Nightmarish

[Techies]

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/HideInLight/Nightmarish.jpg

Installation Instructions:

*Extract the NightmarishV2dot1.zip file.
*Copy the "game" folder inside it to your "C:\games\Heroes of Newerth" directory
*Basically copy and replace.
*Host an offline practice match with "map_nightmarish" selected.

or

*With console, type in exactly:
StartGame "practice" "" "map:"nightmarish"


Download:
NightmarishV2dot1 Normal
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1k6x44

NightmarishV2beta2 Snow
http://www.sendspace.com/file/b77ldv

[konva]

Hello, nice map, but i have some question, can i "survive long" with ws when there is no items to buy? And only ws can do it?

[Techies]

Hello, nice map, but i have some question, can i "survive long" with ws when there is no items to buy? And only ws can do it?

Witchslayer was a product of the last map, haven't updated him yet to fit in with new map. Must of enabled him by accident.

New version:
Nighmarish V1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0ccybf

[SomaZ]

I might make a video about it tomorrow if that's ok.

[Techies]

I might make a video about it tomorrow if that's ok.

That would be really nice.

Here's the latest build: http://www.sendspace.com/file/j58or3
That's only the map though, the 17 Meg one I recently posted has the music resource too. Heck, use your own music if you want to.

[Parazzit]

Really nice work, I'm gonna follow this for sure ! Just one thing, for everyone to know, don't enable any of the advanced options when creating the game ( like only INT, or any other one) or you will be able to pick any heroe and skills won't work how they're supposed to.

[NoWaY_123]

I can't seem to make it work :'( I've saved it as a .zip and a .s2z in my hon/games/maps but it says it is a compatible file and won't show up with the regular maps. When I try and run the map in my HoN installation it won't show up in the practice mode maps AND i can't start it via console. tl;dr: halp wont werk

[Techies]

I can't seem to make it work :'( I've saved it as a .zip and a .s2z in my hon/games/maps but it says it is a compatible file and won't show up with the regular maps. When I try and run the map in my HoN installation it won't show up in the practice mode maps AND i can't start it via console. tl;dr: halp wont werk

The last one I uploaded is just the map, in s2z format. Should just copy it in your HoN/game/maps directory, nothing fancy. Does the one in the OP work?

[NoWaY_123]

I've tried both and i have saved it in s2z copied it i my maps and such but it wont show up in the practice mode and when i type the stuff in the console exactly it loads about 1/10th of the way there and then tells me the server failed. I don't know what im doing wrong :/

[supertard17]

Really fun. Would be even better if you could do multiplayer!!!

[Techies]

Thx Somaz for video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CJFvtsPyg

Got a lot of feedback, btw gunblade also have Rifle skill (D)...Need to make that more visible.
Map looks a bit weird without the foliage, that black ground for instance is suppose to give a shadow like illusion to the grass.
Gonna enable foliage by default and optimize it a bit, changing the camera gave a bigger performance hit than I anticipated with the grass.

Anyways I planning on a lot of improvements, more solid and interesting mechanics and gameplay and overall polish.
Recently found out that S2 implemented a new targeting scheme which allows you to instantly cast a skill on your cursors location. In the case of gunblade you just have to press D to shoot, there's no additional left click required.

I've busy working on Soulstealer to make him use this new targeting scheme.

Also gonna be a tiny bit harder, will have to manage resources more carefully and you won't get to level6 in an instant. And of course more monsters and ways to die...
Trying to balance the game around quick CCC (Charges, Cooldowns, Cost).

[WizardAlien]

This map is awesome!!! Is this map still getting updated?

[Techies]

This map is awesome!!! Is this map still getting updated?

Yes. Whenever I get bored I just add a new hero, enemy and tweak a thing here and there. HoN now has a crap load of models and abilties so the only limitation is my time and ability. And motivation...

[Vaez]

MORE! This looks really awesome and it doesn't need much for me to want to play it! Awesome.

You could also make something like Uther Party from WCIII !

[Techies]

Added better ending and a snowy map as alternative among a few other tweaks and additions. Artillery has 5 skills now. Bombardier's artillery strike and Empaths wall. Was playing around a bit.
Having problem with mediafire atm though, apparently you can't put mulitple archives in a file anymore, this includes the s2z extention. So I have to switch to sendspace for now.

Download links:

NightmarishV2beta2 Normal
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1926f7

NightmarishV2beta2 Snow
http://www.sendspace.com/file/b77ldv
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/HideInLight/NightmarishSnow_zps25e1e6cc.jpg

Also new end game screen. Lets see who can finish the map first and post it. TIP: Press F12 before making the screenshot.

[Rkey]

Is there a video preview of this somewhere? I would like to watch that.

[Techies]

Is there a video preview of this somewhere? I would like to watch that.

Only ones that are out of date. You can always play it lol...

[Techies]

V2.1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1k6x44

*removed player restriction
*removed misplaced texture less thing

[HyperXewl]

i wish i cud make maps this good

[Krazy321]

Enjoyable map! Had a little difficulty with the tablet movement though. I just ended up using only the forward push, otherwise I would need a whole new hotkey system.
Managed to finish it with Ellonia after failing hard with the witchslayer. I like that you can actually see the progress in the remaining hp of the hellbourne shrine.
I'll try some of the other characters in the future.

[Techies]

Enjoyable map! Had a little difficulty with the tablet movement though. I just ended up using only the forward push, otherwise I would need a whole new hotkey system.
Managed to finish it with Ellonia after failing hard with the witchslayer. I like that you can actually see the progress in the remaining hp of the hellbourne shrine.
I'll try some of the other characters in the future.

Truth be told, I mostly only use forwards and backwards. Backwards allow you to actually use a skill, then dodge an attack without turning your character around. So you can use skill, dodge backwards on enemy attack, use skill again. Sideways dodge I gave a futher distance to compensate. But with all my testing of the map, I've moved away from the mouse hotkeys to Alt + WSAD, with Q and E being assigned to the mouse (before it broke anyways...)

Witch is one of the hardest ones, need to use all your skills with him, especially his mana drain (which also slows) and the backwards dodge helps a lot with his ult. PS. He has a D skill too, which is used for multiple enemies).

Wanted to update the skills description to make things like the slow more clear, but there's a problem of those descriptions going on to the next map so I left it alone. That's also why some of the enemies don't have the right names. and you can't see if it's mana or health potion your picking up.

[V1S]

Kak lekker map ou, nice if you are bored or just in the mood for a casual game. Realy shows just what potentail HoN has when it comes to mods.

[VolkoCorp]

Definitely the most enjoyable map ATM :)

I have some ideas to improve it / tweak it btw :

1/ About the push_staff, why not make only one push staff (not 4 versions), and make the push in the direction of the cursor, like you modified SS nukes ? The problem is the turn rate. It's kinda slow on SS but instant on MK... Is it possible to push someone in the direction of the cursor without turning him ? Maybe a modified version of Rally's first spell without vector targetting.

2/ More trees ? People love trees. Nah, only joking. But more trees would surprise us more. And the bottom side of map has no trees ! Not fun. We should update the trees to.

3/ Mobs should give money and buyback should cost like 50 or 100 gold ?

4/ It's also impossible to see how much health the mobs have, so since one "tick" on the health bar is 200 HP, why not make the hero's attack like 7 or 10 damages (instead of the actual 70 for ranged and 100 for melee), put an invisible state on the hero (or on the mobs) that increase the damage by 200 (20000%), and multiply the current health of mobs by 20 (2000%) ? So for example a mob that MK could oneshot (100 damage needed) would become a mob with 2'000 health (10 ticks in the health bar, like 10 HP's), and MK would hit for 10 damages (in the MK characteristics). With the invisible multiplier (x200), MK would hit for 2000, the mob would be dead.
Problem with that : crits showing incorrect value (LOL OMG I crit for 5500 damages with gunblade), if lifesteal /shield is implemented too, etc.

5/ Prettier map overall ? Some cliffs, lava fall that could give a bit more sight, etc ?

[Techies]

Nightmarish_002
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3sxh1o

*Fixed stuff
*If your whole team dead now at same time, you lose"
*Removed the disconnect button, the game ends properly if you lose or survive 15 minutes.
*Doesn't matter which team you are on.

Remember hardcore:true if playing coop, otherwise it too easy.

[Techies]

Nightmarish_003
http://www.sendspace.com/file/q5lpzo

*Top fix failed.
*Disconnect button back for now. Need to sort out the problem in 002 first.
*Attempt nr.2. State that that destroys your base if you wipeout, now has ignoreinvulnerable property.

[Techies]

Nightmarish_003
http://www.sendspace.com/file/q5lpzo

*Top fix failed.
*Disconnect button back for now. Need to sort out the problem in 002 first.
*Attempt nr.2. State that that destroys your base if you wipeout, now has ignoreinvulnerable property.

[BaQinBlaQ]

Good Job So Far Techies.. Keep it up.

[ZuLuCk]

Hey, bro great job with the map i love it:-). Me and my friend is haveing problems with coop. We have no idea how to create the game. So we both can join any help:-)?

[Volko_Biatch]

Hey, bro great job with the map i love it:-). Me and my friend is haveing problems with coop. We have no idea how to create the game. So we both can join any help:-)?
Type /j ValkWarZ in the HoN chat to join our custom map support channel, we are glad to help you getting started ! :)