Hi everyone!
A couple of months ago, I discovered the 5th installment of the series... Yes, there are still people like that.))) I don't know how I managed to avoid it before, even though I've played all the other parts except for the seventh.
I enjoyed the game, and in my opinion, it's even better than the legendary third one! So, after completing all the Campaigns and deciding to play on maps, I immediately didn't like the fact that all the heroes look the same. Naturally, I decided to look for mods that would make the heroes unique. And I was very surprised to find that after so many years, there's nothing worthwhile on the internet except for your mod... (at least in the Russian-speaking internet). Well, and at the same time, I decided to create some myself. So, I thought I'd share it with others.
I've created heroes for the Rangers so far. And I've also made some minor adjustments for the Humans and Necromancers. But they are practically 100% done in your mod, so there's no point in posting those models. Besides, your mod has a different concept; you're making all the heroes mounted.... All abilities are preserved from your mod; only the models, textures, etc., have been replaced.
http://rgho.st/82LVsp5Xk Link to the file. Password: R45. Installation: copy the contents of the archive into the NHF_0.85_data folder, replacing the necessary files.
It was quite difficult to make the heroes have different faces, using essentially one model (Fayden), but I think I managed to do it, plus some of them also resemble their "icons." In the screenshot, it's not quite finished, but there were more changes after that. I haven't bothered with the flags yet; all the heroes have white ones. If anyone needs it, it's not difficult to replace them; I'm just fine with it this way.
http://rgho.st/6QKDd9HTW
Now, about the
MAIN thing!
In principle, I can rework the Dark Elves in a similar style, but it's more complicated with the Academy and the Dwarves. I don't know what to do... So, I'm asking for your help...
What do I want to know? For example, how can I "attach a head" to the Djinn? How do I create a new hero model?
After a few days of searching, I managed to find Maya 6.0 on the internet; I wanted to figure out how and what, but I don't understand yet how to create this .Mb file. Specifically, how do I create a new model "from scratch," extracting the necessary resources from the game? I've seen Psatki's tutorial, and everything works as he does... Please, if anyone knows, help me!:)
I apologize for using your work without permission!