Hi Heather, You're right that the original developer for the Hearthstone mod stopped working on it about a year ago. There was talk about Blizzard adding native accessibility, but nothing has happened on that front yet. However the original developer of the mod handed the work he'd done on the mod to a new group of developers who now maintain and keep the hearthstone access mod up to date. I actually haven't heard of anyone having trouble with the mod for a long time now, in fact I'd go as far as to say the hearthstone mod is pretty seamless and works incredibly well. I think I'd actually go as far as to say it's probably one of the best mod's I've played of any game.
I have heard of the world of war craft mod, but haven't played it , so not sure how good it is, but I've definitely heard of people using it. Paul -----Original Message----- From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of Heather Seaman via groups.io Sent: 20 August 2024 23:46 To: Paul Lemm via groups.io <paul.lemm01=gmail....@groups.io> Cc: blind-gamers@groups.io Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Battle.net, where do i go from there? I have heard that the person doing the Hearthstone mod couldn't keep up with Blizzind's updates. So Blizzard supposedly took over accessibility a while ago. From what I've seen on YouTube, though, it's hit-and-miss whether the game will play well with a user's computer. I've also heard of a mod that makes World Of Warcraft at least somewhat accessible. Especially the classic version, since it's easier to navigate; this according to the YouTuber Abbyforth. On Aug 20, 2024 9:50 AM, "Paul Lemm via groups.io" <paul.lemm01=gmail....@groups.io> wrote: > > Hi, > > Sadly as far as battle.net or blizzard go, the only fully accessible game is > Hearthstone with the hearthstone access mod. I believe one of the Diablo > games is meant to be slightly playable, but I don't think is fully > accessible. As far as other mods go, there are actually quite a few mods for > main stream games out there these days, off the top of my head ones I can > think of are: plants Vs zombies, Hades, slay the spire, there are also quite > a few others those are just the few I could remember, I haven't tried them so > can't say how good they are, but I've heard a lot of blind people play them > and enjoy them. There are even a few main stream games with full > accessibility built in, such as the last of us part 1 and 2 (although for > part 1 it's only the recent release which has full accessibility), the most > recent Forza driving game has full accessibility built in too. Again I > haven't played either of these games so can't speak for how well the > accessibility works, but from what I've heard on audiogames.net its meant to > be pretty good. Anyway hope all this helps. > > Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of > Daniel Sommerfeld via groups.io > Sent: 20 August 2024 14:12 > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Battle.net, where do i go from there? > > Hi Paul. > hah! I knew, there was something aditional, that i had to do. It has just > been a long time since i last played that game and so i forgot what it was. > I stopped playing because there were a lot of things going on plus, by that > time i got a new computer and so i totally forgot about it. But i remember, > that it was a ton of fun indeed. > But tell me, since you seem to be good with that, are there any other mods > for other games? I hear from a lot of blind people, that they stopped playing > because Hearthstone seems to be the only fully accessible game or should i > say the only game with a good mod. > I am not too much a friend of games, which are specially made for blind > people, since it happens so often, that the blind programmers have other > stuff to do in their lifes of course and so the games end up somewhere half > developed and so you have hundreds of games at for example audiogames.net but > it just feels like a garbage can. Sorry can't help it. > There are so many developers out there in the world but so few of them seem > to have accessibility of games in mind. And to be fair, i can imagine why. > Whenever you hear in the blind community, that there is a new game, the first > thing you hear or read is: "Oh i hope it is for free." > ok i could continue bitching but to keep it short, are there any good mods > for the blizzard thing or any other? > Thank you for the link and best regards Daniel > > Daniel Sommerfeld > Contact info > Email: dani.sommerf...@t-online.de > Mobile (Phone, sms, iMessage, Telegram and Signal) +491718152754 > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of > Paul Lemm > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 3:00 PM > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Battle.net, where do i go from there? > > Hi Daniel, > > Hearthstone is fully playable if you install the hearthstone mod. I've been > playing for a couple of years and I have to say the mod is really good, so > good in fact that it makes the game feel like accessibility is natively > built in that it runs so smoothly with the game and puts us on a very similar > playing field to sighted people. I'll put a link below to the webpage for the > mod, it gives full instructions on how to get the mod working, but its pretty > straight forward, you just install hearthstone through the battle.net client > like you've already done, then just download the mod, unzip it and then place > the mod files in the hearthstone program folder on your PC. Like I said its > really straight forward but the mod page will give you all the information > you need. I love playing hearthstone and think the mod is really good, it > makes playing the game fully accessible and is a ton of fun. Anyway link to > the hearthstone mod page (which is called hearthstone access) is below: > > https://www.hearthstoneaccess.com/ > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of > Daniel Sommerfeld via groups.io > Sent: 17 August 2024 07:37 > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Battle.net, where do i go from there? > > Hi. > Well someone said, i have to download mods for games in order for them to > work. That's all i know. That was, why i am asking. I am just repeating what > i have been told. *grins* I mean, some games there do cost and before i spend > money on a game that might not work for us, i felt it would be better to ask. > Best regards > Daniel > > Daniel Sommerfeld > Contact info > Email: dani.sommerf...@t-online.de > Mobile (Phone, sms, iMessage, Telegram and Signal) +491718152754 > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of > Kenny Cheung > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2024 7:35 PM > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Battle.net, where do i go from there? > > Hi, > Who said you had to download extra stuff? > Sent from Kenny’s iPhone > > > On Aug 16, 2024, at 10:42, Daniel Sommerfeld via groups.io > > <dani.sommerfeld=t-online...@groups.io> wrote: > > > > Hi Saun. > > Ah you mean you can just download games throughout there and play them? > > I've heard, you need to install something extra. That was, why i am asking. > > I wasn't entirely sure about what to do and how. > > Best regards > > Daniel > > > > Daniel Sommerfeld > > Contact info > > Email: dani.sommerf...@t-online.de > > Mobile (Phone, sms, iMessage, Telegram and Signal) +491718152754 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of > > Shaun Everiss > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2024 10:11 AM > > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Battle.net, where do i go from there? > > > > I tested the battle.net system and the new diablow game. > > > > Sadly for me I never got past the main menu of the game to play and assume > > blizzard a lost cause. > > > > The battle.net interface is a web based client though on its own its not > > much use. > > > > > >> On 16/08/2024 5:23 pm, Daniel Sommerfeld via groups.io wrote: > >> Hello all. > >> I am kind of new to battle.net because i have heard, that there are > >> some accessible and good to play games for blind individuals. > >> I remember using it back then but to be honest, i have forgotten > >> almost all about how this is been done. > >> Someone told me, that one has to install this and that in addition > >> to the battle.net software itself. > >> Can someone help me here? > >> Best regards > >> Daniel > >> > >> Daniel Sommerfeld > >> Contact info > >> Email: dani.sommerf...@t-online.de Mobile (Phone, sms, iMessage, > >> Telegram and Signal) +491718152754 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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