New threat.

Thank you for the information. When I have time, I'll thoroughly explore the map; it might help with the save issues. Where exactly do you need hints? I also don't understand why the game crashes when saving. I only experienced this after a new game, but the saves themselves are fine. Many portals won't open on their own; you need to find a way to activate them. Hint: you don't need to go very far to do this.

I suspect that the save issue with these maps only occurs on 32-bit operating systems. That's why you might not be seeing it (if you're using a 64-bit OS).
Regarding the quests, it's completely unclear where to find the 7 destroyed cities: only 2 in the north work for the quest, and another 2 have their own quests. Since I've only explored the central part of the map after 10 months of gameplay, they're unlikely to be there.
The map is definitely great. But:
a) The random element in the portals is very frustrating. Spending an entire day trying to get to the right place and just clicking the mouse...
b) There are few forts, and they are located far from the teleporters. Considering that reinforcements only come from neutral creatures, it's impossible to capture everything. I've already given up on the riders and some of the witches.
c) It's obvious that you can only win by using the hero's magic. I was lucky and got all the fire spells. But what if I hadn't? Perhaps the spells should be fixed on the corresponding altars?
d) Since you have to travel a lot (especially the peasant quest: rolleyes:), stables near the teleporters would be helpful.
However, if you do all of this without changing anything else, I'm afraid the first save might not load:mad: