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The ninth stage of the annual John Van Canigem tournament for HoMM IV
«Far From Paradise»
«Far From Paradise»
1. In order to participate in the 9th stage of the Van Canigem tournament for Heroes 4 «Far From Paradise», 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. The tournament is conducted using the Russian version of Heroes 4: " Whirlwinds of War " by Buka. 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 based on 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 run of the save 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 shore without an indication that landing is possible (the anchor is not visible on the shore), again this is done with the mouse, and units' moves are reset (space is obviously prohibited - see point 2).
ALLOWED.
5.3. Upgrading hero graves using a Thief. Upgrading hero graves using Grandmaster of Stealth.
PURPOSEFUL upgrading of a grave in this manner is PROHIBITED.
NON-PURPOSEFUL 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 was unavoidable.
5.4. Upgrading graves with ordinary units on attack, defense, or speed crystals (sapphires) in battle, or increasing magic points.
PROHIBITED.
5.5. Upgrading graves with ordinary units in military schools, universities, huts, academies, etc.
PROHIBITED.
5.6. Units carrying a grave are allowed to visit stables, oases, wells, and other objects that increase movement points.
Therefore, EVEN PURPOSEFUL transport of a grave through these objects is ALLOWED.
5.7. Use of the hero's spellbook by the grave on the adventure map.
PROHIBITED.
6. The use of "completely Dead-end external dwellings" on the battlefield is prohibited.
(I will explain in more detail for those who don't understand: I consider a "Dead-end external dwelling" to be a COMPLETELY closed 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 fairy could beat up a hundred Black Dragons and win an impossible battle; to prevent such situations, I prohibit "Dead-end external dwellings" in this tournament.)
A "Non-dead-end 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, and at the same time, 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 proper for a Hero to hide in an external dwelling while enemies waste themselves on whatever. Our Heroes fight with open visors.
7. Using any other errors (bugs) is prohibited!
8. Discussion of the tournament on the forum during its progress is PROHIBITED!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically disqualify themselves from playing the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).
9. During the tournament, the player is required to keep intermediate saves for each game day.
Intermediate saves may be requested by the tournament leader to verify the honesty of the run. If a player is found using cheat codes or errors and game features explicitly prohibited in the rules, the player will be immediately excluded from the tournament.
It is also necessary to save own disputed battles (e.g., hero and fairy against 100 dragons) so that the fairness of the victory can be checked.
10. 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.
11. 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 FP ( «Far From Paradise» ) and the player's Nick. Example: 1_FP _Lu41k.h4s.
12. The tournament starts on September 30 and will last until October 21 (inclusive!). Results will be announced on October 24, 2008.
13. After your save is received, you will see in the application table that:
save accepted - indicated by a Bold Nick
This list can be expanded 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 NICK |
| 1 | WisTrit |
| 2 | BigAke |
| 3 | Dr Motor |
| 4 | LordZezuk |
| 5 | T@mar@ |
| 6 | Спай |
| 7 | LeSHiJ-MaX |
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 honorable place 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.
P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing!!! And good luck:smile02:
Respectfully, Luchik
"Как это странно всегда..
Вроде бы взрослые люди,
А в голове ерунда..
Мечтаем как дети о чуде.."
I improved my first run by 30% over Friday and the beginning of Saturday. So, I don't think Spy will be 3 times faster (or maybe he will be 
).
