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Offline Heroes IV Tournament "Under the Elven Colours"
1. To participate in the offline Heroes 4 tournament "Under the Elven Colours", you must register on our website and leave an application in this thread.
This tournament is official; ratings will be awarded based on its results.
2. Please be attentive! The tournament is held on version Heroes IV Equilibris 3.51 TE. The save will be generated in the Russian version.
3. Goal of the game – You must assemble the largest possible army within 29 days (4 weeks and 1 day). Army size is measured by the amount of experience for each creature (value table attached
4. Tournament Rules.
1) It is forbidden to use cheat codes during the final walkthrough of the save.
2) Restarting or any other modification of the initial save is prohibited.
3) Use of the space bar.
3.1) Use of the "space" key is FORBIDDEN when boarding a boat.
3.2) Use of the "space" key is FORBIDDEN when disembarking from a boat to shore.
3.3) Use of the "space" key is FORBIDDEN when pulling a killed hero (grave) out from under monsters.
4) Bugs - SaveBag
4.1. Shifting monsters using saving is FORBIDDEN.
4.2. Additional hero upgrades related to saving are FORBIDDEN.
4.3. 65000 arrows for Elves using saving in battle is FORBIDDEN.
5) Bugs - SinglBag
5.1. Overcoming obstacles on land, i.e., when dragging units with the mouse from upper slots to lower ones, they end up, for example, behind bushes that are usually impassable (the player does nothing forbidden, uses the mouse; during this operation, units lose some of their moves).
ALLOWED.
5.2. Overcoming obstacles when disembarking from a boat to shore, i.e., landing on the shore without an indication of the possibility of landing (the anchor is not visible on the shore), again this is done using the mouse, and units' moves are reset (space is obviously forbidden - see point 3).
ALLOWED.
5.3. Upgrading hero graves with a Thief. Upgrading hero graves with a Grandmaster of Stealth.
PURPOSEFUL upgrading of a grave in this manner is FORBIDDEN.
NON-PURPOSEFUL upgrading of a grave in this manner is ALLOWED.
You will have to provide an argued explanation as to why you were forced to accidentally upgrade the grave and why it was unavoidable.
5.4. Upgrading graves with ordinary units on attack, defense, or speed crystals (sapphires) in battle, or increasing magic points.
FORBIDDEN.
5.5. Units carrying a grave are allowed to visit stables, oases, wells, and other objects that increase movement points.
Therefore, EVEN PURPOSEFUL transport of a grave through these objects is ALLOWED.
5.6. Use of the hero's spellbook by the hero grave on the travel map.
FORBIDDEN.
5.7. Upgrading graves with ordinary units in military schools, universities, huts, academies, etc.
FORBIDDEN.
6) The use of "completely Closed external dwellings" on the battlefield is forbidden.
(I will explain in more detail for those who don't understand: I consider a "Closed external dwelling" to be a COMPLETELY enclosed area, for example by rocks or logs, which contains a small island for a unit, such as a fairy, harpy, vampire, etc. That is, a place that cannot be entered on land by a unit of the smallest size (3x3) and can only be accessed by air—a kind of natural fortress. Having such an external dwelling allows one fairy to beat back a hundred Black Dragons and win an impossible battle; to prevent such situations, I forbid "Closed external dwellings" in this tournament.)
7) Discussion of the tournament on the forum during its progress is FORBIDDEN!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically disqualify themselves from playing the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).
8. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALLOWED.
(unlimited number of heroes on the map beyond eight, and so on).
A "not closed external dwelling," or more accurately a semi-open one, is allowed in this tournament.
By a semi-open external dwelling, I mean a place where a unit or Hero can enter on foot, while attacking monsters, regardless of their size, must be able to reach the Hero or unit to strike them (the point of a semi-open external dwelling is to limit the number of monsters attacking you simultaneously). Besides, it's not proper for a Hero to hide in an external dwelling while enemies are wasting themselves on whatever. Our Heroes fight with open visors.
9. The following skills are closed on the map:
resurrection, diplomacy, necromancy, shamanism, charm, pathfinding, stealth, sailing.
It is forbidden to obtain them by any means!
If it is discovered that any Hero has a closed skill, it will be punished by loss. Such a save will not be counted.
10. The player is obliged to keep intermediate saves for each game day during the tournament walkthrough.
Intermediate saves may be requested by the tournament leader to verify the honesty of the walkthrough. If the use of cheat codes, as well as errors and game features explicitly forbidden in the rules, are discovered, the player will be immediately excluded from the tournament.
It is also necessary to save controversial battles (e.g., a hero and fairy against 100 dragons) so that the honesty of the victory in the clash can be verified.
11. Along with the final save, players are required to send a description of the final battle tactics (the more complex the battle, the more detailed).
If the win depends on morale\luck rolls\specific actions of computer players, a full description of the battle is required—one that allows it to be repeated.
12. Send the final save to the email address Lu41k@yandex.ru. The sent save must contain the participant's number from the application table and the abbreviation UEС ("Under the Elven Colours"). Example: 1_UEС_Lu41k.h4s.
13. The tournament starts on February 18 and will last until March 20 (inclusive). The result will be announced on March 23, 2009.
14. After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that:
save accepted - indicated by a Bold Nickname
Saves will only be considered from players who are in this table, so make your applications IN ADVANCE!
| PARTICIPANT LIST | |
| NUMBER | PLAYER NICKNAME |
| 1 | Lord Vampire |
| 2 | ZYbr |
| 3 | General ZeT |
Everything about the starting save
1. Download the save.
2. The downloaded save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder of the installed Heroes 4.
3. Load it and start playing at any time convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves.
4. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional).
5. Send the final save to the specified address.
6. Wait for the results.
PS I thank HeroesLeague.ru for providing the map.
I wish all tournament participants a great time playing!!! And good luck:smile02:
Sincerely, Luchik!
