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Actually, I was just going to post the maps, but you guys responded so much...
Everything works fine for me. I just don't install Heroes III out of spite... For the same reason (so I don't have to run the "big" computer), I use this "hastily assembled" version (I like to experiment)...
What doesn't work for me is this:
If I open maps from "Restoration of Erathia" in the map editor of "Heroes III: The Shadow of Death,"
and then mark an area in blue "for filling" with obstacles,
then in some squares, the map editor crashes. Without saving, of course. And this is a software bug; it manifests itself on any version of Windows.
Therefore, I don't use all the original maps.
This applies to maps larger than S - this happens with most of them. (Although once I encountered this phenomenon in one place on an S-sized map... as an exception...)
Therefore (for example), I don't edit the "Pirates!" map, but I can successfully work on the "Ascension" map. On the "Pirates!" map, I have to place obstacles manually - even if not always, using the "trial and error" method or the "program crash" method. It's tedious and takes a long time to draw like that.
The map size is S. That's why I posted the "Always Ready" and "Doomsday" maps.
I consider a map "correct" ("playable") if I can complete it at least once. If the computer is too strong and defeats me before I can "get going," then I have to revise the conditions - edit the map. This happens, but rarely.
I play the maps on "normal" difficulty ("horse"). If I lower the difficulty, the computer plays like an idiot. If I raise the difficulty, it makes no mistakes. And I'm not interested in playing against an opponent that I can't outsmart.
The computer doesn't understand these "circular" maps; it has no strategy at all! That's why I mess with it.
So there's not much point in testing. If I can complete it once, it means the map is playable and others can play it.
And that's why it's better not to trust the computer with testing... It's a random process. I've seen this when I take the computer as an ally and assign it a city at the other end of the spiral. I've seen it struggle... it's enough.
Everything works fine for me. I just don't install Heroes III out of spite... For the same reason (so I don't have to run the "big" computer), I use this "hastily assembled" version (I like to experiment)...
What doesn't work for me is this:
If I open maps from "Restoration of Erathia" in the map editor of "Heroes III: The Shadow of Death,"
and then mark an area in blue "for filling" with obstacles,
then in some squares, the map editor crashes. Without saving, of course. And this is a software bug; it manifests itself on any version of Windows.
Therefore, I don't use all the original maps.
This applies to maps larger than S - this happens with most of them. (Although once I encountered this phenomenon in one place on an S-sized map... as an exception...)
Therefore (for example), I don't edit the "Pirates!" map, but I can successfully work on the "Ascension" map. On the "Pirates!" map, I have to place obstacles manually - even if not always, using the "trial and error" method or the "program crash" method. It's tedious and takes a long time to draw like that.
The map size is S. That's why I posted the "Always Ready" and "Doomsday" maps.
I consider a map "correct" ("playable") if I can complete it at least once. If the computer is too strong and defeats me before I can "get going," then I have to revise the conditions - edit the map. This happens, but rarely.
I play the maps on "normal" difficulty ("horse"). If I lower the difficulty, the computer plays like an idiot. If I raise the difficulty, it makes no mistakes. And I'm not interested in playing against an opponent that I can't outsmart.
The computer doesn't understand these "circular" maps; it has no strategy at all! That's why I mess with it.
So there's not much point in testing. If I can complete it once, it means the map is playable and others can play it.
And that's why it's better not to trust the computer with testing... It's a random process. I've seen this when I take the computer as an ally and assign it a city at the other end of the spiral. I've seen it struggle... it's enough.
