Posts from Awakening of Evil

I finished this campaign again, completing the final mission within the allotted 3.5 months at the bottom and an additional four days at the top. Knowledge of the map's geographical and quest structure significantly simplified the playthrough and made it rather boring.
I probably won't replay it again. I could, of course, try to optimize further and squeeze out another few days during the campaign, but that's too tiring, and the game should be enjoyable.

Where can I find the Cloak of Deadly Shadows in mission 3? I've found the staff and cleared all the Necropolis buildings before taking on this quest. I've been running around in circles three times now... it's not very fun to run around so much, and I haven't found anything useful in the skeletons except for junk... it's a dead end, and I was just starting to enjoy mission 3. The first mission was okay, but it's a bit difficult to play for the first time on Veteran, plus not knowing that you can just sneak around... later, when you figure it out, everything becomes clearer, but considering that you don't know the map and the campaign as a whole, there are a lot of reloads...
Overall, thanks to the author, it would be even better if it was voiced like in the original:smile13:
update - I found the cloak... in the Elemental Repository. It was very logical to put it there, not in the skeletons or the crypts... the Elemental Repository, of course.

7) Warlock, Commander-in-Chief
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5. Explore the western ruins and bring back the artifact found [reputation]
Which ruins? Where are they? Can you give me a hint?
P.S. Is this not the ruined castle on the mountain?
And when will the elusive Hmyr appear? Will they show him? Or do I need to keep an eye on the minimap for his flag?

you need to find the ruins in the lower left corner of the map; black dragons guard the passage to them. The elusive one appears randomly; the main thing is to have one artifact equipped when you try to catch it.

thanks... I'll check it out now. I know about the artifact. I just don't know about this one (I'm afraid I'll miss it).
There are no more quests from the main factions (except for eliminating each other). My reputation with humans is 96 (I don't know where to get the rest - I checked, I completed everything for humans except the final quest). I played as humans (but I got 100% with the elves).
I definitely won't be able to complete Uoroku's tasks (I helped the spy), but if I play as orcs later, it's absolutely necessary to know what the "ruins" are and what the artifact is.
P.S. The map is cleared (the ruined castle on the mountain is not active).

You can simply approach the Castle, and a battle will start, after which you'll receive that artifact. With 100 reputation points for humans, considering the last quest involving capturing the Orc city, you can easily achieve it; I remember doing it and getting 100 reputation points for humans.

yeah, I stomped everything there... the Castle glitched out((
If I were playing as Orcs, I would be even more upset... oh well, I'll manage without it.
P.S. Deleb arrived with only 1 Imp!! WTF?

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[/U] Damn, Gino is without a flag (the author could have added it) - I stumbled upon him randomly in the bushes. I need to use the Alt map! But it's not small! And he looks like a bug... obvious trolling from the author.
P.S./S. I couldn't understand the last "quest" and couldn't use it (it says I don't have enough wisdom)... Wisdom is 48! I had to exploit the demons, and suddenly, game over! Did you make the mission too difficult?... WTF? SO MANY YEARS OF THIS CAMPAIGN - the author is alive and well (and I wish him all the best), but playing it a second time (the first time was 2-3 years ago, and I played as the Orcs), I saw fewer glitches((. Maybe EWA is to blame, but I couldn't complete the second mission without any problems, even on the second try! The author needs to rework the second map and also explain to players in a clear and concise way what sequence to follow! Who wants to read 33 pages? It's easier to use @Win().
The third mission has begun... immediately, the question is: why are they forcing this damn logistics on me? I've never, ever prioritized it or considered it an alternative... a sharp mind and the chance to escape/catch up have never been important to me, but I've noticed that many map creators simply can't live without logistics, and in 80% of cases, they make the main character a weakling! Especially when playing as a Necromancer... it doesn't matter to him... + boots at the start of the 3rd mission.

The fourth mission turned into a slaughter with the EWA mod when choosing diplomacy ((. Full stacks joined (guarding the set of Sar-Issa) and 276 dragons each (and I only kept 10 mages in my army – they still joined)... the main thing is to have enough money. It felt like I was playing a Necromancer with Dark Energy glasses – you just have to filter who to recruit. Only native units in the army were the Furies)).

The fourth mission turned into a massacre with the EWA mod when choosing diplomacy ((. They joined in full stacks (guarding the set of Sar-Issa) and 276 dragons each (and I only kept 10 mages in my army – they still joined)... the main thing is to have enough money. It felt like I was playing a Necromancer with Dark Energy glasses – you just have to filter who to take. Only the native units, the Furies, remained in my army)).

Very strange behavior of the neutrals, of course (I didn't intentionally make it so that anyone would join).

it's not you... it's EWA (I always play with her and noticed this feature of hers - unless, of course, you delve into the scripts to reduce the % of joining).... I'm playing through this wonderful campaign for the second time... the first time was without EWA (it was difficult then).
P.S. by the way, could you tell me which hero to level up in the last mission? (stat-wise, I like Tralsai, but I don't remember who will be in the finale).

P.S. By the way, could you tell me which main character is best to level up in the final game? (Stat-wise, Tralsai appeals to me, but I don't remember who the final boss is).

Actually, you need to level up all four of them; the main battles will be against Sigrif, and he will already be well-leveled when you face him.

10) Tavern on the market square
Pay 50 units of rare resources [+25% army for all heroes]
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nonsense)). I checked it by loading the game several times - the army only increased for Shadia (I left her with 2 trees, and it didn't increase for anyone else).
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Place the campaign file in the UserCampaigns folder, which is located in the game folder.

Should I delete the file after playing? Will it break other maps from here?
P.S. Thanks for the game - it was long, interesting, and great. The author is a mapmaking monster!)

Should I delete the file after playing the game? Will it break other maps from here?

Some artifacts have been modified in the campaign (boots of levitation, ring of exile - only the name has been changed, not critical; ring of the shadow-marked - significantly changed, critical for those maps where it is used).

Overall, I wouldn't say that the campaign can significantly damage other maps (most of the modified objects are unlikely to be found anywhere else).

That's not true. I checked by reloading the game several times – the army only grew for Shadia (I left her with 2 dwellings, and even then, no one else's army increased).

That's not true. I checked by reloading the game several times and taking multiple screenshots – the number of creatures grew for all heroes without errors, as long as there were at least 4 of the same creature in one slot. If there were 4 of the same creatures in several slots, the total increase would be applied to one of the slots, and not to each of them separately. 2 dwellings did not affect the final result.

We started the campaign, launched it, and... on the first turn, no matter what boots we equip, Sigrida is caught and destroyed by the green player Ossir, level 31, with a huge army. Is this some kind of bug?