I would like to have the patch just for the resolution message. It's very
annoying in multiplayer games when you want to go back to the desktop.


--- In mac-homm@y..., Rocco J Carello <rcarello@n...> wrote:
> > --- In mac-homm@y..., "rogue?" <rcarello@n...> wrote:
> >> "The 3DO Company and New World Computing
> >> Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete
> >> Version 4.0.1 Update
> >> March 2001
> >>
> >> Thank you for updating the Heroes of Might and Magic III
> >> Complete game. T his update corrects some known issues that
> >> should make playing the Heroes III: Complete game even more
> >> fun.
> >>
> >> * Game now correctly runs Spoils of War campaign.
> >
> > I have kept your message with the url on my machine, but how
> > necessary is this patch? At the moment, I'm still stuck on Playing
> > With Fire: Burning Of Tatalia, and I can't remember whether I've done
> > Spoils of War or not. So far, I haven't experienced any problems at
> > all. In fact, Heroes III, even the original Erathia CD, has been one
> > of the best behaved games I've ever had.e
>
>
> Well, if you start a new Restoration of Erathia Campaign game and choose
> Spoils of War first (that's the fortress/stronghold campaign) the game
> will just crash. There is a workaround for this bug which is to play one
> of the other two campaigns (Long Live the Queen or Dungeons and Devils)
> and then go on to Spoils of War (since those three can be played in any
> order). So it's not totally necessary.
>
> On the other hand, the more people that request, the more likely 3DO is to
> put it on their site so the people who do want it don't have to go through
> this hassle to get it. The resolution bug is really small, as anybody can
> press the Enter key to make the message go away. The trade with allies
> bug, however, sucks. If you're playing an allied game online and try
> trading with your ally, the game may just crash out on you.
>
> You are right though, Heroes III and Heroes III Complete were very well
> behaved games. I guess that's why the patch fixes such minor issues -
> because there aren't any major issues that need fixing. We can only hope
> 3DO will hire the same programmer to do Heroes IV. It's nice having games
> that don't crash.