Posts from Offline tournament "Evil Lands".

And when will you actually start the tournament? :confused:
Theory without practice is not good:D

Dear VDV forever, I will definitely participate in your tournament.
I've been dreaming about a tournament for the first game for a long time! :):)
The first thing I did when I joined the forum was ask if there were any tournaments, and I immediately asked: "Are there tournaments for the first game?" :)
And now you've made us all happy with this.
Many people appreciate it.

The thing is, I've played in 3 tournaments in 2 weeks, and I'm very tired...:(
I just finished the last one last night!

I'll start your tournament in the next few days. There's still time, a whole 2 weeks!
Maybe I'll even finish it by the end of the week!

Sincerely,
Prorock.

I didn't try to capture cities with Phoenixes as a priority. I waited for the AI to build them, and then I came and took them. I hope to finish the map by Monday, and I might even try to replay it to improve my result. Right now, a lot of time is spent chasing the AI's weak heroes.

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Okay, I finished the map. The result isn't very good – I spent too long playing catch-up. I'll probably replay it.

I didn't try to capture cities with Phoenixes as a priority. I waited for the AI to build them, and then I came and took them.

That takes longer, and it's a speed tournament :)

Hi everyone. :)
Now this is what I call a tournament! With all the save/loads, the map is cleared in 4 hours max, of which 1 hour is lag from playing sounds :)

I'm happy with the result :) (although I haven't finished yet, the blue computer is left)

And now for a bit of history:
1. On the second day, I took down the centaurs without losses.

A small lyrical digression: In HoMM 1, various bonuses, damage amounts, etc. in battle are (RND), meaning random, which implies that by reloading and performing all the same actions as in the previous battle, the result is completely different. (This is why, essentially, there was a multiplayer problem in the first version, unless it was HotSeat). I'm mentioning this because after playing the same battle 10 times, I kept losing one orc, but once it happened that 2 stacks of centaurs shot so weakly that the orc managed to withstand the shot of one more stack (albeit of 2 centaurs) and didn't die. Similarly, when attacking castles, I had to reload up to 20 times so that the catapult would smash the wall exactly where needed and in the minimum number of hits. But more on that later.
2. On the third or beginning of the fourth day (I don't remember anymore), I took down the dwarves (also without losses). Meanwhile, a fast hero (warlock with 1 gargoyle) went to scavenge resources near the thieves.
3. On the fifth day, the white village was taken (loss of 1 centaur). Before this, I gave all centaurs except 1 to the warlock. I attacked. I used gargoyles (3 of them) to protect the orcs, so the sprites naturally rushed the centaur and beat him to a pulp. But about 30 goblins took revenge for them. Then the orcs shot down the remaining dwarves.
4. I had to load an autosave several times because a very cheeky computer with a few elves, orcs, and goblins kept killing the gargoyles at the crossing. After the 3rd reload, it crashed against them, which suited me fine. :) (I hope this isn't cheating? :) )
5. Basically, after that, I pinched those same gargoyles and went to take the white castle. On the way, some white Knight with basic troops was buried.
6. As I approached the castle, a strong hero unexpectedly jumped out of it and ran past me to an empty village.
7. Taking the opportunity, I take the white castle. I'm left with twenty thieves and about twenty goblins. Time is somewhere in the middle of the second week.
8. The computer came to its senses and returned with the hero that had slipped past.
9. I was ready for this, so I bought a little book and 1 elf, 1 druid, 1 sprite. After the battle, 18 goblins remained.
10. Well, now I can take a breather. I've occupied an excellent castle with Lightning and Unicorns. The fast warlock runs to this castle; in the home castle, a second barb takes the stonemason (loss of 2 wolves) and builds trolls. (They turned out to be the most useless troops, as they didn't participate in a single battle!!! :) :) But I plan to send them against the blue computer).
11. The main barb takes the remaining troops in the white castle (18 goblins, 2 druids, 1 sprite, 6 elves, 1 unicorn) and goes diagonally down towards the red Knight.
12. Here's another interesting point. The second week ended and the stash with archers was replenished. If you go to the red one past this stash, then... nothing, but if you bypass it, this bird-brain runs as fast as he can to grab 4 archers(!!!) abandoning his castle, which is what I'm trying to take advantage of.
13. However, 17 pikemen remain in the castle, and their defense, let me tell you...!!!! In short, I reloaded about 30 times, but I took the castle!!! :) 5 goblins left. If you're interested, I can write about it.
14. Whew... A blue landing party and blue infantry attack the white castle, but the warlock, who by this point has spell power 4 and knowledge 3, easily handles them.
A red devil with 6 genies and about 20 nomads flies into the just-captured Knight castle!!! (reminder, my hero has 5 goblins left).
15. I had to save/load again and dig up 2 warlocks (the red castle also had Lightning Bolt and, most importantly, Slow). I bought 2 kamikazes, who, having 1 centaur, 1 gargoyle, and 1 goblin each, attacked the hero with genies. Just blasting them with lightning immediately is inefficient, because only 1 genie dies from one hit, and the computer kills the gargoyle on the first turn and the second turn cannot be made. I had to slow the genies first (Blind doesn't work, as the computer immediately casts Dispel Magic and the genies fly as if nothing happened, so you can't cast Blind on the second turn either). In total, it turns out to be 4 turns (-3 genies) and 4 turns with the second warlock, also -3 genies. As for the remaining nomads, the barb dealt with them in the castle.
16. I stayed in the castle until the next week, as there were no troops, money, or buildings in this castle (only archers, peasants, and pikemen). I built swordsmen. Every turn, 2 computers would run up and crash against me.
17. That's it. The 4th week began, I bought the crew, and went right-up. Everything else is just a matter of technique. But this is where the real annoyance starts. The computer, the pest, starts scattering in different directions and you have to chase it.
18. Further attempts by the blue computer to take the sorcerer's castle from my Warlock.
19. That's all. Deep night fell and Zingel went for a half-hour walk outside, and then to bed.
Presumably, another month of running through the desert and sailing to the blue one.

If anyone has questions - go ahead! :) I'll be happy to answer :)

P.S. I don't know any cheat codes, I've seen about 30% of the map, this is my second attempt (the first time I crashed against the white castle and gave up). And now it's working out quite smoothly. :)

Good luck everyone! :)

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I forgot to mention, about 30 pikemen tried to join me, I refused them because I wasn't sure about the rules.
So, how is it? Is it permitted to let the crew join? :)

How much does Heroes I weigh? Is there anywhere I can download it (links, addresses, passwords, locations)?

How much do Heroes 1 weigh? Is there anywhere I can download them (links, addresses, passwords)?

20 MB
Check here:
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And I have the original version at home, I think from 1994. It even has a cool copy protection system, or something like that, but it requires a digital disc to be in the CD drive.
Back then (early 1995), when I just put together my 486 DX100 computer, it had a 5.25" hard drive with 40MB – it weighed 3 kg. On it were MS-DOS, Pascal with libraries, and some utilities, as well as Heroes.

To the admin or moderator: This is off-topic, please move it somewhere else.

Around 30 pikemen tried to join me, but I refused because I wasn't sure about the rules.
So, what's the deal? Is it allowed to add allies? :)

I can only say one thing:
WHY DIDN'T YOU ADD THEM, HUH???:confused: No one has joined me:mad:

P.S. And I have more thieves left:D

Sincerely, VDV_forever

All I can say is:
WHY DIDN'T YOU JOIN THEM, HUH???:confused: No one joined me:mad:

P.S. And I have more thieves:D

Sincerely, VDV_forever

To be honest, they wouldn't have made much of a difference to me :) These are the pikemen that guard the quarry near the Knight's Castle. I'

Played just one week yesterday evening!
It went pretty well on easy difficulty.

But in any case, I will most likely send you the save file towards the end of the tournament, regardless of how quickly I complete it!;):):):)

Sincerely,
Prorock.

I think today I'll play a tournament map, although my result will be, to put it mildly, not very good:o. But I play for fun :).

Sincerely, VDV_forever

You can complete it quickly :) maybe even over the weekend!
But I'll wait until November 14th.

And I'm already enjoying it ;)

I've already completed the map, so there's already one real participant.
I'll send the save file on November 13th-14th, as I said.

Good luck to everyone else!
Go for it, and victory won't be long in coming.

Best regards,
Prorock.

I played the map again. Now everything is much better. But I have a question. Is it necessary to dismiss all heroes before the last turn? Because in my case, the last battle was won by a support hero.

I played through the map again. Now it's significantly better. But I have a question. Is it necessary to dismiss all heroes before the last turn? Because in my case, the last battle was won by a supporting hero.

I don't think it's necessary ;)

P.S. Maybe I should play it again for the second time and improve this unfavorable result :)
Ah, if only the army could be split...

Sincerely, VDV_forever

I completed the game, and in the final save, I deleted all Heroes and armies except for one, which delivers the final blow to the last enemy! Wouldn't this be considered a bug? I did everything fairly! :) Sincerely, Prorock.

I completed the game, and in the final save, I deleted all Heroes and armies except for one, which delivers the final blow!

This won't be considered a bug!

Of course not:)

Sincerely, VDV_forever