Phantom Hounds: Haunted Heart is an Onyx Warlords Mapmaking Team production.


Overview:
Phantom Hounds: Haunted Heart is the second installment in the Phantom Hounds series, which follows an elite special-ops team serving in Maeldun’s legion during The Great War.  In the first installment, Phantom Hounds: the Call of Glory, the long-neglected force had been set on guard duty in a series of remote outposts where their talents were going to waste.  Sinister things were afoot, however, and their heroism finally gained them the notice they deserved.

In Haunted Heart, the Phantom Hounds have been sent on a mission to Muirthemne, the ruined capital of the dead Cath Bruig Empire.  At the center of a once thriving land now covered by sun-bleached and wind-tossed sand, they uncover dark secrets and follow the trail to an even deadlier threat than they had imagined.  Battle Balor's armies across the desert, through the ruins of the city, in the gloomy catacombs beneath Muirthemne, and into the Untamed Lands in six solo/coop levels.  Experience the Great War from a new perspective.

Phantom Hounds: Haunted Heart was tested using Myth II version 1.8, though some earlier versions will probably run it without difficulty.


Author’s objective:  

Phantom Hounds is a series of small solo campaigns that aims to make the most of old-school mapping and gameplay. Think of it as Coming of the Dark done Onyx-style. For now, one of the major goals of the project is to create conversions of certain multiplayer maps (some well known, some less so) that would be especially interesting as solos. However, unlike its prequel, Haunted Heart also has some original mesh work by Graydon. Expect to see exciting new scenarios, plenty of your favorite TFL units, more detail in the Great War backstory, and above all a healthy dose of gameplay in the traditional Myth style.

The Phantom Hounds are trained for special ops -- covert strikes, stealth missions, assassinations, etc. -- and the
gameplay of Phantom Hounds: Haunted Heart reflects this focus somewhat more than the first campaign did.  You'll most
often find yourself with a smaller team of hero units or a unitset tailored to a specific mission objective, as in "Bloat" from the Call of Glory campaign.  When the most vicious of assaults threatens and all other options are expended, however, 
even the Phantom Hounds must stand fast and face the enemy head on.


Credits:

-Scripting, tag work, concept, journals, and flavor texts by A-Red
-Some mesh work (see below), plugin preview, modifications for pregame and postgames by Graydon
-Detail textures by Revan*

*Note: Because this mapset is classic in style and the detail textures are large, they are included as a separate, optional plugin file titled "PHHH Detail Textures."  The dtex plugin should be located in the same zip file as the campaign plugin and this readme.

The Maps:
-The Lone and Level Sands = Alzruic Epoch by GimpMask with touch-ups by Graydon
-The Wall by Ghost-Light = Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil by Leadfeather
-Haunted Heart = original mesh and colormap by Graydon
-Lost Echoes = Under Muirthemne by HMP
-The Gauntlet = The Gauntlet by TJ
-Soul of Iron = untitled mesh by Soma, colormap and architectural models by Graydon

Beta Testers: Fury, Pyro, Graydon, Revan, and Souly

Special thanks to:

-Welly for the ported Dirigible unit.
-Naraoia for Eight Coyote Comet, originally from the plugin The Year of Burning Stone.
-Michael King for music used in the credits; previously used in The Year of Burning Stone.
-Souly for improving the in-game sound quality of the music mentioned above.
-Sciron for the Solo Campaign pregame.
-Pyro, Fury, and Souly for troubleshooting help with various tags.
-Fury for the sound used in the Trow Priest's attack.
-Project Magma for The Fallen Levels and TFL Mappack, from which I got some tags.
-Bungie for reasons too complicated to explain  :-P

The biggest thanks goes to those who allowed me to use their maps as the base for my levels.  This plugin would not exist without them.

You may use anything made for this plugin to aid you in making your own.  If you borrow resources from us or anyone else, please give credit where it is due.  You may redistribute this plugin if the readme and detail texture plugin are included and you do not intend to use it for commercial purposes.

This plugin was created with Bungie tools Fear and Loathing and Bungie copyrighted artwork. All rights reserved.
