Isana Stormrunner (Night Elf Warden)

[ERIOL33]

Im in love... Eyecandy <3

 

[Greedy Procrastinator]

Has starcraft vibes

 

[Xelos]

remind my HQ technikues thats was use in wc3 custom mod returns of storm

 

[Greedy Procrastinator]

Hi, it took an hour but...
Here is two animated portraits (close camera and standart camera variations)
Bye.
(btw why does she has huge gap between her upper teeth?)

 

[deepstrasz]

Very nice, could be further differentiated from the original though.
However, there's an animation glitch/annoyance here: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/319/319863-06b8ca664e2efa04d645e89d702e5989.gif
As you can see the left hand simply remains idle while the body and cloak motions up and down. There's also some clipping visible.

 

[Navy]

may I ask a link from Heroes of the Storm? I can't find the model / skin for this
also this is a mesh transplant (it uses the default Warcraft 3 Warden SD animations), it's not an actual port

 

[Missing Shadowsong]

may I ask a link from Heroes of the Storm? I can't find the model / skin for this
also this is a mesh transplant (it uses the default Warcraft 3 Warden SD animations), it's not an actual port

Okay, let me ask commedia.

 

[Navy]

Okay, let me ask commedia.

Hello! This is just me wondering, if I am wrong, you can correct me anytime. I don't mean any disrespect to anyone's work.

We know that we have the model (which consists of many triangles and animations) and the texture that wraps around. I can't review the model if it shares the same functionalibility as the default Warcraft 3 Warden. The texture work, however, is very nice.

The main 2 questions are:

• What does it have to do with Heroes of the Storm
• Why you don't attach the Portrait to the main model

 

[Nyctaeus]

• What does it have to do with Heroes of the Storm

It's actually a kitbash of several HotS assets stitched together. Obviously it's based on Maiev, but pauldrons come from Imperius and the head with helmet is probably from Warden skin of Lunara or Tyrande.

But it's nicely stitched together, with a recolored texture and probably heavily modified animations. I say it's a grade or two above what's typically expected from a kitbash. Real effort was put into this and a final product looks quality and consistent.

Tho I guess it still counts as HotS port.

 

[Missing Shadowsong]

Hello! This is just me wondering, if I am wrong, you can correct me anytime. I don't mean any disrespect to anyone's work.

We know that we have the model (which consists of many triangles and animations) and the texture that wraps around. I can't review the model if it shares the same functionalibility as the default Warcraft 3 Warden. The texture work, however, is very nice.

The main 2 questions are:

• What does it have to do with Heroes of the Storm
• Why you don't attach the Portrait to the main model (so it reduces filesize by 40-50%)

Commedia just replied to me. He said that this model is made by piecing together parts from the skins of Sylvanas, Maiev, Impres, Kael'thas, and Luna from Hero of the Storms. In addition, it also includes components for the sc2 HD version of warden.

 

[Navy]

I've tested the Model (ingame too) and it works and performs well. I will set it to Approved (Simple/Useful).

.tga for textures is overrated and we don't use it.

if you consider convert it to .dds or .blp (preferably .blp as it's compatible with all Warcraft 3 patches) I will increase the rating.

I already showed you if using .blp it will reduce the filesize to 2.1Mb down from 4.9Mb and will preserve the quality.

 

[Missing Shadowsong]

I've tested the Model (ingame too) and it works and performs well. I will set it to Approved (Simple/Useful).

.tga for textures is overrated and we don't use it.

if you consider convert it to .dds or .blp (preferably .blp as it's compatible with all Warcraft 3 patches) I will increase the rating.

I already showed you if using .blp it will reduce the filesize to 2.1Mb down from 4.9Mb and will preserve the quality.

Okay. I have replaced the TGA format texture with BLP format texture.

 

[YourArthas]

Okay. I have replaced the TGA format texture with BLP format texture.

Do not do it lol. The size limit of BLP is 1024x512. This texture is 1024x1024. Now when you convert it to BLP game degrades it to something like 256x256 so you lose the lovely texture quality made by Commedia.

Use tga by all means or dds. Otherwise you'll lose quality. (It is not 2002 anymore so there is no need to care for filesize too much since game can now use unlimited ram anyways).

There is a reason why people like me and Commedia that work on hots-wow style models prefer .tga. You can use any resolution you want with it without game compressing it. If you are really willing to convert the texture to blp you need to fit it to a 1024x512 space and refit the UV mapping which is a waste of time.

 

[Navy]

The model looks perfectly fine ingame, unless now "underground masters" grew superman eyes and see every pixel deformation

 

[Nyctaeus]

TGA for ingame usage is a niche option, because TGA is big both on HD and when loaded into internal memory of GPU. Sometimes there are no other format options because some textures carry sensitive data, but in general multiple TGA files will quickly clog even beefy hardware. So for all kinds of common usages, like textures of units or heroes, DDS should be a way to go.

...besides, lel, WC3 engine is not a peak of optimization .

I'd include either BLP or DDS in the download and leave og TGA in comments, so whoever wants to modify the textures further has access to a source file. I assume most people would just take the asset and drop into WE as-is, so default option should be already optimized.