Salamandre said:

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The backside is that the chinese version runs without problem, but for the english one, Kaspersky shuts my system and goes mad. Then performed a complete scan, didn't find any problem yet asks me to fix the problem.

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Salamandre said:

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The backside is that the chinese version runs without problem, but for the english one, Kaspersky shuts my system and goes mad. Then performed a complete scan, didn't find any problem yet asks me to fix the problem.

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RoseKavalier said:

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3. Search for value 10 53 0f 4e 20 90. This is the id of custom named Mullich as 'aaa'. If you use another name, this will be different and you will need to search for yourself.

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Biobob said:

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How to put a puzzle battle in the middle of the map

Requirements:
-Player must not be able to defeat 4000 azure dragons/titans/whatever on cursed ground yet
-1-7 creature types not used anywhere else in the map (not mandatory, but highly recommended)

Most mapmakers who like to place combat puzzles on their maps know this problem: While on the first day, it is possible to set a hero with specific artifacts, creatures and stats, it gets harder and harder to control later on. What can we do? I present the puzzle gate:



Let me explain the contraption: The main problem when placing a specific puzzle combat in the middle of the map is that it is impossible to control the creatures the player can bring. What we do to counter this, is placing a one-way path (Note: This wont work if the player is able to defeat 4000 Azure dragons on cursed ground) where the player passes a huge amount of azure dragons without actually fighting, then proceeding to take some useless creatures. One way gate, you ask? This is due to the order battles take place when there are multiple options:



Knowing this, there is only one limitation to this method (apart from the method mentioned above): You must find at least 7 creatures not used anywhere in the map (Note: This is only to make it 100% bullet proof. If you dont do this, the player will still be able to bring some peasants, halflings, etc.)).

Some suggestions for seldomly used/useless creatures (at least those are the ones I use most for this kind of gate):

-Rogue
-Boar
-Peasant
-Halfling
-Iron Golem
-Stone Golem
-Gold Golem
-Diamond Golem
-Mummy
-Troll

Now, it is a good idea to warn the player beforehand to get rid of his strong creatures by passing the creatures to another hero. This is to reduce trolliness.



After that, the hero passes the azure dragons (as we learned before, the peasant fight will be triggered since it has a higher priority):



The player then moves on to receive some useless creatures from the pandoras box:

(Note: At this point, you can set the amount of stacks the player can bring! For example, if you only give six different creatures here, the player is still able to bring one stack of his own to make the puzzle more interesting! In this example however, we will give the player no freedom at all)



Here the player forgot to put away his other creatures, so they are lost upon visiting the pandora box:



Those creatures are now immediately taken away again, leaving the player with only one sole peasant, who will be used in the fight which is about to occur.



What happens if the player tries to go back? It is not possible, since he is not able to defeat the azure dragons. This is also the reason why there cannot be more than one attempt at a fight of this kind. You should probably inform the player about this, but in most maps, you are not allowed to lose fights anyway:



The hero, who would normally be very strong by this time, has now been given creatures that are 100% the ones the mapmaker wanted:

(Note: For fights in which stats and artifacts matter: Regarding artifacts, you can take important ones away beforehand and give them back after the fight. For stats, you need to do some hex editing, changing either a pandora box or a seer hut to give negative stats. The method used is already shown in Hex editing: Comparing values, so it wont be done again here. Just make sure to put all those things AFTER the quest gate)



The player can now have fun with a puzzle battle in the middle of the map:



This is, of course, only the most simple way to use this contraption. It can also be used with requiring specific heroes, giving specific spells etc, but Ill let you figure out those yourselfes!

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Rince said:

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First of all, I thank Biobob and RoseKavalier for this thread, learnt a lot from it.
I have several questions though.

1) Is is possible to hex-edit a negative stat bonus somewhere besides seer's hut? Not an important issue though.
2) Is it possible to hex-edit a four-digit value for mana?
3) This one is a tricky. In my map I have a ceratin point where enemy's hero should "dissappear" on the event on cursed groung with 7*9000 azure dragons. When I tested it, everything worked well, but some other players reported that the hero passed the event and had like 300k of archmages after it. He had about 5k before the battle. How is this possible abd how it can be fixed?
4) Does the Infinite editor work well with more than 48 seer's huts?

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