Halo — Maps: The Shadow of Death

corksink

14 years ago

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Name: Halo
Map name: Halo
Size: XL
Two-level map: yes
Difficulty level: Impossible
Description: No one knew about the existence of a land of green meadows, bright groves, clear streams, and winding rivers, with rain and rainbows and birdsong all year round. This land could be called Eden...
{RESTRICTIONS 14+}
Map author: corksink

(A long and fresh map, officially published on heroesportal.net on May 27, 2012)

In 2009, I accidentally found a link to HW with a map contest on the internet. The winning map was presented at a gaming tournament on several resources. I took low places in both the map tournament and the gaming tournament on the winning map, but it somehow remained special in my memory.

After gaining some experience in offline gaming tournaments and map-making tournaments on HP in 2010-2011, I finally returned to the original source - HW.

With gratitude to this forum, I am presenting several of my new maps.

Leave your comments here. You can also duplicate your information to me by email at corksink@mail.ru

Good luck to everyone!

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Повелитель молнии

14 years ago

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Why is there an age restriction?

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corksink

14 years ago

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Lord of Lightning

Why is there an age restriction?

The restriction is a minor justification for the presence on the map of characters whose speech may seem rude or uncouth – simply due to moral considerations... :)

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corksink

14 years ago

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Since I put a lot of effort into this map (texts, coloring, interconnected quests, hidden areas and easter eggs, balance of power, and a challenging opponent), I can't wait to hear about the first steps taken on it by those players who have already racked their brains trying to figure it out.

искатель78

14 years ago

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The pink player is starting to lag significantly. It begins after the first week; initially, it takes 10-15 seconds for their turn, but by the end of the third week, it's taking a couple of minutes, even though their units aren't visible on the map yet. It's impossible to play. I started a new game, and the same thing is happening.

Marmot

14 years ago

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Yes, the author himself already wrote about this on HeroesPortal:

The first sign appeared that the game was freezing – this may be caused by an excessive number of units in the armies of the Pink Clan...
If the signs repeat, the number of initial troops of the Pink Clan will have to be reduced by 2-3 times...

Due to the fact that the Pink opponent accumulates a critical number of units in one army after a few months, the author had to reduce the initial troops in the cities of the Pink Clan. A time limit for the game duration has been introduced – 1 year, otherwise the problem may recur...

the 1-year game time limit had to be removed. As a connecting element, to prevent the Pink Clan from accumulating a critical number of units in one army, the initial troops in all Pink cities have been reduced to a minimum.

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corksink

14 years ago

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iskatel78

The pink player is starting to lag significantly. It starts after the first week; initially, it takes 10-15 seconds per turn, but by the end of the third week, it takes a couple of minutes, even though he's not visible on the map yet. It's impossible to play. I started a new game, and it's the same.

The Pink Clan has been a source of frustration for many players due to their "thoughtful" activity: sometimes, one of them stands still, relaxing, looking at the calm surface of the blue lake, admiring the vast green meadows, and enjoying the clean, clear air (and to top it off, nightingales are singing to him from the nearby grove) - he forgets about his turn, sometimes completely...

The Pink Clan is immobilized! Nevertheless, the author failed to make this clan the strongest...

Redownload the map - I just updated it!

искатель78

14 years ago

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Thank you, I will redownload it now.

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искатель78

14 years ago

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I've almost completed the map, cleared the entire upper world of enemies, and only the pink area remains in the lower world, but I can't seem to get to the lower world. I suspect there's a portal in the lower right corner of the map that leads there, but there's a random monster on the only unoccupied piece of land. The only way seems to be by flying, but that option isn't available. Or is there another way to get to the lower world?
P.S. The map is interesting.

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corksink

14 years ago

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iskatel78

I've practically completed the map, cleared the entire upper world of enemies, and only the pink one remains in the lower world, but I can't seem to get to the lower world. I suspect that the portal in the lower right corner of the map leads there, but there, on the only unoccupied piece of land, a random monster has appeared. The only way to get there is by flying, but there's no flying available. Or is there another way to get to the lower world?
P.S. The map is interesting.

There are angel wings on the map, meaning flying is possible (there's a very interesting quest).

In the southeast of the map, there are 4 snow-covered islands - the solution is somewhere nearby...

I checked these islands again: there are 3 access points each. So, even if random monsters occupy 2 points, one will still remain.

In general, this is a common problem with the game: random monsters can ruin any map. In this case, the solution is simple: replay the transition for a week or a month so that there are no random monsters.

However, I remembered that in one of the Inferno cities, the "Portal" was initially built by the God of Fire... Demons were filling the map to an absurd degree! Every week, more demons!

I removed the building! Thank you for the feedback!

The map has been fixed; please re-download it!

P.S. Keep in mind that there are many hidden quests (seer huts), Pandor chests, and other objects on the map!

искатель78

14 years ago

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we will keep looking)

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corksink

14 years ago

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A tournament for the Citadel of Heroes map is open.
http://www.heroesportal.net/tavern/?id=84053&pagenum=53

According to the tournament rules, players must reach level 25 with their starting hero in the shortest possible time, without completing the entire map, and send the save file to the tournament organizer.

I invite players to showcase their skills!

I am confident that many of you will be amazed by the art of fighting a mega-opponent! Participate and learn a lot of new things about the game on this map!

As the map author and tournament organizer, I need to highlight the positive aspects of the Halo map. Please don't consider this excessive advertising!

Marmot

14 years ago

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corksink, I've been looking at your maps (while playing through others' maps), but, excuse my frankness: I've never liked the Heroes Portal rules, where you don't have to complete the map, but "simply" level up your main hero to level 25 as quickly as possible. The map creators don't make maps for that purpose; instead, you just need to think about the sequence and tactics of battles to reach level 25 faster than everyone else. You see, it's not interesting! That is, this is not a criticism directed at you, but at those who came up with such rules: they seem to have been tired of "simply" completing maps for a long time, so they came up with this perversion. Obviously, this is convenient because the masters achieve such a result in one evening, while a full playthrough of the map may take a week or more - and their time is more valuable. :( That's sad.
(Actually, this is one of the reasons why I never registered on Heroes Portal and don't plan to do so in the future.)
Let me explain more clearly. For such tournaments, you can create a map like this: no forests, mountains, seas, rivers, or other "nonsense" - who needs them here?! Just place 1 city, 1 hero, a bunch of monsters around, and - there you go, fight!

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corksink

14 years ago

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Marmot

corksink, I'm looking at your maps (while playing others' maps), but, excuse my frankness: I never liked the Heroes Portal rules, where you don't have to complete the map, but "just" level up your main hero to level 25 as quickly as possible. The map creators don't make maps for that; instead, you need to think about the sequence and tactics of battles to reach level 25 faster than everyone else. You see, it's not interesting! That is, this is not a criticism directed at you, but at those who came up with such rules: they seem to have been tired of "just" completing maps for a long time, so they came up with this perversion. Obviously, this is convenient because masters can achieve such a result in one evening, while completing the map fully may take a week or more - and their time is more valuable. :( That's sad.
(Actually, this is one of the reasons why I never registered on Heroes Portal and don't plan to do so in the future.)
Let me explain more clearly. For such Tournaments, you can create a map like this: no forests, mountains, seas, rivers, or other "nonsense" - who needs them here?! Just place 1 city, 1 hero, a bunch of monsters around, and - there you go, fight!

I got the Tournaments of the Barren Lands (where you can't offer such a map - it's too difficult), Royal Games (where you can only offer Campaigns), and now Stronghold of Heroes (you can complete the map by leveling up your main hero to level 25, but it's not required)...

And I want to test the map. So far, no one has responded that they have completed the map and haven't expressed their interest in its playability and entertainment. The number of downloads is growing, and the rating has been slightly increased.

I would like to hear a couple of opinions, and I will calm down. I put so much effort and ideas into it!

By the way, IceTitan has already sent me his save file for the Stronghold of Heroes Tournament - I was very happy because he implemented the author's idea! We can't discuss the current Tournament, so the rest of the comments will be after 08/05/12.

P.S. I like Heroic Portal, but it's different from Heroesword - both have advantages and many wonderful players. Let's not discuss the disadvantages - let's be friends!