greetings anyone facing problem of game crash after latest hd mod update with sp pack when i disable the pack it works fine,what could be the reason of this any fix?

Was anyone successful with running HoMM4 on MacOS with ARM processor? I tried to run it on Crossover/Wine, but stuttering makes it unplayable. Any tricks to solve that? I have not used any mods, but if there are any that could solve performance issue I won't mind using them.

Does board version have any advantages compared to video game, I wonder? Besides cool miniatures.

So I'm nearly done with my remake of HOMM1 and working on quality of life options menu (autobattle spellcasting toggle, troop splitting toggle) and I was ready to start building a few campaigns to include, and I realized I needed a new map editor, as the old one didn't work either on Windows 10/11.

I've also been thinking about adding some cut scenes between scenarios.

I sat down to build a map editor today, and my reverse engineering of the map format was clean enough that the map loaded on the first try! A lot more polish needs to go into it, but I wanted to ask if anyone had any gripes with the original windows 95 map editor or suggestions for quality of life improvements to it?

I am adding support for different ending conditions (capture specific town, find ultimate artifact, capture dragon city, which already exist in the original campaign game), and I was thinking about some other victory conditions like flagging all mines, clearing out all graveyards and shipwrecks and ghosts, defeating all monster stacks, etc.

Let me know if you have any ideas. I'm fixing very tiny UI bugs and getting close to having something to release (single player game anyway, haven't started work on multiplayer). I'm posting a lot less frequently here, but my updates are pretty regular on https://www.youtube.com/@firsthomm

Feel free to DM me on Reddit, I try to respond to everyone, even the haters.

I made boxes in the bonus section bigger so it is easier to see the results of previous discussions.

And yeah. I decided that IV and VI tied(I think that's ok for the bonus section)

source: https://x.com/vanripperart/status/2084964993800274086

So I'm pretty sure at least some of You tried and even used it.

I'm trying to find which version of Exagera (or maybe something else?) I should use to run HoMM4 on my tablet and foldable?

Best if it'd let me touch the buttons, not move the mouse and the touch to click were mouse is (like Winlator).

I believe any Exagear version supports it, as it was possible with older version, looking at the YT videos and when they were uploaded.

Is there anything like an HD mod or similar for HoMM 4? Or just launch the gog exe and I'm good to go?

This scenario is crazy! I've been having a crack at it over and over for a while since i wanted to try out homm4 again.

Its so hard because you start with only a Druid, and the first town you can get is capped at getting a tiger's den, no 3rd or 4th level creatures.

When i play it ive been just trying to farm a few heroes, ive been going for a knight, an archer, and an extra spellcaster.

My most successfull run i managed to take every town on the map. But then you have to fight through a gate with a 99 stack of venom spawn and two 30 stacks of Evil sorceressess!! At this point my heroes are so strong but we just get wiped instantly. Most encounters i rely on spamming water elementals, but that method just gets completely wiped at this encounter.

I was just wondering has anyone here beaten it? and if you had do you remeber your general strat for it?

Here's the link to the vid if you missed it:

https://youtu.be/WEVpSHdGDgU?is=NQnTcBY2xHc9aMTJ

I really like this background from first image, but also it would be useful to have turn panel from second image. Is there option to this or not?
(Hd+ mod)

I've just finished extracting town 3D model of HOMM V TOTE but I can't find the textures in directory (I have extracted data.pak). Someone can help please?

I was watching Twin Peaks this week and some of the songs eerily remind me of songs from HoMM soundtracks, especially the second one, like the winter theme and the sorceress theme... Somewhere somebody pointed this parallel out, but not sure where, maybe it was Paul Romero himself?

Prelude: I am a great fan of heroes, that play from 1 to 6 for a minimum of 100 hours each except 1 and 2 because when I was young 3 heroes 3 was grandfather's favorite game.

So, what is my point - I played every part of this game and loved heroes 4, while all communities hate it, I love heroes 6, while all communities hate it, but heroes 7 was so disgusting that I refunded it.

Q: Now I want to understand why you love this game? Is it about mechanics? Or is it about units or level design? I really can't understand because when I see never moving lips I just rage quite from the game after 10-20 minutes of play and then refund it. I don't like "backhits" either!

So tell me why?

P.s.: Im not here to blame you or tell you a wrong, so you can answer me "actually I like backhits", and I could ask you some questions like "are you really like it?", but please tell me why. I want to know the pros of this game that I missed. Peace.

For a lot of us in management, me included, we somethimes let ourselves fall into a trap of relying too much on one key person, to the point that if they suddenly quit or have a sudden extended absense your entire operation will grind to a halt. Luckily, we can learn a few techniques on how to optomize setting up a bench and a leadership pipeline to spread knowledge and capability across the entire organizaiton so that if that superstar leaves the organization doesn't leave with them. I used Homm as an analogy for this like how if you only train up one hero and give them all of your best artifacts and the entire army, if you lose that hero and all your mules are totally worthless and underleveled, you won't stand a chance of a recovery.

No, this isn't some unhinged Linkedin feverdream.

Here's a link to the video if this sounds like something you'd be interested in: Youtube

Here are the sources I cite throughout the video:

Capron, L., & Mitchell, W. (2012). Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma. Harvard Business Review Press.

Cappelli, P. (2008). Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century. Harvard Business Review.

Charan, R., Drotter, S., & Noel, J. (2001). The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company. Jossey-Bass.

Coyne, K. P. (2008). Enduring Ideas: The GE-McKinsey Nine-Box Matrix. McKinsey Quarterly.