Posts from The beginning of the War.

I wanted to play today, but it seems it's not meant to be...

Yes, the map file is broken after the update.

I checked the map, and this bug with player selection sometimes occurs. I experienced it myself once. I took the liberty of fixing it (I hope the author doesn't mind; I didn't touch anything else). To correct the bug, I opened the map in the editor and reconfigured the player parameters in Player Properties.

I looked at the map, and this bug with player selection sometimes occurs. I experienced it myself once. I allowed myself to fix it (I hope the author won't mind; I didn't touch anything else). To correct the bug, I opened the map in the editor and re-set the player parameters in Player Properties.

Thank you very much.

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I wanted to play today, but it seems it's not meant to be...

With the help of Andrei_21, the bug was fixed.

Walkthrough of the "Beginning of the War" scenario (hero difficulty): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zeVPHKU5YE

After freeing Ellaine, you need to wait approximately 2 weeks.
That's why I avoid such scenarios. No offense. I believe that accumulating troops (often tedious, pointless, and relentless) is the worst example of mapmaking. It's like trying to fit an owl onto a globe. It seems like the goal is to make the battle and finale more epic, so let's start accumulating troops. At the same time, you could have the hero complete some quests. I always read ALL the reviews first, then I start playing. If the word "accumulate" appears anywhere, I skip it. This is just something to think about.

I assume that you are avoiding deposits

I assume you avoid deposits

I stumbled upon a walkthrough of the remix of this scenario on YouTube, and I watched it... I considered playing it at some point.
I think you're the one who suggested it to me.

You motivated me to play it, by reminding me. I'll play it only because I can. I wanted to give a more detailed answer, but it would be a lot of off-topic content. But you are right in some ways... as my mother says... either aristocrats or degenerates go to the bank)).

Let's start.
1... what kind of archive are you talking about?
2. Why did the author initially enable cheats? Did you doubt that the map was passable for everyone? That's not very sporting. Everyone takes on the burden they can handle. That's how it is in life.
3.. I like this... playing without losses.
4. "The Hero donates 250 gold to the treasury every day, which reduces the cost of troops trained in the cities of the Order faction by 2% with each new Hero level."
The special ability for this Hero is complete garbage. You can simply scatter a few chests or gold around the map instead, which cripples the Hero.

Unfortunately, the AI is hopelessly stupid, and no one will ever fix it. (In a battle with griffins for the Turban of Enlightenment, 30 griffins, while in a group and next to archers, decided to kill my single unit (a swordsman) after landing, even though they could have taken out a lot of archers. They probably thought about how to take the least amount of damage rather than strategically weakening my army. Judging by this, the developer of the AI behavior in this game behaves the same way in real life. (It's better to hit an old lady than to get beaten up by a group of punks). 😁
48 bears joined. To take the first Castle with acceptable losses, you need to catch the dog right when the gates open (so that it stops in the gates and doesn't run out). If it stands in the gates, you can avoid losses. This is why there are so many reloads and rituals around this battle. Just because I had nothing to do and because of the Hero level limit, I leveled Elaine up to level 23. And yes... to take the Demon Castle, you need to wait a couple of weeks and build up your troops. The Demon on Chaos one-shots any stack with a shock attack, so the hope is to steal it.
You can't use the crystal in the screenshot.
Good idea, but the map is too small.

The crystal is probably rotated incorrectly and its active cell is pointing directly at the Christmas tree! But who cares about such minor details?)

The crystal is probably rotated incorrectly and its active cell is pointing directly at the Christmas tree! But who cares about such minor details?

Unfortunately, many authors are too lazy to fix the flaws later.