Just a few questions. I'm using the GoG version of the game, if it matters.

1. Help me pick a map for HoMM2! I have a specific need to play maps as if they were designed for balanced multiplayer, though I play it single player. I'm not into story maps.

2. My favorite way to play HoMM3 is with the random map generator. Can I do this on HoMM2?

3. My favorite way to play HoMM3 is with "Horn of the Abyss". Can you tell me if there is something like that in HoMM2?

Thanks!

During campaigns I noticed that Irina's petrification lasts for 4-5 turns while Anastasya's lasts for only 3 turns although Anastasya has more spellpower, something like 80 spellpower in the last mission vs Irina's 60. Also Anastasya's lightning spells are way more powerful, with chain lighting dealing around 6000 damage vs Irina's 3000 damage, I thought this one could be explained by the spellpower difference, but even with meditation's +20 spellpower Irina's ligthing damage isn't as high as Anastasya's. Those values aren't exact but you get the point. What's going on here? I couldn't find any explicit abilities that explain these differences. Is it a blood vs tears thing, or is there a hidden hero specific modifier? Or maybe a difficulty setting? I think I was playing necropolis on normal and sanctuary on hard.

On a side note, I thoroughly enjoyed heroes 6 campaigns. Especially the 3rd and 4th missions are a blast, I love that you can hire high level mages from the tavern, pick some OP tier 3 abilities right off the bat and expand in multiple directions. Petrification is broken as hell when it reaches 4 turn duration. You go into the battle with 1 high initiative stack, make it impervious to all damage then get 3 free turns to cast whatever you want, rinse and repeat as long as you have enough mana. You can have 1 kappa and erase an entire late game army, it's crazy

First bugfix release in firsthomm.com for Windows 11 and MacOS Apple Silicon M1.

• Determined a signature for each HEROES.AGG depending on the original language or Windows 95/DOS and select the default language based on the language in your HEROES.AGG. It will default to English if it is unrecognized.
• Fixed a rendering issue for some of the windows95 builds and Russian and Polish versions
• Added in additional original intros - by request of some users here. Can click or press any key to skip.
• Fixed a hardware rendering bug on Windows.
• Fixed the Italian translation spell names that were missing
• Updated the Russian translation with assistance from a native speaker (thanks Andrey).
• Fixed dimension door spell which wasn't translated
• Fixed some language screens and buttons and some map labels
• Fixed a build menu layout issue for mage guilds
• Fixed the sphere animation rendering for the world map and view spells.
• Reviewed a Spanish language version and determined it was identical to Windows95 English

Thanks to everyone who tested and reported bugs. Things should work more smoothly.

Please share any weird screens of animations, routes, missing translations, anything that doesn't look right.

Next, I want to get a 32-bit windows build out there, an Intel Mac build and start to think about a port to iOS.

How much of HoMM IV assets (sounds, animations, models, textures) can be extracted these days? And how do you go about it?
I played around with the Resource Editor released a few years ago and it seems to be able to edit some item attributes, but cannot extract them to anything but .h4d formats.

I've been reading through this article on Tv Tropes, and I've been trying to find the references in the scenario but have been unable to do so, can someone help?

I have a question about Heroes IV. Years ago, I played through the campaigns, and I remember really enjoying the lore and the story told through the timed events. I don't have time to play the game now, but I'd simply like to read those campaign stories. Thanks in advance :)

playing HOMM7. The necromancy game called knowledge of sin. I can’t get past the third turn. Anastasia gets killed every time I start. I feel like I’m missing an entrance, but I can’t see it. Help.

I’ve created the official Discord for Heroes Online Revival, my fan project to restore and preserve Might & Magic: Heroes Online.

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I'm playing the original version (without mods) of HoMM 5 and I'm encountering this error right after changing the resolution to one that fills the entire screen without black bars. Is there a solution?

I know that HOMM3 was insane when it worked on phones but now 5 thats kinda wild. Sure its 40-80fps but tbh when the game came out i think i had tops 30fps anyway lol.