Shades of Darkness - Discussion

I'll explain my situation to everyone. I have the "Jewel" version of "Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia," the boxed version, which I bought in a store. I ordered the key on the website gama-gama.ru (I'll say right away that I've ordered from them before and had no problems). So, I received the key, and it wasn't specified for which version it was, but usually, it's for licensed, boxed versions. The key didn't work; it started with 2WP. Then I read that I needed to wait, and I waited until yesterday. Yesterday, everything installed, and thank goodness. BUT! I installed a new distribution, 5.86 GB. And the PATCH! I installed the digital version, not the boxed one (it said it was impossible to install because the game wasn't installed - "Shades of Darkness," although it was installed). The patch 2.1 was installed on the 6th, and I entered the key yesterday, and everything worked; it unlocked.