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Maybe the Furies and Shadow Lords should have their hair recolored like in the beta? And for the Archangels, to give them more individuality, their swords could be changed to the alpha version (I did this for myself recently, and the result didn't quite satisfy me, but if you don't pay too much attention to the details, it looks good).

Didn't their hair color change in the beta?

Regarding the Archangels, that's an interesting idea, and judging by the polygons, this is your LOD model. The sword looks pretty good, but how the original particle effect of the Archangels will look on it is a big question. Have you tried it?
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In this screenshot, their hair color is the same as in the concept art, and the icon for the Night Queens remains uncolored, as it was in the 0.9 demo version. However, the sword is not an LOD model; the LOD model of the sword has even fewer polygons, and the effects are rendered reasonably well on the sword.
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In this screenshot, their hair color is the same as in the concept art, and the icon for the Night Queens from the 0.9 demo version remains unchanged. As for the sword, it is not an LOD model; the LOD model of the sword has even fewer polygons, and the effects look reasonably good on it.

This is a rare screenshot, indeed. I saw it a very long time ago and had almost forgotten about it, but now my memory has been refreshed.)

Of all the creatures in the screenshot, I like the Dark Riders the most. I always wondered why the lizard on their icon has greenish-blue armor, but in reality, it's black – now it's clear.

The Furies and Night Queens with black hair strongly resemble basic creatures, which is probably why they were recolored. I must say that I like them better in the released version than in the demo version.

Regarding the Archangels. The sword itself looks beautiful, but in the Archangel's hands, it seems massive due to the width of the blade and short due to the shortened hilt. The original one still looks better to me.
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But still, the sword model is quite unusual. Maybe you should release a mod with this version of the Archangel or create a creature for NCF? I think there would be people who would appreciate it.
Модификации для Heroes V 3.1:

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[Модификация]UNIT-Баланс существ + визуальные изменения.
[Модификация]NewTransformUndead-Таблица поднятия нежити.

[Модификация]VisualFix-Устрание визуальных багов.

Карты для Heroes V 3.1:

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Regarding the Archangels. The sword itself looks beautiful, but in the hands of an Archangel, it seems massive due to the width of the blade and short because of the shortened handle. The original one looks more appealing to me.
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But still, the sword model is quite unusual. Maybe you should release a mod with this version of the Archangel, or create a creature for NCF? I think there would be people who would appreciate it.
An NCF creature with such a sword already exists: it's just a different implementation method, where it's in the form of an effect applied to animations, while in my case, the model itself has been reworked. I might add it to my mod for the blue upgrade when there's something to add, but then the beta style will be disrupted.
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NCF already has a creature with such a sword: it's just a different implementation method, there it's in the form of an effect to the animations, and I've reworked the model itself; I might add it to my mod for the blue upgrade when there's something to add, but then the beta style will be disrupted.

By the way, maybe we can replace my implementation with yours?!
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What a rare screenshot! I saw it a very long time ago and had already forgotten about it, but now my memory has been refreshed.

Out of all the creatures in the screenshot, I like the Dark Riders the most. I always wondered why their icon showed a lizard with greenish-blue armor, but in reality, it's black – now it's clear.
What prevents recoloring the armor to the beta version and also bringing back the shield with the halberd? By the way, regarding the Furies, besides the stir00 animation, there's no effect for happy and spneutral, and some alternative upgrades of the Haven faction have awkward animations; they should be replaced with the ones used by the first upgrade: the Archer's dead and move animations are not smooth, the Zealot's attack01 and move animations, and the Knight Isabelle's move animation are not smooth.
psatkha
By the way, maybe we can replace my implementation with yours?!
I'll probably add the Archangel to my FEM model pack, but if you really want to replace it with my version, I can send it to you.
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...and the Shadow Lords received the same whip, only in a purple version.


very cool idea. it seems like a small detail, but it looks amazing.

p.s. by the way, sorry if I'm imposing my opinion, maybe it would be better to use something else as an image hosting service instead of Radikal, for example something else, because there's a lot of advertising on Radikal, which, in my opinion, is very annoying.
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What prevents us from recoloring the armor to the beta version and also bringing back the shield with the halberd?

In general, nothing prevents it. It's not a problem to extract the geometry from the vanilla version, and recoloring the textures is also possible. The question is how well it will fit into the overall style. In the League of Shadows upgrade in PV, I tried to stylize it with black and purple colors, and the greenish-blue armor of the lizard will look a bit out of place. Also, for me personally, the Dark Riders are associated with light armor and light weapons, speed, and the suddenness of the attack, and due to the halberd with a long shaft and a rather massive shield, this lightness is somewhat lost.

However, I must say that the creature itself looks cool. I would gladly put it in the neutrals, but neutrals are not really my theme :D
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by the way, regarding the furies, besides the stir00 animation, there is no effect for happy and spneutral

I know this, in one of the latest versions of UNIT, I fixed all these animations, but I forgot to add it to the list of changes. That's why when I was making the VISUAL_FIX patch, I forgot to add the rest, I only remembered about stir00.

footman
and in some of the alternate upgrades of the Order faction, the animations are buggy, they should be replaced with the ones used in the first upgrade: the animations for dead and move for the archer are not smooth, the attack01 and move for the zealot, the move for the Knight Isabel is not smooth.

I didn't really notice this before. I'll fix it, thanks.

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very cool idea. it seems like a small thing, but it looks great.

Thank you, it's nice when the results of my work find a response in the hearts of users and modders.

At such moments, you realize that the time was not wasted :)
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p.s. by the way, sorry if I'm imposing my opinion, maybe it's better to use something else as an image hosting service instead of radical, for example something else because there is a lot of advertising on radical, IMHO, it is very annoying.

Radical is convenient in many ways because it allows you to upload a large number of screenshots at once, has a variety of codes for the forum, and stores images for many years, so you don't have to re-upload them every year.

But since I have AdGuard installed, I forgot about advertising on websites a long time ago)) And until today, I didn't suspect that there was so much "eye-catching" advertising on radical.

Now I'm horrified at how many screenshots I will have to upload before the release of PV. (the most difficult part of releasing mods is their presentation :D )
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[Модификация]UNIT-Баланс существ + визуальные изменения.
[Модификация]NewTransformUndead-Таблица поднятия нежити.

[Модификация]VisualFix-Устрание визуальных багов.

Карты для Heroes V 3.1:

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but if you really want to replace it with my version, I can send it.

Yes, given the new advancements in exporting animated models and new animations, it would be great to get rid of the "workarounds"! :smile13:
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Frozensoull
By the way, the female units from the Shadow League also received a slight redesign.

The Night Lords received spikes on their whip, just like in the original, and the Shadow Lords received the same whip, but in a purple version.


It looks really great:smile54:. But the Shadow Lords are now almost completely gray on the icon. It's just unusual, IMO.

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The idea was that they should be not metallic, but more...golden...
This is one of those cases where the texture looks beautiful in the editor, but in the game, it doesn't look very good on the unit:mad:.

The Royal Griffons in UNIT and the early version of PV were like this, but their appearance has changed slightly since then.

Now they look like this:



The color of the body was changed, and a glow was added to two elements of the armor, like on the alternate upgrade.
This is much better. Otherwise, I had to change their wings to the regular ones myself.
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Andraiel
Looks really great:smile54: But the Mistresses now look really gray in the icon. It's just unusual, IMO.

I'm glad that everyone liked the updated model, thank you. :smile49:

The new icon, in my opinion, better conveys the color tone of the creature's hair than in the original. There, their hair is too darkened, and if you don't look closely, it's very difficult to see a blonde in the icon.
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[Модификация]UNIT-Баланс существ + визуальные изменения.
[Модификация]NewTransformUndead-Таблица поднятия нежити.

[Модификация]VisualFix-Устрание визуальных багов.

Карты для Heroes V 3.1:

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The siege environment for each faction has been updated. Screenshots have been added to the topic header.
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[Модификация]UNIT-Баланс существ + визуальные изменения.
[Модификация]NewTransformUndead-Таблица поднятия нежити.

[Модификация]VisualFix-Устрание визуальных багов.

Карты для Heroes V 3.1:

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The environment for the city siege has been modified for each faction. Screenshots have been added to the topic header.

Looks great! :smile54:
С уважением, Psatkha (Псатха)

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Looks great! :smile54:
Thank you :)

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It's time to decide on a background for the Northern Clans.

Currently, there are 2 options that can be used as a basis:

Option #1. The arena was created for the siege of the dwarf city in "Phoenix Vision," but it would also be suitable as a background for the creature recruitment scene.



Option #2. The object was created by the developers for the cutscene of the "Frida's Dilemma -> Negotiations" campaign from the "Hammers of Fate" expansion. It would also work well.



Both options look atmospheric, and it's quite difficult to choose one, so vote at the link.

The voting will last until October 3rd.
Модификации для Heroes V 3.1:

[Модификация]Phoenix Vision - Комплексное модифицирование визуального аспекта игры.
[Модификация]UNIT-Баланс существ + визуальные изменения.
[Модификация]NewTransformUndead-Таблица поднятия нежити.

[Модификация]VisualFix-Устрание визуальных багов.

Карты для Heroes V 3.1:

[Карта][1x1]The Last Stand - Дуэльная карта финальных битв


Группа VK:
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