TBS HoMM3 fan add-on Horn Of The Abyss now available in English

[Blake00]

Yeah it's amazing how well they've made these new faction castles and units look like they were part of the original game as if the original artists did it themselves. Very good work!

I still haven't got around to trying HotA and VCMI but I've been following their progress for years. Will get to them one day lol!

 

[Lagi]

anyone know what happen with Cathedral idea?

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

https://www.facebook.com/h3hotaofficial/posts/3788317517859224

One of the fathers of this wonderful mod and its de facto development project lead is ded.

Shit news.

Salute

FFFFFFFFFFFFF

 

[Lagole Gon]

Kurwa.
KurrrRRRRRRWWWAAAAAAAA!!!

 

[Citizen]

Heard about it in on a homm forums earlier, RIP the most rockstar looking gamedev ever

 

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[Blake00]

wow!

 

[Tacgnol]

Paul Romero has always seemed like a pretty cool guy.

He often posts on Heroes OST uploads on youtube, thanking people for listening to his music.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Huh, I didn't know that Rock's brother did music for homm3.

 

[Citizen]

If you hear what Romero is composing?

 

[Grotesque]

OMFG!

 

[Quatlo]

I can hear Sorc from homm2 in it, do you too?

 

[Storyfag]

I can hear Sorc from homm2 in it, do you too?

You mean Warlock, surely?

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Tacgnol]

Bros, I'm thinking of giving HotA a shot, but it looks to me like it comes pre-packaged with the HD mod and I hate how it makes the game look. Any way to play hota without the hd shit?

Eh? The HD mod just allows widescreen play. It isn't the same as the awful UBI HD "remaster" cashgrab that changed all the assets.

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[index.php]

From my understanding it encourages the degenerate gameplay of autoresolving and only playing out a battle if you don't like the results by making it super easy.

Just turn off the HD+ option in the launcher.

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

You can run HD mod however you like, including the native res. It has a lot of 101% genuine qol, like inventory/army transfer under one click. Literally no point playing without it, unless autistic and/or super edgy.

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

I'm quite sure multiplayer community is what's driving the continuous development of this over 20yo game and is slightly bigger than 3 people, so you might be onto something.

Oh, I also agree about the pop ups, like the little stories about artifacts - I miss those, too. Other than that, just run it in native res and you're good.

 

[Storyfag]

Oh, I also agree about the pop ups, like the little stories about artifacts - I miss those, too. Other than that, just run it in native res and you're good.

I have just checked. There is a setting for that. "Object popups".

 

[JBro]

IS THERE A MOD THAT LETS YOU PAN THE CAMERA WITH A MOUSE BUTTON

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Storyfag]

Mucked about in hota for a bit, beat the first campaign. Is actually pretty gud. Some of the changes are just there to be different, as is to be expected from modders, but surprisingly, most of the new stuff actually improves the overall experience (finally, no more savescumming around the witches' huts). The new sprites (and the ones from homm2) fit right in and don't look like an eyesore. The Cove town music is great. All in all - good times, translation notwithstanding.

Gets better once you realise how much the campaigns lift from MM VI - VIII.