Yes, something like that. FrozenSol didn't really show off these things on the forum; we discussed it in private messages.
At the time we were discussing it (a couple of months ago), everything was about 90% complete; all that was left was to render the texture in Substance Painter. What happened next, whether FrozenSol abandoned the manticore or not, I honestly don't know.
Since our conversation, Zahar, not much has changed. I was working on the unupgraded manticore, and it's almost ready; all that's left is to create the icon, properly render the texture, and give it sounds from Heroes 6 or 7. But honestly, I spent too much time on it, and I just got tired of it; right now, I have no desire to work on it. And in general, I've lost interest in other people's models.
So, for now, I've put the work on this mod on hold indefinitely. For now, I have more priority projects; maybe I'll come back to it later.
In principle, if you want to and have the time to refine it and release it, I can give you all my work. Because I won't be coming back to it anytime soon.
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I took a look at the screenshots from Kierby's mod.
It looks cool, but it seems to me that the textures were saved without mip-maps, which is why when the model is scaled, you can see "graininess." I should let him know about this.
I don't understand Footman's politics with modding. He did all that work, just to post pictures on the forum, but he already said that he doesn't want to release it to the public. So why is he posting on the forum "publicly"? I think that this is very close to boasting himself. When I asked him about the technique of how he imports Heroes 6 models correctly, if there is another way than the method that I use with Blender, which took me about 12 days/1 model. And he replied that it is "secret" .......When I showed him what I have accomplished, he wanted to make a deal that if I fix his Heroes 6 crossbowman animations (all of them), he will give me 1 model (that's almost the same as making another Heroes 6 model for me myself). I don't really get that whole approach. Why is he doing all of that? But whatever, I will make it myself; it will just be even longer than I expected. First, I will import some Heroes 7 models and then sculpt my own Pit Lord with some Heroes 6 units.
That's quite something :D
I haven't seen deals like that before xD
Maybe it was about something like an exchange of experience? Or am I trying to see something that isn't there?
P.S. Sorry for the off-topic and discussion of another mod and other things not related to the topic.
[Модификация]Phoenix Vision - Комплексное модифицирование визуального аспекта игры.
[Модификация]UNIT-Баланс существ + визуальные изменения.
[Модификация]NewTransformUndead-Таблица поднятия нежити.
[Модификация]VisualFix-Устрание визуальных багов.
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