Nival Answers

[Sikon]

In a recently opened "questions to developers" <a href="/http://forums.nival.com/rus/showthread. ... >thread</a> on the Heroic Corner forums, Nival has answered some Heroes V questions. The answers are as follows:<ul>

<li>The first patch will be out soon™.</li>

<li>The Russian version of the patch will be 39 MB big.</li>

<li>The map editor will be released no later than August.</li>

<li>The random map generator will appear after the editor.</li>

<li>It is possible that combined artifacts will be introduced.</li>

<li>The possibility to load/quit during a battle will be added soon™.</li>

<li>A more detailed manual with gameplay mechanics is in development, it will be available as a free download soon™.</li>

<li>New maps will be in the second patch, soon™.</li>

<li>The first patch will make it possible to play over a segmented network, but a direct IP patch isn't yet planned. They'll consider it if they get spammed with requests to implement it.</li>

</ul>

If you would like to take a look at the original page visit this link:
https://www.celestialheavens.com/1149407333

[Orfinn]

Combined artifacts? How great and yes direct IP is a MUST, get it included ASAP!

[DaemianLucifer]

soon™

[dragonn]

Will be out soon...typical, just typical. I wonder what will be out now then?

[reynaert]

Soon... Mmm... I remember 'soon' in the 3do dictionary

[Metathron]

August seems too long a time for something as crucial as a map editor. Ouch!

[kolia]

hopefully the manual will be a "free" download!

hem, what's a segmented network?

[ThunderTitan]

But will they add a WAIT button? With it's own icon? Soon™?

[Marcus333]

"But will they add a WAIT button? With it's own icon? Soon™?"



Yeah, I'd like that too... Gives the battle an extra strategic side.

[DaemianLucifer]

But will they add a WAIT button? With it's own icon? Soon™?

Probably not.Because we all know that everyone knows that 'w' is the shortcut.Even those that never heard of heroes before.

[Arzang]

so what the hell WILL be included in this patch? sounds like nothing but more promises.

[Falsted]

August for the map editor?? wow, thats a lot further away than I thought

[DaemianLucifer]

so what the hell WILL be included in this patch? sounds like nothing but more promises.

Sev. will be replaced.Gargoyle will receive another look,similar to imps/familiars.Treants will be changed to look like in beta.AI cheat will be tweaked.

[dragonn]

Finally It's about time because those modders are doing nothing :D:D

[dragonn]

Maybe it's better to wait for the expansion then?
Edited on Sun, Jun 04 2006, 04:47 by dragonn

[ThunderTitan]

You forgot about replacing the Wraith with the Death Knight.

39MB? That's alot of patching.... The game better run .. er... better...

[Romanov77]

Good, they are finishing the game....beta testing is going to end soon hopefully.

[Sikon]

A segmented network is a network where computers are organized into smaller networks (segments) so that computers in a segment can communicate with each other directly, but computers in different segments must communicate through a gateway.

[Arzang]

39 megs is nothing.



hate to be a basher but for this game 39 megs is not "whoamg big AND unnecessary".



I feel for people with dial-up though.

[DaemianLucifer]

39 megs is nothing.



hate to be a basher but for this game 39 megs is not "whoamg big AND unnecessary".



I feel for people with dial-up though.

With dial-up 39 megs is about 8 hours with dial up.8 hours of phone call isnt cheap at all.The patch should be free for all the fans,right?And considering that it wont fix everything,and that there will be at least one more(my guess is at least five)of the same size,that is quite a lot.