Posts from Current questions and answers regarding the map editor.

How do I add my own music to a map? For example, I want my music to play when a hero moves, instead of the standard music. I know that the music must be in .ogg format.

Does the Heroes 5 map editor have a function to save the number of resources? To be more precise: let's say I take wood, set its value to 5, and place it on the map. There are 5 pieces of wood on the map. I want the wood to always be set to the value of 5 and not reset to a random value each time I want to place it, or copy the wood that has already been placed with its value.

Sammer, copying will be the easiest.

Sammer, copying will be the easiest way to do it.

How do I do that?

Sammer, ctrl+c, ctrl-v :)

Sammer, ctrl+c, ctrl-v :)

Is it that simple? Oh my god, it's so obvious ;d
Thank you.

Having the "Blood Wrath" skill completely clears the spellbook, regardless of the hero's class. Is there any way to bypass this issue? I simply want to create an Orc Shaman who can cast lightning spells and also have troops with the Blood Wrath skill.

How to change the amount of resource mined in a mine?

How can I change the amount of resources mined in a mine?

You could try giving the mines scripted names, and by checking each day whether the mine belongs to a particular player, you can add or subtract a certain amount of resources for that player.

How to change the text color in a text message?

How do I change the text color in a text message?

Insert before the text
<color=AARRGGBB>
where AARRGGBB is the hexadecimal color code, which can be replaced with the English name of the color for some of the most common colors (red, blue, green, yellow, etc.).

How do I rotate a town by 45 degrees?

How can I rotate a town by 45 degrees?

You can try to manually set the rotation angle (Rot) or select the object, hold down Ctrl, and click on the cell in the direction the object should be rotated. However, it is not recommended to rotate multi-cell objects, especially large ones like towns.

The editor doesn't allow placing a Lord's garrison in a city. How can I do this?

The editor doesn't allow placing a Lord in the city garrison.

If you just need a dummy unit that always stays in the city, you can place it next to the city and, in the scripts, disable its AI and set it to move to a point with the coordinates of the city (or the city entrance). I haven't tested it, but it should work.