HoTS Grunt

This bundle is marked as pending. It has not been reviewed by a staff member yet.
Heroes of the Storm Alterac Pass Minion modified as a replacement for the Orc Grunt Warcraft 3 unit. More work than I feel like listing out.

Post in comments if there is anything that is not feature complete about this model. The intent is to replicate all functionality of the WC3 game units.
Contents

BTNgrunt (Icon)

Grunt High Resolution Textures (Model)

Grunt Optimized (Model)

Reviews
Navy
Hello! I've downloaded your model, did some testing and I can offer my review. Required for approval: - Add a separate version or modify existing one: The textures need to be optimized, use .blp with 75-85% compression rate / 7MB for a regular unit...

Navy

Ported Models Reviewer
Level 42
Joined
Sep 19, 2010
Messages
904
Hello! I've downloaded your model, did some testing and I can offer my review.

Required for approval:
- Add a separate version or modify existing one: The textures need to be optimized, use .blp with 75-85% compression rate / 7MB for a regular unit is huge

Personal view:
  • The Icon doesn't fit the model, it's just a standard warcraft 3 icon, why upload it here?
  • The Animations are dull, this model is used as a lane minion and Blizzard didn't put much effort into it
(Can be very noticeable on his Shoulder Armor movement and Stand Animations)

Upload a version with optimized textures or modify the existing one and I will set this as Approved (Useful/simple)
 
Level 19
Joined
Jun 17, 2023
Messages
91
DDS compresses far smaller on saving the map save then any blp which is an outdated unoptimized format that needs to go the way of the dinosaur. If you converted every single texture in a map using a pile of .blps to .dds and then save the map as a file (not a folder) it will be significantly smaller in size. 7 MB is tiny for one unit by modern game standards. I will not compress the textures any further they are already compressed enough. If a mapmaker wants to compress them further that is their choice to do so. The models uploaded here should be in higher quality so people can reduce quality if they so choose.
 

Navy

Ported Models Reviewer
Level 42
Joined
Sep 19, 2010
Messages
904
DDS compresses far smaller on saving the map save then any blp which is an outdated unoptimized format that needs to go the way of the dinosaur. If you converted every single texture in a map using a pile of .blps to .dds and then save the map as a file (not a folder) it will be significantly smaller in size. 7 MB is tiny for one unit by modern game standards. I will not compress the textures any further they are already compressed enough. If a mapmaker wants to compress them further that is their choice to do so. The models uploaded here should be in higher quality so people can reduce quality if they so choose.
Assuming every person who creates/edits map knows how to edit models/textures is a wrong point of view
 
Level 19
Joined
Jun 17, 2023
Messages
91
Thank you for reviewing.

I have uploaded an optimized version using .blp in addition to the higher resolution version. In this way people can pick the best one for their purposes.

As for the icon please understand these are not the default warcraft 3 icons they are higher quality upscales than Reforged.

Please see below for comparison:

Original:

1734486036747.png


Reforged:

1734485991777.png



Mine:

1734486127213.png
 
Last edited:
Top