Quoting 7hyrael, reply 9
the next point i would like to know is how the possibilitys of creating mods for demigod will be? for example with a map editor similar to the map editor of warcraft 3 it should be easily possible to set up somethin releated to footmen or a map which comes up with direct RTS feeling by modding some parts of the game. such possibilitys keep wc3 alive since release, which was over 5 years back in time if im right...
I don't think I have seen you much before, so I assume you are not currently in the beta. Maps are a little trickier to make in Demigod. Demigod maps are extremely beatiful and unique. The complex 3d nature of the maps and map animations require the maps to made in a 3d editor before being exported to Demigod. For this reason there will be a limited ability to create new maps. Current maps can be highly modded on top of the existing 3d model. There is a possiblity, discussed by devs, that an exporter could be released that allows 3d maps to be imported into Demigod, but that is only a possibilty at this point.
7hyrael, I personally think a map exporter would be great and would really like to see the community have access to this. If we could creat maps, even if it was only a small group who had the expertise, I think some amazing and fun maps could be made. Here's hoping.
actually i preordered already in march of this year and im in since beta 1 ^^. but i also know the possibilitys of a good map-editor which is specially designed for a single game. i never expected, that it would be easy to set up a complete new leveldesign with a "map editor" that was not even in warcraft 3 possible. for something like that you needed 3rd party programs as well. but some pre-designed elements, areas and such stuff, with which new maps coul be built up and for the design, possibilitys of setting triggers and some "minimalized" programming language which makes it possible to modify the behaviour of units is not a problem to set up in my opinion, the problem in such a additional software would be the additional costs for the devs and the time they will need to create it too.
but i also think, if they would sell it separately like a addon for a low price like 20$ or something like that there would be enough people which were interested in it to make it worth. maybe not worth in the aspect to make profit with the map editor, but in aspect of giving an even longer long-time motivation and more possible variations of the game. Possibilitys, that was always the thing which made a game a great add for every games-collection or if those were missing to a 2 hours game which got forgotten after a half year, what caused the title to become one of these nobody realy cares about... what even now couldnt happen to demigod in my opinion, but everyone should always aim for the best, aint they? 
btw: when warcraft 3 was released, everybode thought as well "wow is that fuckin amazing and beautiful", how to think of it, to create such maps on my own... but it was not only possible, it was easy: why? they gave a map editor with something like a toolbox, containing several completely designed things which you just needed to set up... to design new demigods is the point, where i absolutely agree to you and the point of a 3D moddeling software. but i know so many people which are playing hours arround which such software... but i dont think, that the difficulty to create a own demigod is the design - it will be the movement. you need to animate the demigod yourself... and that is the point where the real difficulty starts, no matter how to design the dmigods outfit just think of how many possible moves hey need to have and how many reactions on getting hit or attack or using spells/skills...
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