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Heroes Community > Heroes 3.5 - WoG and Beyond > Thread: [VCMI] Courtyard. New playable fraction.
Thread: [VCMI] Courtyard. New playable fraction. This thread is 3 pages long: 1 2 3 · «PREV / NEXT»
FirePaladin
FirePaladin


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posted July 03, 2020 11:56 PM

About what?
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planetavril
planetavril


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posted July 04, 2020 12:46 AM

that maybe it will be abandoned

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FirePaladin
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posted July 04, 2020 12:53 AM

Look, I wouldn't have said it won't be abandoned if I didn't know it for sure.
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Dalion
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posted July 05, 2020 10:53 AM

I wonder who these guys could be... Didn't see OP mentioning them




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FirePaladin
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posted July 05, 2020 11:52 AM

My bet is that they're still the mandrakes, since I think the town still needs tweaks, but I could be wrong as well.
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posted July 05, 2020 04:21 PM

Dalion said:
I wonder who these guys could be... Didn't see OP mentioning them


Intentionally. Not all secrets will be revealed before premiere.
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Supreme Hero
posted July 05, 2020 09:14 PM
Edited by avatar at 21:19, 05 Jul 2020.

First post updated with gameplay clip and.. download link! I hope you'll have some great battles! Click at letter icon to be Court's guest!
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planetavril
planetavril


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posted July 05, 2020 11:02 PM
Edited by planetavril at 23:07, 05 Jul 2020.

not bad

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FirePaladin
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posted July 05, 2020 11:11 PM

good
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Winston
Winston


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posted July 07, 2020 10:10 PM

It looks great and the Dodo doesn't feel out of place in H3, just out of place in the town IMO. The gameplay video should have used normal animation speed in combat so we could actually see the animations of the new units, but otherwise great work

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wakkler
wakkler


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posted July 16, 2020 02:55 PM
Edited by wakkler at 14:56, 16 Jul 2020.

Played my first game with Courtyard yesterday and I have to say it really fits well into Heroes3. The unit abilities and Potion wagon all makes sense and work together.  Great job, I hope you will keep improving this town! I just wondered about the Lvl. 6 unit(Mandrakes): Is this meant to be a melee fighter? Feels weird that it mostly can't move on its first turn because all the tentacles around it. What is this regrowth spell it should cast, and how do I do that?

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posted July 16, 2020 05:47 PM

wakkler said:
Is this meant to be a melee fighter? Feels weird that it mostly can't move on its first turn because all the tentacles around it.

Yeah, it's weird a bit, due to vcmi limitations, this effect in non-configurable. So Mandrakes are late-battle units, they must patiently wait first turns before attack
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What is this regrowth spell it should cast, and how do I do that?


Regrowth is some kind of Archangel's Ressurection spell. But Mandrakes can ressurect only Vines and nothing else.

Try also to play with Migdigravia. She has Age Camera in her starting army and ability to summon Appartitions from dead stacks!


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Lord_Immortal
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posted August 08, 2020 09:19 PM

Hey, congratulations on this mod I particularly like it especially its concept.

I'd suggest though to "remake" some of the unit graphics especially those which do not look exactly "in H3 style", which would be the Mandrake then the Dodo and maybe the Salamander.

The mandrake its what seems to be a bit "off" and look like ripped from some Warcraft-style 3d game.
Most medieval depictions of the Mandrakes are like:
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most likely inspired by plants similar by this

So I'd suggest something in the style of the AoW 1 Nature Elemental.

Dodos on the other hand seem very out of place as Tier 5 (are they equal to Rocs/Thunderbirds??) plus their style seems a bit off. Here the renders of Roc and Thunderbird as an example for avians/birds style.

Finally, regarding Salamanders, the graphic style of salamanders is also a bit "off" and they're too turned a bit too much towards us. If you're remaking them, I'd also suggest to consider MM8 Salamanders which are already established in the lore. I wouldn't suggest making them identical as we have already Medusas and Nagas with snake tail, but maybe find some inspiration.

In the end I'd also like to suggest a more likely lineup in terms of creature strengths:
Lv1: Cupids
Lv2: Dodos
Lv3: Homunculi
Lv4: Salamanders
Lv5: Riflemen
Lv6: Mandrakes
Lv7: Jabberwocks

As far as structures and such are concerned I'd say that Town screen is pretty good but map objects have a strange perspective. You should maybe try rendering from a different angle.

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FirePaladin
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posted August 08, 2020 10:49 PM
Edited by FirePaladin at 22:51, 08 Aug 2020.

NO
Dodos have to be on top (tier 6 I mean).

Besides, uh, as good your suggestions could be, I doubt they will happen, no offense, just what I know.
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Macron1
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posted August 09, 2020 06:58 PM

FirePaladin said:
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Dodos have to be on top (tier 6 I mean).

Besides, uh, as good your suggestions could be, I doubt they will happen, no offense, just what I know.


Take this mod and correct jsons for yourself only.
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FirePaladin
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posted August 09, 2020 07:21 PM

Still not official from the creator, tho, whose original concept and work I respect.
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FfuzzyLogik
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posted August 09, 2020 09:21 PM
Edited by FfuzzyLogik at 21:23, 09 Aug 2020.

FirePaladin said:
Still not official from the creator, tho, whose original concept and work I respect.
Having feedbacks, opinions and suggestions are not "offense" to the creator ! I think its quite "necessary" to see if some things are a bit too strong/weak after you create, you "necessarily" make mistakes because all can't be tested before relase.
I really like many things done but I personnaly don't like dodos too. The Cupids are -to my taste- splendid. They really looks better than "level 1 creature". Many very good stuff here ! Good job and thanks for sharing !
Have fun in modding.
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FirePaladin
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posted August 09, 2020 09:25 PM

I already gave my feedback, but not here.
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posted August 09, 2020 10:12 PM

I've talked with Trith (he doesn't have HC account) and he said he doesn't plan any changes in nearest future. He must rest from few years work. And Courtyard was never planned as balanced town (because vcmi unstable stage), the main goal was to make it a little bit diffirent compared to vanilla factions. Trith doesn't plan to rework sprites or change creatures' levels.
Dodo stays as is. That's all there is to say on the subject.
Mandrakes are personal interpretation based on Alraune. Gorgons in H3 are de facto brazen bulls - example that there's no the one right mythology interpretation in HoMM series so he feels excused.
On contrary - Trith is aware about MM8 Salamanders, but newt shaped creature is more proper mythological interpretation than half-snake  
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AnT
AnT

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posted January 04, 2022 02:41 PM

Good mod - very atmosperic town!
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