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 Už si pomaly zvykáme na to, že najviac informácií sa dozvedáme z oficiálneho HoN fóra. Dnes tomu nebude inak. Užívateľ Soulmancer napísal vývojárom mail, v ktorom sa ich pýtal na informácie ohľadne editora máp a SDK (developers kit).

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I was in email communication with S2 concerning the editor and the SDK, thoguht'd I'd share for anyone interested.
"The HoN editor will be the same as the Sav 2 one with improvements to the network code and architecture. The K2 Engine can support any type of game style and will be available for license as an engine and will also have editor support."
"The HoN Editor will be released with the game, the K2 Engine editor will come with the engine packet which will probably be 3-4 months down the road."
"The editor and related systems will be setup to be as user friendly as possible"
"The editor is basically our map editor, and we plan to have a pretty powerful scripting tool to allow custom-created scenarios."
"The SDK itself is essentially the source code of our game code. There's no interface or tools here - you need C++ programming knowledge to be able to make use of it."
"Using the SDK is essentially creating a whole new game. You can make an FPS or totally different game type."
"Using the editor (with the GUI) is used essentially for creating modified scenarios of the HoN game. You may be able to do a lot with the editor, but it's less powerful than the SDK - for example you probably won't be able to make an FPS with it. Think of it more like warcraft 3's map editor, but with some extra power behind it and various tools."
There you go
When I explained to him that I was interested in creating a multiplayer PvE campaign for 8 players styled somewhat like Diablo or Zelda, utilizing multiple connected maps. he did say it would probably be quite possible to do this even before the SDK is released... So it looks like the editor will be very powerful

V krátkosti - Editor máp by mal fungovať podobne ako napr. editor máp pre warcraft III, tzn. že si môžete upravovať a vytvárať nové mapy pre HoN, bude veľmi intuitívny a ľahko ovládateľný, neposkytuje však úplnu voľnosť, naopak SDK kit je v podstate celé jadro, na ktorom je HoN vytvorené, na prácu s ním bude nutná znalosť C++ jazyka. Bude poskytovať úplnu voľnosť, takže by sa na ňom teoreticky dali vytvárať aj hry na žáner FPS a podobne. Keď sa autor mailu spýtal či by bola možnosť na SDK kite vytvoriť "klon" Diabla II, v ktorom by hralo kooperatívnu kampaň až okolo 8 ľudí, vývojári mu na to povedali, že by sa to dalo možno aj pred vydaním SDK kitu.

Podľa všetkého sa máme na čo tešiť :).  

Zdroj: http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=67931