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Someone in this thread was wondering if it’s possible to apply effects to the bones of newly imported creatures using this method.
The answer is a definite yes. But sometimes, during the import process, the bone names change. For example, "bip01-head" became "bip01_head" for me. Naturally, the effect cannot be applied using the old name. To view the exact bone names, open the exported Heroes skeleton in the Granny Viewer program. It can be found in the Esto100nec1 archive.
A small addition... this archive contains a more convenient utility for this purpose from the respected comrade CrazyPill - skel2mel... this is a command-line utility, the syntax for use is:
skel2mel E6866F4A-8090-401B-916D-DE182B0EF973.gr2 [enter] or
skel2mel E6866F4A-8090-401B-916D-DE182B0EF973 [enter] - the output is a file called output.mel - a file for Maya, but essentially it is just a regular text file! :smile13:

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Inquisitor?

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There are no Angels!
on this forum http://heroescommunity.com, besides Heroes 5.5, is there anything at all that is active?
I got the impression that there is nothing active there at all. It's a real ghost town.
But, of course, in any case, it wouldn't hurt to post it there as well, just don't expect too much.
There is also https://www.moddb.com/
The situation is better there (although not by much). But the site is much more convenient and interesting.
Or, you could create a group on VK (there is more interest in Heroes 5 on VK, many people are in thematic groups and still write something, but it's quite difficult to make sure that people find your group (although maybe it's just me, because I don't like managing a group), and to keep people engaged, there needs to be constant activity).
You can also try Facebook, but I can't say if it's worth it, i.e., if there are people there who are interested in Heroes 5.
In general, in my subjective opinion, the most people who are interested in Heroes 5 are on VK, and this forum is in second place.
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By the way, your mod is already on VK.
https://m.vk.com/wall-55167960_17595
An unscrupulous admin of one of the groups posted it. Naturally, without mentioning the author and links to you, and I suspect without your knowledge.
My mods are also there. I wrote to the admin, I will be very surprised if I get anything in response other than a ban.
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[/U]By the way, your mod is already available on VK.
https://m.vk.com/wall-55167960_17595
An unscrupulous admin of one group posted it. Naturally, without mentioning the author or providing links to you, and I suspect without your knowledge.
My mods are also there. I wrote to the admin, and I will be very surprised if I receive anything other than a ban in response.
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I understand that the admin uploads almost everything that isn't considered ancient.
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I'm wondering, theoretically, can we do something about it? Like, file a collective complaint about the group with the VK admins? Just throwing out ideas.
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In any case, this particular group appears as the third result in a Yandex search for "Heroes 5 mods," which means it's causing significant harm.
It's completely useless. They post content for users, not for modders.
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I'm curious, can we theoretically do something about this? Like, file a collective complaint to the VK group admins? Just throwing out a crazy idea right now.
But what's the point, what will change after that? Even if we do it, all modders whose mods are posted there need to participate, and probably many don't even know about this group, so many will just ignore it.
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But looking at it, it's a great replacement for ghost websites with ancient mods, like the one with the open helmet on the griffons (and some links still work).
Yeah, it's a great replacement. There's no other way to put it.
I tried so hard to explain to the remix community how important it is for the modding audience to know the author, rather than the author working solely to develop the platform for someone else. But even the mod authors themselves don't understand that this is necessary.
You see, these groups are not only a "great replacement" for ghost sites, but they are also a direct reason why sites become empty and die.
There is direct competition for the audience. And, of course, it's easier for them to win because they don't have to spend time and effort on content creation.
That's why the audience ends up there, and no one feels the need to go to those forums.
If there were dialogue and cooperation between the authors and, for example, this group, it would be a completely different story.
Well, it wouldn't hurt to contact the administration of that resource!
One of our comrades, twinQ (KK) [he's our newbie in modding], he's registered there and wrote our opinion about posting our mods there!
P.S. In general, as comrade twinQ just told me, his message was brutally deleted from there, i.e., if he doesn't correct the information, we'll need to contact the administration of that resource!

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