Heroes Open Beta Begins

astral76minor · Unread postby **astral76minor** » 29 Jun 2011, 19:08

@ThunderTitan

Yes. The chat window at the conflux screwed up and the mouse was off toward the bottom (alignment issue). So I restarted the computer, problem fixed. Some settings just cannot be touched and default works ok so far. You can adjust speed settings, though. Surround sound also works.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 29 Jun 2011, 19:48

I just ctrl+alt+del the game (win7 does this nice thing where it takes you to a shut down like screen that also has a button for the task manager)... restarting the PC seems a bit too much...

astral76minor · Unread postby **astral76minor** » 29 Jun 2011, 20:02

@ThunderTitan

Thanks. I thought that would work, too. Running Win7 64-bit. It even minimizes well, so I can write this while playing. The SSD makes a huge difference on a Xeon CPU.

Keep on playing and have fun!

GreatEmerald · Unread postby **GreatEmerald** » 29 Jun 2011, 20:35

XP has similar facillities, but you need to use Win+S for that. It will do a "fast switch" of your account and then you can reopen it with everything minimised.

And Linux has TTY1/TTY2 that allow you to kill programs from the command line

astral76minor · Unread postby **astral76minor** » 29 Jun 2011, 22:00

Found a major bug!

In the map, "Emperor's Will" you can hire a hero in the tavern named "Martina" with no army. Something similar happened in H3, long ago.

This occurred after defeating the Orc fort. Martina is level 6 at the time of hiring. I wonder what will happen if I go into battle with a hero that has no army. Hmm, maybe a nice POTD or just a crash.

Ok, I tried the "Print Screen" command. It would not allow me to paste it and I cannot find the folder for the screenshots. Does anyone know where the screenshots go or how to even get them?
Edited on Wed, Jun 29 2011, 18:26 by astral76minor

parcaleste · Unread postby **parcaleste** » 30 Jun 2011, 05:40

Open Paint => Ctrl+V.

GreatEmerald · Unread postby **GreatEmerald** » 30 Jun 2011, 05:47

It's also quite finicky on Windows. It sometimes doesn't work and you have to press it several times.

Unlike in KDE, where KSnapshot works every time

parcaleste · Unread postby **parcaleste** » 30 Jun 2011, 06:44

They paid you about this commercial, didn't they?

Anyways, will you give us, mere mortals, some feedback about the game so far?

hellegennes · Unread postby **hellegennes** » 30 Jun 2011, 08:10

@Dragonshire:

I am so happy USA gets to be on the complaining end. Maybe some things in this world won't centre around your country, mate. Accept it.

Marzhin · Unread postby **Marzhin** » 30 Jun 2011, 13:01

@astral76minor: in H6 you can have heroes without armies. They cannot fight, but they can interact with some objects of the adventure map. So it's not a bug

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 30 Jun 2011, 13:26

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

Oh wait, it really is...

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 30 Jun 2011, 13:55

What happens when someone attack them?

Also, why can i no longer move the camera using Ctrl+Arrow keys? If there an option for it, coz i can't find it... (it worked before).

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 30 Jun 2011, 16:58

So, i managed to d/l the public beta at work and brought it home today... i see they did some changes between the versions when it comes to the overmap and Conflux interface...

But they took out the AA and replaced it with V-Sync...

Too bad none of my saves work though...

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 30 Jun 2011, 18:59

And they finally posted a torrent, p2p ftw: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/ ... 3241070439

astral76minor · Unread postby **astral76minor** » 30 Jun 2011, 20:53

So if a hero with no army wanders around, and the computer attacks it, what happens? Is the hero immune to being attacked by the computer? Or is it just an automatic defeat?

Is it along the lines of H4, when the hero could have the "Stealth" ability? Just an idea....
Edited on Thu, Jun 30 2011, 17:29 by astral76minor

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 02 Jul 2011, 12:35

They have Maximus as a Haven hero... way too go Marzhin... too bad he's not green, but he has the tusks... me likey.

legendoferthia · Unread postby **legendoferthia** » 03 Jul 2011, 01:07

I am still in debate whether or not to buy this. Can someone tell me if the Beta is good. By that I mean better then heroes 5 and similar to the previous homm games?

hellegennes · Unread postby **hellegennes** » 03 Jul 2011, 02:42

Can someone who's played the beta tell me what kind of configuration is needed for steady play? For example, will it play on a 4 year old laptop? (say yes, say yes)

Pol · Unread postby **Pol** » 03 Jul 2011, 09:23

hellegennes wrote:Can someone who's played the beta tell me what kind of configuration is needed for steady play? For example, will it play on a 4 year old laptop? (say yes, say yes)

[q="Minimum Configuration >>"]Operating System: Windows® XP or Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 (all 32/64bit)
Processor: 2 Ghz Intel® Pentium® Core 2 Duo E4400 or higher 2.6 Ghz AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+ or higher
RAM: 1 GB for Windows® XP / 1.5 GB for Windows® Vista®, Windows® 7
Video card: NVidia™ GeForce® 8600GTS (512 VRAM) or ATI™ Radeon 2600XT (512VRAM) or better 512 MB DirectX® 9.0c–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM (8x)
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode and online features

Windows-compatible mouse required[/q]

If your laptop is not having dedicated graphic card forget it. Even in that case it may be not possible. All requirements must be fullfiled. This is for steady but minimal speed.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 03 Jul 2011, 11:10

hellegennes wrote:Can someone who's played the beta tell me what kind of configuration is needed for steady play? For example, will it play on a 4 year old laptop? (say yes, say yes)

It could be a month old laptop and not play it (if, like Pol mentioned, it lacked a dedicated video card)...

We need more info about it hardware...

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