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Hello everyone! Please help me figure out what's going on. When playing via TCP/IP, our heroes keep disconnecting. They disconnect randomly, after different amounts of time, in different locations, both for the host and the client. We've tried using Hamachi and also playing without it. Different versions disconnect, including English pirated versions and the Russian Platinum edition (as well as the Gold edition). Sometimes it displays an error, but most often it just disconnects and that's it. What could be causing this? Which version are you all playing on, and where can I download it? P.S. We've also tried changing the compatibility settings in the shortcut.

There was a bug where heroes would crash when disembarking from a boat and attacking monsters – it couldn't be fixed, so I had to play differently. This also applied to the computer-controlled characters.

this is different; there's no pattern here. If you load the game, you can replay the same location, and everything will be fine, but it might crash again, for example, after another "5 days."

Friends, this is an extremely important issue; I am moving the topic to the section dedicated to playing online: /forum/section/154/.

So, here are a few simple recommendations:
1. Right-click on the shortcut used to launch the game and select "Properties." Set the compatibility to Windows 95.
2. In the game settings, disable both types of sound.
3. Download and install the latest version of Hamachi, but more details on this will be provided in another section.

These recommendations need to be implemented on BOTH computers.

And one more thing. Windows multitasking has become a well-known issue. It is not recommended to do anything else in parallel with the game. By the way, to play in windowed mode, press F4.

We also tried disabling the sound, both individually and together. We'll try updating Hamachi and playing around with compatibility settings, but I doubt it will help, as last time we played without Hamachi and had the same issue. I still don't understand, is this problem happening to everyone? Are there people who don't experience this issue at all? What version are you playing on?

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Without Hamachi, disconnections occurred constantly.
With Hamachi, I personally manage to play stably by following these conditions:
1. Compatibility with Windows 95 on both computers;
2. Disabling both types of sound in Heroes on both computers;
3. Playing in windowed mode on both computers;
4. No other tasks running besides Heroes and ICQ on both computers;
5. A stable map.

and what maps are stable?
someone wrote on the forum that the game doesn't crash for him when there are no AI opponents (only players).

I also had an idea: install a virtual machine and put Windows 95 on it))) I'm just not sure what Windows will think about PCIe and 4 GB of RAM. I'll try it when I have time and definitely write about the results. Maybe I should bombard the developers with emails or something, suggesting what they should fix...
Thank you very much for your attention to the topic!:smile02:

I wouldn't recommend relying on Buku too much; we'll help you out here as best we can... Regarding the availability of computers, it's quite debatable. One of the most popular online maps is Slagfest, which has 6 participants (and therefore 4 computers...).

Sure... "Buka" replied to me...

Hello!
Unfortunately, the game developer no longer exists, so it won't be possible to play online properly.

Guys, I just fixed this issue on my end!

And I can add my two cents to all the advice mentioned above:)

Basically, even with the firewall turned off, some filters remain. For example, my Outpost 2.0 saves some filters in the system...

And for Heroes, the critical filters – NetBIOS (which we used to use with Siim) – that are blocked by the firewall by default need to be removed – and then you'll be all set =)

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Best regards =)

P.S. Thanks to Alex for the help!

yes, I actually learned something new myself :)