"We won't implement the ability to play Custom maps in the near feature"

[Schm0ftie]

"We won't implement the ability to play Custom maps in the near future because we're busy focusing on designing stuff that affect CORE gameplay so yea, custom maps is not on our high priority list right now"

This statement was made about 1 month ago, so yeah I think this topic
is still actual and we can't expect much for the next months.

[Emin3m]

doesnt mean they wont implent mini game.

But yeah S2 fail, whats the point making an editor if u cant play game with other people ?

designing stuff that affect the core gameplay ? You mean design new hero and avatars & to make more money.

S2@HoN is going on a bad way. IM pretty sure dota 2 will fix it faster than s2. Valve work with the community instead of s2 who work for them self.

this game is a joke or what?

[[E]FlamePhoenix]

Of all the Valve games I know of, none of them has an editor to enhance the game engine and make new maps. And no, Garis Mod doesn't count xD
I would not count much on Dota2... not yet. I made a mistake by believing HoN would have a strong modding community supported by S2. I ask you, fellow coders and modders: please don't make the same assumptions about Valve's Dota2. Let's all be patient and extremely careful this time.

Thanks for the answer.

[Schm0ftie]

Of all the Valve games I know of, none of them has an editor to enhance the game engine and make new maps.

Just want to say that it seems to me that you don't know many Valve games.
For example just take Half-Life 1 and 2 both have a map editor and
Half-Life 2 includes a complete SDK!

[[E]FlamePhoenix]

Schm0ftie, I totally forgot about that. I even saw a movie with 500€ budget made using the Half-Life 2 engine, but I had no idea it was done using such a thing. In fact, now that I made a quick youtube search I found tons of mods, this one being my favorite :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRemD5BXkxI

I just love the trinitá music that plays at the start(that's how we call it in my country).

I apologise for my mistake about Valve. But I maintain my warning, I still think we should be careful ... at least I know I would hate to be schemed again (like I got schemed by S2 imo).

[[RiA]FlameStick]

Schm0ftie, I totally forgot about that. I even saw a movie with 500€ budget made using the Half-Life 2 engine, but I had no idea it was done using such a thing. In fact, now that I made a quick youtube search I found tons of mods, this one being my favorite :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRemD5BXkxI

I just love the trinitá music that plays at the start(that's how we call it in my country).

I apologise for my mistake about Valve. But I maintain my warning, I still think we should be careful ... at least I know I would hate to be schemed again (like I got schemed by S2 imo).

You have over 700 games played since december i dont think you got schemed. And it is a indie company you cant really expect too much from them and the price was only 30$ :/.

[[E]FlamePhoenix]

I don't see how your post is related to my post... did you even read what I said?

And btw, I still think I got schemed. When people PROMISE something I expect them to do their jobs -> specially when I AM PAYING FOR IT.

[Shoop]

Of all the Valve games I know of, none of them has an editor to enhance the game engine and make new maps.

What about the Source SDK?

Hammer Editor is the best Editor EVAR.

You can do so many things with it.

[[E]FlamePhoenix]

@Shoop: I already admitted my mistake about that topic in this post:
http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/sh...=252857&page=4

[[RiA]FlameStick]

I just hope it comes before GW2

[[E]FlamePhoenix]

What is GW2 ? xD (Sorry for my ignorance lolz)

[delux82]

they will slack so long that their system get hacked before they bring it out ^^ GoGo Privat HON Servers ^^

No i mean srsly if they dont bring it somebody will do it for them

btw:
GW2 = Guild Wars 2 the only hope in the MMORPG Sector because all other MMORPGs suck so hard atm

and "Valve work with the community" ahahahahaha made my day ty ^^

[Dr_Hobo`]

I think the main issue is that they were announcing custom maps for a while. When HoN left beta, they announced that there would be a custom map editor and maps using the better engine. No map editor was seen. A couple more "Coming Soon" announcements here and there. Then finally HoN 2.0 (And all the mess that came with it), custom map editor released!!! But you can't play them, or host them....

It has been something they have been talking about for a LONG time. So I'm not surprised some people are getting anxious to use them.

[[E]FlamePhoenix]

they will slack so long that their system get hacked before they bring it out ^^ GoGo Privat HON Servers ^^

No i mean srsly if they dont bring it somebody will do it for them

Not going to happen ... I actually tried to do that and the post got deleted from this forum... I am just saying ...

Thanks for saying what GW2 is as well

[[XWO]Manifesto]

Dota 2 will release with an SDK just like every other valve game, we'll see this game die soon enough when that happens.

[[E]Kawaiiiii]

Dota 2 will release with an SDK just like every other valve game, we'll see this game die soon enough when that happens.

No No and No.
Customization does not ALWAYS equal greater. End of statement.

[gsurahv1n]

No No and No.
Customization does not ALWAYS equal greater. End of statement.

But surely when someone is bored of a dota style game, they have alternatives to choose from, and where better than within that same game with all your friends already there.

Its simple really.

It happens now. Back with WC3 I would occasionally play custom games then return to dota.

[C00LBeans]

Dota 2 will have SDK upon its release or at least a month after.

That is one reason i'm going to get Dota 2 and probably the only reason. If HoN had SDK by now i wouldn't even consider playing Dota 2.

It's really sad how S2 is only focusing on money atm. Of course they need money to run the game but i think they have more than enough to focus on SDK. Unfortunately S2 is getting greedy and greedy companies are well known for failing and messing up their games.

I hope S2 doesn't mess it up because i love this game and i would hate to see the game close because the company tried too hard on making money they didn't even need.

[ProtoProtoss]

The title of this thread is FAILure... just saying.

[[Gump]YO_GRANMAMA]

I'm not Saying custom maps like pudge wars and whatever are a bad idea. But you can't hate S2 for not putting it as a priority now. As you can tell DOTA has become its own ne Genre, theres LoL And theres HoN and theres Dota 2 coming out. I do want to play dota. And HoN is dota. An improved one. Its not becoming something different. ITs dota. Its gonna stay dota. But with better items/heroes/Graphics/Gameplay

i would have to say i disagree..
i love dota...
and dont get me wrong i like hon as well..and now i play it more than dota simply because of the updated graphics and more active players....
but HoN is not DotA ...never was ...never will be...the reason i liked dota was because ANY hero could be good only if u knew how to play them with different roles...in HoN that is not the case ...i have yet to see a blacksmith be as good a carry as ogre magi was in dota....
hon with its constant updates and constant waves of new heroes is very unbalanced with each new hero being even less ballanced as the previous...they barely make any conscious effort to ballance the game...
dota however has updates that are seperated by a 2-3 monhths...and THOSE 2-3 months are spent WELL into balancing the game and adding items and heroes that are at least much more balanced on their release than HoN heroes....
i think when dota2 comes out a large number of the HoN playerbase will move on to dota 2...and abbandon this game...
mainly because all dota ever needed was a better engine...and now valve has given them 1...dota is better than HoN
valve is presenting a strategy game at games com in about a month.....