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Hello. I have the Heroes III: Restoration of Erathia maps. I have the Heroes III: The Shadow of Death map editor. I use the "The Shadow of Death" map editor because it has the ability to automatically fill a selected area with obstacles (used when drawing), which is not available in "Restoration of Erathia." However, this editor has a bug that causes it to crash. If the filled area includes a certain "buggy cell" (or a group of them), a system error occurs, and the program closes. This is very annoying because many maps of size M and larger often contain such cells. Because of this, I cannot edit many maps in the specified way, and I have to choose a different, "working" map for editing, instead of just picking the "first one I see" (for example, "Pirates"). Of course, you can also draw the squares manually – place the obstacles yourself. But it's very frustrating when you're drawing, and suddenly – crash when filling in another painted area. Thus, instead of working on the "Pirates" map, I have to deal with "Ascension," which is far from being at the top of the list. The "Pirates" map can be made manually, but it takes noticeably more time. It's sad to waste my time because of some error in the program. Has anyone encountered this? Are there any solutions? I repeat: I am using a map from the very first edition, and the editor is already the third version.

Perhaps your version of "Heroes" is not entirely complete: in repacks, their creators may have removed files and elements that they deemed unnecessary to reduce the size. Some removed individual objects from those not used in the game, but they were sometimes used by the authors of some maps (for example, one obelisk, a couple of witch huts).
In this case, a complete version of the game would help you. Save your/needed files from the game folders and install another version.

I use the original CD from the late last century and a pirated CD "Heroes III - Heroes II - Heroes I" from the beginning of this century. I'm not going to download anything because I'm afraid that what I download will not be compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, which I use. Initially, I created maps under Windows 95 OSR2, but I switched to Windows 2000 for convenience. I am interested in using the original maps from there - due to their limited number. As you can see, one or two maps are enough for me to implement my ideas, which is why I don't "expand" so as not to lose the sense of limitation.

Initially, I created maps using Windows 95 OSR2, but I switched to Windows 2000 for convenience.

Am I the only one who thinks that in 2020, this sounds a bit strange? :confused:

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