Heroes of Might and Magic III. Complete Collection. — General

Vasya11

14 years ago

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Basically, I have the following: "Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete Collection," also known as "Platinum Edition from Buka."
There are .lod files containing the game's resources, of course.
There's a problem: the translation is terrible. It's truly awful and makes me depressed. As are the fonts. But I've dealt with the fonts by finding a resource editor and the old, good SoD fonts on this forum, and replacing them in the .lod file.
In general, I still have the editor, but the problem is that I don't know which files contain the localization, I don't know if it's possible to painlessly replace it with the old, good one (where elves are Rampart, Conflux is Soпряжение, etc.), and I don't have the old, good localization (I don't even know who it's from, to be honest).

Therefore, I have a big request for people who know and understand:

1) Can I painlessly replace the files of one localization with the files of another (if they even exist as separate files in the resources)?
2) If so, where can I find them (in which .lod file and what are their names)?
3) I would be glad if someone could share the files of the old SoD localization.

Patches, patchers, and other things are not of interest. I am interested in a solution that involves manually replacing the new original localization files with the files of the old localization.

If I posted this in the wrong place, I apologize and ask that the topic be moved to the appropriate section.

Marmot

14 years ago

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There is a simple, ready-made solution: an HD mod with the Russian Mega Pack:
http://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/rus/download
Install the HD mod, unpack the Mega Pack, and select the Mega Pack as the "Heroes" version in the menu; it will have acceptable fonts and a different translation; in my opinion, it's much better than in the Complete Collection.
You can manually download and test different localizations and fonts, but it's more time-consuming and tedious.

Воскресайте, камінні душі, Розчиняйте серця і чоло, Щоб не сказали Про вас грядущі: їх на землі не було…
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)

Vasya11

14 years ago

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I've already fixed the fonts. Knowing what, how, and where to change it took a couple of minutes. I don't need ANY other translation; I need the old, classic one from SoD. I don't need any random patches at all. Only the old localization. In everything else, I'm happy with Platinum.

Lider1

14 years ago

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Vasya11
Without even trying, you dismiss it, but it's a mistake. The ND mod has features that no other localization has.

Specifically, there's a quick way to transfer troops to another hero with a single button, splitting a stack into individual units, and gathering individual units into a stack.
Furthermore, it fixes game bugs, such as hero duplication and city discoloration. It also allows you to play in high resolution.

Now, I have a question for you: why don't you play Heroes with the old localization? What prevents you from playing the same SoD if it's so important to you? Why are you stuck in Platinum?

Сейчас балуюсь этим https://vcmi.eu/download/
За то что нейтралы не бегают за единичкой, для меня это уже стоит того

RiMpel2

14 years ago

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What are you talking about, here the maximum is 7 computers in an alliance for 200.

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Vasya11

14 years ago

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Lider1

Vasya11
Without even trying, you're already turning up your nose, but it's in vain. The New Dawn mod has things that no other localization has.

Specifically, quick transfer of troops with one button to another hero, splitting a stack into individual units, and collecting individual units into a stack.
Furthermore, it fixes game bugs, such as hero duplication and cities turning gray. It also allows you to play in high resolution.

Now, I have a question for you: why don't you play Heroes with the old localization? What prevents you from playing the same SoD if it's so dear to you? Why are you sticking with Platinum?

I read the description and tried it. I don't need it. I've never encountered hero duplication or cities turning gray. I'm happy with the troop transfer, and I'm happy with the resolution. Besides, the localization in that patch isn't what I'm looking for.
I'm using what I found that's decent online. I couldn't find an official version of SoD, only repacks.
And I don't like repacks. To be more precise, SoD can be found, but usually it's uploaded to some deposit or turbobit, which takes a week and a half to download, and sometimes it's even in parts.
Plus, you also have to do some tweaking with SoD to make it perfect. So I don't see much of a difference.

Regarding the topic, can someone please recommend something?

Lider1

14 years ago

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I think I know what you need. I have a SOD with good fonts. I used to play it myself. If you're interested, I can send it to you on Skype: Liderr11.

Сейчас балуюсь этим https://vcmi.eu/download/
За то что нейтралы не бегают за единичкой, для меня это уже стоит того

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sageol

14 years ago

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I installed the Platinum Edition repack with Russian language and the HD mod. Everything seems fine, but there's one issue: I don't like the animation speed in combat. I asked the forum users for help, but they didn't assist. I solved the problem by changing the language in the HD mod settings to Platinum Edition Russian; the animations became much faster because the cranim file started working. I really don't like the font and the translation; I don't know what to do. I liked the translation from the megapack; it was similar to the SoD version, and I'd like to restore it along with the fonts. If this can't be fixed, then I need the SoD version, am I right? What version are the players here using? Maybe I should do the same. Please advise.

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Exit

14 years ago

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sageol

I installed the Platinum Edition repack in Russian with the HD mod. Everything seems fine, but there's one issue: I don't like the animation speed in combat. I asked the forum members for help, but they didn't assist. I solved the problem as follows: in the HD mod settings, I changed the translation to the Platinum Edition Russian version, and the animation became much faster because the cranim file started working. I really don't like the font and translation; I don't know what to do. The translation from the megapack was very good; it was like in the SoD version, and I would like to restore it along with the fonts. If this cannot be fixed, then I need the SoD version, am I right? What version do the players here use? Maybe I will do the same as they do. Please advise.

They play both SoD 3.2 and Platinum 4.0.
In general, the megapack should work with both Platinum and SoD, right?

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Artemiy

14 years ago

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sageol

I installed the Platinum Edition repack with Russian language and the HD mod. Everything seems fine, but there's one issue: I don't like the animation speed in combat. I asked the forum members for help, but they didn't assist. I solved the problem as follows: in the HD mod settings, I changed the language to the Platinum Edition Russian version, and the animation became much faster because the cranim file started working. I really don't like the font and the translation; I don't know what to do. I liked the translation from the megapack; it was like in the SoD version, and I would like to restore it along with the fonts. If this cannot be fixed, then I need the SoD version, am I right? What version do the players here use? Maybe I will do the same as they do. Please advise.

I had the same issue with the animation - try an older version of the HD mod (2.98f) - it helped me (both the great Russian translation and the animation are fine):smile20:
P.S. I had the animation glitch with the beta version of the HD mod (3.0 beta 11).

KycoK_3a6opa

13 years ago

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I have a problem that a whole group of us hasn't been able to solve for a long time...
The thing is, when playing over the internet (gameranger), I can't use the English font in any version of the game unless I use Ctrl+Alt.
We've tried everything—SoD from Buka and the Complete Collection from Buka in both Russian and English languages; I've tried all the fonts in HD-mod, and I even downloaded the original English SoD image from a foreign site, but everything was unsuccessful.
Where the font is Russian, you can only write in Russian and that's it—for some reason, the keyboard layout doesn't switch to English. In the English versions of SoD or Complete, you can either only write in crooked hieroglyphs or use Ctrl+Alt.
Please help; I often see players on game streams writing freely in English letters without any Ctrl+Alt.
ps. This nonsense only happens when playing over the internet; everything works as it should when playing against the computer!

Added after 6 minutes
The problem is that using Ctrl+Alt+typing text isn't very convenient, and besides, it writes in ALL CAPS and crookedly because when writing the word SAVE, for example, it can't type the letter "V" since Ctrl+V = paste from clipboard. If I happen to have some text in the clipboard, it just blindly pastes it; for example, I want to write "SAVE PLS" but it turns out as "SAYA FILIP KIRKOROV PLS"
How do I fight this? Maybe it's not because of the game, but because of Gameranger itself, since everything works fine when playing against the computer!

Stop hard - Go Pro!:smile49:

Lider1

13 years ago

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I have the same problem. I was advised to use the Key Switcher program as a solution.

Сейчас балуюсь этим https://vcmi.eu/download/
За то что нейтралы не бегают за единичкой, для меня это уже стоит того

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KycoK_3a6opa

13 years ago

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Lider1

I have the same problem. They suggested using the Key Switcher program as a solution.

Hmm... I'll try it.
By the way, I forgot to mention that my friend has the opposite problem: even in the Russian version of Complete, he can only type in English, and we've tried all the fonts in HD mode, but without success.
Actually, I think it's better to have English fonts than Russian ones, because I can write in Russian using English letters, but with Vietnamese and Romanian, I have problems and have to deal with extra keys.

Stop hard - Go Pro!:smile49:

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