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Tepluijja, in my comment, I didn't call you names or make any personal judgments. I was evaluating your behavior. These are two different things.
Poor users, they'll probably have to wait a bit longer. Personally, I'll be waiting for the update, and I won't forget that without the efforts of these guys, HotA wouldn't exist at all. Save your antics for your friends; they don't affect me. There's also no need to rush the developers: in my humble opinion, it's better to wait another month or two, or even half a year, and get a product of exceptional quality, rather than trying to meet some deadlines and generate garbage, bugs, and unfinished work. Personally, I think every creator wants to bring their work as close to perfection as possible – and therefore, developers shouldn't focus their attention on the part of the user base that behaves like impatient children.

Exactly! HotA is a masterpiece and well worth the wait.

...Now imagine you invited guests to a lavish festive dinner, advertising exotic dishes as the "highlight" of the event. The guests gather at the table, anticipating exquisite food, and you place a bowl of plain pasta in front of them, stating that they should be happy with that, and the desired dishes will be available sometime in the future. For me personally, this is almost the same as...

I invite those whom I am glad to see, even without a feast, and who will understand the situation if I cannot provide a good spread. But if, by chance, a stranger who loves to eat for free were among them and started to make demands and show off, I would suggest that he leave, and if he didn't understand, I would probably have to help him count the steps to the entrance.

From the .lod file of HotA 1.38, I extracted 2 campaigns and used the campaign editor to extract the maps from them – there were no problems. When I decided to do the same with 3 campaigns from HotA 1.42, the campaign editor gives an error message about a version mismatch between the campaigns and its own version (or that the campaign files are not what the editor opens) – something like that. HotA doesn't have its own campaign editor, so I must have opened them with the one from Shades of Darkness before. What's the problem, and what can I use to open the new campaign?
The following message appears: "The file 'Hota0206.h3m' has an invalid format. It is impossible to import. Invalid or corrupted campaign file!"
Why .h3m and not .h3c? After all, the file has the .h3c format.

In general, the SoD campaign editor shouldn't be able to open HotA campaigns. The problem isn't with the h3c file itself (its header hasn't changed), but with the h3m map files contained within it (their format has been changed). Perhaps, previously, the changes were less significant, and the SoD campaign editor could still extract the maps (although it hasn't been able to repack them for a long time). The HotA campaign editor isn't finished and isn't included in the release, although it's quite usable for internal purposes. We send it personally to those who request it, if they need it for something significant (for example, assembling an already completed campaign or translating campaigns into another language).

In the Skirmish(M200) template, someone consistently doesn't get enough mines in adjacent areas. Is there a way to fix this template in the release version?

Another question. HotA 1.32 can be installed on SoD, but 1.38 and 1.42 cannot be installed on SoD, nor on the Full, same, or repack versions. However, via the network through the ND-mod, it works without any problems. What's the issue?

On the Skirmish(M200) template, someone is constantly missing mines in adjacent areas.. Is there any way to fix this template in the release?

In the next version, the probability of this will be significantly lower. But generally, this template is poorly made — such a heap of mines is placed in the smallest zone (which can turn out to be absolutely tiny), so 100% generation of all mines will still never happen. The template itself needs further editing here (moving some of the mines to the respawn).

Another question. HotA 1.32 installs on SoD, but 1.38 and 1.42 do not install on SoD, nor on Complete, whole or repack versions. But from the network via ND-mod — no problem. What's the trouble?

HotA should be installable on both SoD and the complete collection. A version intended for installation into an empty folder might not install.

"HotA needs to be installed on Heroes of Might and Magic III SoD or Complete. The required Heroes of Might and Magic III files were not found in the selected folder, so the HotA installation is impossible."
- This message appears when installing HotA 1.3.8 setup.exe and HotA 1.4.2 setup.exe on a clean installation, a repack with HD 3.811, and a similar repack of SoD (3.1). HotA 1.3.2 setup.exe installs without problems in the same location.
Repacks by Black Phantom and Professor Pikolan.

Perhaps the wrong folder was selected for the Heroes installation, or the system is blocking the installer from verifying the presence of the files. It's best to install it in a location other than Program Files to avoid this.

In previous versions, there was no verification, and there were tons of "bug reports" from those who installed it in an empty folder.

Yes, they are not installed in the Program Files folder; they are on drive D – I transfer them using a flash drive. Moreover, I tried it on my home computer and at work – the result is the same. I don't know what to do. I'll think about the blocking option.

I can't update Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete to beta 11. It says there is no _HD3_Data folder. Please help.

Hello.
My friend and I sometimes play hotseat random vs. random online. That is, we choose a map, set random towns for ourselves, and select random heroes, and then we play. We do all this through the online lobby. In this case, the Necropolis, Conflux, and Cove towns are not generated. That is, all the _generations_ occur without them. (P.S. This is not about selecting using the "Random vs. Random" button when clicking the "HW" button; it's about simply setting random towns and heroes in the left part of the window before starting).

Sorry if this question has already been raised; I couldn't find it in the search.

This is especially true for Jebus. In his case, these cities are excluded from random generation.

Among the disliked and strongly criticized changes: Unprotected!!!! Junkman – it’s awful, thankfully he doesn’t sell scrolls. Now, without hesitation about alternatives, you can take an artifact for Conflux, and the Conflux zone has become one of the most attractive places.