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On many "scenario" maps, it is impossible to hire heroes in cities or taverns on the map. Is this a feature of these maps? Or is it a bug caused by some mod? Yes, by the way, heroes cannot be hired on almost all "non-native" maps in Heroes 5.

On many "scenario" maps, it is impossible to hire heroes in cities or taverns on the map. Is this a feature of these maps? Or is it a bug caused by some mod? Yes, by the way, heroes cannot be hired on almost all "non-native" maps of Heroes 5.

The key phrase is - on many "scenario" maps! The authors deliberately block unnecessary heroes!

Okay, let's say there's a map called Carpe Diem – it's just a free-for-all battle for eight players, without a scenario or plot. By "scenario," I mean a "skirmish," a "battle," or a "fight against bots, not in a campaign." So, on this map, you capture seven out of eight towns with just one hero. That is, you can't hire (buy) any more heroes. Is that how it's supposed to be? I repeat, this situation occurs on 80% of maps. Could some mod be interfering?

You can try to fix everything with a simple method. Delete all maps from the maps folder and all mods, and then add them one by one, checking if this bug appears. Or, if the previous method doesn't help, simply reinstall Heroes. In the worst case, this will take about an hour, but you'll solve the problem. I don't remember many scenarios where you can't buy heroes (and I've played quite a few scenarios).

It really worked. I downloaded two hundred maps, and now I'm complaining that I have even more. In short, the problem was with two maps (or rather, map packs). One was a collection of "scenario" maps (i.e., story-driven maps with conditions) – Game of Thrones – which contained six story maps and, naturally, had its own set of heroes that were linked to heroes on all other maps. The other map, created by a German user (I don't remember the name, something like "Strichenbacher"), replaced several heroes in each faction with some cartoonish anime characters.
If anyone is planning to do something similar, be careful with this, guys. I spent almost 3 hours sorting through over 200 maps.