Thank you, the random map generation worked. Now, here's the situation; perhaps this is intentional:
I captured a basic town with a Grail built in it. If I enter such a town with a hero, all of his stats (e.g., a level 19 hero) drop to 1-1-1-10 (without items). If items are equipped, they stop adding skills to the hero.
Added 1 minute ago
I suspect that I'm experiencing some glitches, as the next day, when generating any map, all portals except underground ones stopped working. However, if I use version 7.1, the same map works. Although, before that, everything worked fine in 8.5.
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Added 15 hours 41 minutes ago
Here's another thing: we create a map. Let there be two islands, each with a town. 7.1 starts with this mess, but 8.5 crashes. But I should add that if I generate a map for 8.5, then disable, enable the mod, and create a game with that map, I get a crash in most cases.
In version 8, the portal operation algorithm was changed, so this is normal.
It's difficult to say anything about the water map – FreshMod is designed for online play and for template-based generation.
Working with water is not yet supported.
Added 2 minutes ago
Complete + HD mod 5.4R25 + Fresh 8.5 - crashes when trying to launch a Campaign.
There is a great SOD SP for maps and Campaigns