PogS Skins

[PogS]

Hi HoNers,

Here is my thread for my skins. You will find here in these pages and on my site a collection of hero skins, either enhanced default skins or custom ones for heroes, terrain textures, creeps, NPCs, etc...

You can download packs or individual packages, depending on your needs. Individual packages are updated more regularly than full packages. Click on the + icon on my site to display file properties : update date, size, etc...


http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/PogSSkins.png (http://pogs.free.fr/HoN)



Important Notes :

- Installing is easy : move the s2z file to your HoN/game folder.
If you still want to delete some of the heroes from the "mod" you can open the s2z file with WinRAR or 7-ZIP (both available for free from the web). With them you open the file and go to the map heroes contained inside it and delete the hero folder you want to take away.


- These skins are meant to be used with all graphic settings set to HIGH and ON, Texture Filtering set to maximum. If your PC runs the game smoothly with theses settings ON you know it will run the mod fine. Tweak the settings to make the skins look good and maintain 60 fps at least for a better experience.

- The mod uses high memory and makes the game crash due to memory leaks so it's better to restart the game after each game. The less RAM and VRAM you have the more you'll have to restart the game to prevent crashes. If you have at least 2 Gb of RAM and a 512Mb video Card, you can run several games without crashing.
I made a special 512x512 version for low end PCS.

If you experience video card overheating, visual glitches, freezes and video card resets (a problem due to nvidia drivers) then
try running the game in OpenGL rather than DirectX. You should experience a fps drop but these problems are gone.
To do this, add the following parameters to your HoN shortcut :
Right click on hon shortcut, click properties and you'll find something like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Heroes of Newerth\hon.exe"
then add -vid vid_gl2 so that it looks like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Heroes of Newerth\hon.exe" -vid vid_gl2

- Try not to multiply skin mods as it may be cause more frequent crashes. If you do not want to use some hero skins, open the .s2z with a zip archiver and delete the relevant hero folders.


Latest Updates :

:madm: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1732038&postcount=1612) :pupp: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1732038&postcount=1612) :wild: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1737418&postcount=1624) :dark: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1743293&postcount=1640) :wret: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1744373&postcount=1649) :chro: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1747918&postcount=1655) Pyro Lady (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1774369&postcount=1700) :corr: (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1781062&postcount=1735) :swif: :witc: :krak: :fayd: :nymp: :fors: :scou: :keep: Tundra (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=1840087&postcount=1871) Gladiator Flint (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=12323882&postcount=2009)

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/fileNice/dwl.png (http://pogs.free.fr/HoN)

[Aizen`]

Now thats just awesome. Just awesome. Nice work!

[Anvard]

can u plz make a comparison picture between old and new one?

[song_tinh]

Can you remake Ophelia Texture, I really like her

[Atticah]

why do this when it's in beta
i'm pretty sure hon is gonna "UP" everything in release

[PogS]

I'm pretty sure they will not up-scale textures in the release because frankly up scaling from the high res HoN 256x256 texes to 1024 ones only makes the textures a bit cleaner. You won't notice it much unless you zoom on them which you usually don't do when playing. But ... if you sharpen them, cartoon them and add additional details, it can be really great. So these high res textures needs rework to fully show their potential. This release is for purists, for fun and for modders that want to further retexture heroes and cannot because of the low res ones.

[XjinEscore1]

This is great :) Did'nt know you could use larger textures. Is there anything required to use a larger resolution tga? I thought they'd be issues with alignment of uvs, guess it just adjusts as long as the ratio is right?

Do you know anyway to get the wireframes of the uv layout?

[evanstapler]

I'm excited for the complete pack.

[PogS]

No need to reuv map to use larger textures. ye^p as long as the position are the same, it's ok :)

[IVaCH]

Amazing, very good work, and nice reworks, but i think the new shield need a border.
Waiting for pack :D

[Kyll3R]

OMG! Amazing! Good work!

[_Archangel_]

Very nice!

[Atticah]

does the high res stack with a skin?

"Since skin is just a recolor"

[PogS]

I'll add borders to the shield, it indeed will look better.

Atticah, I don't understand your question. A recoloured skin is not just another recoloured layer put atop the standard skin but a modification of it. Thus my high res texes replace the original just as recoloured ones. But maker of recoloured texes can take my high res skins and recolour them to remake their skin.

Most people here do simple recolour of HoN skins but one must do more. Up-scaling textures is the first step to improving HoN texes. It will allow us to work on 1024x1024 texes thus adding more details which cannot look nice on 256x256 ones. High res texes are not intended for recoloured texes but for more. I encourage skinners here to step to the next level, use my high res texes to truly improve HoN texes. Go !

[XjinEscore1]

Thats great to know, thought I was forced to use low res textures for texturing :( Now I am more motivated to texture again :D Thankyou

[Farmbot]

Amazing.

Awesome, looking forward to more stuff.

[connta]

amazing. great work i just wonder why aren't textures already on this level i mean if u manage to hobby this in ur free time i cant imagine its that time consuming on a graphics team consisting of more ppl, does ur textures give noticeable strain on the graphic card?

[Gorb]

So this is where you vanished to PogS?

- Gorb :)

[Sephinator]

Look at the freaking spear :O
It's just so good :D

[IVaCH]

You could do a tutorial so we can help improving models faster :P

[PogS]

Hey Gorb, still modding for DoW or you ended here too ? Nice to see you around. Ready to rock'n'roll and start a mod for HoN ?

In fact it's pretty easy :
use Warxchamp7's guide : http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=37630
but
- Resize the tga to 1024x1024 with bicubic algorithm
- Depending on the texes, I also rework RGB levels (ctrl+L) or/and saturation (ctrl+U)
- I use Topaz Clean 2 plug-in for Photoshop to remove noise and give the textures a cartoonish, blizzardish look. I usually stick to predetermined presets such as Curly Smooth or Stylized Details but sometimes it needs customized settings.
- After just add details where you wish and go

S2Games designers have high res textures, highter than 1024x1024 I'm pretty sure. They just shrink them to low res to make the game run on most machines.
REgarding the stress on the video card i have a 9800 GT with 512Mb of video memory so HoN does not stress it much. all depends on what video card you have and the amount of memory you have with 256 or above I'm pretty sure this is enough to run high res texes without much fps drop.

[IVaCH]

- Depending on the texes, I also rework RGB levels (ctrl+L) or/and saturation (ctrl+U)
- I use Topaz Clean 2 plug-in for Photoshop to remove noise and give the textures a cartoonish, blizzardish look. I usually stick to predetermined presets such as Curly Smooth or Stylized Details but sometimes it needs customized settings.
- After just add details where you wish and go


This is what i want :P ty i will try to improve my mods and other models ;)

[MaxGhost]

If you want to rename your thread to 'High Resolution Textures', I can give you a number and move it to the customs forum. That way you can just drop your new textures in this thread every time you make a new one, instead of having a bunch of threads for this.

[PogS]

A good way to quickly add details to existing textures is to use Brushes.
Find good ones on http://www.obsidiandawn.com, http://www.chezplumeau.com, deviantart...

I just renamed the topic. Please move it and I'll post the full package once its done.

[PogS]

The full pack is ready and uploading. It is heavy, 113 Mb, so the upload will take about 30 minutes. Grab it then.
I updated the first post.
Please test all heroes as I did not have time to test them thoroughly.

[MaxGhost]

The full pack is ready and uploading. It is heavy, 113 Mb, so the upload will take about 30 minutes. Grab it then.
I updated the first post.
Please test all heroes as I did not have time to test them thoroughly.

Can you not use .png images for examples next time please? It takes ages for pictures to load when they aren't .jpg on the forums.

Also, it would be nice to see other examples other than Valk.

[Yurixy]

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources1083.s2z (http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources3001.s2z)
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources3001.s2z
?

[IVaCH]

I'll test them :)


Remember all!!...if you push his texture pack u must move/delete other texture mods or one of them will not work.

Examp:
If you want to have my Axe Leggionaire texture mod, u must delete his leggionaire folder in the texture pack s2z, or delete/move my Axe Leggionaire texture mod to test/use his Leggionaire HD resolution!

[MaxGhost]

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources1083.s2z (http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources3001.s2z)
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources3001.s2z
?

I just fixed his link for him.

PogS your download server is insanely slow btw... I'm only downloading at 20kbs. Could you upload it somewhere faster? Mediafire comes to mind. The maximum filesize on mediafire is 200MB, so you could upload it there.

[Sephinator]

I just fixed his link for him.

PogS your download server is insanely slow btw... I'm only downloading at 20kbs. Could you upload it somewhere faster? Mediafire comes to mind. The maximum filesize on mediafire is 200MB, so you could upload it there.

I'm downloading in more then 700 kb/s. Maybe it's your connection?

[PogS]

I removed 3001. the good one is 1083 which is the official number I was given.
The files are located on my private webspace at my ISP so it's really fast. Maybe the slowness comes from multiple downloaders at the same time. I just tried now and it downloads at my max dl speed 540ks/s. Is it still slow ?

I replaced the png by a jpg.

[MaxGhost]

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources1083.s2z (http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources3001.s2z)
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/resources3001.s2z
?


I removed 3001. the good one is 1083 which is the official number I was given.
The files are located on my private webspace at my ISP so it's really fast. Maybe the slowness comes from multiple downloaders at the same time. I just tried now and it downloads at my max dl speed 540ks/s. Is it still slow ?

I replaced the png by a jpg.

It's still downloading at 13kbs... O_O

Meh. I'll let it download like that for now. I'll upload it to mediafire afterwards as a mirror.

[Sephinator]

It's still downloading at 13kbs... O_O

Meh. I'll let it download like that for now. I'll upload it to mediafire afterwards as a mirror.

Weird that you're downloading so slow :/
I was done in 3 min or something :/

EDIT: Saw the new screenies. :O Rampage <3

[MaxGhost]

Yeah those screenies are so nice :O

Now all we need is to upscale the ground textures. They're still blurry themselves.

[Sephinator]

Yeah those screenies are so nice :O

Now all we need is to upscale the ground textures. They're still blurry themselves.

And the trees! ;)

EDIT: And ofcourse KONGOR!

[Yugamic]

Bah, now I don't know if I should use these or the collection of custom textures I've accumulated. :(

[Sephinator]

Bah, now I don't know if I should use these or the collection of custom textures I've accumulated. :(

I'm not using a single customized texture now :P
But i will use these when i get my new computer :D

[TheDarkChief]

Will wait for complete package, but looks fantastic right now. Will download, and also want S2 to do this.

EDIT: ...derp

[Sephinator]

Will wait for complete package, but looks fantastic right now. Will download, and also want S2 to do this.

It is complete with all heroes.

[Kyll3R]

Amazing! Just amazing

[IVaCH]

Feedback : Accursed is bugged (I think he is not flipped vertical, cant test now)

[PogS]

You were right, it was not good. I flipped it and tested it now it works good.
I'll make another package once we'll have tested them all ;)

Preferred the blonde Hi Res Valkyrie skin personally.

[Shadow54]

devourer appears to me all black... seems something went wrong with it

[IVaCH]

devourer appears to me all black... seems something went wrong with it

Not to me :/

[Shadow54]

restarted the game and it works now, ignore my last post :) probably some memory problem

[Missle]

can we get and old and new picture to compare please?

[ShredderIV]

There seem to be some heroes that didnt really change that much, but that may just be me.

Also there's a bug, at least in the new patch, torturer's texture doesnt work and just comes up as black.

[MaxGhost]

There seem to be some heroes that didnt really change that much, but that may just be me.

Also there's a bug, at least in the new patch, torturer's texture doesnt work and just comes up as black.

Restart your game, or clear your texture cache. I bet that's just a memory problem like Shadow54 said.

[ShredderIV]

Does it work on everyone else's? and how does one reset the texture cache or w/e.

btw, screenie of black tort.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=25fm7wh&s=6 (http://i49.tinypic.com/25fm7wh.png)
next to a high res warbeast :D

[MaxGhost]

Does it work on everyone else's? and how does one reset the texture cache or w/e.

btw, screenie of black tort.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=25fm7wh&s=6 (http://i49.tinypic.com/25fm7wh.png)
next to a high res warbeast :D

Look around in your My Documents for a heroes of newerth folder (probably inside an appdata or something similar folder), and delete the texturecache folder inside of that.

[Hi]

Which one is mage bane? Need to delete it for darth maul :P

and which one is swiftblade?

Like i c a lot of wierd names not the characters names...

[TheDarkChief]

It is complete with all heroes.
...wooops.

DOWNLOADIN NOW.

[NighT]

epic, awesome job:D

[IVaCH]

Which one is mage bane? Need to delete it for darth maul :P

and which one is swiftblade?

Like i c a lot of wierd names not the characters names...

:mage: Magebane = Javaras :mage:
:swif: Swiftblade = Hiro :swif:

[Hi]

:mage: Magebane = Javaras :mage:
:swif: Swiftblade = Hiro :swif:

ty.

Mind posting like all the odd names and who they are? Would be very helpful!


By the way, very nice job!

[``Jake`]

- Resize the tga to 1024x1024 with bicubic algorithm


Can you explain how to do this?

[ShredderIV]

Look around in your My Documents for a heroes of newerth folder (probably inside an appdata or something similar folder), and delete the texturecache folder inside of that.
Ummm... i'm on a mac, and i actually dont think it has a texture cache.

I dont really mind the tort thing, he actually looks pretty cool when he's black lol.

[MaxGhost]

Ummm... i'm on a mac, and i actually dont think it has a texture cache.

I dont really mind the tort thing, he actually looks pretty cool when he's black lol.

Well where do macs store their app data? I'm 100% sure you have a texturecache.

My best guess after a quick google would be Library\Heroes Of Newerth\game\texturecache

[ETisME]

wow, this is much better than i thought

[ShredderIV]

well, i searched all over the files and found no texturecache max :S

[kerespup]

Makes me wonder if it's possible to go even way way higher haha :D

[PogS]

You surely can but what for if no additional details are added ;)

[Sephinator]

You surely can but what for if no additional details are added ;)

4096x4096 :)

[Aleste]

Good work, this will prove very useful once the SDK is released.

[Sephinator]

Good work, this will prove very useful once the SDK is released.

It is very useful now!

[PogS]

I tried to up-scale terrain textures to 1024x1024 but this is useless. It does not improve the visual quality.

[Doccool]

Please separate the files. I have a few ones that i do not want to overwrite D:

[MaxGhost]

Please separate the files. I have a few ones that i do not want to overwrite D:

Then delete the hero folder manually. You can open the .s2z file with 7-zip or winrar.

[Sephinator]

Waiting for grass :D

[Yugamic]

So if I understand correctly, the reason a lot of textures lose their detail and appear blurry in game is just because they're saved at such a low resolution?

[MaxGhost]

PogS can you upload it to mediafire please? It's seriously not downloading faster than 13kbs for me... Last time I tried it took 2 hours and it ended up being a corrupted file (I couldn't open it with 7z)

Edit: I tried launching the download again and it started at 500kbs then it slowed down all the way to 30kbs, and it's still going down slowly... The hell is wrong with this? O_O

[AngryN00B]

same problems as max here

[PogS]

Where are you from ? It may be a location problem.
I'll try to upload it to mediafire ;)

Resolution directly impacts the level of details visible and the blurriness of the skin.

[MaxGhost]

Where are you from ? It may be a location problem.
I'll try to upload it to mediafire ;)

Resolution directly impacts the level of details visible and the blurriness of the skin.

Ontario, Canada. (look below my name it mentions it :P)

[Aleste]

Upscaling causes the textures to be zoomed and even more blurred.

Try downscaling, then Tile the 256x256 texture by 4 to 512. This will cause the textures to have more details, but also may cause a tiling effect, though the textures are very dark so that probably doesn't matter.

[MaxGhost]

Upscaling causes the textures to be zoomed and even more blurred.

Try downscaling, then Tile the 256x256 texture by 4 to 512. This will cause the textures to have more details, but also may cause a tiling effect, though the textures are very dark so that probably doesn't matter.

Did you even look at the OP of the thread? Upscaling and filtering makes it look so much better than it's 512x512 resolution.

[``Jake`]

http://www.mediafire.com/?zjmnzzz4nur

Uploaded to mediafire, took 3 hours to download and 10 minutes to upload xD

[MaxGhost]

http://www.mediafire.com/?zjmnzzz4nur

Uploaded to mediafire, took 3 hours to download and 10 minutes to upload xD

Lol thanks so much :D

4 minutes instead of 3 hours. -.-

[Aleste]

Did you even look at the OP of the thread? Upscaling and filtering makes it look so much better than it's 512x512 resolution.

Was referring to ground textures.

[PogS]

http://www.mediafire.com/file/45ejnjva5ik/resources1083.s2z
Damned too late :)

I was talking generally. If you remove the blur caused by the sizing up with good plug-ins it improves the rendering as shown on the skins. As I said I up-scaled terrain texes to 1024x1024 but it does not improves the rendering in game. It is not noticeable. the blurriness in game comes from the layers of texes that overlap and blend at corners. We can't do anything against it.

[BlacRyu]

Comparison shot:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/BlacRyu/HoNHiResCompare.jpg

[MaxGhost]

Rofl BlacRyu, I like how you had to get the pose where you see the most boob.

[BlacRyu]

ofc, self-grope ftw.

[Vortigon]

Excellent work! I'll be looking forward to it when you finish this.

[Undisrupted]

Would it be possible to make better world textures? ie. ground, trees, rocks etc. I would much rather this than hero retextures. Good job nonetheless, keep it up!

[rea]

Slow download but this is gonna be awesome, last day of work today, so gonna start on some of these when i get home XDXDXD

[MaxGhost]

Would it be possible to make better world textures? ie. ground, trees, rocks etc. I would much rather this than hero retextures. Good job nonetheless, keep it up!

If you read up, he said he won't because it doesn't make it look much better at all.

[Hi]

What exactly does this do? Do the models look nicer online as well?

[MaxGhost]

What exactly does this do? Do the models look nicer online as well?

Offtopic: You really should stop using bold on all of your posts. It's kindof annoying.

Ontopic: If you look at the first post, the textures look much better with this mod than without. What it does is it replaces all the textures the game usually uses with higher resolution version which look better, but it's harsher on graphics because the textures are four times as big. It does show in all game modes, just like any other texture mod.

[Lim_Dul]

Am I correct in the assumption that it's actually harder on graphics memory than anything else? I didn't spot a major performance decrease.

Three things:

1. Andromeda seems to have lost her "moving stars" effect in the transition - the texture is just fixed. Perhaps I'll just delete this modified hero since scaling textures on her doesn't do anything particularly impressive.

2. Parts of Predator are transparent.

3. Please, please make Valkyrie a blond again if you are making this for the general public as much as you love redheads. :-P

Otherwise an epic mod that makes many heroes' faces look much better.

[MaxGhost]

I found that War Beast's texture is kinda messed. Parts were transparent and mostly all you could see was the player color instead of warbeast.

[Lim_Dul]

I found that War Beast's texture is kinda messed. Parts were transparent and mostly all you could see was the player color instead of warbeast.
I'm pretty sure you meant Predator - I have exactly the same symptoms with Pred (as posted above) but Warbeast works correctly.

[MaxGhost]

I'm pretty sure you meant Predator - I have exactly the same symptoms with Pred (as posted above) but Warbeast works correctly.

No, I meant Warbeast. I'm 100% sure. I haven't seen a Predator ingame yet though.

[Lim_Dul]

No, I meant Warbeast. I'm 100% sure. I haven't seen a Predator ingame yet though.
OK, I thought you might have confused the two furries. ^^
For me Warbeast works as intended though... I deleted both the texture and the shader cache BTW to make sure that the Predator problem isn't caused by that.

[_Wolf_]

finally! tired of seeing these gross watered down textures >.>

[HONsoL0]

DUDE I THINK s2 needs to take notes here. THIS is what the heros should look like. WOW!! GOOD JOB!

[MaxGhost]

DUDE I THINK s2 needs to take notes here. THIS is what the heros should look like. WOW!! GOOD JOB!

Actually, S2 has high res textures, but they scaled them down because of concerns with lower-end PCs and memory issues. They might eventually release a pack with the original textures, but who knows.

[Paranoiac]

wondering if anyoe else has a wierd bug with witch slayer when using err... what are they called this patch... ghost marchers? turns him all white =X

[PogS]

I'm gonna make a special blond version of Valkyrie but I think the model has too much yellow already. That's why i gave her red hair : to contrast more.

I'm gonna check Andromed, warbeast, pred and slayer. What is the name of warbeast ?

[PogS]

Why don't we petition to ask for 1024x1024 textures for Heroes ? I'm quite sure S2Games would do it for us if we ask ;)

[IVaCH]

Why don't we petition to ask for 1024x1024 textures for Heroes ? I'm quite sure S2Games would do it for us if we ask ;)

Lets do it, im with u! for the modders!

[Sephinator]

Like this:

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/197/screenshothighesttextur.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/197/screenshothighesttextur.jpg)

Didn't find the right font, so it looks.. huh.. not good xD

[PogS]

I've checked Andromeda, I accidenteldy remove the alpha channel. It is fixed now
Others work well.

I have worked on Devourer, Predator. They are way better now. Maliken has been improved a bit.
I will upload the new package when done.

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/legionnaire.jpg

Devourer skin is taken from Savage 2 :
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/Devourer.jpg

[``Jake`]

devourer has 3 legs

[Lim_Dul]

devourer has 3 legs
It's not a leg. ^^

[Doccool]

It's not a leg. ^^

So wrong ,while so funny at the same time :D

[PogS]

Newest build uploaded.

[BlacRyu]

Just as a heads up to people thinking about this mod, it does seem to significantly increase load times (~1.5x to 2x longer load), and as has been said before the textures aren't really noticeable unless you zoom in (not practical during normal play). I'm not saying the mod is bad, but I probably wouldn't use it unless I was making a video or something.

[ReVoluS]

Finally, thanks a lot PogS. Now i just would love to see HD textures for misc textures (Terrain, etc) as well.

[PogS]

I can tell you that you notice the difference even from standard view. See by yourself.
AS for loading time, this is no big deal. If you have a recent PC. During loading times, I am never the last player to be ready so. If you have a slow hard drive and not enough video memory, I agree the extra charge can be disastrous to performances.

As I said before, I tried high res texes (1024x1024) for terrain but they are useless. You can't tell the difference. Standard texes are 512x512 and fit well. You can't remove the blur where different texes overlap each other anyway, whatever the res. So I gave up working on them.

Remember these texes are still wip. I count on the modding community, skinners particularly, to further work on them adding details, etc... This is only a beginning.

[_Archangel_]

GJ PogS. I really love these high resolution skins. :D

[PogS]

Thank you all for your support :)

Here is the latest Valkyrie :

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/val.jpg

[IVaCH]

Thank you all for your support :)

Here is the latest Valkyrie :
img of Valkyrie here :P


AWESOME :D i love ur work rly :)

[MaxGhost]

Aside from the red hair, Valk is nice.

[_Wolf_]

why wouldnt we support this, this is awesome !

[Sephinator]

Implement Highest Texture Size NOW S2!!

[PogS]

Here is the final Valkyrie (blond hair will be available as well). The skin features custom specular mapping, glow and team colour :

Edit : Compared to the screenshots, I finally toned down the specular mapping that creates reflections. The final skin will be less "wet" flashy.

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/val_final.jpg

Personally I don't like the chainmail on the Legio. The armour is modelled as solid plates of material, so throwing a chainmail texture on it just looks completely wrong.

If you want to add detail go for scrollwork/rivets sort of thing.

[PogS]

You're right. I've reworked the legionnaire, removed chain mail and put plate armour. I'll also remove the team colour on plate armour as it look poor.

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/legionnaire.jpg

[MaxGhost]

I don't like legionnaire like that. I liked him with teamcolors...

Just a note to everybody else, if you want to use another texture with this one, rename this to a smaller number than the rest of your mods (998 or something un-used) and all of your other textures will override the files they need. It should work fine (it did for me with the darth magebane texture) but no guarantees.

Or you could just open up the mod using WinRAR or a similar program and delete the specific hero files.

And that Legio is looking much better.

[nga_2]

I'd Like a Malikens One

[PogS]

nga 2 : the package includes all heroes ;)

[PogS]

I've made a new normal map file of Valkyrie and tweaked again the specular map and it's getting even better :)

Standard HoN tex >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My reskin
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/Valkyrie_preview_final.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/valkyrie_preview.jpg

[Lee_Roy90]

Ugly as hell imo

[Jackofcrowns]

Great example of the power of texture customization. Even if they aren't well received, these textures are better than the garbage dark/evil textures that everyone else seems to make. Good work, dude.

[Chickenfoo]

Can this work along side with honmod? Because a few of my other old mods dont work now that i use honmod..?

[MaxGhost]

Can this work along side with honmod? Because a few of my other old mods dont work now that i use honmod..?

It works fine with .honmod textures if you make the filename resources998.s2z (which is what I recommend)

[chizelle22]

can you pls upload the latest or contains all the latest texture in mediafire?? coz at the first page the when downloading it i only get 4kbps if only tnx in advance!! keep up the goodwork!!

[bLacKID]

how do u copy the file?

[Grandiose]

Pogs why is tempest Grey ?

Why can I see through Nymphora Wings ?

Fix a few problems man.

[PogS]

I re-textured Tempest from the Savage 2 skin which is grey. Ok I'll recolour him purple to better fit the HoN one.
I added transparency to Nimphora wings on purpose but I'll make them less transparent.
and I'll upload all again my webspace and on mediafire.

EDIT : Ok done. I also improved Blacksmith. uploading now

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/Blacksmith+Tempest.jpg

[FreshK]

are you updating the link on the first page?
sry for stupid question :D

[W1S3B0Y]

I have a question, that may or may not have already been asked but after looking through the thread have been unable to find it.

Can I download this file, place it into my game folder, and still have all my previous hero textures? Or will this overwrite all of the ones I have already downloaded?

[Grandiose]

POGS read my suggestion thread, it could help you understand which heroes need the most help in the looks department and could help you prioritize on some WIPs. My thread is 3 days older than this thread so I was so happy to get this off you.

Its solved almost all the problems I suggested in my thread. I thank you.
It lists every single hero and what they need.
http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=56829

[Tiger0211]

I made a before and after shot of a few of the heroes.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8489/highresboth.th.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/highresboth.jpg/)

[PogS]

Grandiose (l'es-tu ?),
Cool thread :) I'm reading it now and will work first on those you mention have problems.

Tiger,
as you can see most Heroes benefit from higher res textures but some not much. These one are either already really good or bad such as scout and will need a propre re-skin to look better.

Uploaded to mediafire : http://www.mediafire.com/file/fmxlqnnkan2/resources1083.s2z

[MaxGhost]

I have a question, that may or may not have already been asked but after looking through the thread have been unable to find it.

Can I download this file, place it into my game folder, and still have all my previous hero textures? Or will this overwrite all of the ones I have already downloaded?

If you rename this one to resources998.s2z you shouldn't have any problems with other textures.

[PogS]

Or you can open the package with a zip manager and remove the Hero folders that you don't want.

I reworked Deadwood, Pandamonium, Scout, Rampage, Pebbles, Kraken, Magebane. I'll upload the newest package.http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/panda.jpghttp://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/rampage.jpghttp://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/pebbles.jpghttp://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/kraken.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/magebane.jpg

[Maxter1]

Awesome, very awesome.

Hope S2 actually does a high-res version for all heroes, just for the High-end users.


P.S make a high-res grass/terrain texture :)

Rampage's Rhino seems kinda darker, in the screen shot above this post.

Just to point-out, HoN's trailer had some high-res texture models.

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showpost.php?p=725707&postcount=20

[Sephinator]

He tried with the grass but it didn't have a good effect. :(

[tyluh]

So this download is taking 2 hours. Is this normal?

[PogS]

For an unknown reason, it is really slow for some people. Normally it"s really fast.
Did you try the mediafire link as well ?

[tyluh]

Hmm, I didn't see the mediafire link.
It's okay though I waited the full 2 hours out.
Oh wow, the mediafire link is MUCH faster.

[BlacRyu]

Pebbles' left arm is half invisible in that screenshot O_o
edit: nvm guess it's just a weird shape.

Kraken is amazing btw.
edit: cept he isn't working for me D:
valk works, magebane doesn't. Whether the file is left as resources1083 or renamed to resources998 I get magebane's old textures with darth magebanes effects and icons. I don't have any other mods for Kraken though so I'm not sure why he isn't updating.

[MaxGhost]

Your new ones look too glossy. I don't like that effect too much, but I like the detail under it.

[PogS]

Yeah this is a bit too glassy, anyway it does not need to be glossy everywhere. I sent a pm to S2Ari to ask how I can better control that.

I'll check them all.

[nyx_]

i know you have maliken done, but his other 3 textures still remain the same (2 forms, and ult) would like to see the ult hi-res

[Grandiose]

hellbringer has a few glitchs in Malphas and some other stuff take a look.

[PogS]

Yep I forgot to make his other forms. I'll make them soon.

[FiNGERS]

I play zoomed in all the time!

[Grandiose]

The file is still overthrowing some of my WIPs. don't know why.

[chizelle22]

thres a glitch in witch everytime i use ghost marchers it seems his textures fades into black and white

[Yurixy]

nice rampage!

[MeesterSteun]

i have no idea where to put these files, can someone tell me please? :o

EDIT: hehe my bad, i downloaded the wrong link :p

[Sephinator]

i have no idea where to put these files, can someone tell me please? :o

EDIT: hehe my bad, i downloaded the wrong link :p

Did you get it working? :)

[MaxGhost]

The file is still overthrowing some of my WIPs. don't know why.

Rename it to resources998.s2z and you shouldn't face any problems.

[PogS]

Here is the reskin of Jereziah :

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/jereziah.jpg

[Kyll3R]

OMJ, soon? pls!

[Tamachan]

Kraken looks really bad...

[PogS]

Uploading the newest package. I'll be up in about 25 minutes.

[MeesterSteun]

Did you get it working? :)

Yeahh it works perfectly! :cool:

[chibi22]

where's the link?? for newest package??

[BlacRyu]

Holy **** man, gj on the Jereziah texture. Kinda reminds me of King Cailan (http://chud.com/articles/content_images/46/DAO_king%20cailan.jpg) from Dragon Age.

Also, I modded your mod, hope you don't mind: http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=60578

[PogS]

No problem,anyone can rework them, mod them and release the modifications. That is what they are made for ;)
The link is permanent ; it is always the same and is on the first post ;)

[Shiroo]

ehm guys i can see all the nice textures and etc, but i cant see any dowload QQ

whats happening

[IVaCH]

Jeraziah is great, nice job Pogs, but i think he needs a little more colors...like some black in the armor...too much pure golden i think atm but GJ

[PogS]

He is the Hero of Sol. No black only pure sunny gold to reflect the sun and blind his opponents :p
I updated the first post with more info, newest screenshots and a bigger download link (for those blind guys :p ).

[IVaCH]

He is the Hero of Sol. No black only pure sunny gold to reflect to the sun and blind his opponents :p
I updated the first post with more info, newest screenshots and a bigger download link (for those blind guys :p ).

Thinking that...I like him more now :P

[Avathacis]

PoGs i really like the HD skins, but the file size is getting bigger and bigger. With a turtle-speed internet like mine it takes a good amount of time to download it all in one file.
Could you upload each hero seperately?

[_Wolf_]

freaking awesome dude, to bad we cant increase the poly count...it would make looking at them EVER BETTER!

[PogS]

Avathacis, Sorry but it would take ages to make separated files. It is only 160 Mb. Do it while you're away from your PC ;)

[chibi22]

mediafire link pls!! coz i get a 4kbps on the link you posted if its not bad....tnx man for this HD textures!!

[Grandiose]

Rename it to resources998.s2z and you shouldn't face any problems.

Ok I renamed it 998 many times already, It seems I have to remove the whole file from the game folder to get my other skins working. any other Tips ?

[XjinEscore1]

Ok I renamed it 998 many times already, It seems I have to remove the whole file from the game folder to get my other skins working. any other Tips ?

Ummm if you are wanting to use other textures on top of these ones this needs to be the lowest number. Basically the highest number will be read last and replace any previous mods before it that it changes. Eg if you have an effect and texture as resources1013 and then resources1014 is just a texture change for the same hero but no new effect, you'll get the effect change from 1013 but 1014 will replace 1013's texture.

So uhh try resources1? or whatevers next from the lowest you have.

[NiGHTsC]

Amazing, amazing, and Amazing...

I really like how you reskin Armor and Shield, look at Jera and Valk, seriously, another good reason to play HoN!!


Thank you so much PogS

[Fleder]

thats reat work!

could you try to post a compare screen, where u show the old skins compared to the new ones? would be awesome, thanks

[PogS]

I would be great full if someone could post comparison screenshots. Cause this is time consuming and I use all my time to reskin ...
Mediafire link incoming

[Tiger0211]

Renaming it to resources998.s2z doesn't make it work with other custom textures for me. Renaming it to resources0001.s2z or ...100... works. I think that it sorts it one character at a time, so if there was 1, 2, and 10, it'd sort it 1, 10, 2, (like DOS would, or a command prompt window), instead of seeing that 10 is more than 2 and sorting it 1, 2, 10.

[PogS]

Here is the MediaFire link : http://www.mediafire.com/?jinznzjyoee

Reskinned Accursed

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/accursed.jpg

[IVaCH]

Very nice, but when u do one hero more...can u upload only that hero?

Download this big package for every new hero every "day" :S:S
Its okay to have the package full, but the new heroes can be uploaded themselves for ppl who already have the package?:P

[KOCH]

omg this is the best thing ive ever seen !!!

[Kyll3R]

Amazing accursed!

And this...


Very nice, but when u do one hero more...can u upload only that hero?

Download this big package for every new hero every "day" :S:S
Its okay to have the package full, but the new heroes can be uploaded themselves for ppl who already have the package?:P

[Tiger0211]

Very nice, but when u do one hero more...can u upload only that hero?

Download this big package for every new hero every "day" :S:S
Its okay to have the package full, but the new heroes can be uploaded themselves for ppl who already have the package?:P
Seconded. :smile:

[PogS]

I'll make a Heroes of the Day package.

[Ala_95]

My Blacksmith is green. Vindicator, Defiler and Plague Rider is black. Testing more heroes so far.

[Yurixy]

hey ... 160 mega is so much ...
can u upload separate for the new skins ? i like the jereziah and valkirye but i do not want to download 160 mb just for 2 skins...

thx in advance

[Blue_Kitten]

hey ... 160 mega is so much ...
can u upload separate for the new skins ? i like the jereziah and valkirye but i do not want to download 160 mb just for 2 skins...

thx in advance
yuri you're here too xD

anyways could you also make it for honmod?
i support this please keep up the very nice work

[BadAssKicker]

My Blacksmith is green. Vindicator, Defiler and Plague Rider is black. Testing more heroes so far.
It's because of the teamcolors. You need to de-activate teamcolors. The button over the map on the left.

This needs to be fixed, other than that, very nice mod. Waited for something like this. Accursed and Valkyrie are so fking badass now.


Hmm, just played with Defiler, it seems to work now with teamcolors....dunno whats wrong^^

[Blue_Kitten]

Oh and pls change devourer cuz hes "whiter" now, i prefer the dark one

[chibi22]

tnx for the mediafire link master POGS!!

[Grandiose]

realistic skin color...skin....

[thethedead]

Geeze, these are amazing!
I can't wait to see your version of Keeper of the Forrest.

[Fenrisulf]

totally awesome, if only all my mods were in HD

[bLacKID]

readed previous post problem fixed.

[PogS]

Heroes of the Day :
Package uploading now. Up in 25 minutes. Don't ask partial updates I don't have time :p

Slither (normal map update)
Rampage (normal map update)
Armadon (normal map update)
Behemoth
Arachna (still wip)
Wretched Hag
Magmus

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/slither.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/rampage.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/armadon.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/behemoth.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/wretcheghag.jpg
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/magmus.jpg

[l_PaCMaN_l]

Looks Cool :D

[Vongola_X]

I think Magmus' hammer needs slight retouch?

[BlacRyu]

Downloaded it twice from the first link and got
Can not open file 'C:\..resources1083.s2z' as archive' both times from 7zip =/

edit: Apparently the mediafire one is about 15MB larger, is the first one not up to date? Or did it just not upload all the way.
edit2: Mediafire downloaded and opened fine, but behemoth has no normal map so I'm guessing this one is old :(

[Yurixy]

yes... is like you said, u dont have time to upload partially... too bad for us that have a low speed conection.. =P
but for people in evolved countries, i think is very fast to download ...

well .. if any other person want to do this, i would be grateful..
see ya

[PileOPoop]

The back of jeraziah looks like a clump of gold his shoulders blend to well with the back plate of his armor, make the shoulders more distinct from the back please. I love this mod though

[PogS]

Ok guys sorry, latest build up :)

PileIPoop, I really fail to see your point. To me the shoulder plates stand from the back which is darker. and the back of his armour is well detailed. Maybe don't you use graphic settings to highest ?

[BlacRyu]

Works great now, good job. Behemoth looks superb.

[Sephinator]

Ok guys sorry, latest build up :)

PileIPoop, I really fail to see your point. To me the shoulder plates stand from the back which is darker. and the back of his armour is well detailed. Maybe don't you use graphic settings to highest ?

Downloading. :D

EDIT: Downloaded last version at my friends home.
Your Link: 20 kb/s
MediaFire: 200 kb/s

Now at my home.

Your Link: 830 kb/s
MediaFire: Not tested.

[PogS]

I'm still wondering why some people have a so slow speed downloading from my ISP while most people don't have problems. Another mystery of the universe :) Maybe it comes from the other ISP ?
Uploading to Mediafire now.

[Sephinator]

I'm still wondering why some people have a so slow speed downloading from my ISP while most people don't have problems. Another mystery of the universe :)

My friend got Bahnhof (or something like that) and that ISP is very bad outside sweden, but I got telia so it's imba fast ^^

[PogS]

Mediafire link (http://www.mediafire.com/?m3mdwkn2v42)

[Kaee]

no offense to the S2 guys who made the original hero models , but possibly implement this into the game as "high detail models mode" :)

[Anvard]

mediafire link doesn't work

[PogS]

Sorry fixed :)

[KaliKot]

Well it would be better if you split the texture into different files for each hero since not everyone wants the whole package and might have some other skins for other heroes

[PogS]

As I already said it's too mush time consuming to do that, time I prefer using retexturing the remaning Heroes.
All you have to do is :
1- Download the package,
2- Open the .s2z with a zip program
3- Delete the Heroes you don't want inside.
4- You have your custom made package :)

[MaxGhost]

Umm, why don't you sign up an account with google code, set up an svn or something for this? People would be able to download the updates they want as they come in and you can upload just the ones you changed.

[Dr_Knickers]

Umm, why don't you sign up an account with google code, set up an svn or something for this? People would be able to download the updates they want as they come in and you can upload just the ones you changed.

Seconded.

Oddly enough, I seem to be crashing more often since I've put in this mod, unless it's the spell channeling bar mod that I installed at the same time.

[McLanche]

ALl your models are awesome, but I think Legionnaire is a bit weird, istn it?

[Yurixy]

Umm, why don't you sign up an account with google code, set up an svn or something for this? People would be able to download the updates they want as they come in and you can upload just the ones you changed.
this looks very interesting, how works this google code u talk? im not familiar with this (new?) technology ^^

maybe have other ways to split the file and upload all the files in a easy way, but i dont know how to make this in a "easy way" for now... :smile:

but, well, just remembering.. 160mb+ for a mod is almost the size of the entire game. just a thought :D

[archkyle]

this is fantastic, bravo

[Sephinator]

this looks very interesting, how works this google code u talk? im not familiar with this (new?) technology ^^

maybe have other ways to split the file and upload all the files in a easy way, but i dont know how to make this in a "easy way" for now... :smile:

but, well, just remembering.. 160mb+ for a mod is almost the size of the entire game. just a thought :D

It's 180MB+ now ^^

[Hi]

Anyway u can upload em indiviudually somehow so i dont have to keep dling this pack?

[Kyll3R]

resources0.s2z = 167 Mbs
resources1083.s2z = 186 Mbs

:S

[PogS]

As I said, packing individually all 60 heroes would take ages, would be the hell to maintain, upload, manage. If someone is willing to help me on this and do it for me I would be grateful :) I would rather use the time I have working on reskinning the remaining heroes. If you guys are too lazy downloading a 180 Mb, package that take a few minutes to grab and delete heroes you do not want, I cannot do more for you. You do not have to download every new package version either ;) You can simply wait till the full 60 Heroes are reskinned and download it once :p

[Nature1]

S2 Games should employ you, even if its part time.

[Nature1]

resources0.s2z = 167 Mbs
resources1083.s2z = 186 Mbs

:S

You still got a 56K modem?

[PogS]

S2Games artists are hundred times more talented than I am. They could do far better than what I do, they don't just want for reasons like lack of time, costs, game design choices etc...

This mod is intended as a whole, a concept, thus I don't want to split it :p

Here is a preview of Glacius : it needs to be seen in game with the model glittering with ice.
http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/glacius.jpg

[BitE]

Where?

[PogS]

uploading latest build.

[MaxGhost]

Umm, why don't you sign up an account with google code, set up an svn or something for this? People would be able to download the updates they want as they come in and you can upload just the ones you changed.

To quote myself for PogS...

[Kyll3R]

You still got a 56K modem?

Wtf? I only was comparing it

[NiGHTsC]

Whoever is asking for the individual parts, why don't you just do it? instead of keep asking= =

[Tyxo]

problems:
pebbles is invisible
blacksmith is all in team color
picking chronos crashes the game

[Yurixy]

well, the size is getting a bit ridiculous for a mod...
try the idea of warchamp

[PogS]

Tyxo,

I don't have such problems. Maybe it come from a conflict with another installed mod. Please check :)

[Sephinator]

problems:
pebbles is invisible
blacksmith is all in team color
picking chronos crashes the game

Blacksmith is all team color for me too :(

Deleted texturecache and shadercache.

[Ozram]

You are the best xDD

[PogS]

Blacksmith looks so good in TC. Fixing it now ;)

[bLacKID]

uploading latest build.

which one is the latest?

[PogS]

Free is always the newest. I only update mediafire when I state it.

[MaxGhost]

Free is always the newest. I only update mediafire when I state it.

Like I already mentionned before, you really should try setting up an svn system for this.

[Tyxo]

yeah pebbles invis and chronos crash was just 1 time but bs still coloured

[PogS]

Preview of Nymphora :

http://pogs.free.fr/HoN/Textures/nymphora.jpg

[BadAssKicker]

Yea it really sucks to download the whole package again. It has bad speed. I live in Europe and have DSL 16 Mbit/s, downloading the file with 50-100 KB/s.

[PogS]

I'll make only one package update a week now so it will worth downloading it ;)

[BadAssKicker]

Sounds fair enough. Please update your main post with a text telling the date of the update and stuff like that, it will help! :D

[_Archangel_]

Hey I have a suggestion, I know that upscaling the textures for the ground didn't work but how about for the trees? I think the trees' textures look pretty bad close-up and could do with some re-touching. Just an idea I'm throwing out

[ShredderIV]

or creeps...

[PogS]

Yep why not :) I'll do that on my other project : http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?p=828053#post828053

[Gorb]

r.e. HoN modding (sorry I took so long to respond, New Year has been hectic :)) - I don't know. Got exams coming up and yeah, I'm still busy modding for DoW, so maybe later on in the year.

That said, keep up the good work; I'll be around :)

[Pudgeinabowl]

Im getting different sizes for the mediafire link (182mb) and the main one (187mb). Wouldnt be a problem except main link is painfully slow (6kbs compared to 125kbs on the mediafire). Are they any different?