Swiftblade item customisation mod

[kpobococ]

As the topic says this mod is all about swifts blades , which change effects depending on the item Swift is wearing. So far i made only 3 , but will make more if you guys like it.

Thunderclaw -

http://i.imagehost.org/0514/Thunderclaw.jpg

Runed Axe -

http://i.imagehost.org/0824/runedaxe.jpg

Staff Of the Master -

http://i.imagehost.org/0975/sotm2.jpg

Wingbow -

http://i.imagehost.org/0834/wingbow.jpg

Hack & Slash - ( + Jedi sounds )
http://i.imagehost.org/0039/hack_slash.jpg

Abyssal Skull -
http://i.imagehost.org/0476/abysal_skull.jpg



There is one big BUT . You can't have all effects on as it would look bad , so i set them by priority which i determined by the price of the item.

Edit:
a) Edited SoTM effect and made it a bit more greenish as it was similar to the thunderclaw one
b) Added Wingbow body trail effect ( similar to Blood Hunter's thirst effect )
c) Added Abyssal Skul's effect ( stolen from Maliken but looks awesome , might adjust it a bit later though )
d ) Added Hack & Slash effect ( with lightsaber sounds ; i didn't erase sword textures as the beam on them would look rather dull , so i left them as is )

To Install:
Simply download resources1111.s2z (http://www.mediafire.com/?qwewzm0mmyj) into the Heroes of Newerth game folder. The default locations for this folder are:

Linux: /home/<username>/HoN/game/
Windows 7: C:\Program Files\Heroes of Newerth\game\
Windows Vista: C:\Program Files\Heroes of Newerth\game\
Windows XP: C:\Program Files\Heroes of Newerth\game\
Mac:
1. Press Finder
2. Press Applications
3. Right click 'Heroes of Newerth', and press Show containing files
4. Open Game folder
5. Move file here

You will now have the Swiftblade mod. To disable it, simply delete resources1111.s2z or remove it from the game folder.

[Ignorance]

Can you set one the first one to one sword and the second one to the other if there are two? I think that'd be badass.

[Darkager]

Looks pretty good. I'll definitely be grabbing this when you put it up.

[Vongola_X]

Can't wait for the DL button! :)

[kpobococ]

Made the first version availible to download. Haven't yet tested it live , but in practice mod it works like a charm , i see no reason for it not to work. ( P.S Number is not yet finalised so it may change )

[Anvard]

awesome idea <3

[kpobococ]

just tried it live , doesnt work :( guess all item changes are server side , even if they are effects =/

[Yuichi]

Awesome idea. Hope you get it to work in live too!

[kpobococ]

Well unless developers do , i can't get them to work. Effects work fine , it's the item files that refuse to work.And without them this mod is useless . Too bad.......

[Ignorance]

Well unless developers do , i can't get them to work. Effects work fine , it's the item files that refuse to work.And without them this mod is useless . Too bad.......
I would think that if that is the case, then staff of the master would still work, since the effect is in the file for the hero. Is it possible to do these based on attack modifiers? I think it would be equally awesome to see waves of destruction go off with swiftblade's ult.
It might be possible to do it based on the backpack, but I don't think there's a way to find the name of an item in a backpack or relate this to the effects on the hero.

[Vl]

Is there a way to make your wingbow one as default? Wouldn't mind seeing that all the time.

[PoopyDesires]

Wingbow one looks badass.

Great mod overall, would be cool to expand this to more heroes.

[NiGHTsC]

Damn, what a nice idea, too bad it is not working on live, yet.

GoGo S2!!

[kpobococ]

I would think that if that is the case, then staff of the master would still work, since the effect is in the file for the hero. Is it possible to do these based on attack modifiers? I think it would be equally awesome to see waves of destruction go off with swiftblade's ult.
It might be possible to do it based on the backpack, but I don't think there's a way to find the name of an item in a backpack or relate this to the effects on the hero.

Staff of the Master still works , infact every item effect here were made based on the SoTM.It's just that developers restricted item editing to prevent cheating or what ever reason they had.Unless Idejder tells us how to do it , its pretty impossible to achieve this effect

[gwho1]

so cool. would this still work if you are already using another swiftblade texture mod like dark SB, or samurai?

well, i got rid of my previous SB texture mod to see if it was conflicting. but even still this mod doesnt even take effect. anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

[kpobococ]

so cool. would this still work if you are already using another swiftblade texture mod like dark SB, or samurai?

well, i got rid of my previous SB texture mod to see if it was conflicting. but even still this mod doesnt even take effect. anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

as i said in my post above , it doesnt work online , works in practice though

[Day7]

You are discovener xD

[gwho1]

i was testing it on practice

[Yuichi]

The only problem with this seems to be that most items dont have modifier key assigned to them :/ And adding modifier key to items only works in practice mode since in normal games item info is gotten from server...

[kpobococ]

i was testing it on practice

If you're testing it in practice then custom texture shouldn't conflict with it , except the effect . Don't see why you cant get it to work


The only problem with this seems to be that most items dont have modifier key assigned to them :/ And adding modifier key to items only works in practice mode since in normal games item info is gotten from server...
yes this seems to be the reason . I PM'ed Idejder to see if he can advise another way to do it.

[Yugamic]

Fiddled with this for about an hour. I couldn't get it to work either.

[gwho1]

is it time for a petition to s2?

[Yuichi]

If they could add modifier key to every item or atleast every recipe item it would be nice...

[Hydrus]

just put this thread in suggestion!!

[gwho1]

make sure to include your mod's pictures in the thread too for more appeal, not just text. most ppl wont know waht you're talking about if u just say "allow a modifier tag for items"... but if you say "this is in order to make these pictures possible" bam bam bam, then ull get 100% yes votes, and S2 will see they can support the modding community by making things a bit flexible.

[Granman]

This should be done for every hero by S2.

[Kyll3R]

Nice mod, can u help me please?

[Yugamic]

Nice mod, can u help me please?
Still need help with the light saber?

[Kyll3R]

Yes :S, I have the effect, but I can?t put in your place T_T

[Yugamic]

Yeah. Think the conclusion we came to is you can't add effects if they don't exist. In this case Magebane doesn't have a body.effect file by default, so it won't work.

[Doccool]

Awesome! Continue like this with other chars too :D

[Kyll3R]

When I upload the preview of magebane, I will show what I got. I think it is impossible xD

[gwho1]

wat if you completely replaced the model to allow the item stuff?

even if you can't have multiple items like for swiftblade, at least it might work for darthmagebane who only has one item variation?

[Yuichi]

It doesnt work because you cant edit the item files... It has nothing to do with body.effect... I could add santa hat to pandamonium who doesnt have body.effect by default so thats not the problem here... Its the item files which lack the modifier key needed for this mod to work...

[HahaYouDied]

what if he had all 6 of those items? would the item in slot one take priority? or?

[Yuichi]

The priority can be changed in code. At the moment it seems to be like the more item costs gold the more priority it has. Hope that made sense...

[Yugamic]

It doesnt work because you cant edit the item files... It has nothing to do with body.effect... I could add santa hat to pandamonium who doesnt have body.effect by default so thats not the problem here... Its the item files which lack the modifier key needed for this mod to work...
Wasn't talking about adding item effects, was talking about Kyll3r's Magebane skin he's working on.

[Yuichi]

Thats why I said I could add santa hat to pandamonium who doesnt have body.effect.
Santa hat is just a body.effect + models.

[kerberos_at]

Good job.

Is it possible to make Katanas?

mfg Kerberos

[Daaadom]

I want the wingbow effect all the time, is it possible ???

[Yuichi]

It is possible.

[Munenori1]

It doesn't work.
I am using this Textures atm: http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=57917
But the Item mod shouldn't have an effect on it, should it?

[mpcvzero13]

I think some text files or some parts of the text files are not allowed to be changed to avoid cheating. If you change or add something to it, it will only work on practice and not online.

I tried to put a Staff of Master effect on Ophelia, does work on practice but not online.. huhu

[kpobococ]

Item files are not allowed to be edited , that's why it's not working . I PM'ed Idejder 2 times to see if he can help to find another way but he still didn't replied :(

P.S. SoTM effect should be working fine online , hero.entity is allowed to modify

[mpcvzero13]

only few parts of hero.entity is allowed to modify.

Ophelia doesn't have any Staff of Master modifier on it, so i added the lines, and added a .effect.

only worked in practice but not online.

Heroes like Swiftblade, Magmus, etc. already got a SoTM effect, so changing the .effect will work just fine.

[kpobococ]

hmm.... TOO BAD then :( hope when mod manager comes ut the situation will change

[Mih1]

What if you have Thunderclaw,Runed Axe,Staff Of the Master,Wingbow,Frostburn and Abyssal Skull ?

[kpobococ]

What if you have Thunderclaw,Runed Axe,Staff Of the Master,Wingbow,Frostburn and Abyssal Skull ?

read few posts above .

[chibi22]

aint working anymore

[simmed]

make this for maliken and leggionarie and i will fall in love with you

[kpobococ]

it can be made for any hero and it's quite easy but the problem is , it doesnt work online. Idejder havent replied to my PM's , so i dont know any different way to do it.

[WolveZCodeX]

This is an amazing idea.

[MaxGhost]

it can be made for any hero and it's quite easy but the problem is , it doesnt work online. Idejder havent replied to my PM's , so i dont know any different way to do it.

This.

Please don't necro threads.

Closed, if someone finds a workaround to get it to work in real games, please make a new thread about it.