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Here, we discuss mods and ask questions about them. For example, I'm interested in how to change the appearance of a creature.
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Actually, the most suitable place to discuss mods is here. You'll find all the information and examples there.
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Does anyone have links to programs for creating mods for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia?
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Here's my post: /topic/8915/
It has a link to download programs for modding. (Note that it’s not about “creating” mods, but rather modding.)

But the main program for creating mods is Photoshop, and also a 3D editor if you want to model something and then render it, although afterwards you still need to process everything with Photoshop)
Инфа о разных моих проектах, по большей части геройских, тут http://phomm.narod.ru
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What is the difference between modding and creating mods?
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I'VE BEEN PLAYING HEROES SINCE THE DAY I GOT A DISC IN MY HANDS; IT WAS GREEN AND HAD DIRECTX 7 ON IT—WHO REMEMBERS THAT? BUT BEFORE THAT, I MANAGED TO PLAY THE PREVIOUS PARTS 32167

MY PROBLEM IS SIMPLE AND NOT NEW: I WANT TO INTRODUCE MANY CHANGES AND NEW POSSIBILITIES TO THIS GAME, TO MAKE IT ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAMES OF OUR TIME BUT WITH NEW POWER (I ALREADY REALIZE THAT IT IS THE MOST POPULAR)

I NEED AN ASSISTANT FOR SCRIPT PROGRAMMING ETC.
AND IN GENERAL, A PERSON READY TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS MESS WITH 100 PERCENT SERIOUSNESS. I WANT TO TURN HEROES INTO SOMETHING LOGICAL WITH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT I'VE ALREADY THOUGHT THROUGH, WHICH WILL BE ON PAR WITH A REAL OPPONENT FROM THE WORLD OF MAGIC
WE WON'T BE MAKING SOMETHING LIKE 3.5 WOG, BUT STARTING FROM THE 3RD PART ITSELF
PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T WANT TO STEP BACK AN INCH. HAVE YOU NEVER WANTED THE COMPUTER TO BE A HUNDRED TIMES SMARTER? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I ALREADY HAVE GOLD UP TO THE ROOF BUT THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO BUY WITH IT?

AND MANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL HAD TO ENDURE OVER AND OVER; THE GAME CAN'T GIVE ANYTHING NEW WHEN REPLAYING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN—FOR 20 YEARS PROBABLY—BUT WITHOUT GIVING UP HOPE, MAYBE THIS TIME IT WILL BE MORE INTERESTING

SIMPLY PUT, I AM LOOKING FOR A PERSON OR PEOPLE, IT DOESN'T MATTER, WHO ARE READY TO START CREATING WHAT WILL SURELY BE THE LAST AND MOST POPULAR MOD FOR HEROES 3—IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S The Shadow of Death OR SOMETHING ELSE. IN CHILDHOOD, WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL, WE WOULD GO INTO THE STORE AND STARE AT THE DISCS; THE WILDEST SIGHT FOR ME WAS A HUGE PACKED STACK OF THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ALL HEROES 3, WHICH COST TWO OR ONE AND A HALF THOUSAND, I DON'T REMEMBER ANYMORE

ANYWAY, I PROPOSE TO MAKE A MEGA-MOD, AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE. EVERYTHING I'VE COME UP WITH OVER DECADES OF PLAYING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED; MANY SUCH IDEAS IN THE OLD OLD-SCHOOL STYLE HAVE ACCUMULATED. I THINK THEY WILL PLEASE THOSE WHO ARE SIMPLY ADDICTED TO SPECIFICALLY THE THIRD PART. I REALLY LIKED THE 4TH PART TOO, AFTER I COMPLETED THE ONLY 2 MAPS ON IT WHERE I COULD SOMEHOW DEVELOP ON THE HARDEST LEVEL, BUT I WOULD PREFER ONLY HEROES 3. AS FOR EVERYTHING AFTER 4, I PLAYED ROUGHLY LIKE THIS: DOWNLOADED, INSTALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES, CLICKED THE MOUSE BUTTON AND REALIZED THAT THIS IS NOT THE GAME TO PLAY; SO WE CLICK "EXIT GAME," THEN "SHORTCUT PROPERTIES," THEN "FILE LOCATION," THEN "PREVIOUS FOLDER," THEN SELECT THE GAME FOLDER, THEN PRESS SHIFT+DELETE, THEN FIND THE INSTALLATION FILE AND DO THE SAME. THAT'S HOW I COMPLETED HEROES 5 6 7 8 9 0 15.9 BETA AND ALL OTHER PARTS

ANYONE WHO WANTS THIS GAME TO FULFILL ALL THEIR DREAMS, WELCOME TO MY SECT OF WORSHIP FOR HEROES 3

I NEED PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE ENGINE LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HAND, VIRTUOSICALLY AND WITHOUT THINKING "OH, HOW DO I DO THIS OR THAT?"
JUST PROS AT HEROES 3. WE'LL ADD A LOT OF NEW STUFF, WHICH ABOVE ALL WILL STEM ONLY FROM THE OLD. MY IDEA IS FULLY READY; FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL START WITH THE FACT THAT AFTER PRESSING THE "NEW GAME" BUTTON ETC., THE PERSON WON'T SEE A Castle OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS OF REAL LIFE—MEANING TO START BUILDING YOUR Castle, YOU'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, FOOD, AND AN ARMY TO GUARD IT ALL. WHAT I PROPOSE TO CREATE HAS NO STYLISTIC DEFINITION; IT'S NOT AN MMORPG, NOR A TURN-BASED STRATEGY, NOR A 3D SHOOTER. IN FACT, THIS GAME WON'T JUST BE UNRECOGNIZABLE—YOU'LL HAVE TO GET TO KNOW IT ALL OVER AGAIN, RELIVING ALL THE JOY EXPERIENCED LONG AGO, BUT NOW WITH THE CERTAINTY THAT THE GAME WILL NEVER END BECAUSE THE Castle IS LIKE A TINY LITTLE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE MAP, WHICH YOU'LL HAVE TO GROW LIKE A TREE YOU PLANTED, MONITORING NOT ONLY YOUR BEHAVIOR IN THE GAME BUT ALSO PROVISIONS. IF AN ENEMY ENTERS YOUR TERRITORY, YOU CAN UNLEASH YOUR WHOLE ARMY UPON THEM, CHOOSING TROOPS FROM PROBABLY 7 OR MORE NAMES. DEFENSE HAS ITS OWN STRENGTH; NOW YOU WON'T HAVE TO DRIVE A HERO WITH AN ARMY HEAD-ON—NOW YOU CAN CHOOSE THOSE WHO WILL MEET THE ENEMY WHO ENTERED OR ATTACKED YOUR TERRITORY AT THE MOMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY APPEARED ON YOUR LAND DURING THEIR TURN. BUT OUR MOD USER WON'T SEE THIS SOON; FIRST, YOU HAVE TO FIND, OR RATHER SELECT, A TERRITORY ON A HUGE MAP THAT MIGHT NOT ONLY BE UNDERGROUND. YOU'LL HAVE TO BE A NOMAD—AND QUITE A BIT OF ONE—TO BUILD UP PHYSICAL OR MAGICAL POWER, OR BOTH, BUT IT WILL BE FANTASTIC. FROM NOW ON, THOSE HEROES WE CHOSE IN THE REGULAR GAME WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE; I HAVE AN IDEA FOR THEM THAT I THINK EVERYONE WILL LIKE. I'M NOT EVEN MENTIONING THAT NEW BIOMES WILL APPEAR WHERE, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT, VERY ATMOSPHERIC ATTACKERS CAN STRIKE—IN THE FORM OF SIMPLE THUGS LED BY HIGHLY EVOLVED BEINGS, OR DEAD MEN AND SPAWNS OF MAGIC WHO ARE VEEERY UNHAPPY THAT YOU CAME HERE, SENT BY SOMEONE WHO DWELLS HERE. YOU WON'T SEE HIM BECAUSE YOUR MAGIC LEVEL IS TOO LOW; THAT IS, CREATURES CREATED BY A LONELY MAGE HERO, EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING YOU IN SIZE AND STRENGTH, WILL ATTACK YOU. AND IF LUCK ABANDONS YOU COMPLETELY, AT THAT MOMENT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU MIGHT ONE DAY BECOME AS A TRAVELING HERO—I DON'T KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, SHAKTI, REMEMBER HIM? AND WHAT KIND OF ARMY DO YOU THINK HE'LL BRING TO YOUR DOOR? BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN ALWAYS RUN AWAY, LEFT ONLY WITH WHAT IS ON YOU AND IN YOUR BAG; YOU WON'T CARRY 54 CRYSTALS AND 28 MERCURY ETC. HA HA HA. BUT DON'T DESPAIR—EVEN IF IN THE EXTREME CASE ALL YOUR ARTIFACTS ETC. ARE TAKEN, ON THIS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND EVOLVING MAP, WITH THAT SAME HERO, YOU CAN REVISE YOUR STRATEGY AND START OVER, BUT WITHOUT LOSING YOUR EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND MAGIC SPELLS—NO ONE WILL TAKE THOSE FROM YOU. I PROPOSE TO TURN THE GAME INTO A RICH, LIVING WORLD WHERE THERE WILL BE TRADE TERRITORIES, NOT DANGEROUS, AND YOU WON'T BOTHER ANYONE THERE; THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE LIKE IN ONLINE, WHILE ELSEWHERE IT WILL BE QUIET LIKE IN A DEEP FOREST—AND IF YOU DON'T SEE ANYONE, THAT MEANS 100 PERCENT SOMEONE IS HERE
I PROPOSE TO BRING THIS WORLD TO LIFE WITH DIVERSITY THAT NOT EVERYONE WILL LIKELY GET TO KNOW. THERE, YOU CAN SEIZE SOMEONE'S RESOURCES, BUT ONLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR OWNER WILL COME FOR THEM AND TRY TO GET THEM BACK—AND HE WILL CERTAINLY REMEMBER YOU. OR CUT A PATH INTO THE WILD ABANDONED LANDS WHERE IT WILL BE VEEERY HARD TO FOLLOW YOU, BUT THERE IN THE WILDERNESS, FAR FROM COLORS—I MEAN CALORIES—YOU'LL HAVE TO BUILD YOUR OWN KINGDOM, REPELLING ATTACKS FROM LOCAL INHABITANTS. IF YOU SETTLE BY THE SEA, SEAFOOD AND SEA WANDERERS WILL ADD VERY INTERESTING BATTLES TO YOUR LIFE. IF YOU SETTLE NEAR ANOTHER PLAYER, INTERNECINE WARS WITH MUTUAL LOOTING ARE GUARANTEED. IN SHORT, YOU'LL NEED TO SETTLE WITH AS MANY ADJACENT BIOMES AS POSSIBLE IF YOU WANT THE GREATEST VARIETY OF MONSTERS TO ATTACK YOU; AT THE SAME TIME, DON'T FORGET TO DO STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF THE TERRAIN ON THE MAP, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WHEN YOU START BUILDING YOUR FORT THERE AND PUT ALL YOUR MONEY INTO IT
AND DUE TO YOUR OWN SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS LOSE EVERYTHING, YOU'LL HAVE TO ACCUMULATE ALL THAT AGAIN: MONEY, ARMY, SOLDIER EXPERIENCE, AND THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOU. BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE A CLASS—THOSE THAT ALREADY EXIST: BATTLE MAGE, KNIGHT, AND SO ON

WHAT I'VE SAID IS ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT I HAVEN'T SAID; IN REALITY, IT'S EVEN MORE GLOBAL AND INTERESTING. NOW EVERY MONSTER WILL BE GREAT, ALMOST LIKE HEROES IN DIABLO: LORD OF DESTRUCTION. I HAVE ALREADY WORKED OUT EVERY DETAIL, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO SPEND GRAY MATTER (REMEMBER WHO SAID THAT) ON THINKING THROUGH SOMETHING OR BALANCING IT AGAINST EVERYTHING ELSE. AND OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS A PROFITABLE DEAL, BECAUSE THE JOY OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IS THE GREATEST REWARD
YES, I'M JOKING, NATURALLY; I WILL TRY TO DERIVE MONETARY BENEFIT FROM THIS—NOT BECAUSE I'M A SCAMMER, BUT BECAUSE I NEED MONEY JUST LIKE ALL OTHER PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS A LARGE PART OF THE EARTH'S POPULATION

HOWEVER, PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO HELP CREATE A FULL-FLEDGED MOD, SO THAT IT CAN BE MADE WITHOUT CRASHES, WITHOUT BUGS, WITHOUT DEADLOCKS IN SAVES—LIKE WHEN YOU SAVE RIGHT BEFORE A CRASH AND THEN WHAT? ALSO, THE SAVES NEED TO BE DONE SUCH THAT CHOOSING WHERE TO SAVE IS AVAILABLE, AND OTHER PROBLEMS REMOVED WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO INCONVENIENCE, LOSS, OR DISAPPOINTMENT FOR OUR MOD USERS; BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS THAT A MOD IS SUCH THAT THERE'S NOTHING BUT INSULTING WORDS ADDRESSED TO THE DEVELOPER
WE CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY. I WANT TO REVEAL ALL THE COLORS AND FRAGRANCES OF HEROES 3 AND MAKE THIS GAME POPULAR NOW, TOP 1, BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT GAME AND ALL OTHERS ARE JUST TRASH OR THEFT FROM OTHER GAMES, MOVIES, MODS, AND SO ON. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THAT THE SUBSEQUENT PARTS OF THE GAMES WE LIKE SO MUCH ARE JUST RUBBISH, WHAT I PROPOSE TO CREATE WILL BE A REASON TO SIMPLY KEEP LIVING
THAT IS HOW GREAT MY IDEA IS; IT'S SIMPLER TO START DOING THAN TO DESCRIBE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT FOR A SKILLED PERSON, THIS WON'T BE DIFFICULT AND ALL PROBLEMS WILL BE RESOLVED AS WE PROGRESS

THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MY IDEA AND CAN HELP WITH CREATING SCRIPTS OR TEXTURES, JOIN IN AND LET'S START; THE SOONER WE START, THE SOONER WE FINISH, AND YOU'LL NEED EVEN MORE TIME TO REALIZE THE RENEWED SPIRIT OF THE GAME


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Earlier in this thread, I already provided a link to a forum where modders communicate. This link will also be useful. Here is a forum for players of the “regular” Heroes games. And there’s no need to “shout” using caps – did your Caps Lock key get stuck? :)
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