Posts from Poll with comments: skill tree.

He didn't hesitate and spent yesterday evening searching for and testing a program; honestly, I'm shocked. Now, many "strange" choices of main heroes from old parties are clear to me; people simply knew all the upgrade options for all their heroes and chose the one who levels up better and more consistently. The program is an insane cheat – it shows all the heroes on the map at the moment of memory scanning, including those sitting in the taverns of each player and in prisons (you can't hide on restarts that Pikadryl came to you as the second hero, etc.), meaning it gives a real in-game advantage in the form of information that cannot be obtained by ordinary means...

I've said many times that it's necessary to protect data in physical memory from heroes, even in the context of using *. Implementing memory protection is practically impossible or quite expensive. But, we can take a different approach – intercept Open Processes and either list them or block them (kill them). The latter option is similar to a rootkit, which all antivirus programs will detect. Therefore, a listing of processes by the MD5 hash of the EXE and DLL files, followed by a mechanism for either alerting or blocking, is still needed.
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let's say someone doesn't want to install additional upgrades/programs/DLLs, etc., and how can this be checked? - a program is needed to check exactly what the opponent has in the Heroes folder (impossible) or in the running Heroes game (like checking an IP address on the internet, it immediately shows what else you are using).

If the program shows other players' heroes, including those in the tavern, etc., as Mizrael said, then it's cheating, in my opinion!

How does using such a "skill tree calculator" (Yes, in this case, let's call it that, because people who have played more games will remember all the "non-standard" skill trees and know where to get what they need and where not) differ from using a guard calculator, a damage calculator, or Phizmig?

...The scariest thing from the list above (with the tree calculator included) is the physics engine. People can learn a lot from it directly during the game, while knowing EVERYTHING listed in the physics engine without exception would require playing millions of games for each individual, rarely occurring case (which you probably wouldn't test before the game). And each of these small details can win you a game...

As always, we discussed it and then dropped the topic, which is the most frustrating part. I personally still don't understand what it's about (or it's very vaguely explained), whether it's a cheat or not, and if not, where to get it.
The same situation with the chess timer, one-sided items, and a million other topics – they all follow the same pattern: discuss and drop.
We need an initiative group with a firm hand and authority. Our AK has been updated, right? Isn't it time to make decisions on pressing issues?

Don't worry, it hasn't been ignored. There is currently an organizational problem in the AC; we will resolve it, discuss the program, and make a decision to allow/ban.
There are millions of unresolved problems, however, there are 3 million resolved ones... It makes sense to pay attention to that sometimes as well...

2. The use of additional programs that speed up the gameplay is permitted, specifically:
- A mod to improve the functional part of the interface – HoMM3 HD,
- An animation accelerator in battles – Cranim.
The player using these programs and files is responsible for all bugs arising from their use.
The use of any other additional programs and files that affect the Gameplay is prohibited without prior agreement with the opponent.

I voted "no"; if it’s banned at the program level, I won’t use it; it won’t make me play worse. If it’s just a rule, then sorry, try to prove it again...