By the way, is the much-touted Hamachi really that necessary for playing over the net?
For example, a friend and I have wanted to play for a long time; we don't have a common LAN, only the internet, but as for figuring out Hamachis)) there is absolutely no desire... How can we connect via TCP/IP connection? If possible, please describe in more detail the sequence of my and his actions, because I've never used multiplayer in Heroes at all))

Added after 8 hours 45 minutes
Damn, I found a clean SoD, but it requires service pack 4 during installation(((
And will the full edition of Sea Raiders install on Bukin?... or only on The Shadow of Death?