Posts from Technical issues with Heroes III.
but downgrading to Windows XP is too drastic; I'll search some more on English-language forums.
It's better to download and install the full version of "The Shadow of Death".
the game simply cannot be installed there, in the sense of installing regular programs; instead, an archive with the game is downloaded, ready to run.
The second possible reason for the problems: you write that an HD mod is already included in the game in the archive. This is convenient for lazy (or previously unfamiliar with the game) players, but it is unknown what the "craftsmen" who "created" your archive might have changed/deleted.:) It is better to search for and find the game installer – even if it is a repack, they can be quite good (as luck would have it)).
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
Ideally, the game should be installed.
It's unknown what changes or deletions the "creators" of your archive might have made.
Ник в лоби - Kilgory
1) Where is the save file? I don't see it... Please provide it (you can attach it to the previous message)!
2) What do you mean by "it's terribly slow in development"? Please be more specific: does the game freeze when switching turns? Does an ally refuse to fight / buy troops / build buildings / ... ?
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
Ko4evnik,
1) Where is the save file? I don't see it... Please, attach it (you can attach it to the previous message)!
2) What do you mean by "extremely slow in development"? Please, be more specific: does the game freeze when switching turns? Does the ally not want to fight / buy troops / build buildings / ... ?
1) Sorry, something didn't attach. Here it is now.
2) He is very slow. I started on impossible difficulty (200%) and only gave myself a bonus of a prison with my favorite hero, specializing in ranged attacks, on my territory.
He has already reached titans, and the computer hasn't even built a capital city yet! And he sat for a long time, not moving, with an income of 500 gold per city. And he still sits in the castle, not conquering anything. Now, he has built municipalities, but he is still slow in the castles.
Well, if an ally is slow, so be it: who's in charge here? :) As long as the enemies aren't slow! :)
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
Ko4evnik, the AI's behavior in some cases is a "mystery wrapped in an enigma." :) I've read about various instances of this kind of "stalling." I remember someone writing that they placed a pitiful group of peasants in front of an AI player's castle, and that coward didn't even dare to leave the castle! :)
Well, if an ally is being slow, so what? Who's in charge here? ;) As long as the enemies aren't being slow! :)
Right now, everything has continued to the point where I'm personally (!) manually opening mines for the AI!
Справочник по НоММ-4 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-heroes-iv.html
Памятка по НоММ-3 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii.html
и HotA http://handbookhmm.ru/vyishla-obnovlennaya-pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii-hota.html
As Napoleon said, God save me from friends, and I'll deal with enemies myself. And what's the point of an ally – just to get in the way and take away your resources? In a custom map, they could simply program its behavior, limit its buildings, and restrict its movement radius from the castle.
2. An ally is for fun – to watch the computer wars. You don't participate in the process to the maximum, but simply observe how it develops. You help out here and there...