3.41 crashes and displays an error message upon startup.
Also, saves from 3.39 are not compatible with 3.41... and downgrading from 3.41 to 3.39 doesn't work; it only allows downgrading from 3.41 to 3.41 :D
You can download 3.39.
Based on the crash log, it seems the issue isn't that 3.41 can't read the save, but rather that the save file is corrupted.
Here's the crash log file when loading a save made in 3.39.
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HoMM3 HD 3.42f
3.41 -> 3.42 (03/18/2013)
General:
[-] Some mod updates reset the standard game settings.
HD+:
[-] The chess timer would accumulate when repeatedly ending a turn and then loading an autosave.
[!] When loading a save with a chess timer, the timer is set to the value corresponding to the beginning of the turn.
последняя версия - 5.0 RC96 (19.09.2020)
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