General questions and discussions. — Horn of the Abyss / HOTA

skd

10 years ago

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Today, registration for the "Wars of Mages 2" tournament opened, and players can play Hota by agreement. But I encountered a certain question. If you launch Hota with the XW rules patch 1.38, then when generating a random map, the "Battle of Mages" option is missing. Accordingly, I didn't understand why this option doesn't work on Hota? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? And another question, does the "Battle of Mages" option disable the cloak in Hota, which blocks spells of levels 1-2? And if such an option doesn't exist yet and is planned, then you should not forget about banning the specified cloak.

nik312

10 years ago

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The "Mage's Battle" option was created at the time exclusively for SoD.

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skd

10 years ago

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nik312

The "Battle of Mages" option was created specifically for Shades of Darkness.

The first War of Mages tournament with this option started back in 2014, when HotA wasn't as popular.
Therefore, I don't understand why the Battle of Mages option hasn't been transferred to HotA now.
The absence of the "Battle of Mages" in the HotA game settings will not allow games to be played in the same format as in SoD.
Also, another question remains: is the addition of this option planned for HotA at all?

nik312

10 years ago

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Of course not, what does HotA even have to do with this — it's absolutely not its format. This is an option of the ХВ rule.
Whether Wizard plans to adapt this option for HotA can be asked of him — we are not against it.

zoog

10 years ago

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Is there a way to run HotU under SoD? I'm curious in light of OX)

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nik312

10 years ago

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zoog

Is there a way to run HotA under SoD? Interesting in light of OX)

Um... Do you even understand what you're asking?

KobRa_RR

10 years ago

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Even with the Fly spell, you can’t visit these locations (at the bottom).

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Dirty_Player

10 years ago

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KobRa_RR

Even with the fly spell, you can't visit these objects (at the bottom).

Is it really impossible to fly into the stable or the monastery? This is the first time I've seen it, that you can't fly into an object... :eek:

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Antoshka

10 years ago

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Dirty_Player

Is it really impossible to fly into the stables or the monastery? I've never seen anything like this before, where you can't fly into an object... :eek:

They've implemented a new "approach" algorithm in the game so that you don't fly around the guards...

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nik312

10 years ago

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KobRa_RR

Even with flying units, you can't visit these locations (at the bottom).

Please provide the generation description (so the random seed is visible).

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zoog

10 years ago

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nik312

Um... Do you even understand what you're asking?

And you will) In WoG there was an option - launch "as SoD", meaning with minimal differences from the original game.

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nik312

Um... Do you even understand what you're asking?

And you will) In WoG there was an option - launch "as SoD", meaning with minimal differences from the original game. Otherwise: HotA is configured (if there are any settings at all) without Caribbean exoticism, with regular jars/artifacts/necro. Essentially like SoD.

Niemand

10 years ago

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zoog

if there are any settings at all

Run it sometime in your spare time and you'll see that there is nothing of the sort in there.
And OH will most likely never be in SoD.

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KobRa_RR

10 years ago

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nik312

Please provide the generation description (so that the random seed is visible).

Done.

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nik312

10 years ago

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zoog

And you'll understand) In VoGE there was an option - launch "as SoD", meaning with minimal differences from the original game. Otherwise: HotA is configured (if there are any settings at all) without Caribbean exoticism, with ordinary jars/artifacts/necro. Essentially like SoD.

Um... no. I think this should be obvious already. The main concept of the project is a continuation of the original add-on line. Did you see an option in SoD to "make everything as in RoE"? And, although the previous point is sufficient, still: another core concept is gameplay uniformity. That's why we try to avoid any checkboxes altogether. Heterogeneity is introduced only by various map/template conditions, but certainly not by a gameplay checkbox.