Heroes of Newerth - linux beta

knavs · 2009-07-17 21:02:27

S2 Games, developer of the native Linux game Heroes of Newerth, currently in closed beta, has released a very impressive video of the gameplay.
Today i got beta-key from http://www.facebook.com/heroesofnewerth. And testing it's native linux client under ArchLinux!

I'am a big warcraft 3 and dota fan. And i'm very happy to see such game on linux.

FAQ: http://www.gamereplays.org/heroesofnewe … e&name=faq
Gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1VFN4mP4M
Screenshots: http://www.leakerz.com/cms/gallery/cate … werth.html
Newbie guides:
- http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=1809 (login using your beta account)
- http://www.gamereplays.org/heroesofnewe … of_newerth

Last edited by knavs (2009-07-25 20:57:20)

Adriano ML · 2009-07-18 05:09:46

This looks pretty intersting, but I'm not a big fan of Warcraft.

But we all like when there is a new game comming for linux

mangus · 2009-07-18 12:04:57

I'm dumb...can someone point me to the linux client?

knavs · 2009-07-18 13:12:05

It's in closed beta stage now.
How to get working binary installer for linux:
1) get beta-key (somewhere)
2) go to http://beta.heroesofnewerth.com
3) download it!

How to get beta-key:
1) http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/13960
2) add yourself to heroesofnewerth fans at facebook.com

Last edited by knavs (2009-07-18 13:23:52)

djszapi · 2009-07-18 19:25:32

Hello!

FYI:
Starcraft Clone - Freecraft

nawitus · 2009-07-18 22:54:10

Bah, you need facetube account to get into beta..
Looks interesting, maybe I even buy it since it has linux support.

Exitium · 2009-07-19 00:04:01

DotA with better graphics?

knavs · 2009-07-19 01:12:58

Yes it's almost 100% dota clone same heroes\items similar physics etc... But awesome graphics.
Now only dota map avaiable. More maps in development.

I think it's good and bad at the same time.

good) i like dota so i like dota with good graphics even more ^^

bad) - if u don't like dota u don't like this game (lots of warcraft\starcraft players think dota is stupid | boring |for noobs)
- some RTS\RPG with single player and campaign using the same game engine would be much better for the mass

Last edited by knavs (2009-07-19 01:23:53)

pew · 2009-07-19 07:51:56

I've got 5 invites left.
So, just post your e-mail address or send it to me via "E-mail".

Edit:
All keys gone. I'm going to post again, when I have new invites.

Last edited by pew (2009-07-20 07:10:00)

Exitium · 2009-07-19 08:15:52

knavs wrote:

Yes it's almost 100% dota clone same heroes\items similar physics etc... But awesome graphics.
Now only dota map avaiable. More maps in development.
I think it's good and bad at the same time.
good) i like dota so i like dota with good graphics even more ^^
bad) - if u don't like dota u don't like this game (lots of warcraft\starcraft players think dota is stupid | boring |for noobs)
- some RTS\RPG with single player and campaign using the same game engine would be much better for the mass

Hmm... I wonder if "real" DotA players start to play this game.

Edit: But yeah, if there are more maps avaible, then it's good.

Last edited by Exitium (2009-07-19 08:16:47)

nawitus · 2009-07-19 12:08:10

pew, please send invite to nawitus AT gmail DOT com.

EDIT: Thanks, I received the beta key!

Last edited by nawitus (2009-07-19 13:58:11)

FALK · 2009-07-19 14:01:40

http://beta.heroesofnewerth.com/weU7sxv … cebook.php
Do not know how long that link lasts.

bluewind · 2009-07-19 14:02:47

FALK wrote:

http://beta.heroesofnewerth.com/weU7sxv … cebook.php
Do not know how long that link lasts.

Capacity: Invite limit reached. Sorry.

Thanks though.

heleos · 2009-07-19 18:25:43

The important part.... native linux client!

P.S. I've never made a pkgbuild before... Is there a chance someone has made one for this?

Last edited by heleos (2009-07-19 21:40:41)

sand_man · 2009-07-20 00:28:32

Is the final release going to be free or commercial?

Exitium · 2009-07-20 12:27:26

sand_man wrote:

Is the final release going to be free or commercial?

All other S2 games are free of charge (Savage & Savage 2). And this is DotA clone, so it would be grievous to require payment for it. So I would say it's free but of course I'm not sure.

Last edited by Exitium (2009-07-20 12:27:55)

ugkbunb · 2009-07-20 19:52:26

runs flawlessly on my arch box... was stoked to see that they had a native linux client.

heleos · 2009-07-20 20:08:23

ugkbunb wrote:

runs flawlessly on my arch box... was stoked to see that they had a native linux client.

Mine too, and I think it's even faster to load then windows (I have it on both linux and 7)

knavs · 2009-07-20 20:45:41

Yes i find it to load a bit faster too

For now there is only one bug for me: when the loading screen comes up, the screen flickers between the art work and the S2 logo that is seen at initial start up.

And i don't like the gui installer with next next buttons.... it's so windowish. Wanna see good old PKGBUILD .
Imho it would be nice if installer had command line options (so we can create pkg for any distribution).

#HoNClient-0.1.28.3.sh --install-dir=/opt/hon --create-xdg

UPDATE:
I believe installer is made using MojoSetup (http://icculus.org/mojosetup/). But i dunno how to check for avaiable command line options...

Last edited by knavs (2009-07-20 22:27:27)

nawitus · 2009-07-21 08:35:39

For now there is only one bug for me: when the loading screen comes up, the screen flickers between the art work and the S2 logo that is seen at initial start up.

I have the same bug..

knavs · 2009-07-21 10:21:36

I'm not sure about depends... (so i just used depends from savage2) Maybe I missed something else?
So, for anyone who is using beta test pls:)

PKGBUILD

# Maintainer: knavs <knavs[na]yandex[tochka]ru>
# PKGBUILD based on savage2 PKGBUILD thx to:
## Maintainer: Ali H. Caliskan <ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com>
## Contributor: Slash <demodevil5[at]yahoo[dot]com>
## Contributor: Xavier <shiningxc[at]gmail[dot]com>

pkgname=heroesofnewerth
pkgver=0.1.28.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Heroes of Newerth is a a stand alone DotA based game."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://beta.heroesofnewerth.com/"
license=('custom')
depends=('mesa' 'sdl')
makedepends=('unzip')
install=('heroesofnewerth.install')
source=("HoNClient-$pkgver.sh")
md5sums=('1a107775f33068de1ed00271ef94e0fd')

build() {
    cd $srcdir/

    # Extract the binary file
    msg "Extracting the binary file..."
    unzip -q -o "HoNClient-$pkgver.sh" > /dev/null 2>&1 
        
    # Install HoN
    msg "Starting install..."
    install -d $pkgdir/opt/$pkgname
    cp -r data/* $pkgdir/opt/$pkgname

    # Install Desktop Files
    install -d $pkgdir/usr/share/applications
    cat > $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$pkgname.desktop << EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Value=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Heroes of Newerth
GenericName=Multiplayer Game
Comment=Heroes of Newerth
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png
Exec=/usr/bin/${pkgname}
Categories=Game
EOF

    # Install Icon and License
    install -Dm644 data/icon.png $pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/$pkgname.png
    install -Dm644 data/license.txt $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/license.txt

    # Install Launcher Script
    install -d $pkgdir/usr/bin
    ln -s /opt/$pkgname/hon.sh $pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname

    # Set permission to 4755
    install -d $pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/Update
    #ichmod 664 $pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/license.txt
    #chmod 775 $pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/hon* 

    # Set group permission to root:games 
    chown -R root:games $pkgdir/opt/$pkgname
    chmod -R g+w $startdir/pkg/opt/$pkgname
}

heroesofnewerth.install (fixed: thx to mangus)

post_install() {    
    # Add 'games' group if not already there
    getent group games > /dev/null || /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 50 games

    echo ">>> In order to play Savage, add your user to the 'games' group."
    echo ">>>"
    echo ">>>  # gpasswd -a USERNAME games"
    echo ">>>"
    echo ">>> Remember to logout and log back in for the changes to take effect."
}

post_upgrade() {
    post_install $1
}

pre_remove() {
    /bin/true
}

Last edited by knavs (2009-07-22 10:04:08)

hBd · 2009-07-21 17:19:07

somebody knows everything abut the release date ??

mangus · 2009-07-21 17:47:47

knavs wrote:

I'm not sure about depends... (so i just used depends from savage2) Maybe I missed something else?
So, for anyone who is using beta test pls:)
op=$1
shift

$op $*

fine PKGBUILD, it works well here , the lines above are for old pacman version so you can strip away
thanks

leeyee · 2009-07-23 14:38:01

nawitus wrote:

For now there is only one bug for me: when the loading screen comes up, the screen flickers between the art work and the S2 logo that is seen at initial start up.
I have the same bug..

Seems I have the same issue. Is there any solution to this? The login/setting screen is unusable....

evhan · 2009-07-23 17:28:46

knavs wrote:

Yes it's almost 100% dota clone same heroes\items similar physics etc... But awesome graphics.
Now only dota map avaiable. More maps in development.
I think it's good and bad at the same time.
good) i like dota so i like dota with good graphics even more ^^
bad) - if u don't like dota u don't like this game (lots of warcraft\starcraft players think dota is stupid | boring |for noobs)
- some RTS\RPG with single player and campaign using the same game engine would be much better for the mass

I hope this develops beyond a dota clone. Looks like a great engine, it seems a waste to stop there when it could potentially become a full-fledged rts.

Arch Linux

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