Posts from Discussion about Heroes 4.

Yes, if a map is designed for human players, then playing against an AI opponent on the Champion difficulty level probably doesn't make sense. I recently remembered an interesting map that I couldn't complete because a passage was blocked. And then I realized that it wasn't a map error – this passage was supposed to be opened by the opponent, who had the ability to do so – but on Champion difficulty, the AI is afraid to fight. However, in single-player mode (RPG, or whatever it's called), there can be an interesting storyline, and enemy heroes have predefined behaviors (they don't start at level 1 and without an army). There, you can play on Champion difficulty. But when you level up significantly, the monotony of battles with neutral creatures becomes tiresome. And it's undesirable to use auto-battle – the AI does unpredictable things. Recently, I clicked on auto-battle, and instead of giving the enemy a couple of blows and moving on, the heroes started casting some kind of magic on themselves – apparently, their initial magical education had an effect.

Could you please tell me if it’s possible to extract a single map from a campaign, edit it, and then insert it back into the campaign?

Could you please tell me if it's possible to extract a single map from a campaign, edit it, and then insert it back in its place?

Yes, it is possible. There's a special archiver for that; you need to search for it online. I don't remember the name (something like MMH), but the version seems to be 1.37. It should be available on this website: http://handbookhmm.ru/.
I just checked the website, and it seems like this one: http://handbookhmm.ru/programs/H4_Resource_Explorer_1.4.7z, and you can use this one for the campaign: http://handbookhmm.ru/programs/h4_unpacker.7z.

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Hey, the AI behavior in the game is annoying. Are there any patches or mods that improve it? Examples: 1) The AI doesn't buy creatures in the portal. 2) The AI often doesn't claim mines, doesn't collect resources, or doesn't take artifacts. 3) Strange AI behavior in auto-battles, especially in the selection of spells, ranged/melee attacks, and when defending a castle, the opponent often just stands there. 4) In quick battles, the AI manages to lose against an overpowered hero who is difficult to even scratch. Also, I don't really like that you can't stop necromancy and summoning. Sometimes you really want to be able to disable it... If a hero is traveling alone, you don't really want to take nature or death magic skills because you'll eventually end up with them.

Guys, the AI's behavior in the game is annoying. Are there any patches or mods that improve it?
Examples:
1) The AI doesn't buy creatures in the portal.
2) The AI often doesn't claim mines, doesn't collect resources, or artifacts.
3) Strange AI behavior in auto-battles, especially in the selection of spells, ranged/melee attacks, and when defending a castle, the opponent often just stands there.
4) In quick battles, the AI manages to lose against an overpowered hero who is difficult to even scratch.

I also don't like that you can't stop necromancy and summoning; sometimes you really want to disable it... If a hero is traveling alone, it makes you not want to take Nature or Death magic, because sooner or later you can acquire those skills.

Which version are you talking about? And are you aware of Equilibris?

It doesn't matter which version, the original and the add-ons had the same thing. I was playing on The Gathering Storm, but I had to switch to Warlords of the North to install the mod. Everything is great, I installed Equilibris version 3.55, and it's exactly what I needed. Thank you.