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Антон Туров
psatkha
I think that if anyone can obtain the source code or make changes to the game itself using an alternative method, it would be the guys from here:
http://heroescommunity.com/forumdisplay.php3?FID=18
Антон Туров
but I highly doubt whether it's a good idea to share this information with the community!
As for alternative methods, you need to look for specialists on forums dedicated to reverse engineering!
psatkha
Not everyone is so mercenary; there are also people among them who are simply passionate.
And thank you for the recommendation – I will definitely take your advice. What do you think – how much will specialists charge for such a service?
footman
They might be able to obtain it, as some forum members have contacts with insiders at Ubi, but whether they will share this information with the community is something I highly doubt!
Regarding alternative methods, you need to look for specialists on forums specializing in reverse engineering!
Rameliya
They might be able to get it, as some forum members have contacts with insiders at Ubi, but I highly doubt they will share this information with the Community!
As for alternative methods, you need to look for specialists on forums specializing in reverse engineering!
For example, here:
https://tuts4you.com
https://www.reddit.com
https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com
.
Reverse engineering is the last resort, but it seems to be the only one in the case of Heroes, but even if a group of such specialists is assembled, it is unknown how much time it will take to create a version that is functionally equal to the alpha version (If I understand correctly, reverse engineering implies writing the game code from scratch).
psatkha
Thank you for the helpful information! I just don't understand your skepticism. Why do you think they wouldn't want to share? After all, quite a lot of time has passed, and their developments have already lost their financial relevance. I communicate with the guys on this forum – they are quite kind and open. If I ask them to send me any maps or mods, they send them without any conditions. I just wish I knew who among them might have the source code?
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I think this is a dead end, as you would have to pay these specialists a lot of money for the work they do. I don't think they would agree to do it for free! Times have changed.
footman
atlant108
psatkha
Maybe it would be worth asking Nival for the Heroes 5 engine? The idea is that it doesn't belong to Ubisoft, and it could be used to expand the game's capabilities without the source code. (I want normal graphics that would match the level of games from 2008-2010, not the thing they made in 2004. Apart from the smoothing, which doesn't work with transparent textures, and anisotropic filtering, they didn't add anything else, although that kind of graphics would have been relevant for 2004, but not for 2008, when the last expansion was released).
footman
Various features were deliberately removed so that the game could run and even work on graphics cards like the GT 5200 (based on nVidia chips)... I don't remember what the high-end models from ATi were at the time, but we didn't consider them because their market share among potential buyers didn't exceed 1-5%.
psatkha
Well, I'm sorry, but reducing the graphics to match museum exhibits is the dumbest thing they could have done (they should have found a golden mean between top-tier and budget graphics and used that as a reference). This isn't an excuse for the weak graphics; Age of Empires 3, which was released a year earlier, doesn't necessarily have better graphics, but it has more flexible settings for different hardware. As for Heroes, what do we have? Antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, and you have to edit the shadows through user_a2.cfg. I'm not even mentioning that they are divided into two grades.
atlant108
I have a couple of acquaintances who, out of sheer curiosity, tried to crack more complex code... by brute force!
They might be able to get it, as some forum members have contacts with insiders at Ubisoft, but whether they will share this information with the community – personally, I highly doubt it!
Elu
psatkha
How labor-intensive is this process? How much time could it take?
There are rumors on this forum http://heroescommunity.com/
that insiders have shared the source code with some modders.
I don't know the details yet, but I hope to find out.
