is there something i need to download besides the game because i download the demo and click on the game and it opens folders and i click on it in folders and noting happens
Hi! Welcome everyone who's coming from the Spiffing Brit video! I'll be trying to answer all questions, but answers will come faster if you ask them over on the discord! (sorry so many questions so little time) https://discord.gg/sVZYBmuDqm If you're having trouble where loading or starting the tutorial freezes the game, launching the game through the downloaded folder instead of the itch io launcher seems to help!
Hi! i wanna download this game as it looks fun, but never used itch.io before. How would i update the game after i puchased it? May be a dumb question lol
Well I understand where are you coming from but on the other hand it can save your units from onslaught from trolls or other powerfull ranged units etc. Guess it has its uses. On the other hand I have to agree that it is not one of the best skills in the game.
the game is very good, I have not found any crash, but I have to give some notes, the user interface does not work properly it does not show me some units and when I change the scale the font becomes very difficult to read, I also have to say that the game is almost unplayable after forty minutes of play (basically a lot of lag) and when I check the task manager the game consumes all the ram which leads me to close and restart the game, but sometimes the game goes to the secondary processes and does not close continuing the high consumption of ram
Currently playing the demo (v1.6.1). Really enjoy the game!
I though of simple quality of life feature that I think would be easy to implement. When trying to optimize fielded units, I often found myself splitting the units (shift+drag) to be able to transfer the correct amount of units I want to field to reach the max unit power. One easy improvement would be to automatically match the amount of units to reach the max power when dragging a unit type from reserve (e.g. with shift+drag either split the stack in two when half of the stack do not exceed the max power or split to max amount of units to reach max fielded power). I hope my explanation is clear.
Just purchased and am totally enamored with this game! Reminds me of a charming remix of some of my all time favorites from the HoMM series. I've played a few maps now and am confident I'll play more. Just an FYI, I am getting a consistent crash on trying to launch the tutorial... wasn't an issue since I was able to pick up the game given my exposure to games of this type, but thought I'd give a heads up. Happy to send along info it if helps.
I am having some trouble with the 'Load Game' screen. I am finding that sometimes I am unable to delete saved game files. This doesn't happen everytime by the way. I'm just flagging it up.
I tried the demo but it just froze when I clicked on "Tutorial" and even after opening Task Manager to shut it for some reason my mouse could not click anything.
Ran into something interesting. Used cloud palace, wished for war, and one of the NPC heroes got trapped in a small enclosed area with no way out. It was on a custom map with 7 players and a small map size, so that probably helped this happen, but there might need to be a way for cloud palace teleporting to check whether it's putting someone somewhere they can't get out of.
Awesome game btw. Scratched that itch I've been having for a very long time. The combat is so unique and so fun to watch and everything just works! Are there any plans of a campaign for this? Because that would be something I would really love to see as an old school player.
that's the next point of development in fact! It might not be super long, but it'll pave the way for giving the community tools to extend the campaign content
I've been trying to chase this bug down, and haven't been able to recreate it. But you're the first person to actually detail the specific town combination. Lemme see if I can recreate it now...
I do plan on getting Ubuntu and Mac builds out around the time it comes to Steam. Until then, I know some people have succesfully made it run emulated (via Wine I think)
Hope to get a toggle for when your battle field just gets nuked if there are too many units. I'm fine with the lag. I'm not fine with losing 300+ units because hex turned all the enemies into frogs. Makes hex + Bane or any other unit spawner almost useless.
Nvm: Think it's Destruction and it's nuking my units too into an endless loop of everything dying.
Youve probably heard this a lot, but Ive played homm3 for my whole life of 19 years and you have my 100% support. I never buy games because I know Ill get bored of them, but with this game, I can guarantee you a sale when it fully comes out! good job
!!!NOTICE!!! If your game is crashing, try joining the Discord community and go to the #development-log channel to download the latest version of the game.
Noticed that changing language to Spanish resulted in some missing letters in some words on the main menu. Looks like the vowels with accents are replaced with a blank space, most likely because the font has no equivalent.
Loving the game, you can tell it was a labor of love
Only complaint is that on most starts it can be a real struggle to find neutral mobs that aren't impossible or near impossible, maybe some sort of level scaling based on how close the mobs are to each player's capital
Hi, this is sort of implemented, with mobs of low difficulty preferentially spawning close to the centre of the area.
Oh, right! Sometimes this happens because the town is placed too far from the centre. Then you start surrounded by impossible fights and have to venture into the centre to find the easy fights shoulder to shoulder.
I've definitely noticed a significant amount of crashes since updating to 1.5.9. I played for about 3 hours since updating and I've had 4 separate seemingly unrelated crashes without any error messages (Different weeks, army compositions, etc.)
That said I just wanted to let you know in case you weren't aware already(I'm sure you're already working on it :) and you rock for making this game! I loved that one game we all remember from back in the day and the graphics/battle system changeup really make this game additctive for my girlfriend and I. My favorite faction is Tide, I love the Axlotls' sprites - keep up the awesome creative work!
Ye, the messageless crash seems to be rearing its head. It should really only happen if you play with the Low RAM mode toggled on in the options, though.
I hope I'll get it fixed one day...
hey, that's so great to hear! I'm super proud of the Lotlians (axolotls) and the rest of Tide since I drew all of those myself. Thank you for your kind words, and for giving my game a chance :D
Well the game itself is awesome.. but as an fanatic of pixels - I am crying seeing pixels being resizesed that do not fit other elements of the game. I can understand UI has 2x scale and the game based on the zoom, but.. come'on heroes and walls and not the same size :/
intentional or not intentional. heroes of might and magic made the connection better. it makes a difference on sprites like 32x32 and 8x8 and sprites with 256x256 and 128x128, with bigger sprites the difference between them is not so eye itching.
but the game is well made. I am just talking about the eye itching sprite resulution connection x)
This is very different from person to person. Some might also take offense at rotating and squeezing the sprites. I hope your eyes will eventually adjust and stop itching - nobody deserves itchy eyes :P
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Options window makes weard stuff on german translation
Played a demo a bit, game is quite fun... But does the AI cheat on higher difficulties? Seems like so.
ye, the increased difficulties are specifically to have the AI cheat. Hard is the "fair" gamemode.
is there something i need to download besides the game because i download the demo and click on the game and it opens folders and i click on it in folders and noting happens
you need to extract the zip file, then double click on the Hero's Hour.exe file!
If I buy the game on itch.io and then the Steam version comes out, can I play the game on Steam? I have already bought it then... right?
If you buy on itch io before the game comes out on steam, you will get access to a steam key.
And thats how you get my money, bought it!
yup! sold as well
Hi! Welcome everyone who's coming from the Spiffing Brit video! I'll be trying to answer all questions, but answers will come faster if you ask them over on the discord! (sorry so many questions so little time)
https://discord.gg/sVZYBmuDqm
If you're having trouble where loading or starting the tutorial freezes the game, launching the game through the downloaded folder instead of the itch io launcher seems to help!
Hi! i wanna download this game as it looks fun, but never used itch.io before. How would i update the game after i puchased it? May be a dumb question lol
there's an itch io launcher that helps keep you updated - otherwise, you'll have to do it manually. Follow me here on itch, on https://twitter.com/ThingOnItsOwn or on https://discord.gg/sVZYBmuDqm and you'll be notified!
Spiff showed this off today. Looks amazing.
Hex is bad. it give the units of the enemy more hp.
Well I understand where are you coming from but on the other hand it can save your units from onslaught from trolls or other powerfull ranged units etc. Guess it has its uses. On the other hand I have to agree that it is not one of the best skills in the game.
the game is very good, I have not found any crash, but I have to give some notes, the user interface does not work properly it does not show me some units and when I change the scale the font becomes very difficult to read, I also have to say that the game is almost unplayable after forty minutes of play (basically a lot of lag) and when I check the task manager the game consumes all the ram which leads me to close and restart the game, but sometimes the game goes to the secondary processes and does not close continuing the high consumption of ram
Currently playing the demo (v1.6.1). Really enjoy the game!
I though of simple quality of life feature that I think would be easy to implement. When trying to optimize fielded units, I often found myself splitting the units (shift+drag) to be able to transfer the correct amount of units I want to field to reach the max unit power. One easy improvement would be to automatically match the amount of units to reach the max power when dragging a unit type from reserve (e.g. with shift+drag either split the stack in two when half of the stack do not exceed the max power or split to max amount of units to reach max fielded power). I hope my explanation is clear.
Just purchased and am totally enamored with this game! Reminds me of a charming remix of some of my all time favorites from the HoMM series. I've played a few maps now and am confident I'll play more. Just an FYI, I am getting a consistent crash on trying to launch the tutorial... wasn't an issue since I was able to pick up the game given my exposure to games of this type, but thought I'd give a heads up. Happy to send along info it if helps.
I am having some trouble with the 'Load Game' screen. I am finding that sometimes I am unable to delete saved game files. This doesn't happen everytime by the way. I'm just flagging it up.
Getting this bug when trying to load game:
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_worldgen:
instance_create_depth argument 3 incorrect type (string) expecting a Number (YYGI32)
at gml_Script_load_game
############################################################################################
gml_Script_load_game (line -1)
gml_Object_obj_worldgen_Create_0
I tried the demo but it just froze when I clicked on "Tutorial" and even after opening Task Manager to shut it for some reason my mouse could not click anything.
Getting this bug when trying to save or auto-save loaded game:
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_con:
unable to convert string "" to number
at gml_Script_save_game
############################################################################################
gml_Script_save_game (line -1)
gml_Object_obj_con_Draw_64
Playing as Pyre on Isles of War
ive been getting a similar error when trying to load into an existing file since last update:
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############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_worldgen:
instance_create_depth argument 3 incorrect type (string) expecting a Number (YYGI32)
at gml_Script_load_game
############################################################################################
gml_Script_load_game (line -1)
gml_Object_obj_worldgen_Create_0
cool
Where are the updates for the newest faction. Or am I getting ahead of myself. Love the game btw. It's been a real time sink
Ran into something interesting. Used cloud palace, wished for war, and one of the NPC heroes got trapped in a small enclosed area with no way out. It was on a custom map with 7 players and a small map size, so that probably helped this happen, but there might need to be a way for cloud palace teleporting to check whether it's putting someone somewhere they can't get out of.
May i ask the difference of the free version and premium version?
in free there are only 3 factions playable ,
In the free version, you get to play as 4 out of the 10 factions
Awesome game btw. Scratched that itch I've been having for a very long time. The combat is so unique and so fun to watch and everything just works! Are there any plans of a campaign for this? Because that would be something I would really love to see as an old school player.
that's the next point of development in fact! It might not be super long, but it'll pave the way for giving the community tools to extend the campaign content
Hi, really enjoying the game. Had a crash when converting a Decay town to a Tide town:
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_con:
Variable Index [7] out of range [7]
at gml_Script_dobuild
############################################################################################
gml_Script_dobuild (line -1)
gml_Script_convert_town
gml_Script_castlescreen
gml_Object_obj_con_Draw_64
I've been trying to chase this bug down, and haven't been able to recreate it. But you're the first person to actually detail the specific town combination. Lemme see if I can recreate it now...
It was a high level town, almost everything was built, if that helps
any chance on Mac compatibility?
I do plan on getting Ubuntu and Mac builds out around the time it comes to Steam. Until then, I know some people have succesfully made it run emulated (via Wine I think)
thank you very much!
Hope to get a toggle for when your battle field just gets nuked if there are too many units. I'm fine with the lag. I'm not fine with losing 300+ units because hex turned all the enemies into frogs. Makes hex + Bane or any other unit spawner almost useless.
Nvm: Think it's Destruction and it's nuking my units too into an endless loop of everything dying.
Yes, Destruction is a really hilarious but totally useless skill. I love it and hate it. Probably will see a change soon tho
game crashed when starting battle from shore to land.
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_warmachine:
Unable to find instance for object index 0
at gml_Object_obj_warmachine_Step_0
############################################################################################
gml_Object_obj_warmachine_Step_0 (line -1)
Hi, battles from land to sea are fixed in v1.6.2, recently uploaded
Game crash when starting game as Pyre on Lost Idyll
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_worldgen:
DoAdd :: Execution Error
at gml_Object_obj_worldgen_Draw_64
############################################################################################
gml_Object_obj_worldgen_Draw_64 (line -1)
I really want to fix this, but it's super rare and I haven't been able to reproduce it. One day I'll get it and then this'll surely be fixed
Game crash when puchasing units:(fire faction, tried to buy melee units/max)
Does this repeat if you reload and take the same steps?
Youve probably heard this a lot, but Ive played homm3 for my whole life of 19 years and you have my 100% support. I never buy games because I know Ill get bored of them, but with this game, I can guarantee you a sale when it fully comes out! good job
Thank you!!
Random fight crash.
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############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_con:
DoSub :2: undefined value
at gml_Object_obj_con_Draw_64
############################################################################################
gml_Object_obj_con_Draw_64 (line -1)
Hm, during fighting you say? I'll check this out
!!!NOTICE!!!
If your game is crashing, try joining the Discord community and go to the #development-log channel to download the latest version of the game.
Kind regards
Thank you for your help! Been super unable to keep up with itch comments, so I appreciate the helping hand
Noticed that changing language to Spanish resulted in some missing letters in some words on the main menu. Looks like the vowels with accents are replaced with a blank space, most likely because the font has no equivalent.
That's so odd, since I specifically did all I could to fix those errors. Even drew a custom ñ :P
Loving the game, you can tell it was a labor of love
Only complaint is that on most starts it can be a real struggle to find neutral mobs that aren't impossible or near impossible, maybe some sort of level scaling based on how close the mobs are to each player's capital
Hi, this is sort of implemented, with mobs of low difficulty preferentially spawning close to the centre of the area.
Oh, right! Sometimes this happens because the town is placed too far from the centre. Then you start surrounded by impossible fights and have to venture into the centre to find the easy fights shoulder to shoulder.
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_worldgen:
Variable Index [7] out of range [0]
at gml_Script_unit_cost
############################################################################################
gml_Script_unit_cost (line -1)
gml_Script_army_value
gml_Script_army_value_corrected
gml_Script_M_interactgrid
gml_Script_scan_world
gml_Script_load_postprocessing
gml_Script_load_game_standard
gml_Object_obj_worldgen_Create_0
This should be fixed in v1.6+
Will those who buy the game here also receive a steam key upon release? :)
Yeah, but only if you buy before steam release
This happens when I try to open the tutorial. I'm using v1.5.9 (downloaded today 2021-09-18 13:46 GMT)
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############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_worldgen:
Push :: Execution Error - Variable Index [-1] out of range [12] - -5.MOBID(100038,-1)
at gml_Script_unit_cost
############################################################################################
gml_Script_unit_cost (line -1)
gml_Script_army_value
gml_Script_army_value_corrected
gml_Script_M_interactgrid
gml_Script_load_postprocessing
gml_Script_load_game
gml_Object_obj_worldgen_Create_0
This should be fixed in v1.6+, thanks for the notice though!
Hi, would just like to check about the conversion of town as my game always crashes when i select that option with this:
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ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_con:
Variable Index [7] out of range [7]
at gml_Script_dobuild
############################################################################################
gml_Script_dobuild (line -1)
gml_Script_convert_town
gml_Script_castlescreen
gml_Object_obj_con_Draw_64
Do advice thank you.
Hi, ive been trying to reproduce this, but am unable to. What faction did you convert into, and what was it to start?
Hi, trying to convert lament to arcane in the great sea (3 factions and 1 neutral)
Do we have to bought the game again on Steam?
It was mentioned that he hopes to provide Steamkeys to people who purchase here next year when he released to Steam.
great , thx for this information :D
I've definitely noticed a significant amount of crashes since updating to 1.5.9. I played for about 3 hours since updating and I've had 4 separate seemingly unrelated crashes without any error messages (Different weeks, army compositions, etc.)
That said I just wanted to let you know in case you weren't aware already(I'm sure you're already working on it :) and you rock for making this game! I loved that one game we all remember from back in the day and the graphics/battle system changeup really make this game additctive for my girlfriend and I. My favorite faction is Tide, I love the Axlotls' sprites - keep up the awesome creative work!
Ye, the messageless crash seems to be rearing its head. It should really only happen if you play with the Low RAM mode toggled on in the options, though.
I hope I'll get it fixed one day...
hey, that's so great to hear! I'm super proud of the Lotlians (axolotls) and the rest of Tide since I drew all of those myself. Thank you for your kind words, and for giving my game a chance :D
Well the game itself is awesome.. but as an fanatic of pixels - I am crying seeing pixels being resizesed that do not fit other elements of the game. I can understand UI has 2x scale and the game based on the zoom, but.. come'on heroes and walls and not the same size :/
umm that is 100% intentional... just like the main game of inspiration ( heroes of might and magic )
intentional or not intentional. heroes of might and magic made the connection better. it makes a difference on sprites like 32x32 and 8x8 and sprites with 256x256 and 128x128, with bigger sprites the difference between them is not so eye itching.
but the game is well made. I am just talking about the eye itching sprite resulution connection x)
This is very different from person to person. Some might also take offense at rotating and squeezing the sprites. I hope your eyes will eventually adjust and stop itching - nobody deserves itchy eyes :P
This game is awesome, gives me some good nostalgia
if I buy this here will I get the steam key for free