Posts from Guide on adding a new model, animation, and creature to HoMMV

Well, share some of your developments, because every time I go to a forum topic where you claim that you have a "breakthrough" or promise to write an instruction guide, I think, "Now I'll find out everything," but then you delete or change your posts, leaving non-working links, and then there's silence.

For clarity, here's my old post about why you can't use transparency in animations.

In general, thank you to the developers for the poor technical part of the game...

and when I asked if anyone needed it at all, only Pstatha answered, and even then, I asked, not promised anyone anything, so this is pure slander.

@footman, sharing knowledge with fellow members of the Heroes community is a significant gesture; don't be stingy and do it, but do it when you can and want to. Years, even decades, may pass, and people passionate about Heroes will remember you! I am confident that with its current achievements, Heroes 5 has every chance of remaining as enduring as the legendary Heroes 3!

So, what are the chances now? I may have a negative attitude towards the third game (I'm a fan of the fourth, but I respect the third for its AI), but it simply has no chances when compared to the fifth. Comparing the third and fifth games, the fifth is just a clone of the third, but in 3D, and not the most successful one in all aspects:
1) Let's start with the AI, which is relevant today. What prevented the developers from simply taking the AI from the third game and not reinventing the wheel for the next four games (this applies not only to the fifth).
2) I won't compare the graphics of the third and fifth games; just note that there were games with better graphics than the third, even before the fifth, and without all sorts of unjustified bugs and functions that don't work together or don't work at all.
3) Gameplay and balance: here, things are the most normal. Necromancers dominate everywhere and always in the late game (almost). All that's missing is an artifact to summon liches for 0.1 units of energy.
4) Modding: this is the most interesting part, specifically the fact that it is very limited by the ingenious decisions of the developers in the style of "we are the developers, so only we can do this." Listing everything that cannot be done because of them or can be done through workarounds (hex editors and scripts) would take too long.
In my opinion, the third game is still popular because its source code is available online, and as for the code of the fifth game, everything is clear.

Regarding balance, you are wrong (or you only play as the Overlords). In very long games, Orcs and Magic users are the strongest. At the beginning of the game, the Mechanists and Chaos factions are the strongest. Unless Kaspar is used well. And it sounds like the Lich is the most useful unit. (yes, yes). In general, it's better to ask our tournament attendees; they will explain it to us. I recommend watching the RPGGames video "Why People Love Heroes V." It clearly explains why people love the fifth game. The AI has already been improved by Mr. Q, and the balance can be fixed.

Considering the possibilities that the developers HAVE given for editing their game, it is better than many others.

But there are no chances. Unfortunately.

Let's start with the current state of AI – what prevented the developers from simply taking the AI from the third game instead of reinventing the wheel in the next four installments (this applies not only to the fifth game).

Well, I only play as the Lords, and the reference to the Necromancers was just a nod to the third game and their overpowered art), regarding the possibilities, you are wrong for example, in the seventh game, they fully added Inferno as a new faction, not just in terms of visuals, but that's not what I'm talking about, and in my opinion, that's not the only thing that can be done in it http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=46752.

I don't want to participate in arguments, but... What does it mean to "take the AI"? It sounds paradoxical; it's unlikely that the AI in Heroes of Might and Magic III is a universal library that can be plugged in and adapted anywhere, like some DeepMind.
I fully support the creation of any guides and other content. I don't know how much time Heroes of Might and Magic V has left, but the fact that its lifespan is extended against all expectations is a fact. The fifth installment has been alive, albeit with varying success, for 14 years, which is twice as long as the time that passed from the creation of the third game to the creation of the fifth, but that's a fact...

I don't want to participate in the arguing, but... What does it mean to "take AI"? It sounds paradoxical; it's unlikely that the AI in the third game is a universal library that can be inserted and adapted anywhere, like some DeepMind.
I fully support the creation of any guides and other content. I don't know how much time the fifth game has left, but the fact that its lifespan is extended against all expectations is a fact. The fifth installment has been alive, albeit with varying success, for 14 years, which is twice as long as the time that passed from the creation of the third game to the creation of the fifth, however, that's a fact...

I don't want to participate in the arguments, but... What does it mean to "take over the AI"? It sounds paradoxical; it's unlikely that the AI in the third game is a universal library that can be integrated and adapted anywhere, like some DeepMind.
I fully support the creation of any Manuals and other content. I don't know how much time the fifth game has left, but the fact that its lifespan is extended against all odds is a fact. The fifth installment has been alive, albeit with varying success, for 14 years, which is twice as long as the time that passed from the creation of the third game to the creation of the fifth, but that's a fact...

I didn't notice, sorry, what specific possibilities I was talking about. If you're referring to the phrase "new 10 races," I meant the fifth game, where you can't add new races; it's just my specific sense of humor, because the attitude of "I have a feature/mod/cool thing, but I won't give it to you because you didn't ask me about it on the entire forum" makes me smile, excuse my expression. Of course, in other games, they will add and have added.

Loool. I think someone... I don't even know who, got upset and started downvoting all my posts in this thread, about four pages back, I don't know, I didn't look any further.))
Moreover, even the posts that have absolutely nothing to do with this mysterious someone were downvoted.

Dear, mysterious someone. If you disagree with my opinion about you, please say so directly. Maybe I just misunderstood you, and in reality, you're doing everything right.))

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I think Footman's entire post, about how "the fifth game is bad and dying, and he finds it funny, and all that," is just a troll post, and it's pointless to argue about it.

You can only agree that there are indeed balance issues, but not so much with the Necromancers, but with the Orcs. But the balance issues are not critical and exist in many games. Besides, they can be fixed.

Loool. I think someone... I don't even know who, got upset and started downvoting all my posts in this thread, about four pages back, I didn't look any further.))
Moreover, even the posts that have absolutely nothing to do with this mysterious someone were downvoted.

Dear, mysterious someone. If you disagree with my opinion about you, please write it directly. Maybe I just misunderstood you, and in reality, you are doing everything right))