Vlad
Auto-translated
Well, hello to everyone who still remembers me here... because many people tend to forget...
I've read the entire thread, and I have to say, you're straying a bit from the main point. There's no point in discussing minor things like emoticons right now. They will be implemented as soon as the new engine and website design with its new structure are ready.
In my opinion, this is a global task, and it's more important right now. I understand that many users might not know what a website engine is, but updating it is what needs to be done at the moment.
This might be resolved soon, and then we can talk about new emoticons and special skins.
For now, we'll create a basic set: 1 good skin, 1 light skin for users with slower internet connections, and 1 set of standard emoticons.
This will allow us to get started. If everything goes well, new skins and emoticons will follow soon. But in general, we'll have to work hard because the website is currently in a state of disarray.
Initially, the website was supposed to be informative. Now, the information is incomplete, even for the first expansion pack, let alone the second. And other parts of the game are also lacking information. While we have a reference guide for the first game (thanks to VDV), there isn't one for the other games. And if you start searching the forum, you'll have to sift through a lot of irrelevant posts.
That's why we need to work together to sort through all the irrelevant posts, extract the necessary and useful information, and then organize it neatly in our library. That's when our website will become truly informative.
After the new technical structure is in place, along with the website's informativeness and relevance, we can then start working on other parts of the website.
First and foremost, this is the forum.
Currently, I think we can update the engine to version 3.7.2 PL1. We're currently using version 3.5.0, and although the difference between the versions isn't significant, it's worth noting that the engine hasn't been updated on the Heroes website for a long time.
This means that for the past 3 years, strategic security updates have been released, but we haven't installed them.
I hope everything goes smoothly with this.
Next, we need to organize Tournaments. Since we already have a team of organizers, I think this will be easier, but we'll need technical support in implementing this.
Specifically:
We need to decide on a ranking system that will be earned by participating in tournaments, or maybe it will just be a match between two people. There are many possibilities. The main thing is to create a ranking system and make it easy for users to participate in tournaments.
If all of this is implemented, then we can start thinking about additional features, such as new emoticons, skins, and all sorts of small improvements.
If you've read this post to the end, you're a true hero.
P.S. I apologize in advance for any errors. I typed this as I was thinking, so I didn't have time to proofread it because I'm currently in terrible conditions.
I've read the entire thread, and I have to say, you're straying a bit from the main point. There's no point in discussing minor things like emoticons right now. They will be implemented as soon as the new engine and website design with its new structure are ready.
In my opinion, this is a global task, and it's more important right now. I understand that many users might not know what a website engine is, but updating it is what needs to be done at the moment.
This might be resolved soon, and then we can talk about new emoticons and special skins.
For now, we'll create a basic set: 1 good skin, 1 light skin for users with slower internet connections, and 1 set of standard emoticons.
This will allow us to get started. If everything goes well, new skins and emoticons will follow soon. But in general, we'll have to work hard because the website is currently in a state of disarray.
Initially, the website was supposed to be informative. Now, the information is incomplete, even for the first expansion pack, let alone the second. And other parts of the game are also lacking information. While we have a reference guide for the first game (thanks to VDV), there isn't one for the other games. And if you start searching the forum, you'll have to sift through a lot of irrelevant posts.
That's why we need to work together to sort through all the irrelevant posts, extract the necessary and useful information, and then organize it neatly in our library. That's when our website will become truly informative.
After the new technical structure is in place, along with the website's informativeness and relevance, we can then start working on other parts of the website.
First and foremost, this is the forum.
Currently, I think we can update the engine to version 3.7.2 PL1. We're currently using version 3.5.0, and although the difference between the versions isn't significant, it's worth noting that the engine hasn't been updated on the Heroes website for a long time.
This means that for the past 3 years, strategic security updates have been released, but we haven't installed them.
I hope everything goes smoothly with this.
Next, we need to organize Tournaments. Since we already have a team of organizers, I think this will be easier, but we'll need technical support in implementing this.
Specifically:
We need to decide on a ranking system that will be earned by participating in tournaments, or maybe it will just be a match between two people. There are many possibilities. The main thing is to create a ranking system and make it easy for users to participate in tournaments.
If all of this is implemented, then we can start thinking about additional features, such as new emoticons, skins, and all sorts of small improvements.
If you've read this post to the end, you're a true hero.
P.S. I apologize in advance for any errors. I typed this as I was thinking, so I didn't have time to proofread it because I'm currently in terrible conditions.
