A THREAD FOR NEWCOMERS!

1. There is no ninth Castle (Conflux).
2. There are no level 8 creatures and all the WOG (WoGification) innovations.
3. There is no Armageddon's Blade artifact.
4. There are assembled artifacts (Titan's Thunder, Alliance of Angels, etc.).
5. There is a random map generator.

Hello!
Regarding the first four points, the Heroes III: The Shadow of Death version is perfect for you, BUT (!!!) it should not be bundled with Heroes III: Armageddon's Blade. You can check this by looking in the Heroes folder. There should not be a file called h3blade.exe. Just to be clear, the "Complete Collection" version will not work; you need a pure "The Shadow of Death" version.
Regarding the random map generator, either there is a Conflux and a generator, or there is no Conflux and no generator. There is no other option. I don't know if it's possible to install the generator separately.

p.s. Oh, yes. "No Conflux" means that it cannot be chosen as a starting Castle, and Conflux heroes will not appear in the tavern. However, this Castle exists in the game files; it cannot be removed :smile04:. Therefore, if you download a map where the author has placed a Conflux, it will appear when you play that map.