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

Sorry for the late reply!
1. Regarding balance and changes.
Balance - Yes, to some extent, you will always end up with a Rock-Paper-Scissors type of game as outliers are found and balanced, but keep in mind that new content and mechanics have been implemented over the years, and more will follow. Rock-Paper-Scissors is only possible in a finite mechanics environment.
2. Changes - I agree that constant changes make something hard to follow or hard to like. This is why we keep a history of all releases on ModDB so anyone can play the one they like.

1. Are you saying that the "solution" to imbalance is its constant change, which prevents players from getting used to it and using established strategies to win? In principle, I can agree with that, to some extent. A solution could be, for example, automatic random generation of hero skills - one skill is guaranteed, and three are random, calculated using their own formulas, + random placement of the city, i.e., the player's choice of color and race does not mean choosing its location on the map. Perhaps something else as well.

Otherwise, everything will come down to endless content updates until the mod creators get tired of making them. Along with the last update, the balance will also end...

2. Thank you, it didn't occur to me that this was a conscious decision.

Patriksun I do consider perfect balance an illness. It cannot be achieved, just strived for. What brings our team together and is the driving force for all major releases is not the balance changes but the new content.

You can think of releases like this: 

- Major releases (examples - RC10,11,12 and so on) bring new content in specific area of the game
- Minor releases ( Beta 2, beta 3, beta 4 and so on) bring bugfixes and balance change

Tantalass it seems the mine guards growth is deliberate to work  that way.
If creature growth begins from zero it will be obsolete after the first defeat.

Patriksun, at the very least, stagnation and a complete lack of updates will certainly not be a solution to the imbalance. And, as we know, a perfect balance means that everything is absolutely identical for everyone...

Patriksun I do consider perfect balance an illness. It cannot be achieved, just strived for. What brings our team together and is the driving force for all major releases is not the balance changes but the new content.

Thank you, that makes it clearer. Then all questions are answered, because there is never a shortage of new content, at least for the modern person.

The only thing I would like to suggest is: at least within one (RC) version (i.e., without taking into account fixes), it would be good to compile a list of at least the main changes in the gameplay and a guide to the new content. Finding out everything on your own while playing is extremely time-consuming, and besides, in the end it may turn out that the current version does not suit the player. Spending several hours of real time just to understand that you DON'T like it is not the best idea. Moreover, I am sure that the team of developers already has lists of these changes and additions in a ready or almost ready form. Otherwise, it would be impossible to organize the team's work.

Good luck to you! RC13, which I prefer, is already much more interesting than the basic version of Heroes. I am grateful to you for your work!

Just a suggestion: it would be great if, at least within one (RC) version (i.e., without considering fixes), you could compile a list of at least the main changes in the gameplay and provide reference information on the new content.

Good evening, I'll chime in. I don't know if it's allowed to post links to other resources here, but the topic links to the mod's page on MODDB, where the authors publish release notes for each new patch in the articles section. There is also a Discord server for the mod, where these links are also shared. They are all in English, but there is someone who is supposedly going to translate them as they become available.

Patriksun we have begun a work to make a document with all changes but is with low priority.

First part of your message: Do you mean that the Town Management spell was not available in the hero's spellbook and randomly appeared at some point in the game?
Second part: Town conversion was executed, but no conversion happened. Did resources get subtracted from the player?

Checking with the team...

The Town Manager scroll is available, as is the menu for selecting town upgrades. However, after activating it, the management menu closes (previously, it would switch to displaying a list of the resources needed for the upgrade), and this message appears: "You have gained the ability to upgrade towns" (see the image below), but nothing new appears in the spellbook. The player's resources and the hero's movement points do not change, and the town is not upgraded. The game does not display any messages regarding limitations on the number of faction towns (previously, when the maximum number of towns was reached, the game would notify the player).

Good evening, I'll chime in. I don't know if it's allowed to post links to other resources here, but the topic's links include a page for the mod on MODDB, where, within the articles section, the authors publish release notes for each new patch. There's also a Discord server for the mod, where these links are also shared. They are all in English, but there is someone who is supposedly going to translate them as they become available.

Thank you! This was very helpful.

Thank you Tantalass. What do you get in console when this happens?

Thank you Tantalass. What do you get in the console when this happens?

This map, where the rebuilding error occurred, was generated with the 8p-belt-I/Xlu options.
On other playable maps with Ultima and Epic settings on the latest patch, rebuilding works normally.
I haven't rechecked the belt option on another map.
Here is what it displays in the console after attempting to rebuild the city: Attachment 67139
Maps are generated according to ARMG Manual V2.3, followed by using MMH55_Mapmixer

can you send map file + save file at the place where I can test?

Hello, dear @dredknight. We have another problem after updating from RC 13 to RC 15. After generating a map in MMH55_Utility_64, we save the map and launch MMH55_64, where it is visible that this map exists. However, Mapmixer does not see it, so there is no way to play hotseat. The most interesting part is that searching manually also yields no results. Please let me know where to look into this, thanks in advance.

Hello dear @dredknight. We have another problem after updating from RC 13 to RC 15. After generating the map in MMH55_Utility_64, save the map, run MMH55_64, it can be seen that this map is there. But Mapmixer does not see it, so there is no way to play hotseat. The most interesting thing is that the search by hand also does not give results. Tell me where to dig, thanks in advance.

Hello, dear @dredknight. We have another problem after updating from RC 13 to RC 15. After generating a map in MMH55_Utility_64, we save the map Attachment 67150 and launch MMH55_64, where it is visible that this map exists. Attachment 67151 However, Mapmixer does not see it Attachment 67152, so there is no way to play hotseat. The most interesting thing is that searching manually also yields no results. Please let me know where to look, thanks in advance.

Hello dear @dredknight. We have another problem after updating from RC 13 to RC 15. After generating the map in MMH55_Utility_64, save the map, run MMH55_64, it can be seen that this map is there. But Mapmixer does not see it, so there is no way to play hotseat. The most interesting thing is that the search by hand also does not give results. Tell me where to dig, thanks in advance.

I also encountered this problem, but why is it only happening to you with the new patch? For me, running MMH55_64 as an administrator helped; after generating and saving the map, open Mapmixer also as an administrator and set the desired settings, after which everything will be fine and the map will appear in the maps folder. You should also check the file ARMG Manual V2.3.pdf in the game's root folder regarding map settings (for example, playing with resources 3, experience 5, monster strength 5—it turns out quite decent)

Can you send the map file and save file to a location where I can test them?

Here's the save file for a network game, hotseat mode, on the turn when rebuilding the undead city with an active elf hero.
Attachment 67179

trololo_woman,

This is Windows 10 issue. You are running non admin user while the game is installed in admin restricted area (C: drive).
When you execute application as non admin user and that application wants to save a file, it is saved in a hidden profile folder linked to the folder you wanted to save it (<game folder>/Maps).

Either run the Utility map generator exe as admin or install the game away from the C: drive.

Tantalass thanks I will test and let you know if we find something.