Posts from MMH5.5 - Heroes of Might and Magic 5.5

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Hello! I need your help! The map editor in Heroes of Might and Magic creates terrible maps, especially by making very small areas. That is, it divides a large map into many small pieces. I would like it to work like in version 3.1. Please tell me what I need to do for this.

Could you elaborate what do you want as final result?

For example - "I want a small map with 1 big area."

Because from what I understand you do not like that big map is divided into many small areas and there is some issue with small maps (what exactly?).

I have 8 areas, this is in 3.1.
If I use yours, I have 12 or more areas, and they are very small.

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http://www.imageup.ru/img130/2965113/11111.jpg.html This is an enormous map.

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http://www.imageup.ru/img130/2965136/71510013.jpg.html That's your GM.

If I understand correctly, the mod also increases the average game length. Why was this done? Were the games too short before?

heythererw, why did you come to that conclusion?

@Petr22, the number of areas is defined for each template. To make the zones larger, try different template and make the size of the map as large as possible.

You are correct though, the sizes are smaller than original ToTe. I do not understand why this is a problem though. ToTe maps are big but there are much less things to do on them.

@heythererw, all comes down to what map size you play on.

On huge maps and above games last longer and still keep the interest of the player by having a lot of things to do. Some people like to play big long maps. There are 30+ new adventure map objects, bigger creature stacks which have more variety, more artifacts to gather and so on.

On the other hand the game length can be as long as ToTe or even shorter if the game is played on small maps.

@dredknight I don't really like huge maps. It takes a lot of days to end them. It was said that stats decreased from 5 to 3.33% so the avg game on avg map takes longer. Is that true?

If you are looking at a straight yes/no answer - the answer is yes. Attack and defense points give 3.33% bonus instead of 5%.

Does the game takes longer? Depends on how difficulty is configured (and map size).
When generating a map there is a monster difficulty setting. If you like fast maps I suggest it is set to "Normal" or "Strong". Anything beyond that significantly increases difficulty, which increases preparation time, which increases overall game time.
Here is a quick guide on monster strength levels:

"normal" - This is for casual gaming. You can start cleaning the map since day 1 without much hesitation.
"Strong" - normal guards are nearly the same difficulty as "normal", border guards become a little tougher but the game pace is still very fast.
"Very strong" - this is for competitive play. Requires a lot of planning and strategic thought.
"Impossible" - Monsters are what it says - impossible to beat.

@dredknight thanks for the answer. is there any way to change Attack and defense points multiplier?

Open MMH55-INDEX.PAK and in GameMechanics\RPGStats open defaultstats.xdb file.

Change:
- 0.033 to 0.05
- 0.033 to 0.05

archive the folders to MMH55-INDEX.PAK.pak file and replace the existing one in data folder.

Have in mind that in PvP 5% bonus tilts the balance in favor of the Might class heroes.

Cheers

@dredknight thanks so much! are you planning to do a сomplete list of added features in your mod?

You can find it here .

Currently it does not include the RC10 Beta changes though.