sirironfist said:

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Another question: Can you do something to "motivate" the AI to recruit more heroes? All the different players on my G map never seem to have more than 2 or 3 heroes. (Hota again)

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wenwell said:

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Anchor point and one-tile teleportation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhPzJD5GiXc

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RoseKavalier said:

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Interesting but hdmod-specific

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wenwell said:

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I checked subtype option in Creature Bank and found that some of them could be useful and not lead to crash, at least I hope so!

Subtype numbers: 7, 6, 50, 259, 221, 158, 160. I have not found crash pattern for this one but extensive testing recommended. Subtype 7 is a same as Shipwreck but with a changeable type of terrain.

Unstable (use at your own risk): 152, 161, 405, 930.

This all is found on a quick search.

Video: https://youtu.be/QDKoJSO0aMc

One with a magog as reward is my favorite.  

Any ideas how it could be improved or, maybe, this garbage might cause a crash at some point? Most of this subtypses work only in HD-mod

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RoseKavalier said:

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Unfortunately, this is not a good "find".
You are reading random dynamic data that might be different every time you launch the game (or reboot, or on a different pc). In some rare subtypes it might just stumble on data that is static but it's still buggy as hell because the name of the object is set in there and that will almost always cause a crash.

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Titanfall2020 said:

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Hey guys. I'm thinking of remaking the Warcraft 3 campaigns in Homm3. I'm a few maps in and it seems like it could be pretty fun to do them all. Most creatures from War3 have a good corollary in Homm3, building cityscapes like Strathholme is going to be tough but I think I can manage it.

Just wondering if anyone has ever done this before? Or if it sounds like fun to play in Homm3 format ?

Cheers guys

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wenwell said:

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Titanfall2020 said:

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Hey guys. I'm thinking of remaking the Warcraft 3 campaigns in Homm3. I'm a few maps in and it seems like it could be pretty fun to do them all. Most creatures from War3 have a good corollary in Homm3, building cityscapes like Strathholme is going to be tough but I think I can manage it.

Just wondering if anyone has ever done this before? Or if it sounds like fun to play in Homm3 format ?

Cheers guys

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I could only remember a this one - https://heroesportal.net/maps/view/4187

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Biobob said:

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Today we will learn about a different method of hex-editing, best suited for working with small values that are otherwise hard to find by the method described above by RoseKavalier. In the shown example, we will change the loss condition of a map to the end of the first day, which is normally not possible in the H3 editor!

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~Hex-Editing: Comparing Values~

Tools needed
HxD , grab it [url=https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD]here[/url]
7-Zip, grab it [url=http://www.7-zip.org/]here[/url]
Note that you can also use different tools, but these two are very simple to use and small in size

Let's get going

Step one: Creating the maps

NOTE: Make sure to start the editor in administrator mode! Otherwise a small problem might occur later

Start by creating a small map without underground (for convenience reasons, we want as little a map as possible -> less values



Edit the loss condition to two days (you can find it under Tools -> Map Specifications -> Special Loss Condition):


Save the map (choose a logical name, like in the example below):



Then change the loss condition to three days (again Tools -> Map Specifications -> Special Loss Condition, I suggest you change it in the same map, so that as much information as possible is shared):



Save this map as well:




Step two: Preparing the maps for hex editor usage


Find your map in the explorer (Standard path is C:/Program Files (x86)/3DO/Heroes 3 Complete/Maps, if you don't find it, go to C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files (x86)/3DO/Heroes 3 Complete/Maps, it means you did not start the editor in administrator mode (applies to newer versions of windows, for a little older ones, you can click a button 'show compatibility files' that does the same) and extract the files using 7-Zip (as learned above ):




Step three: Changing the values in hex editor


Open HxD.exe and load the two files that are now without an file extension (in my case '2' and '3'):



Analysis -> File-compare -> compare:



The two loaded files will be suggested by default:



Click F6 (or Analysis -> File-compare -> Next difference) until we hit a point of interest: two values at the same spot, with two different values '02' and '03' (note that there are several differences at the start of the file, surrounded by 'a wall' of FF values, those don't interest us, they will always be different but carry no significance for us):



Once we've found that spot, close one of the files, and rename the value of the other file to '01' (without the 'quotation marks', equals day one loss condition):



Save the file (I chose '1' for the name), then rename it back to .h3m extension:




Ignore the warning message...



Note: If you can't see the file extensions, follow this graphic. Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> File Explorer Options -> Change to 'View' Tab -> Uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types'. For older versions of Windows, I suggest looking it up online




Step four: Check the result


Let's see in the map editor...well, you can't really do that. Why? The H3 map editor does not allow for a loss condition of one day, so it will crash if you check the 'Special Loss Condition' tab:


Instead, check it ingame (need to add a hero to the finished map, or it won't be playable). Indeed, the loss condition changed to one day! A glorious thing for day-1 puzzle maps!

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This method can be applied to all problems where values can not be easily changed or need to stay low, with the most important one being the one described here.

For convenience, I have created Day 1 Loss Templated in all sizes

Download
[url=https://sites.google.com/site/biobobslaboratory/downloads/Day%201%20Loss%20Templates.rar?attredirects=0&d=1]Day 1 Loss Templates[/url]

Greets

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Titanfall2020 said:

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Hi guys! I recently played a custom map in which certain objects appeared and functioned as other objects! For example a ship was turned into a resource, and an abandoned mine was turned into a subterranean gate. My favorite was rocks as a quest guard which dissapeared.

Can anyone point me in the direction to learn about how this is possible an Hota compatible ?

Tyvm )

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