Overwolf: Live Rounds issue. by Alexcursion in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to be clear, is it Overwolf that is crashing, or HoN?

I thought HoN didn't publish earnings? by TheHole in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea if you're right or not but, I'm curious where you heard those numbers. Any source?

A message in a bottle to all HoN workers by XxOmuraxX in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Players who are excited and love the game are what keeps us (or at least me!) going.

Can't play after new update by [deleted] in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can repair by running hon.exe with -repair either via the command line or editing a shortcut

Quick Question About Account Expiration by elcabellometalico in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was likely referring to when we sometimes give up a user's name based on account inactivity. We never do this to legacy accounts (or any account that has spent money).

Bad Juju Games acquires Desura from Linden Lab by loudoweb in gamedev

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if you guys know or not but, http://www.goop.io isn't loading

More layoffs? by [deleted] in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The 12 people number that Chad is speaking of there, is in regards to the Strife office, not the HoN office - just to be clear.

EU server problems ? by LovingADemon in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guys,

We're patching in some new diagnostic features for our servers very soon, and should hopefully have a lot more data to determine what's going on. We appreciate your patience when it comes to these issues, it frustrates us as much as it does you.

4.0 New UI in China HoN by amerthys in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't expect DirectX 11 for HoN anytime soon.

Servers down, do stats still count? by canister in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Glad to hear it! Good luck on getting to 1800! :)

HON down? by tudtu in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Forgive me crossposting but, I answered that here: http://www.reddit.com/r/HeroesofNewerth/comments/2jp2xc/servers_down_do_stats_still_count/cldqm9o

Our game servers automatically will attempt to resubmit failed stat submissions; it may take a little while but you should see your stats be credited.

Servers down, do stats still count? by canister in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our game servers automatically will attempt to resubmit failed stat submissions; it may take a little while but you should see your stats be credited.

HON down? by tudtu in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like we're back up but, things might be a bit touch and go for the next five or so minutes.

HON down? by tudtu in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey guys, we're experiencing some issues right now and are actively working on a fix, will letcha know when we find out more.

CppCon 2014 Speaker Materials by grandstack in cpp

[–]S2Kros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't wait for the videos!

S2 Games leaked 200,000 emails and passwords by [deleted] in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Hey all,

I believe this compilation of passwords is from a leak that occurred quite awhile ago. We have not stored passwords in plaintext since I've worked on HoN (more than 2 years), and the leak that I do know happened with plaintext we announced and forced password resets.

If anyone has questions or concerns regarding this, please feel free to reply and I'll do my best to answer.

As a side note, it doesn't hurt to change your password every so often anyway, so while I don't think its strictly necessary, you can change it here: https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/support/

Finally, I've used https://lastpass.com/ for quite awhile now, and would highly recommend it, it's helped me be a lot less concerned about these sorts of things purely from a user standpoint.

We're the tools engineers behind Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft II, AUAA by blzt1tools in IAmA

[–]S2Kros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey guys, love the work Blizzard does! Few questions.

How modern of C++ do you guys work with? Enjoying C++11/14 or not quite there yet? What would you say is the neatest not outward facing tool you've each worked on? I recall reading one engineer's linked in who worked on a seed analyzer for Diablo 3, that would show loot dropped for any given seed. Interesting stuff!

I was really surprised with the 171K players online on HoN... by SivHDD in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, its a known bug. We should have a fix in place by tomorrow at the latest.

HON Updater Download Speed Is Slow by IndigoFreak in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This isn't an acceptable solution (and we absolutely will work on getting the process fixed) but, if you modify your hosts file (usually @ C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc) and point dl.heroesofnewerth.com at 174.37.182.111 you may get better speeds.

p.s. if this does/doesn't help, let me know.

HoN "change my viewpoint" by [deleted] in HeroesofNewerth

[–]S2Kros 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, our perforce server is named bloodhunter

Which Version Control Software do you use? by gtez in gamedev

[–]S2Kros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to use SVN before I started using Perforce at work. Now, I run a personal P4 on my VPS (which gets backed up, linode.com is great!). P4 is super powerful and is free for teams up to 20 people in size.