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And with what unit arrangement does a victory occur? As in this save – the result is a crushing victory.

I tried, out of curiosity, to "tackle this cactus," but I couldn't! Charna seems to have a Sphere of Vulnerability (because when attacking golden dragons, death knights inflict a Curse), which gives her a significant advantage! But we can't resurrect the golden dragons.
Why I became curious: I abandoned that campaign on the 3rd scenario precisely because the necromancers develop too quickly (compared to me), and the Veil of Darkness helps them a lot. It requires a fast pace from the start, and the further you go, the more important it is not to fall behind in development, because the gap carries over to the next scenario, and eventually, you realize that you can't handle the enemies.
Because of this, I got discouraged and didn't even try to complete the other story campaigns, although they might have been within my capabilities. In general, I only completed "Long Live the Queen!" (which was quite easy), and my interest in campaigns waned.
Since then, I've definitely become a better player, but I still haven't felt the desire to complete the campaigns.

I was never particularly good at Heroes, but I always completed all the scenarios without much difficulty, except I didn't immediately figure out how to increase the difficulty. Or are these different campaigns?

Well, that was a long time ago! I just checked the dates of my saved games (they're still here): of course, in January 2011, when I saved my progress in the "New Beginning" campaign, I was much weaker. And starting over just seems like too much effort...
And the campaigns are, of course, the same standard ones – although now you need to be careful: there are builds on the internet where the standard campaigns have been modified by the creators "for themselves" for greater enjoyment, but this fact is usually "forgotten" to be mentioned in the descriptions; :mad: and players are then surprised: where did, for example, azure dragons suddenly appear on my path when they weren't there before?! :confused: Someone wrote about a similar case somewhere – I think even on this forum. Some "smart guys" should have their hands shortened! :smile18: :smile29: :smile19: And you can also remember about "small things" like replacing the "original" hero music with anything from the creator's collection: from "Golden Ring" to "Aria", :D or editing text files (do you like the "Call of the Boat" spell with a 100% chance of success... without water magic?)...:smile21:
As for the example given: this is clearly a case of an inadequately conducted quick battle, and that is why it should only be used to speed up the clearing of neutral creatures on the path when they are already trying to flee: saving time on some maps can be significant.

And with what unit placement does a win occur? In this save, the result is a crushing victory.

Here's a screenshot of the result of my quick game. If anyone can replicate this manually, please describe the tactics involved.

Mystic, my quick spell kills almost all dragons and elite units + minor creatures.

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Marmot, and I played through the campaigns back in the early 2000s, when I didn't even know about multiplayer. And even more so, online play. I just used save files, sometimes even going back several days.

Here, if you try to initiate the attack manually and then start the auto-battle, Gem loses! I suspect that (as someone mentioned here before), the algorithm for calculating the quick battle doesn't take into account the presence of the Tactics skill and the level of proficiency in it. And the difference is huge: Charna immediately positions her troops almost in the center of the battlefield, and even with expert-level slowing, they reach Gem's units in the first round.

I liked that, for the first time since Heroes of Might and Magic I, the AI casts spells intelligently – using Haste in the first round.

I suspect that (as someone mentioned here earlier), the quick battle calculation algorithm doesn't take into account the presence of the Tactics skill and the level of proficiency in it.

That's incorrect.
I won't go into details, but if a quick battle lasts longer than 30 rounds, it switches to a battle calculation similar to an AI vs. AI battle, where mana is already considered spent, and the troops return to their initial state.
There are also a couple of bugs in the quick battle (actual bugs, not just "oversights") - with flying creatures, with the resurrection of phoenixes, but they have been fixed in the HD mod. With the exception of the above, the quick battle is identical to a regular battle.

but if a quick battle lasts longer than 30 rounds, instead of it, a battle calculation is launched, as for AI vs. AI.

a quick battle is identical to a regular battle.

How do these two things relate to each other? A regular (presumably, auto-)battle with fewer than 30 rounds changes to "AI vs. AI"?
And how is the battle duration calculated without actually running the battle?

Quick battle = standard autobattle. The fact that you don't see what's happening on the screen doesn't change anything. But there is one difference, as described above, for battles that last longer than 30 rounds.
And AI versus AI is no longer a battle, but a specific calculation.

So, auto-battle, where the AI makes decisions for the player, is not an "AI vs. AI" battle, which therefore only works when bots fight neutrals and other bots?

Yes, that’s correct.

For some reason, I can’t collect the evidence (60) with a hero that has 0/0 and 1 Hydra. What am I doing wrong?

Because they removed this cheat...