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KingMaxwell
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posted February 06, 2021 05:02 PM |
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Searching for HOMM4 best custom campaigns
I've replayed all HOMM4 native campaign for countless times.
Narrative is amazing thing that has never been taken seriously in HOMM series (maybe I wrong). Except of HOMM IV, just a bit of text, but such impact. I want to find feelings of first experience in this game. Yes, after all these years.
Now, Im looking for custom HOMM IV campaigns (maybe maps), which you find most interesting, magic and stunning. Please show me or send me campaign with wonderful stories of adventures! <3
P.S. Please do not offer me your own campaigns or I will offer you mine 
P.P.S Sorry for language, Im not really fine about it
P.P.P.S Thank you all anyway, I think HOMM IV community most kind and special because of all this anger we have to
endure while keeping love in HOMM4
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iliveinabox05
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Famous Hero
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posted February 06, 2021 10:47 PM |
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Hello there KingMaxwell!
So a good place to look through campaigns would be on the Celestial Heavens site here.
There is also a list of some of the best HoMM4 maps by a user from that site here.
I can't say how much narrative is in the maps there, as I have yet to get around to playing them, but there should be some in there. I would start with the second link since there are actual descriptions and reviews of the maps / campaigns.
If you're looking for writing with gameplay, I would offer you the campaign I started years ago, but it's not complete, and you specifically asked not to recommend our own campaigns 
If you've made some of your own campaigns though, have you uploaded them at somewhere like maps4heroes?
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KingMaxwell
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posted February 07, 2021 04:18 PM |
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iliveinabox05 said:
Hello there KingMaxwell!
Hello to you too 
And yep, I've checked out links you've left and yes, it looks as such exactly thing I looking for!
At least I've started one campaigns called Wind of Thorn, that telling about wife and husband snurking in a forest, and it looks very promisingly.
And now I even found another question. Is there another games which could provide same experience (magic, loveful, fantasy, unicorns, I dunno x) ) as HOOM IV. In instance I've playd Age of Wonders 3 and finding it a bit similar to HOMM. But... You know, it is not the same.
I really dont know how to explain the fellings when you living your life but founding out with thing, that best things already done, and all what lefts to you - feasting the nostalgia.
(But I still hope there are things I just not discover yet, hidden after every corner)
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iliveinabox05
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Famous Hero
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posted February 08, 2021 06:24 PM |
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Great, glad I could help!
I've heard a lot of good things about Wind of Thorns, so that's a great place to start.
Another one people seem to like a lot are the two Megom Chronicles campaigns.
As far as similar games, I believe Kings Bounty is one such game. I have it, but haven't played it myself.
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NimoStar
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Legendary Hero
Modding the Unmoddable
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posted February 14, 2021 01:38 AM |
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In my "greatest mod" (see thread here) there is a fully remastered default campaign with better ambience, added secrets and enchanced difficulty and balance. They have their own folder on custom missions.
If you like to replay the original campaigns, that is what I would reccommend.
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Sketchy
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posted April 20, 2021 04:58 PM |
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Hi, I'm new here. This looks like a nice list of campaigns and mods. I originally played HMM4 when it came out and played it again recently after buying a copy on GOG.com. I played through the Elwin and Emilia Nighthaven campaigns, which I remember fondly. I was surprised that none of the expansion packs followed up on either of those stories, especially Emilia's, since she seems fairly prominent in the game's original cinematic.
Did anyone ever create follow up fan "sequels" for either of those two campaigns?
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Baronus
Legendary Hero
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posted April 20, 2021 06:05 PM |
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We have sequel!
Legends of the Ancients
I agree that HC and H4 are the best storyline campaigns ever but its Terry Ray masterpiece. Hard to find something similiar! Fans dont be able do it on this lvl.
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iliveinabox05
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Famous Hero
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posted April 20, 2021 06:47 PM |
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That's on Heroes 5 though, not 4.
There has been some interest / work for a fan made follow up, but progress is a bit slow.
While there hasn't been too much movement on that front, there has been more movement recently on bringing the Unity campaign to H4, which was one of two campaigns Terry Ray outlined before the H4 expansions (and never came to be until they were created in H7).
Also, welcome!
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Sketchy
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posted April 20, 2021 08:17 PM |
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Edited by Sketchy at 20:42, 20 Apr 2021.
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Thanks, guys! I guess I've been living under a rock because I didn't even know there was a Heroes 6+7. I thought it ended at 5. I must have mistaken the more recent sequels as being part of the "Might and Magic" series. (It was probably a marketing decision to purposefully distance from the HOMM naming convention).
I'm considering doing a follow up for Emilia and Elwin's stories, since I have experience writing and making games. My original thought was to do it in Heroes 4, so it could be played like a direct sequel. The graphical improvements of H5-7 do look nice, but it seems they don't have heroes controllable in a battle as moving pieces (I'd like for Elwin and Shaera to fight in a battle together).
So perhaps HMM4 is the best choice, but let me know if you all have different suggestions.
EDIT: By the way, I looked up the PDF art/narrative for Legends of the Ancients and it is very impressive. Kudos to those who worked on it. Maybe one day I'll check it out if I ever get H5.
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Baronus
Legendary Hero
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posted April 20, 2021 08:44 PM |
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Absolutly agree storyline in H4 camp. is wonderful! When I first play and had red text I had fully opened eyes and I asked! WHO HAS WROTE THIS!!! WHO HAS WROTE IT! Opus magnum. Absolutly It needs continuation. Two abandoned too. And HCron too. And ofcourse merge H4 and H3 world.
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iliveinabox05
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Famous Hero
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posted April 20, 2021 10:10 PM |
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Sketchy said:
Thanks, guys! I guess I've been living under a rock because I didn't even know there was a Heroes 6+7. I thought it ended at 5. I must have mistaken the more recent sequels as being part of the "Might and Magic" series. (It was probably a marketing decision to purposefully distance from the HOMM naming convention).
Don't worry, I didn't even know there were H3 expansions until like 5 or 6 years ago, let alone H4-6 with H7 being worked on
Sketchy said:
I'm considering doing a follow up for Emilia and Elwin's stories, since I have experience writing and making games. My original thought was to do it in Heroes 4, so it could be played like a direct sequel. The graphical improvements of H5-7 do look nice, but it seems they don't have heroes controllable in a battle as moving pieces (I'd like for Elwin and Shaera to fight in a battle together).
So perhaps HMM4 is the best choice, but let me know if you all have different suggestions.
If you'd like to bounce ideas off of someone or collaborate, let me know. I can get you added to our planning area to take a look at some of what's been considered so far. Just a lot of thoughts and rough planning thrown around at this point.
I'm not currently working on any of it as I'm focusing on the H4 Resource Editor, the Unity campaign, my take on the story of The Reckoning, and helping another with some writing for his project. I can still help out if you have any questions or thoughts you might have!
Sketchy said:
EDIT: By the way, I looked up the PDF art/narrative for Legends of the Ancients and it is very impressive. Kudos to those who worked on it. Maybe one day I'll check it out if I ever get H5.
It's definitely something I'd like to play through someday to see someone else's take on what happens next.
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NimoStar
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Legendary Hero
Modding the Unmoddable
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posted April 20, 2021 11:13 PM |
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Sketchy said:
Hi, I'm new here. This looks like a nice list of campaigns and mods. I originally played HMM4 when it came out and played it again recently after buying a copy on GOG.com. I played through the Elwin and Emilia Nighthaven campaigns, which I remember fondly. I was surprised that none of the expansion packs followed up on either of those stories, especially Emilia's, since she seems fairly prominent in the game's original cinematic.
Did anyone ever create follow up fan "sequels" for either of those two campaigns?
I'm currenmtly Playing Emilia/Solmyr campaign as an essay for mi Kavalier-made creature ability mod that keeps the original towns, maybe when I finish it, I can make a custom scenario based on it. No promises, though.
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Sketchy
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posted April 21, 2021 12:25 AM |
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Edited by Sketchy at 01:24, 21 Apr 2021.
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iliveinabox05 said:
If you'd like to bounce ideas off of someone or collaborate, let me know. I can get you added to our planning area to take a look at some of what's been considered so far. Just a lot of thoughts and rough planning thrown around at this point.
I'm not currently working on any of it as I'm focusing on the H4 Resource Editor, the Unity campaign, my take on the story of The Reckoning, and helping another with some writing for his project. I can still help out if you have any questions or thoughts you might have!
Sure, that'd be great! Appreciate it!
NimoStar said:
I'm currenmtly Playing Emilia/Solmyr campaign as an essay for mi Kavalier-made creature ability mod that keeps the original towns, maybe when I finish it, I can make a custom scenario based on it. No promises, though.
Oh, you don't have to do it, though I'd be happy to check it out! It's really cool that there's still an active community for this awesome game.
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Karmakeld
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Supreme Hero
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posted April 30, 2021 05:23 PM |
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Sketchy said:
iliveinabox05 said:
If you'd like to bounce ideas off of someone or collaborate, let me know. I can get you added to our planning area to take a look at some of what's been considered so far. Just a lot of thoughts and rough planning thrown around at this point.
I'm not currently working on any of it as I'm focusing on the H4 Resource Editor, the Unity campaign, my take on the story of The Reckoning, and helping another with some writing for his project. I can still help out if you have any questions or thoughts you might have!
Sure, that'd be great! Appreciate it!
NimoStar said:
I'm currenmtly Playing Emilia/Solmyr campaign as an essay for mi Kavalier-made creature ability mod that keeps the original towns, maybe when I finish it, I can make a custom scenario based on it. No promises, though.
Oh, you don't have to do it, though I'd be happy to check it out! It's really cool that there's still an active community for this awesome game.
Was gonna write the ssme thing as iLiVe.. we could use more active players/writer/map makers for our project or help out the other way around. Preferably would be if things could be combined. There's alot of ways things could go, but time is a limited resource, so as he wrote most have been on hold for quite some time. New eyes and idea might start things up again
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Reval95
Hired Hero
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posted August 09, 2021 09:13 PM |
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I'm currently editing one. If it's ready I can show it if you want.
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