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NimoStar
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Modding the Unmoddable
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posted February 21, 2023 07:47 PM |
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If that was a place you were meant to reach,
yeah it does seem a bit overreach but considering there is two portal steps its dubious its for testing, if you want to test op hero why not just place hero? We don't know which guards were meant to be before the missing portal. It can be a grail-like feature to prevent indefinite stalemates by giving a player a decisive advantage
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aztorin5
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 28, 2023 11:18 AM |
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nitocris said:
any update from Russian forums?
Even Russian community lost their interest - discussion about update on DF2 forum or VK practically does not exist. So idea named Hota 1.7 is dying - slowly but surely.
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CountBezuhoff
Supreme Hero
Nihil sub sole novum
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posted March 05, 2023 02:27 AM |
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I hope they didn't get mobilized or something.
The Count
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StrangeFin
Tavern Dweller
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posted March 20, 2023 08:22 PM |
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from russian forums, posted by Lazy/Don ko
The team continues to work on the project. There is no specific release date.
For a long time there was not a word from the team in my face, I feel that it is necessary to fill the information vacuum. Yes, at some point I said that I don’t want to write any more updates before the release, but it looks like I fell into the same trap that Associate Professor once fell into. It is very difficult being on the "graphical" side of development to evaluate progress on completely different things, especially code. Making a beautiful picture is an important task, but far from the only one, and making graphics in an hour is much easier than translating an idea into a game from the technical side. At the end of last year, it seemed to me that if we decided not to release all third-party content except for the city itself, then all the work could be completed at a reasonable speed by the release day of Heroes 3 (March 1),
In comparison with how the development was organized some 2 years ago, we have taken a very significant step forward. Accurate records of all tasks, even the smallest ones, and progress on them are kept. For the upcoming release, the number of such individual tasks goes into the hundreds. We had an idea to show percentage progress on the total number of these tasks, but in the end, without specifics, this will say little to the waiting players and only give more room for speculation. The execution of any single code task can take a very long time, and 10 graphics tasks of the "fix a pixel" type will take half an hour, so that even the "percentage" of completion available to us will not reflect the real situation.
At the moment, the Factory is playable, all abilities and properties are implemented and preliminary internal testing is underway in the team. The only unfinished elements of the city - Creature Voice and Mystery Map - are literally coming to fruition as I write this post. The creation of maps for the campaign continues with the only difference that now several maps are not only fully drawn, but also tested, almost reaching their final form. But the programmers of the team are faced with a very voluminous task of not only creating something new, but also testing, debugging, finding bugs and fixing them (some kind of small-looking error can easily turn out to be a rabbit hole that requires searching and making changes in large volumes code, which in turn will lead to the need for even more changes and debugging). This is not a quick and very laborious stage with a work horizon that simply cannot be assessed until work on each specific problem has been carried out. The player will not even see all this work in the game, unlike the graphics, so if someone suddenly thinks that if it is not visible, then you can not do it, let him remember that then playing the game in principle will not work.
In addition, version 1.7 will be a kind of "big cleaning" for Hota. Many things in previous versions that have already been implemented by workarounds or through the so-called "crutches" get a new, more correct implementation.
And this applies not only to code, but also to graphics (yes, some "low-quality" content removed from the map editor will return to the game in updated quality. Yes, I'm talking about redwood sets as well). Even the dockside creatures have received new voiceovers. I will not estimate how much content besides the Factory itself and its Campaign will be in the release, but I do not advise expecting something grandiose, the original plan to dedicate 1.7 to the new city remains in force (especially since plans for third-party content are constantly being refined and revised). Absolutely everyone in the team is busy with business,
I also want to note that despite the extremely low activity of team members in the Vkontakte group, I periodically check all the comments both under the old news posts and in discussions like "questions for developers". We are grateful to the active members of the community who respond and help people with some simple problems and difficulties. In addition to the Vkontakte group, I read the Heroescommunity and Acidcave forums. Although I do not write anything, but I follow all of you And some important things that I find on these resources reach the team. biggrin.gif
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mitsche91
Hired Hero
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posted March 20, 2023 10:28 PM |
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Thanks for this update!
It's always nice to see that the project still goes on. I'm excited to see what the next few months will bring.
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Centurion
Hired Hero
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posted March 21, 2023 12:25 AM |
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Thanks for the update, good to hear!
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FdgK
Known Hero
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posted March 21, 2023 05:08 PM |
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A big thanks also from me.
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Doomforge
Admirable
Undefeatable Hero
Retired Hero
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posted March 21, 2023 08:03 PM |
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Awesome. Can't wait.
I guess we won't be getting the skill rework this time.
Now, I only need muh desert terrain back...
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wulf95
Tavern Dweller
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posted March 21, 2023 11:18 PM |
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Happy to see the news post, but I didn't doubt that the good work continued! Just know that for every happy and supportive post and comment, there are hundreds of lurkers quietly enjoying your labors!
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Gladienus
Tavern Dweller
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posted March 22, 2023 05:26 PM |
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Also a big thank you from my side to Lazy/Don ko, even little bits of news mean a lot to me.
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copthat
Tavern Dweller
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posted March 25, 2023 01:14 AM |
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help please: crash upon 111 restart
Hi, im new and looking to play an online multiplayer hota game.
I started a game with someone and the map loaded no worries, but then TWICE out of 2 times, got an error upon the game being 111 restarted. Does anyone have any ideas why im crashing upon the 111 restart?
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sirironfist
Known Hero
King of the ogres
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posted April 01, 2023 10:22 AM |
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Hello, as I was searching through a Russian fan forum, I came across a piece of information about the next Hota Update that I don't think has made its way in here: As it seems, the developers are working on an improvement to the often critisized skills "learning" and "eagle eye". As it turns out, they want to reimplement the "resistance" skill, and replace learning with resistance. However, eagle eye will be replaced by a revolutionary new skill, called "gnoll ear", which is said to allow the player to see additional, yet to be specified, information in the thieves guild.
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StrangeFin
Tavern Dweller
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posted April 01, 2023 11:10 AM |
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Can you provide a link please? Thank you!
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Phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted April 01, 2023 01:08 PM |
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sirironfist said:
Hello, as I was searching through a Russian fan forum, I came across a piece of information about the next Hota Update that I don't think has made its way in here: As it seems, the developers are working on an improvement to the often critisized skills "learning" and "eagle eye". As it turns out, they want to reimplement the "resistance" skill, and replace learning with resistance. However, eagle eye will be replaced by a revolutionary new skill, called "gnoll ear", which is said to allow the player to see additional, yet to be specified, information in the thieves guild.
Huh, that sounds weird.
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Ghost
Undefeatable Hero
Therefore I am
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posted April 01, 2023 01:13 PM |
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WoG! - or Scouting in H4.. So "Gnoll Ear" isn't a new idea.. But I don't play HotA.. No longer! Thanks for verify
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gnollking
Supreme Hero
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posted April 01, 2023 02:12 PM |
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sirironfist said:
Hello, as I was searching through a Russian fan forum, I came across a piece of information about the next Hota Update that I don't think has made its way in here: As it seems, the developers are working on an improvement to the often critisized skills "learning" and "eagle eye". As it turns out, they want to reimplement the "resistance" skill, and replace learning with resistance. However, eagle eye will be replaced by a revolutionary new skill, called "gnoll ear", which is said to allow the player to see additional, yet to be specified, information in the thieves guild.
Yeah it was pretty surprising tbh, after telling us so many times that they won't touch the secondary skills for this update. I suggested that name in a poll on the forums, very happy to see it chosen! They are planning to introduce the skill in the campaign story by having Drakon teach it to your heroes. It's a thumbs up for me  .
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Tavern Dweller
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Hourglass
Supreme Hero
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posted April 01, 2023 03:22 PM |
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sirironfist said:
Hello, as I was searching through a Russian fan forum, I came across a piece of information about the next Hota Update that I don't think has made its way in here: As it seems, the developers are working on an improvement to the often critisized skills "learning" and "eagle eye". As it turns out, they want to reimplement the "resistance" skill, and replace learning with resistance. However, eagle eye will be replaced by a revolutionary new skill, called "gnoll ear", which is said to allow the player to see additional, yet to be specified, information in the thieves guild.
This is already a bit old info thou. The "gnoll ear mechanic" was already introduced in the second to last update of HD mod, but works exclusively on Hota, and only in certain MP focused templates such as JC. Don't you guys read patch notes? Bara doesn't do interface updates, so the skill works through classic Eagle Eye, and on top of the thieves guild interaction, you can reveal the exact amount of each resource pile, treasure box and such by right-clicking the chosen object three consecutive times. New skill icon will be introduced when the factory patch rolls out. The mechanic still remains bugged, and doesn't seem to work very well. I've figured the best way to get around is to snap click three consecutive times as fast as possible.
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gatecrasher
Famous Hero
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posted April 01, 2023 03:37 PM |
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gatecrasher said:
There is growing evidence that HotA 1.7.0 will introduce a new relic artifact:
 Assertation of Talent (misc slot)
When equipped the hero won't be offered Eagle Eye, First Aid, Learning and Sorcery upon level-up. In case one or more of the skills is already present respective sec. skill slots will be freed up.
Compared to that artifact envisioned 3 years ago which rather felt like a mere workaround a real relief from the shackles of impairing secondary skills seems close now.
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sirironfist
Known Hero
King of the ogres
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posted April 01, 2023 05:55 PM |
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StrangeFin said:
Can you provide a link please? Thank you!
That's easy, simply put "april fools" into a search engine of your choice. 
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