and in what order of priority, too. I just now wouldn't find the actual post because HC doesn't let you jump to a post but only to the thread, it seems. Anyhow, after critical crashes/bugs stuff, then I think that I remember the water content being up next for a closer review. This is actually be a rather huge deal, but we'll just have to wait and see what they'll do. Anyhow, I wouldn't act without the crew's blessing, trying to get TB to give a 'WTF' of HotA.


We would quite appreciate any PR on the net
Version 1.3.2 is already stable enough to be shown to the masses, though 1.3.3 with some more fixes and corrections is on the way. Anyway, if someone contacts some reviewer or smth, we won't be against it

PS Just wait about a week, MAYBE 1.3.3 will come by then.

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denien
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posted January 31, 2014 09:25 AM
Edited by denien at 09:25, 31 Jan 2014.

blob2 said:
But it's a HotA topic so let's just drop the NWC H5 wishlist thing...  



Seeing as how the sphinx was at some point envisioned as a tower alternative creature fo HoTA, it's pretty much a HoTA topic. Anyway, I used to search the forums for some old HoTA stuff, and thought I had found it all, and still always when I talk about it I see new/old stuff like the spinx in question. The interweb never fails to amaze

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posted January 31, 2014 11:47 AM

nik312 said:
PS Just wait about a week, MAYBE 1.3.3 will come by then.

Thanks for the update!

Next week I end examns, perfect timing
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Hippox89
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posted January 31, 2014 12:39 PM
Edited by Hippox89 at 12:45, 31 Jan 2014.

Thanks for sharing the crew's view on this subject, Nik. Great news on 1.3.3.

So, how should we best approach, TB, guys? Perhaps some collective community effort? There should at least be a small chance that he'll be interested in making a video. Of course there might be other good candidates, too. I do think it's a good idea to wait until 1.3.3 to contact him, too, because it's so close.

I found some potential ways of getting the request out to him:

TB on Twitter

TB dedicated sub reddit

Contant info (mail): Support@CynicalBrit.com


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heroes_fanboy
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posted January 31, 2014 03:08 PM

Hippox89 said:

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So, how should we best approach, TB, guys?

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Of course, we may try to get in touch with other reviewers too, coming from different countries.

We can also use Thunderclap to promote HotA. With Thunderclap you can get any message to MANY users.

Oh, and there are more and more people on this unofficial Facebook fanpage.
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hippox89
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posted January 31, 2014 05:48 PM
Edited by hippox89 at 17:56, 31 Jan 2014.

I don't know about Thunderclap.

From their site:

''How does it work?
If enough people support it, Thunderclap will blast out a timed Facebook Post or Tweet from all your supporters, creating a wave of attention.''

It seems to me that such an approach needs substantial numbers behind it to even have a chance of getting through. I think we're in the reverse situation. It might perhaps also be too general an audience such PR would be aimed at. But not to shoot the idea out of the waters, I just contemplate on it.

I'm thinking about making an announcement of the 1.3.3 release on Reddit/r/gaming. I've seen HMM3 post reach the top in that sub-reddit. There's a chance of such an announcement getting wind in the sails. I wonder which global time would be the best to post such an announcement, though. When is the most users active? No doubt it's an appropriate, American time. New posts on Reddit can be lost in the turmoil of other new posts in minutes.

A small fan/official trailer showcasing the new content, would be nice. I'll try myself to play around with recording something, but I'm not really experienced in video editing.

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