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Shivaz
Hired Hero
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posted April 24, 2016 07:41 PM |
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New here, couple questions
Hello to all,
I'm new here and new to all those recent updates that I came across just yesterday.
I always played the HoMM 3 Complete and that's it.
So I downloaded the HD verion and Hota update, but I'm still not sure what is what, cuz I saw some other verions in the forum like "In the Wake of Gods", "Era" and the "VCMI" version that I understand is a fan verion or something (?), can someone please explain what is the differences between all of them and what should I install?
I tried to read in the posts about them, but didn't quite understood what i need.
And another question, I saw lots of threads and posts speaking about some "Mods" and "Plugins", what are they?
If I want to build my own town, is there something I need to know like coding, illustration or anything complicated? is there some basic layout of a town that you can modify and build uppon it? I'll really glad to help to the HoMM community if I can.
Basicly I'm a Graphic Designer, I can help with typography, logos and stuff like this.
I'll appresiate any explanation, thanks
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LizardWarrior
Honorable
Legendary Hero
the reckoning is at hand
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posted April 24, 2016 08:08 PM |
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Hello and welcome
I agree that at first, all those heroes 3 versions may be confusing, but you will get used to them in no time. Now there are mainly 3 big platforms to choose from:
HotA(Horn of the Abyss) - is a fan made high quality expansion in the spirit of the original Heroes 3, it adds a new pirate-themed town, the Cove, new neutral creatures, new heroes and a lot of balance patches and graphic fixes. HotA is not modding friendly ( look at it as another expansion such as AB or SoD), but it's surely an interesting add-on to the heroes game and I'd recommend you to try it. You can download it and see more about it here
ERA - is a modding oriented "wrapper" for Heroes 3, it has a very reliable mod system which treats mods akin to plug-ins, you can turn them off and on whenever you like and also play with more mods at once as long as they are compatible with each-other. ERA provides a Mod Manager which helps you to enable/disable mods in a matter of seconds. Installing ERA also installs a suite of programs for editing heroes 3 (they are located in the "Tools" folder), which you can use to make your own mod straight away. Check more about ERA here
VCMI - is a rewritten heroes 3 engine that offers more possibilities to modders and players alike, it comes with a lot of new stuff like a new map generator, higher resolution support, Android support and much more additions that the old heroes 3 engine couldn't support. You can download VCMI or learn more about it in this thread.
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Shivaz
Hired Hero
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posted April 24, 2016 09:54 PM |
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@LizardWarrior, thanks a lot for your explanations.
I've added the HotA version and it's pretty cool! the new town is awesome, though there's some minor bugs, but exited to play with the new town and see new building and creatures.
I really whish that someone will add a new towm with the neutral creatures, As a new Town there can be some AncientEgyption Town with Rogue, Boar, Troll, Golem, Mummy, Nomand, Rust Dragon (or any other dragons), or any other creatures like Pharaoh/Cleopatra.
And to make Mummy as an archer + casting curse spell when hitting, can be cool.
And of course I would like to see Sharpshooter in Rampart Town as an 3rd upgrade to Elf creature or as 8th creature.
And Enchanter can be as 3rd update to Mage in Tower Town, my favorite creature.
Or just a part of some new Town.
So basicly, the ERA version is for those who want to build their own new stuff if I understand it correctly, right?
I think i'll stay away from it at the moment, too complicated for me
What about the "In the Wake of Gods"? is it another version?
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LizardWarrior
Honorable
Legendary Hero
the reckoning is at hand
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posted April 24, 2016 10:17 PM |
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WoG is the original fan modification of the game. But nowadays you can have it as a mod for ERA or VCMI. WoG is pretty cool, it adds a lot of new things to the game, like lvl 8 creatures for each faction, commanders, enhanced skills, creature experience levels. You just need to download ERA or VCMI and they'll come with WoG. You can use the WoG option menu from the single player screen to turn features on and off as you like
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markmasters
Famous Hero
Dragon of justice
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posted April 25, 2016 12:11 AM |
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Shivaz said: Hello to all,
I'm new here and new to all those recent updates that I came across just yesterday.
I always played the HoMM 3 Complete and that's it.
So I downloaded the HD verion and Hota update, but I'm still not sure what is what, cuz I saw some other verions in the forum like "In the Wake of Gods", "Era" and the "VCMI" version that I understand is a fan verion or something (?), can someone please explain what is the differences between all of them and what should I install?
I tried to read in the posts about them, but didn't quite understood what i need.
And another question, I saw lots of threads and posts speaking about some "Mods" and "Plugins", what are they?
If I want to build my own town, is there something I need to know like coding, illustration or anything complicated? is there some basic layout of a town that you can modify and build uppon it? I'll really glad to help to the HoMM community if I can.
Basicly I'm a Graphic Designer, I can help with typography, logos and stuff like this.
I'll appresiate any explanation, thanks
Welcome,
Most questions have already been answered, a while ago the HOTA team was recruiting some people...I'm not sure if they still are though.
The addon is a blast indeed and it even brings a new refreshing campaign Enjoy here on the forums and ingame!
(P.S, to answer some of your questions, I did that in the HOTA BUG section where you asked it).
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Shivaz
Hired Hero
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posted April 25, 2016 01:32 AM |
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@LizardWarrior nice, i'll try to download one of them and check it out, thanks again.
@markmasters, I saw it... and it fixed my problem.
and yes, tried the campaign with the new Tower, it's hard though
Is there a thread that we can suggest new ideas?
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fred79
Disgraceful
Undefeatable Hero
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posted April 25, 2016 04:55 AM |
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Shivaz said: Is there a thread that we can suggest new ideas?
yep. here, if you're talking about HotA. i don't think there's a wishlist thread elsewhere, although i could be wrong...
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