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I won't be able to explain everything in detail, but I'll outline the main points. The link I provided contains a complete guide on how to add new creatures (more than 198, because 198 is the limit in the original game).

1) You need to patch the game launcher .Exe file so that it "knows" that it actually has more than 198 creatures. To patch the .Exe file, you need to use a patcher from Deflaktor (that's his nickname). The patcher patches the .Exe file using files with the .yml format (essentially, the YAML file contains data on what and how the patcher should change in the game launcher).
2) You need to open types.xml and enter "something, I don't remember what, but it's in the guide" (there's a line there that controls the number of creatures).
3) You need to add new creatures to types.xml and enter them in two places: one place is simply a list of all creatures, and the other place is a list of creatures plus a second line below with the number assigned to them.
4) Don't forget to also create placeholders in the file system for all 999 creatures, i.e., from 199 onwards. You can simply extract this from a mod for NCF creatures.
5) If you have added all the creatures and placeholders to the lists in types.xml, then you also need to add all 999 positions in the text file Creatures, which is located in GameMechanics (and there's a RefTables folder there).
6) Don't forget about the UI camera for all creatures.

I don't remember the rest offhand, but I can provide a video as an example of which lists are used when adding one of the creatures. https://forum.heroesworld.ru/showpos...51&postcount=1

So, I've been tinkering around, and what I did works, but only if I download the ___NCF_Core.pak file and the H5_Game.NCF.exe launcher and run the game through it. But the problem is that I play through the EE launcher, H5_AIadv_31j.exe, and I don't need that separate executable.
So, based on what you wrote, do I need to patch my H5_AIadv_31j.exe by editing the types.xml file in the data files?

Man, my head is already hurting).

 

Well, you jumped onto an already configured NCF executable, and it works. But if you need to apply it to another one, then you'll have to "work" a bit.

/topic/15277/

I found it here, or I was looking for it there and eventually just Googled it and found it by its name on the Heroes community; you'll also need a program to run scripts.

https://heroes5.fandom.com/wiki/Deflaktor%27s_Hex_Patcher

 

Thanks, friend. I really don't understand anything; there are no clear instructions, neither on how to prepare the yml file, nor on how to even run this patcher... Okay, forget about this patcher and mod.

.yml doesn't need to be prepared; it's already a ready-made file with settings.
Think of the "patcher" as a machine, and the .yml as a cartridge. You just need to download the patcher and put it in the root folder of the game, in the bin folder, and run it there. If you also have a .yml file in the root folder of the game, in the bin folder, it will offer you the option to patch the launcher (.Exe)** with it.

Then you need to write lists and form the internal structure of folders with files, but you've already created the folders with files. Essentially, you've already done the most important part; all that's left is to teach the executable to recognize what you've done and write a list of available creatures for it.

How do I run the patcher? It has a .jar file extension. Windows sees it as an archive, but I don't see any .exe files inside to run it...

Dredknight said that the patcher works on Java. I had to install Java on my computer to run the patcher.

Good afternoon. I had an idea for a mod. In one of the mods, I saw that Necropolis was reworked, and they took a human city as a basis but made it dark. It would be cool to play as a Necropolis where all units are undead human troops raised from the graves.