Posts from [ТУРНИР HMM IV OFF]«Ice & Flame»

1. To participate in the official offline tournament for Heroes 4 «Ice & Flame», you must register on our website and leave a request in this thread.

This tournament is official; ratings will be awarded based on its results.

2. Please pay attention! The tournament is held on version Heroes IV Equilibris 3.51 TE. The save will be generated in the Russian version.

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy.

Results will be evaluated primarily by minimum time.
If several players have an equal completion time, the winner will be determined by points; if a favorite is still not determined, then by the amount of mercury.

4. Tournament Rules.

1) Using cheat codes during the final save completion is prohibited.
2) Restarting or any other modification of the initial save is prohibited.

3) Use of the space bar.

3.1) Use of the "space" key is PROHIBITED when boarding a boat.
3.2) Use of the "space" key is PROHIBITED when disembarking from a boat to shore.
3.3) Use of the "space" key is ALLOWED when pulling a killed hero (grave) out from under monsters.

4) Bugs - SaveBag

4.1. Shifting monsters using saving is PROHIBITED.
4.2. Additional hero upgrades related to saving are PROHIBITED.
4.3. 65000 arrows for Elves using saving in battle is PROHIBITED.

5) Bugs - SinglBag

5.1. Overcoming obstacles on land, i.e., when dragging units with the mouse from upper slots to lower ones, they end up, for example, behind bushes that are usually impassable (the player does nothing prohibited, uses the mouse; during this operation, units lose some of their moves).
ALLOWED.

5.2. Overcoming obstacles when disembarking from a boat to shore, i.e., landing on the shore without an indication that landing is possible (the anchor is not visible on the shore), again this is done using the mouse, and units' moves are reset (space is obviously prohibited - see point 2).
ALLOWED.

5.3. Upgrading hero graves with a Thief. Upgrading hero graves with a Master of Stealth.

TARGETED upgrading of a grave in this manner is PROHIBITED.

NON-TARGETED upgrading of a grave in this manner is ALLOWED.
You must provide a reasoned explanation as to why you were forced to accidentally upgrade the grave and why it could not be avoided.

5.4. Upgrading graves with ordinary units on attack, defense, or speed crystals (sapphires) in battle, increasing magic points.
PROHIBITED.

5.5. Units carrying a grave are allowed to visit stables, oases, wells, and other objects that increase movement points.
Therefore, EVEN TARGETED transport of a grave through these objects is ALLOWED.

5.6. Use of the hero's spellbook by the same hero as a grave on the adventure map.
PROHIBITED.

6. The use of "completely Closed external dwellings" on the battlefield is prohibited.
(I will explain in more detail for those who don't understand: I consider a "Closed external dwelling" to be a COMPLETELY enclosed area, for example by rocks or logs, which contains
a small island for a unit, such as a fairy, harpy, vampire, etc. That is, a place that cannot be entered on land by a unit of the smallest size (3x3) and can only be reached by air—a kind of natural fortress. Having such an external dwelling, one could use a single fairy to beat a hundred Black Dragons and win an impossible battle; to prevent such situations, I prohibit "Closed external dwellings" in this tournament.)

7. Digging up the Grail without fully opened obelisks is prohibited!

8. Discussing the tournament on the forum during its progress is PROHIBITED!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically disqualify themselves from playing in the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).

9. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALLOWED.
(unlimited number of heroes on the map beyond eight, and so on).

A "Non-closed external dwelling," or more accurately a semi-open one, is allowed in this tournament.
By a semi-open external dwelling, I mean a place where a unit or Hero can
Enter on foot, while attacking monsters, regardless of their size, must be able to reach the Hero or unit to strike them (the point of a Semi-open external dwelling is to limit the number of monsters attacking you simultaneously). Besides, it's not right for a Hero to hide in an external dwelling while the enemies waste themselves on whatever. Our Heroes fight with open visors.

10. During the tournament progress, the player is obliged to save intermediate saves for each game day.
Intermediate saves may be requested by the tournament leader to verify the honesty of the completion. If a player is found using cheat codes or explicitly mentioned prohibited bugs and game features, the player will be immediately excluded from the tournament.
It is also necessary to make saves of controversial battles (e.g., hero and fairy against 100 dragons) so that the fairness of the victory in the clash can be verified.

11. Along with the final save, players are required to send a description of the tactics for the final battle (the harder the battle, the more detailed).
If the win depends on morale/luck rolls or specific actions of computer players, a full description of the battle is required—one that allows it to be repeated.

12. Send the final save to the email address Lu41k@yandex.ru. The sent save must contain the participant's number from the application table, the abbreviation IF («Ice & Flame»), and the player's Nickname. Example: 1_IF_Lu41k.h4s.

13. The tournament starts on August 6 and will last until September 7 (inclusive!). Results will be announced on September 10, 2008.

14. After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that:

save accepted - indicated by a Bold Nickname

This list may be added to by new participants!
We invite everyone to take part in the tournament!

Saves will only be considered from players who are in this table, so make your requests IN ADVANCE!!!

PARTICIPANT LIST
NUMBER	PLAYER NICKNAME
1	LordZezuk
2	WisTrit
3	General ZeT
4	Lee
5	Uranist
6	Lord Vampire
7	Просто_мэн
8	Спай
9	Dr Motor
10	BigAke

Everything about the starting save

1. Download the save.

2. The downloaded save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder of the installed Heroes 4.

3. Load it and start playing at any time convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves.

4. After reaching the final action (after which victory occurs), save again.

5. With the final save, describe this last step in detail (most likely a battle); then the results will be processed faster and there will be fewer suspicions of cheating!!!

6. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional). If such descriptions are provided, a contest for the best description will be held; 10 of them (the very best) will take their place of honor in the "Hall of Fame" section!

7. Send this save to the specified address (in the rules of this tournament).

8. Wait for the results.

- map for the tournament

- starting save


P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing!!! And good luck:smile02:

Sincerely, Luchik!