Posts from The fourth stage of the John Van Caneghem Tournament.

1. To participate in the 4th stage of the Van Canigem tournament for Heroes 4 «Brian's Revenge», you must register on our website and leave an application in this thread.

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

2. The tournament is held on the Russian version of Heroes 4: " Winds of War " by Buka. The save will be generated on the Russian version.

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy (while the main Hero, Brian, must not die — be careful ;))!

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) The use of 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) 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 and 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 of the possibility of landing (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 a Grandmaster 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 was impossible to avoid.

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 TARGETED carriage of a grave through these objects is ALLOWED.

5.7. Use of the hero's spellbook by the hero grave on the adventure map.
PROHIBITED.

6. The use of "completely Blind external dwellings" on the battlefield is prohibited.
(I will explain in more detail for those who don't understand: I consider a "Blind 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 could use a single fairy to beat a hundred Black Dragons and win an impossible battle; to avoid such situations, I prohibit "Blind external dwellings" in this tournament.)

A "Non-blind 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 have the ability 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 in the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).

9. During the tournament, a player is required 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 the use of cheat codes or errors and game features explicitly prohibited in the rules are detected, the player will be immediately excluded from the tournament.
It is also necessary to make saves of controversial battles (e.g., a hero and a fairy against 100 dragons) so that the honesty of the victory in the fight can be verified.

10. Along with the final save, players are required to send a description of the tactics for the final battle (the more difficult 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 BR («Brian's Revenge»), and the player's Nickname. Example: 1_BR_Lu41k.h4s.

12. The tournament starts on April 26 and will last until May 24 (inclusive!). Results will be announced on May 26, 2009.

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

the save is accepted — indicated by a Bold Nickname

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 applications IN ADVANCE!!!

PARTICIPANT LIST
NUMBER	PLAYER NICKNAME
1	Beyon de Grave
2	Brunhilda
3	Psixxx
4	Sh1n1k
5	Lee

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. Along 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.

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

Sincerely, Luchik

Sign me up! What level should the hero be?

3. Game objective – defeat the enemy (while ensuring that the main hero, Brian, does not die – pay attention!)

The result will be evaluated primarily based on the shortest time.
If several players have the same completion time, the best one will be determined by the number of points. If a favorite cannot be determined even then, it will be based on the amount of mercury.

To what level should the hero be developed?

Develop him as much as you can :) There is no limit on the map. But there is a limit in the game – level 70.

Beyon de Grave, you are registered as number 1! Good luck and have fun!

Sorry for being a noob, but is it possible to play this map in "Gathering Storm"?
And what difficulty level should I choose to play the map? )
Sorry again.

FineGamer,

2. The tournament will be held on the Russian version of Heroes 4: "Whirlwinds of War" from Buka. The save file will be generated on the Russian version.

:) Therefore, according to the tournament rules, you must play the map on this version of Heroes.
The map difficulty is already set when creating the starting save file.
To participate in the tournament, you must download the save file provided in the topic and load the game from it.

Sincerely, Luchik!

oh, how interesting :)
thank you for the explanation :)

Add me to the list!

Good day. I wanted to know if it’s possible to use a non-impassable niche of this type: if my hero can enter it, but enemy units cannot, meaning the niche is non-impassable because my hero can enter it, but it is also impassable for this battle because the enemy cannot reach my hero?

I wanted to know if it's possible to use a semi-impassable niche of this type: if my hero can enter it, but enemy units cannot, meaning the niche is not completely impassable because my hero can enter it, but it is also impassable for this battle because the enemy cannot reach my hero?

In this case, I call a semi-impassable niche 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 attack them.It seems everything is clearly defined. If the enemy cannot reach, then the niche is impassable.

It seems everything is clearly stated. If the opponent can't reach it, then it's a well-hidden spot.

Sorry, I missed this point in the rules. My nickname is Psixxx, if you can, please register me.

nickname Sh1n1k, let's test our knowledge if you don't mind )) +1

The nickname is Sh1n1k, let's test our knowledge if you allow. +1

:smile02: We definitely allow it! Go ahead, you are number 4 on the list. Good luck!

Hello everyone! I understand that you can bypass the Cyclops without a battle and visit the Dreamweaver to obtain the altar and the ring. Is this a bug, and is access to this area prohibited without defeating the Cyclops? I need an answer! Otherwise, I might finish the game and send you a save file:):smile43:

If nothing is specified, then it can be used... it seems it has always been this way.