There are also boats, teleporters from the Academy, and teleportation stones between abandoned fortresses. In Heroes of Might and Magic VII, everything was fine for me, except that the sun textures disappeared, resulting in a huge black hole in the sky. Then I installed some English build with a bunch of graphics plugins, and everything was fine there.

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In Heroes of Might and Magic VII, I liked everything except the leveling system; Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul might help with that.