HOMM/MM (Heroes of) Might & Magic(:Heroes) General

[Anonymous No.6202285]

Home edition

HoMM3 pastebin: https://pastebin.com/6G9B1cMA

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[Anonymous No.6202378]

>>6202285
>dungeon
Based. It's the best town.

[Anonymous No.6202496]

bleh

[Anonymous No.6203140]

>>6202496
Quiet now, you don't want to wake the dragon do you?

[Anonymous No.6203436]

>>6202285
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7joqHpvSXo

[Anonymous No.6203439]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7joqHpvSXo

you can thank me later

[Anonymous No.6203670]

any good mods for heros 2? its just so damn pretty.

[Anonymous No.6204423]

Homm1 anon, if you are here take my "thanks".
Your posts reminded me that I want to play HoMM1 again. Having a blast right now with it.

By the way, I'm same good old hota-anon of this board, and I've based two maps (Marsh and Island of Dust) On NWC's original maps of the HoMM1.

Do you have any idea which maps I can adapt and include in future hota updates?

[Anonymous No.6204467]

>>6202378
I'm still pretty new to HoMM3, bit Dungeon is definitely my favourite town

[Anonymous No.6204614]

Necropolis

[Anonymous No.6205097]

>>6204467
same, I'm loving beholders and minotaurs, good moral has come in super handy
harpies and medusas are pretty good too, dragons are my favorite tier sevens

[Anonymous No.6205270]

>>6204467
Good choice, it's very competitive and fun to play at all levels.

[Anonymous No.6205415]

>>6204423
HoMM1 is so broken. Every hero can use the armageddon spell.

[Anonymous No.6205726]

playing mm6 mandate of heaven and having trouble finding an axe. have level 4 and expert in axe and the crusader sword (+6) is still doing more damage than a battle axe (+2) (best ive found so far)

[Anonymous No.6205856]

>>6205415
Any hero can use the Armageddon spell in any heroes game, can’t they?

[Anonymous No.6205867]

>>6205726
Axes and maces shops are (from worst to best) in Mire of the Damned, Silver Cove and Kriegspire. Just save before entering and reload til you get Dwarven Axe (or Supreme Axe in Kriegspire store). Btw, relic axe is shit with 4d2+14 damage +100 hp and -50 Luck.

[Anonymous No.6206261]

>>6205726
My favourite part of my all-Knight run was doing the Master Axe quest, taking no offensive wands or scrolls with me, and getting trapped in a backroom by a physical-immune ooze. I had to starve my party to death

[Anonymous No.6206616]

>>6202496
What happen to the hydra poster?

[Anonymous No.6206683]

>>6205415
It is, but that isn't why.

[Anonymous No.6206804]

>>6204614
more of this

[Anonymous No.6208085]

>>6203439
What is this? I've now spent ages listening to this and other songs from them. It's like their whole shtick is pretending to be a DnD Party. It sounds like the sound track to a heavy metal disney film.

[Anonymous No.6208503]

having trouble beating turning point in the archibald campaign in homm2. any advice?

[Anonymous No.6208525]

What does the Sleep option do on a hero? Does it have any other point than to prevent the "one or more of your heroes can still move" warning when clicking Next Turn?

[Anonymous No.6208594]

Playing inferno takes a big brain, you wouldn't understand.

[Anonymous No.6208671]

>>6203439
ngl, "Hero" metal is really cringe. Gloryhammer and all them are mega trash

[Anonymous No.6208709]

are there any mods that allow you to use heroes as units during combat or lets you level them? I got in via HoMM IV and it's something I really enjoyed

[Anonymous No.6208791]

>>6208525
Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s all it’s for.

[Anonymous No.6208801]

>>6208709
Not that I’m aware of. Have you tried playing heroes 5? It’s not the same as heroes 4 because the heroes are static and can’t be attacked directly, but they can do a physical attack instead of casting spells if you want, and there are a few skills which can make it alright (but magic is still way better).

[Anonymous No.6208807]

>>6204423
Can’t think of any particularly good ones, sorry. I think four nations was pretty cool. Slugfest from Homm2 was also always a favourite of mine.

Which faction do you prefer in Homm1?

[Anonymous No.6208930]

>>6208671
Rebranded power metal. It's a trash genre, so on the occasion that something good comes out of it it's really entertaining.

[Anonymous No.6208936]

>>6208801
How is 4? I like the idea of the heroes being similar to a king piece.

[Anonymous No.6208952]

>>6208671
I'm not a fan of Gloryhammer, but I do like Rhapsody and Twilight Force. But in general I hate power metal/death metal/most metal.

I'd probably like Powerquest too if the singer didn't sound like a springsteen impersonator whose voice just cracked.

[Anonymous No.6208985]

>>6204614
>vampire is a bald ayylmao with bitch tits and no eyebrows
pls no

[Anonymous No.6209004]

>>6208936
4 was rushed on a shoestring budget and it really shows. So opinions are all over the place on it. Anywhere from being the best, to having potential, to a piece of shit. It really depends on you. Personally, I like it a lot--but not as much as 3, so I almost never play it.

[Anonymous No.6209029]

>>6208671
>Gloryhammer and all them are mega trash
PLEB ALERT
PLEB ALERT
Imagine being such a joyless fun-hating cunt that you dislike Gloryhammer holy shit.

[Anonymous No.6209086]

>>6208936
Campaigns are great - peak HoMM. Lack of random maps sucks ass. Maps that exist are bad. Game's production was mirred with so many issues it would made a decent book and/or a good drama movie. Either way, if you want some solid campaigns, go ahead. Just don't expect HoMM3 replayability.
Changes in mechanics are hit and miss, some are great, some are trash, some are half-finished to meet the literal deadline
- the game was about 75-80% finished when it hit stores

>>6209004
>4 was rushed on a shoestring budget
4 was made when 3DO was already bankrupt and was pulling NWC down-under with it.
> and it really shows
true

[Anonymous No.6209142]

>>6209086
>campaign has 3MB of textboxes so it's good
H4fags, ladies and gentlemen.

[Anonymous No.6209535]

>>6208936
okay. It was certainly rushed and to some people it feels shitty. It does have good music and some cool aspects about it, like the Heroes being real usable units.

[Anonymous No.6209539]

>>6208807
well no worries, I have few ideas. Also I kinda hate Homm2 so not going to bother with it's maps. Hota crew already has enough HoMM2 lovers (and it shows in the new content).

As for HoMM1 my favorite is definitely Warlock. For the aesthetic, for cute dragons, for the dread of survival horror until you locate sulfur mine and then rape entire map with dragons.

[Anonymous No.6209802]

>>6202285
Is it possible for me to enjoy any of the MM games if I'm objectively stupid?

[Anonymous No.6209818]

>>6209802
Yeah. I actually have a certified learning impairment and ADD and I got into Might & Magic; you can enjoy the simple pleasures of holding down a fight button and exploring. Like most of my time with Isles of Terra and the Xeen games was holding down A. Maybe don't start with MM1, but MM3 should be okay. It's probably one of the easiest games to get into old RPGs.

[Anonymous No.6209919]

>>6204467
Based. Dungeon is strong like Castle but the aesthetic is more spicy

[Anonymous No.6209930]

>>6202496
sssssssssacha

[Anonymous No.6209997]

>>6209818
Thank you anon.

[Anonymous No.6210509]

Kinda tired of the long 1v7 games in XL maps. What are the ideal settings for a quick game against the AI in H3 ? I was thinking M size, 1v3. What do you think? I usually play impossible if that matters.

[Anonymous No.6210558]

>>6204423
Yo it's you!
Marsh was one of the first maps I've tried in Hota and it instantly earned my love for it.
I haven't played much of HoMM1, but I love Broken Alliance from HoMM2 so here's my vote for it.

[Anonymous No.6210720]

>>6204423
Not HoMM1 but maybe Regna Island from M&M8 would make for a good map, considering the lore behind Cove and all

[Anonymous No.6211740]

>>6210509
1v3AI is a good idea. I would just try out some 4 player map templates, ideally any that don't require water or underground. If you need added challenge team all the ai against you. Or you could even try out scenarios, many don't take long to complete.

[Anonymous No.6211745]

>>6210509
Every so often I go for a Barbarian Breakout game.

[Anonymous No.6211949]

>>6211745
How is that even playable on impossible? Large stacks of from multiple AIs show up before you can generate any income. Like week 2 ish.

[Anonymous No.6212040]

By week 2ish I mean anywhere from day 5-8 at your doorstep. Behemoths in tow vs whatever you can scrape together with $2500.

[Anonymous No.6212204]

Should I play the first two MM games? I've heard horror stories of how your characters miss every attack and random enemies killing you before even getting a turn.

[Anonymous No.6212517]

>>6211949
>>6211745
just started the map myself.
hardest difficulty, Picked Cove and Leena so I can have 500+350+250 income from a day one.

Second hero in tavern was Shakti. That's +65 troglodytes.

And then the first obelisk has revealed that grail is literally in 2 squares from my castle.
Much hard, very impossiburu XD

[Anonymous No.6212691]

>>6212204
I haven't finished it but I had fun playing the first one and I'm planning to get back to it. It's certainly not unplayable. It's just typical old school RPG shit, save frequently, but I don't remember ever getting suddenly ass raped out of the blue except when I was exploring an unfamiliar area.

[Anonymous No.6212696]

>>6211949
Last time I beat it on Expert I did it with Tower / Solmyr. It takes a little bit of luck and preferrably something that can easily exploit the shitty AI, so a hero with a good spell and a little bit of turtling will help.

[Anonymous No.6212698]

>>6212696
>Expert
Impossible*.

[Anonymous No.6212737]

>>6211745
>>6211949
>>6212517
As far as facing off against a big Barbarian horde goes, "Dawn of War" is the superior map imho. It's M instead of S, more players and more strategies you can use.

[Anonymous No.6212763]

>>6202285
>people still fucking play homm3 online
wtf bros

[Anonymous No.6212856]

>>6212517
>>6212691
I may or may not be of age to be on this website. I beat Barb Breakout as Red without having to cherry pick my heros on my first try. It's actually really easy if you're not stupid and have any idea how to play.

[Anonymous No.6212862]

>grindan for early expert earth magic
>stack storm and ice elementals
>mass slow
Is this the most cost effective mob clearing combo in the game?

[Anonymous No.6212865]

>>6212862
Idk if it's the most effective (and might be annoying on maps without wells) but certainly good, alongside
>Luna's firewall
>Ciele's magic arrow
>(HotA) Lorelei fast upg. Harpies
>Ivor's Elves
>Shakti's Trogs
>Gurnisson's ballista shenanigans with good micro and just a handful of goblins

[Anonymous No.6215265]

How do you play fortress?

[Anonymous No.6215283]

>>6204614
allow me a small fix

[Anonymous No.6215368]

Who's your spritefu, /vr/

>tfw no Ranger gf

[Anonymous No.6215370]

>>6215368
Conflux might/female is pretty hot

[Anonymous No.6215532]

>>6215368
female inferno magic
heretic 100%

She'd dominate me while also having a loving and caring side. Playfully bullying me all the time~ We'd play wrestle and she'd get annoyed if I grabbed her horns. What a gal.

[Anonymous No.6215619]

>>6215265
Get teleport and or expert haste. Keep Hydras, Gorgons, Wyverns, Dragonflies, not sure about basilisks, but definitely replace the tier 1 and 2 units with something better if you capture another town. Put 1 dragonfly per scout for speed. Conserve your good units, you want big stacks of things like Gorgons for endgame and Fortress defense focus should help. You can get units like Wyverns very early but it's important not to throw them away, use starting gnolls and even lizardmen as meatshields to help conserve your bigger units. Upgrades on the units I said to keep are very important.

[Anonymous No.6215857]

[Anonymous No.6217424]

Honest inquiry here, how the fuck do I into Tower?
Their early game in particular. Is there a trick to massing Master Gremlins, or are they just fucked if I meet a ranged stack/a hero with offensive spells (even just magic arrow)? Seems like they get focused no matter what I do, and they're slow as fuck, the high growth is their only redeeming feature as far as I can see

[Anonymous No.6217579]

I have a question only tangentially related to the thread topic, but I'll try anyway:
Does anybody know how to use the Sound Canvas VA from the R2R audio software collection? Whenever I try loading it in a VST host, it asks for the "Sound Canvas VA.dll", however all I have after installing R2R's version is a .bin of that file.

[Anonymous No.6217808]

>>6215857
Damn that's nice

[Anonymous No.6217832]

>>6217424
They're strong on resource and gold heavy maps. Mstr grems are shooters; but like any of the tier 1s they're quickly sapped by artillery, spells, or anything that bashes into them. AI focuses on the lowest def units.

This is an economy game. The physical creatures are the true currency, so conserving armies and rapidly expanding is generally ideal. If not possible, then turtling and hoping you can leverage a big level up from someone crashing into your castle walls or skating past a forward enemy horseman and nabbing an enemy castle preferably day 1 or 7. It's normally more cost effective to purchase higher level units over lower because they're more durable. I like nagas, titans, and iron golems for tower.

[Anonymous No.6217867]

>>6212204
It helps a lot if you read the manual. If you're too lazy/dumb/poor for graph paper there's an automapper that hooks into DOSBox called Where Are We Now or something like that.

[Anonymous No.6217959]

>>6217867
Is the "Cluebook" part of the official manual? I was sort of confused by it, it gives away all the maps and seems like cheating, but it's the only resource I could find that actually explained what stats were on weapons and armor and what they did. Did pro gamers just blindly equip shit and try to intuitively figure out what they did or am I missing something?

[Anonymous No.6218080]

>get +5 behemoths on week 3
i sometimes forget week rng is a thing

[Anonymous No.6218213]

>>6215368
my tower magic queen and me dungeon Van Darkholme

[Anonymous No.6218549]

Has there been any word on the Factory in HotA?

[Anonymous No.6218970]

>>6217959
No it was a separate purchase and it was more or less expected for you to buy it if you wanted to find everything (and how much of it was used determined how long you spent on the game). This was pretty common before the Internet got big. There were cluebooks for every game in the series, but things got a lot easier/more casual starting at 3, with Xeen still being an excellent entry to DOS RPGs for anyone that hasn't played any before. The old pastebin went over the 5 generations (most should enjoy 6-8, 3-5 are really good, 1-2 are more hardcore, and 9 doesn't exist).

[Anonymous No.6218975]

>>6217959
Also there should be an identify option for gold in the shops.

[Anonymous No.6218993]

>>6217959
MM2 added some things like identify at shops for gold and an automap once you learn the skill.

[Anonymous No.6219030]

>>6218549
it still looks like retarded shit, and it still makes cove look slightly better by comparison

[Anonymous No.6219037]

>>6218970
M&M 3 is a bit more primitive than 4/5 despite sharing the same engine. The spritework is lower res, the color palette is smaller, and you can't use the mouse to interact with gameworld elements (when you move the mouse cursor onto the world view, it turns into movement arrows).

OBTW, I asked my previous question >>6217579 because I want to play M&M 3/4/5 with Roland support. I'm tired of the farty SBPro synth renditions.

[Anonymous No.6219041]

>>6208936
Can be played with heroes only

you tell me

[Anonymous No.6219309]

>>6218549
well, dev is here as usual, I can answer some of your questions.

>>6219030
You are funny, I'll nerf you last.

[Anonymous No.6219339]

>>6212865
>>Luna's firewall
What is the reliable firewall trick again?

[Anonymous No.6219347]

>>6219309
>well, dev is here as usual, I can answer some of your questions.
Why? Instead of some Jadame based faction or Forge? What is the basis outside of the Bracada desert music in MM7?
>also resetting resistance to what it was is based, thank you

[Anonymous No.6219348]

Ekhem, FUCK INFERNO!

[Anonymous No.6219356]

Also how do I teach new players to play this??? Which is the best map? Should I start them on vanilla H3?

[Anonymous No.6219370]

>>6219309
How is the progress?

>>6219347
Lore background is post-Kreegan invasion Eofol IIRC, that's why there's Halflings and scorched ground.

[Anonymous No.6219405]

>>6219347
>some Jadame based faction or Forge?
but Factory is tightly connected to Jadame.
It also re-imagines many things from NWC forge. Like Pyros and Dreadnoughts are the only original units in Forge (rest were already existing in game species) are both in factory. And there are (and will be even more) references in the town screen.

>also resetting resistance to what it was is based, thank you
thanks. Yet there are still people who complains.

> How is the progress?
Not very fast but steadily we are completing thing by thing. At the end I think almost no assets from what was shown in May will make it to release version. MANY things are being remade from a scratch. But that's Hota quality standards for you.

Same happened with terrain, the release version miles better than what we had in demo in may. (and that's the reason why the terrain update was delayed)

> Lore background is post-Kreegan invasion Eofol IIRC, that's why there's Halflings and scorched ground.
Close, but not exactly.
It's easy to figure out once you'll take in account the "wild west" part of the faction.

[Anonymous No.6219414]

>>6219405
Ty for the quick answer, have you ever felt ballsy enough to try and build a Karigor?

[Anonymous No.6219427]

>>6219414
>a Karigor
Who?

[Anonymous No.6219440]

We need a plant/water faction

[Anonymous No.6219469]

>>6219427
A lot of the flavor text for items in MM7 referenced Karigor as the home of the Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon and the war they had that spread to Antagarich

[Anonymous No.6220580]

>>6219037
I don't know if this is what you are looking for because I haven't played with the sound settings much but from the pastebin:

If you want to play Might and Magic 3-5 with higher quality audio, download MUNT (https://sourceforge.net/projects/munt/)) and these roms (https://mega.nz/#!pA5HzDyJ!THTL9MSIs_WN5XBEexIkMNBo7nfNWAMT6QmRDHvbhtk))

[Anonymous No.6220582]

>>6219440
Isn't that basically Fortress?

[Anonymous No.6221039]

>>6219440
No, the game needs more neutral units. 10 or something factions is plenty.

[Anonymous No.6221473]

>>6203670

Succession wars

[Anonymous No.6221481]

Is HoMM3 worth getting into if I plan on playing single player only?

[Anonymous No.6221490]

>>6221481

it´s turn based, of course single playing is better.

[Anonymous No.6221505]

>>6220580
Thanks man, I'll try to set up MUNT.

[Anonymous No.6221608]

>>6221490
Alright, thank you

[Anonymous No.6223030]

>>6219356
The campaigns actually ramp up the difficultly pretty well as long as you do them in order. Just tell them about how powerful town portal is and the rest should follow eventually. Remember there is even a tutorial level.

[Anonymous No.6223129]

>>6221473
whoa that looks fucking sweet

[Anonymous No.6223172]

>>6223129
except it's a homm3 mod, not 2.

[Anonymous No.6223341]

>imagine having a homm character as a waifu

[Anonymous No.6223705]

>>6223341
>imagine having a homm character as a waifu
I can and I will.

[Anonymous No.6224076]

>>6219348
Not based. Inferno should be a lovable underdog because it's a tragedy that pretty much the crappiest town has the sickest aesthetic and town music.

I really do wish it was actually intimidating enough to be worthy of a soundtrack like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHaLZBxJMdc

[Anonymous No.6224851]

>>6223705
Would you slap a fairy?

[Anonymous No.6224949]

>>6210509
1v1, smallest map, no underworld, start with tower/Solmyr or fortress/Bron.
Restart until you get a map you win on turn 1.

[Anonymous No.6225017]

If I wanted a fun HOMM3 game with another human player, what sort of settings would be ideal? Assume there's a large skill gap between the two players.

[Anonymous No.6225032]

>>6225017
1v1, smallest map, no underworld, start with tower/Solmyr or fortress/Bron.
Restart until you get a map you win on turn 1.

[Anonymous No.6225115]

>>6225032
No rush 3 months plz.

[Anonymous No.6225139]

>>6224851
>Would you slap a fairy?
Only if they're naughty.

[Anonymous No.6225143]

>>6225017
>>6225032
Anyone got any serious answers?

[Anonymous No.6225154]

>>6225143
You could try co-op on a map where you're allies. I'm sure there's some maps where one player has a handicap that you could also try - tho getting it just right so you're even is nigh impossible.

[Anonymous No.6225157]

>>6225017
Just let the stronger player support the weaker player with resources. Make "don't let the newbie player lose" an imaginary additional objective.

[Anonymous No.6225304]

>>6225157
This. You should be the weaker player's ally for the first few games to show them the ropes. Might also want to exclude water maps.

[Anonymous No.6225354]

>>6225017
Depends. Do you and the stronger player want to be in a Team?

Otherwise it'd be difficult because most scenarios as well as random map templates are designed to give no unfair advantage to anybody. Your only option would be faction-wise - let's say the stronger guy picks Inferno and you pick Castle, Dungeon or Cove.

[Anonymous No.6225775]

>>6225143
JC if you play with skill gap, as its really rng dependend, Jebus gives and takes. For similar skill, I would say H3dm

[Anonymous No.6225783]

>>6205856
If you get Wisdom, yes.

[Anonymous No.6225916]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFDWbfdxqE

HAPPENING LIVE

[Anonymous No.6226410]

>>6225916
Do the members of the orchestra know what the material they're performing is from? I know HoMM is much more popular in Slavland, but damn.

[Anonymous No.6226459]

>>6226410
I imagine they would, HOMM3 was fucking huge in Poland.

[Anonymous No.6226464]

>>6226410
They're all fans. They're called Heroes Orchestra for a reason. I'm sad that no one here knew about this event happening and I've stumbled upon it by pure accident right as it was winding down.

[Anonymous No.6226793]

dragon slayer is the most tedious campaign

[Anonymous No.6227129]

>>6226459
It still is

[Anonymous No.6227174]

there was an update on Uplay and my Homm 6 started to crash on startup. Earlier Heroes still works tho, anyone had similar issue?

[Anonymous No.6227251]

>>6226793
>oh you didn't get master fire magic?
>have fun restarting the whole campaign :DDDD

[Anonymous No.6227303]

>>6225916
>that Secret Theme

perfect, they did some corny polish disco polo last time

[Anonymous No.6227469]

I finally did it. I won Warlords. It's the one map I always started as a kid, played for a bit, and then never finished because I was so slow. This time, I just started going and busted 2 AI's before stopping for anything. From there it was easy going, despite the map being dirt poor in resource stacks.

Also holy fuck conflux is OP. The last AI had that and the phoenix stack was just plain absurd. Fortunately I had two mains to throw at that hero since neither was strong enough on its own.

[Anonymous No.6227481]

>>6226793
>nwcphisherprice
Ah, a man of culture!

[Anonymous No.6228008]

>>6223341
Imagine having a spin-off character as your husbando

[Anonymous No.6228181]

How do I get into the series? What entries are the best to start with? I've heard of MM6 the most and it looks interesting.

[Anonymous No.6228223]

>>6228181
4+5 (one long game called world of xeen) if you want old 2d turn- and grid-based game. if you like it and want more of the same play 3 after. 6 if you want 3d free roaming world. if you like it and want more of the same play 7 after. if you still want more and enjoy being disappointed play 8.

[Anonymous No.6228352]

>>6228181
3 > 2 > 5 > the rest > literal dogshit > 6 onwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8v5__Ytf4

[Anonymous No.6228490]

>>6228352
Thought you were talking M&M for a sec like the other anon, that I was reading the hottest take possible.

[Anonymous No.6228507]

>>6228490
Oh right, my brain auto defaults to HOMM and forgets the regular old "MM" versions exist too.

>>6228181
MM6 and 7, then call it a day I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6rmG4ZbLTA

[Anonymous No.6228749]

Does anyone know why the movies do not play when I use the HD+ patch? The 3DO animation at the start plays, but things like the spell book turning or the scenario complete videos simply do not play.

>>6227303
>they did some corny polish disco polo last time

They did Sandstorm by Darude which was kind of a huge hit around the time Heroes came out. Some would say annoyingly big. Either way it's so much part of pop culture that even the "When mom isn't home" people covered it.

[Anonymous No.6228819]

>>6228749
Go to tweaks, can re-enable them.

[Anonymous No.6228907]

>>6228819
If you mean <Bink Video> = 1, it does nothing, videos still don't play.

[Anonymous No.6229495]

>>6228181
3 if you can stand grid blobber game play
6 if you want to go straight to 2.5d
1 and 2 are bit too archaic for beginners
4&5 is more of 3 but bigger and quite bit easier
7 is easier but smaller version of 6 with more (mostly useless) classes
8 is pretty rushed and very unbalanced mess but okay if you liked 6 and 7
9 was done when 3DO was in it's death throes and it shows
10 is ubishit that's closer to a wizardry and MM hybrid than actual MM game

[Anonymous No.6230057]

>>6227469
Congratz. Now play War of the Mighty which is a bigger and harder version of Warlords. I have never beaten it above Hard difficulty because the Dungeon enemy always ends up fucking me.

[Anonymous No.6230224]

>>6225916
Pity they couldn't get Kareen Mushegain or Grant Youngblood on the stage to do the Heroes 2 tracks.

[Anonymous No.6231768]

>>6230057
>XL map
Yeah, sorry, but no thanks. It'd just be a massive slog to get through.

[Anonymous No.6231793]

Is there a way to
- disable the "Month of the (creature)" events, that end up spawning random monsters, and end up blocking the path?
- edit the map on a saved file, to remove a monster should this happen?

[Anonymous No.6231848]

>>6231793
I'm not 100% sure, but i think WOK had a setting like this

[Anonymous No.6231853]

>>6231848
Meant WOG, sorry

[Anonymous No.6232053]

Making the map.

[Anonymous No.6232065]

[Anonymous No.6232083]

>>6232065
Cute

[Anonymous No.6232472]

>>6231793
>disable the "Month of the (creature)" event
In HotA yes. Under Tools->Map Specifications you can disable monster/plague weeks.

If you don't have HotA you can simply put a blue Event bubble on the spot that needs to stay free. Monsters will never spawn on those. That's how map makers used to solve this problem back in the day.

>edit the map on a saved file
No. I ran into that problem once when a fan-made map required me to waterwalk to a sign. This used to be possible in SoD but not in HotA for some reason. In the end I had to start over.

[Anonymous No.6232906]

Some Factory news:
Docent has mentioned the current townscreen is discarded. New one is in the making.

[Anonymous No.6232964]

I know regular M&M discussion isn't super popular but I'm running through MM4/5 right now, curious to know if there's a good place to get some cash for the road.
I'm using Ludmeister's monster mod which turns the Dwarf Mines into an absolute nightmare, so I need to prepare before going in there but of course the Vertigo weapon shop is trash. So I need pricier stuff, but I need gold for that.

Anyone got reliable places? I've just kind of been mucking through the rivers, shooting monsters where they can't hit me.

[Anonymous No.6233019]

>>6232053
What's that?

[Anonymous No.6233028]

>>6232964
As an addendum to this, what the hell does Clairvoyance actually do? What context(s) do these gargoyle heads nod or shake on?

[Anonymous No.6233143]

Does /vr/ ever play HotA together?

[Anonymous No.6233205]

>>6233028
The first one is if it's safe and the second one is if there is treasure.

>>6232964
It's somewhat expected that you already know the game to play that mod, but the idea was to go through the pyramid and do some of the easier Castleview quests. The normal place to get early gold in Clouds is in the dwarf mines. Go to a mirror and type Mine1 or just walk west from Vertigo. Getting back will require walking back or using Mr. Wizard (who takes all your party gems) until you get spells like Lloyd's Beacon or Town Portal. Your last option is finding Phirna Roots all over Toad Meadow south of Vertigo which give 5 potions that sell for a decent amount. If you are looking for an exploit you should know that if you haven't seen an enemy it won't agro unless you walk on its tile or it comes into your field of view, so walking backwards and sidestepping will let you skip the worst enemies. There are a couple fountains right outside Vertigo that give temporary armor class and hp.

[Anonymous No.6233394]

>>6233205
Actually, I figured a way around the tougher stuff; I just had to play safe and stock up some vendor trash so I could buy Prot from Elements, between which and Cure Poison I started cutting swathes through the mines. Now's just a matter of gearing up.

Thanks for the Clairvoyance tip!

[Anonymous No.6233481]

>>6233143
I donno about /vr/ but I have multiple friends I play HotA with since it's a clear improvement.
My two brothers and many friends and I all played HoMM3 as kids, at times together, and so we all love it dearly. The sheer QoL in HotA-- accepting or rejecting witch huts or scholars, seeing artifact names, having spell formulae in the description to name a few key components-- is like playing the game with a whole new breath of fresh air, and since we mostly just romp against AI, the improvements thereto have been wonderful to face down.

Frankly, I admire the game single player and it's not on the level of some games where I consider the multiplayer to be a key component of enjoyment, but to enjoy the game with friends is just such a comfy time.

[Anonymous No.6233658]

How do I download any of the games from the link in the OP without the MEGA app? It keeps stopping me from downloading it.

[Anonymous No.6233748]

Heroes 3 is a great game, but for reasons I just can't quite put into words I prefer almost every single thing about Heroes 2 more. About the only thing I like better in 3 are the slightly better hero growth options like magic specializations and things along those lines.

[Anonymous No.6233945]

>>6233748
Heroes 2 is comfier, and the pixel graphics aged relatively better than 3's rendered sprites, but the economy is whack. NWC made the correct decision in increasing gold income in 3. In 2 there were some towns where you couldn't afford to buy a (non-growth) week's worth of creatures, even with a gold mine and a hero with Estates.

[Anonymous No.6234094]

>>6231793
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=44581

[Anonymous No.6234160]

>>6233658
It's likely you reached your daily transfer limit. Just wait for the next day and try again.

[Anonymous No.6234274]

>>6233945
>but the economy is whack. NWC made the correct decision in increasing gold income in 3. In 2 there were some towns where you couldn't afford to buy a (non-growth) week's worth of creatures, even with a gold mine and a hero with Estates.
Yeah, it hurts to admit but definitely. Just tried to do a random map with the knight town for old time's sake and I was struggling hard to fund just archers + some meat shield swordmen / pikes.

[Anonymous No.6234297]

Okay, something's fucky. The mouse is sticking in places it's been and I can't click any of the buttons after the first one.

Is this a known problem?

[Anonymous No.6234317]

>>6234297
When I tab out and back in, it's just a black screen. Seems to happen every time I play the game after about 5 seconds of run time, no idea what to try.

[Anonymous No.6234436]

>>6234297
Your cursor is having a party and he is inviting you to join.

[Anonymous No.6234712]

Ok help me out, I'm stuck in the house due to political unrest in some African country, how do I beat AI on Impossible in HotA?
TRAINING IS THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME STRONGER

[Anonymous No.6234750]

Oh god trapped and bumplocked, fix /vr/ when?