The Return of the Nomads

[Vortigon]

What is this?

This mod replaces certain heroes with Nomad. Nomad was a hero accessible in previous versions. It has since been deleted from the current version and can't be accesed through practice mode. But today he makes his return, and he's brought friends.

Original Nomad Sand Wraith



Youtube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFCbwXDElf8
Download (Voice pack + Model + Textures): coming soon
Download (Voice pack + Model + HD Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?rzglkdjitmg
Download (Model + Textures): coming soon


Nomad Sand Wraith


Normal


HD

Youtube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFCbwXDElf8
Download (Voice pack + Model + Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?mzmndn4zzb4
Download (Voice pack + Model + HD Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?y2dmreo0nvn
Download (Model + Textures): coming soon

Nomad Thunderbringer 2.0





Youtube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAQfrg2lcU
Download (Voice pack + Model + HD Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?2ttzyedv4my
Download (Model + Textures): coming soon

Nomad Soulstealer



Youtube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMSw3eaU7Fs
Download (Voice pack + Model + HD Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?0gyhahtzzm2
Download (Model + Textures): coming soon

Nomad Slither



Youtube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xAEj_18VM
Download (Voice pack + Model + HD Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?kmmtnnjoy2z
Download (Model + Textures): coming soon

Nomad Nighthound



Youtube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kvJvp2puWA
Download (Voice pack + Model + HD Textures): http://www.mediafire.com/?w2zwg2313we


Changelog:
- Added Sand Wraith, Thunderbringer, Soulstealer, Slither. 02/09 2010
- Sped up some of Nomad Soulstealer's animations, gave an animation for Slith, SS, TB and SW when using an item. 02/09 2010
- Added Nomad Original HD and Nomad Sand Wraith HD (Both replace Sand Wraith) 02/102010
- Added team colors and normal map, Staff of the master effects for Slither and TB, Slither now leaves an acid trail on the ground. HD for Slither SS and TB. Added Sand form effects to Nomad Sand Wraith thanks to BlacRyu 02/12 2010
- Fixed a bug in the sand form in Nomad Sand wraith and original. 3/12 2010
- Nomad Sand Wraith has a better preview now. 3/13 2010
- Changed the normal map for all Nomads, gave every Nomad a Medium and Low quality model. 3/16 2010
- Added Nomad Night Hound 5/4 2010
- fixed NH Nomad, Didn't work in anything but practice mode. 5/5 2010
- Thunderbringer Nomad has been updated with new effects and a better face. Slither Nomad has a new icon, better animations, improved face texture, is now the same size as the rest and drops even more slime on the ground than before. Added a new youtube preview for Thunderbringer Nomad 5/10 2010
Upcoming updates:

- Better looking abilties.
- Texture and normal map update.
- Adjust animations.
- Maybe better voices, except soulstealer.
- New Nomad.

Original Nomad:

Here is the original Nomad for anyone who's interested in the files.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ywmi1uoe0u2

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Installation .s2z

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 Nomad in your HoN. To delete it simply delete the downloaded .s2z file from the game folder.

[[S2]BlacRyu]

Not sure if it's possible, but it would be cool if the sandwraith version gave his old sand form effects when he has the 'Familiar Ground' buff.

Also, can you upload his original hero folder/textures?

[Vortigon]

Not sure if it's possible, but it would be cool if the sandwraith version gave his old sand form effects when he has the 'Familiar Ground' buff.

The Sandwraith Nomad is pretty much the same as the original, the only thing I changed was body.effect. He still leaves the sand trail when he walks over sand.

[[S2]BlacRyu]

The Sandwraith Nomad is pretty much the same as the original, the only thing I changed was body.effect. He still leaves the sand trail when he walks over sand.

I know, but the original Nomad had an ability called Sand Form which made him semi-transparent and gave him unitwalking and did some other stuff, it would be cool if the effects from that skill could be applied to Sandwraith Nomad when he has his free-walking self-buff when walking on the sand trail.

It looks like he already has an effect file for that buff, so it should be as easy as copy+pasting the old Nomad's effect file.

ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz7SZjCDN4Y#t=1m40s

[Director]

What ever happened to nomad? Is he a scrapped idea?

[[BETA]Warchamp7]

If I remember correctly Nomad was just a hero made by one of the artists for fun. He was never planned to be a real hero.

[ReDsKiN]

From parsing the heroes section site for the icons, Nomad is also there

[[S2]BlacRyu]

From parsing the heroes section site for the icons, Nomad is also there

http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/heroview.php?hid=41
It looks like the icon is actually different than the one they used in-game.

Btw it looks like it's still using sand-wraiths team colors. And I'd still like to get nomads original files if you have them

[DakotaPlus]

Thunderbringer nomad doesnt use walk animations for me..... he just floats around.....

[Vortigon]

Thunderbringer nomad doesnt use walk animations for me..... he just floats around.....

Ok, hold on. I'll see what's up.
Edit: I rewrote the model.mdf, it should work now. The floating didn't actually happen in practice for me.
I could see that it happened in replays so I assume you were in a real match?

http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/heroview.php?hid=41
It looks like the icon is actually different than the one they used in-game.

Btw it looks like it's still using sand-wraiths team colors. And I'd still like to get nomads original files if you have them

I'll upload it later on tonight.

[Taggsvamp]

Shall be so thunder nomads sword miss a bit of it and slither nomads sword are a bit invis? Other than that really cool i like the soulstealer most

[Vortigon]

Shall be so thunder nomads sword miss a bit of it and slither nomads sword are a bit invis? Other than that really cool i like the soulstealer most

That is intentional actually, I tried to give them different apearrances so I played around with the alpha channel a little bit. It's hardly noticeable zoomed out. I'm a bit of a noob with textures and models so if anyone can do a better job, be my guest.

[Taggsvamp]

That is intentional actually, I tried to give them different apearrances so I played around with the alpha channel a little bit. It's hardly noticeable zoomed out. I'm a bit of a noob with textures and models so if anyone can do a better job, be my guest.

Na it look cool i just did wonder if itwas a bug or if you made it so and now i know

[[Wolf]Acinod]

This just looks like a rip off of Power Rangers.

[Day7]

great!

[Xelotath]

Where did you take the voices from?

These mods are awesome. Gettin' Soulstealer, as he looks awesome.
But I can't understand why they're not reusing Nomad's model. He simply looks absolutely great, but oh well...

[[HMMR]Cakeman]

Lovin the thunderbringer!

[Vortigon]

Where did you take the voices from?

These mods are awesome. Gettin' Soulstealer, as he looks awesome.
But I can't understand why they're not reusing Nomad's model. He simply looks absolutely great, but oh well...

The voices are from WC3.

I have just uploaded the HD textures for Nomad Sand Wraith. most of it is redrawn in gimp.
I'd like to make more textures and this is the first one I've made other then a few recolors so tell me what you think. I'll give the other 3 HD textures soon as well, not yet though, this one took forever.

Edit: I've uploaded the original Nomad files for anyone interested.

Edit2: Reuploaded, there's an original HD texture and a Nomad Sandwraith HD texture now.

[[S2]BlacRyu]

Thanks for the files.

I got the effects from his sand form working good, I'll upload them later if you want em:


Also his team colors are still using the textures from the old heroes. Most of the white parts on him are supposed to be team colored (ie: his left shoulder). You should copy over the team.tga from Nomad's files, it looks kind of strange as it is now.

should look like this:

[Jaycoob]

wow, I never knew S2 had a secret hero but was removed, well that sux, but atleast his back with all these nice mods!