Posts from Default maps for Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Good evening. I recently bought the fifth installment of the Heroes series, but one significant drawback immediately caught my eye (from my perspective). Namely, there is an almost complete lack of "ally" maps. They exist, but there are very few of them. And of those that are available, either the Castle is already chosen, or the Hero cannot be selected... In general, I don't like these kinds of restrictions. But playing in an alliance is a matter of principle and importance... Anyway, let's get to the point. As a rule, in previous installments, I quickly fixed this shortcoming using the editor – I simply opened the map I liked and set the desired settings there. But here, things are different... I can't find the default maps in the game directory... -_- I see maps for the random generator there, I can create my own and save it there, download fan-made maps from the internet... But where are the default maps? I used the search function with "h5m" – I only found the maps mentioned above... Please explain – what's the catch? The maps are in the game, yes – I can play. But they are not in the game directory. Are they hidden somehow, or what? In general, that's my question... I'm waiting for an answer, and I'll be grateful. P.S.: The disc is a licensed copy, Gold Edition.

This issue doesn't necessarily need to be resolved by modifying the original maps. You can, for example, search for maps on specialized Heroes websites. I suggest starting with heroes.ag.ru and all4heroes.net

I haven't personally searched for multiplayer alliance maps, but I can assume that there are quite a few of them there.

As for the default maps, I'm not an expert in editing and browsing archives, so I'll wait for advice from other players.

You don't necessarily have to solve this by modifying the original maps. You can, for example, look for maps on specialized Heroes websites. I suggest starting with heroes.ag.ru and all4heroes.net

I didn't know about "all4heroes," thanks... )
As an option, perhaps, but all the fan-made maps I've played... how to put it... Well, they are either too specialized or too "rough."

As for the default maps, I'm not an expert in editing and digging through archives; wait for advice from other players.

I found a file in the "data" folder - data.pak. It opens with any archiver. There's a "Maps" folder inside it. I extracted it... And what do we see? There are several more folders inside, such as "Scenario," "Multiplayer," "Singleplayer," etc... I was already getting excited, but no...
In these folders, there are even more folders, with code names like A1L1, A2M1, and so on... I assume this is some kind of alternative name for the maps...
Well, and inside these folders, there's a bunch of files in xdb, bin, lua, and dds formats...
That's where I got stuck... Apparently, these are the components that make up a complete map, but how do you convert them into a file that can be read by the editor? Does anyone know about this?

P.S.: Maybe there are some mods that would allow you to choose the "alignment" of a map at will? (like in Warlords, for example)
Or some modifications to the random map generator where you could specify this function?

Heh... this same question has been bothering me for a long time... :)
Well, not exactly this one, but... In short - how to edit the "native" maps and is it even possible? Because really - you can't choose a certain castle, or something else... there are a lot of unnecessary restrictions.
I don't quite understand why it's done this way.

I recommend reading the FAQ ;) What you're looking for is at the very bottom :)

What you're looking for is at the very bottom.

What's down there doesn't help solve the problem... :)

To do this, you need to open data.pak with any archiver (it's located in the data folder), find the maps folder there, and extract it... After that, open the map with an editor....

There isn't a single file there that can be opened with an editor...

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As soon as I get access to the game, I'll try it. But I'm still curious about how they got them from there...