Development is going smoothly, next article expect a overworld map reveal and faction positions.
Many troops have been given custom animations, features like wings moving, robes floating, ghostly particle effect and the like are going to be also implemented in the future.
The mod will allow the player to choose a troop to play as through spectator mode. All troops shown above in the video ARE TROOPS. They are not mounts/horses and can be controlled by the player. Some are more playable than others, for example the current dragon troop is in very early experimental phases and may be converted to only an ai troop with it not being able to be controlled by the player. Though there still is a chance for that to change and have dragons be accessible to the player latter on in development.
Of course magic will be a core part of the mod and the player will not be the only one that will be able to use magic. Troops like Liches and Angels will be able to revive troops and other troops will have unique abilities themselves. Magic will be divided into 3 groups. Passives that are always on like health steal or automatic dodging of attacks that consume a special bar etc. Actives will be abilities you activate and last a set amount of time or can be broken with enough damage like magic barriers, damage boosts, movement boosts etc. The last magic group will be casts like fire balls, lighting, teleportation and the sort. The current plan for the mod is to release with only two factions. When they are fully realised and finished a final version will be released for those two factions only. With that the next release of the mod will be treated like games treat dlcs. A giant new update will come with a new faction, magic, troops, updated map, quests etc. and that will be the focal point of the mod at that time. Rinse and repeat for every HoMM V kingdom.
