Playing Shadow: Barbarian 3: Tough Start. As Quebec Dragons
says, it's easy, except...

I wiped out Tan months ago. OK, I forgot which seer to go to
for a while, but finally I entered the cave with the
Hellfire Sword and Alendra (or whatever his/her name is)
says he/she wants the Armor of Wonder and the Sandals of the
Saint.

I have now, as far as I can see, flagged or attacked every
structure on the board, including shipwrecks, and I still
can't find them. None of my mage guilds have View Air. My
best magic user has now got Expert View Earth, but I still
cannot see where else I can possibly look.

Anyone got any ideas?

RobB

Rocco J Carello wrote:

>  I haven't had problems with either of these games crashing on me. I
> wonder
> if you might be close to the minimum memory the game wants?
>
> But yeah, the Heroes III and Heroes III Complete games are very stable
>
> compared to a lot of what is out there. The game has crashed on me a
> couple times, but it's not a common thing.
>
>
> >>> It's nice having games
> >>> that don't crash.
> >
> > Well yes, Heroes III is a VERY well-behaved game, except like
> > clockwork it freezes up and you have to reset the computer after
> > you've been playing for about, oh, 4 hours non-stop =)   Which is
> > not uncommon for this game...
> >
> > Haven't had the time to see if this happens on Complete yet..

The message I posted a couple of minutes ago was meant to be in reply to
this one! Netscape had quit on me in the middle and after going through
restart and rebuild the desktop, I forgot who I was replying to.

Rob Bannister.

mpetter@... wrote:

> > > It's nice having games
> > > that don't crash.
>
> Well yes, Heroes III is a VERY well-behaved game, except like
> clockwork it freezes up and you have to reset the computer after
> you've been playing for about, oh, 4 hours non-stop =)   Which is
> not uncommon for this game...
>
> Haven't had the time to see if this happens on Complete yet..

I haven't had this at all - not even on the original Erathia CD. I have
a G4 with 192 MB, so maybe it's a memory thing. Mind you, I'm having big
problems at the moment: yesterday my System Folder became 'unblessed',
ie the computer wouldn't recognise the System File. Took me 2 goes at
reinstalling and I'm still trying to get my email settings right!

RobB

Hmm... it seems like they're sending it to everybody but me. :)
Fortunately, somebody was kind enough to send it to me. :)

I noticed the mouse movement thing as well, but I figured it was an issue
with the operating system. Either way, it is a minor detail and not
something that bothered me at all. Thanks for posting the fix anyway. It
will probably end up on my website in the future.


> Yes, that's the main reason I got it.  3DO was quite expedient
> about replying too.  I sent the email request on Friday evening,
> and this evening when I got home from work the patch was in my
> Inbox!  I assume they don't work weekends.. =)
>
> And yes the resolution bug is fixed!  Yay!
>
> There is one thing though that they never seemed to address in
> Heroes III or Heroes III Complete...  and that is the issue of the
> mouse movement stopping all animations.  You can see this
> most when you have clicked to move and hero, and while he's
> trying to ride his horse move the mouse around.  This is, of
> course, easily fixed.  Each time you start the Heroes III
> [Complete] application, switch to windowed mode, then back to
> fullscreen.  Mouse movement no longer freezes the animations!
> Yay!

I haven't had problems with either of these games crashing on me. I wonder
if you might be close to the minimum memory the game wants?

But yeah, the Heroes III and Heroes III Complete games are very stable
compared to a lot of what is out there. The game has crashed on me a
couple times, but it's not a common thing.


>>> It's nice having games
>>> that don't crash.
>
> Well yes, Heroes III is a VERY well-behaved game, except like
> clockwork it freezes up and you have to reset the computer after
> you've been playing for about, oh, 4 hours non-stop =)   Which is
> not uncommon for this game...
>
> Haven't had the time to see if this happens on Complete yet..

> > It's nice having games
> > that don't crash.

Well yes, Heroes III is a VERY well-behaved game, except like
clockwork it freezes up and you have to reset the computer after
you've been playing for about, oh, 4 hours non-stop =)   Which is
not uncommon for this game...

Haven't had the time to see if this happens on Complete yet..

Yes, that's the main reason I got it.  3DO was quite expedient
about replying too.  I sent the email request on Friday evening,
and this evening when I got home from work the patch was in my
Inbox!  I assume they don't work weekends.. =)

And yes the resolution bug is fixed!  Yay!

There is one thing though that they never seemed to address in
Heroes III or Heroes III Complete...  and that is the issue of the
mouse movement stopping all animations.  You can see this
most when you have clicked to move and hero, and while he's
trying to ride his horse move the mouse around.  This is, of
course, easily fixed.  Each time you start the Heroes III
[Complete] application, switch to windowed mode, then back to
fullscreen.  Mouse movement no longer freezes the animations!
Yay!

--- In mac-homm@y..., "Holycat" <lefleau@y...> wrote:
> 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..., "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.

-- Rob Bannister

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.

> --- 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.

--- 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

Once again, the site I run will change appearance and name!
This happened around this time last year as well, so perhaps
this will become a tradition.

The new site will not contain "Mac" or anything apple/macintosh
related in the title. The focus of the site will be on strategy. I will
still cover macintosh issues and events, for nobody else has the
knowledge or interest to do so, but I want people to think of it as
a strategy site, not a macintosh site, because that's really what it
has been for the past year.

Other sites announce windows specific patches, mods,
tournaments, etc without their sites being named "Windows
Heroes" so I don't think this site needs to have "Macintosh" in it's
title just because I will talk about Macintosh-specific things at
times.

Please feel free to post any ideas for names, and here's a
couple ideas I had that you can comment on:

The Den of Heroes
Heroes University

And the site's URL:
http://strategyplanet.com/homm/mac

"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. This 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.

* Trade with Allied Heroes in a multiplayer game no longer
randomly displays any memory errors.

* Inadequate Video Settings dialog no longer appears when
running in Millions of Colors.
This patch has been floating around 3DO's offices since this
spring, but they chose not to release it because they the demand
was (supposedly) low, and it would cause too much trouble if
the patch inadvertently introudced new bugs to the game.
However, they have e-mailed it to some people who asked for it.
If any of these issues bother you, you can fill out their support
form and request it."


So, the update that was completed in March has finally seen the
light of day.  Apparently, if you fill out their support form and
request the patch, they may send it to you. This is according to
one person who recieved it in an e-mail from 3DO.  I filled out the
support form a couple days ago myself, but have yet to recieve a
response.  The form is here for those who would like the patch:

http://www.3do.com/support/mac_support.shtml?PAGE=
mac%2Femail.htm

It is not available for download on their site at the moment. They
said this is due to low demand for the patch.

Anthony Modica & Pam Trochesset wrote:

> It was months ago I played those scenarios and I remember the Festival of Life
> ones to be vexing.  I can recall being stuck and frustrated as you say.  I
> remember having to save the game alot and tried some risky gambling strategies
of
> basically taking a mega army under my strongest hero  and taking the enemy
towns
> (losing my own towns as I could not defend them) and basically conducting "hit
&
> run" type raids on the enemy's towns to get their troops on day 1 and then
vacate
> when they came back with their stronger armies.  This strategy -- after many
> tries -- eventually worked but it made for some very weird games where my
towns
> were continuously being lost, conquered and lost again.  You need to play
those
> scenarios guerilla warfare style in   order to win.

Thanks for that. That is really helpful - I'll keep on trying.


-- Rob Bannister

It was months ago I played those scenarios and I remember the Festival of Life
ones to be vexing.  I can recall being stuck and frustrated as you say.  I
remember having to save the game alot and tried some risky gambling strategies
of
basically taking a mega army under my strongest hero  and taking the enemy towns
(losing my own towns as I could not defend them) and basically conducting "hit &
run" type raids on the enemy's towns to get their troops on day 1 and then
vacate
when they came back with their stronger armies.  This strategy -- after many
tries -- eventually worked but it made for some very weird games where my towns
were continuously being lost, conquered and lost again.  You need to play those
scenarios guerilla warfare style in   order to win.


Turbodog

Rob Bannister wrote:

> Erica Marceau wrote:
>
> > On 9/22/01 4:05 PM, "Rob Bannister" <robban@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Had a look back so I would remember that scenario. Yes, I did have
> > > problems, but it all came good in the end! I'm attaching a Mac Word (MS
> > > Office 2001) file for the whole of the "Liberation" scenarios, hope you
> > > can read it. The second set of tips on T&Trogs is the most useful (I
> > > think I've changed the attribution - it is really Q. Dragon, not
> > > Maneater who wrote that).
> >
> >     Thanks so much for writing this walkthrough and I will certainly take a
> > look at it when I come to those maps. I'm still stuck on From Day to Night
> > myself and look forward to seeing how someone else plays the same maps.
>
> Hope it helps. No-one has leapt in so far to offer me help with Clan Wars
> (Armaggedon - Festival of Life) which I have been stuck on for a month. It's
> one of those ones that start easy and then, in about Month 2, they start
> attacking you. When (and if) you beat them, they just run away, so you have to
> face them again, and although I have 4 Level 20 heroes carried over from the
> previous scenario, I just can't afford to keep them all equipped with armies.
>
> -- Rob Bannister
>
>
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Erica Marceau wrote:

> On 9/22/01 4:05 PM, "Rob Bannister" <robban@...> wrote:
>
> > Had a look back so I would remember that scenario. Yes, I did have
> > problems, but it all came good in the end! I'm attaching a Mac Word (MS
> > Office 2001) file for the whole of the "Liberation" scenarios, hope you
> > can read it. The second set of tips on T&Trogs is the most useful (I
> > think I've changed the attribution - it is really Q. Dragon, not
> > Maneater who wrote that).
>
>     Thanks so much for writing this walkthrough and I will certainly take a
> look at it when I come to those maps. I'm still stuck on From Day to Night
> myself and look forward to seeing how someone else plays the same maps.

Hope it helps. No-one has leapt in so far to offer me help with Clan Wars
(Armaggedon - Festival of Life) which I have been stuck on for a month. It's
one of those ones that start easy and then, in about Month 2, they start
attacking you. When (and if) you beat them, they just run away, so you have to
face them again, and although I have 4 Level 20 heroes carried over from the
previous scenario, I just can't afford to keep them all equipped with armies.

-- Rob Bannister

On 9/22/01 4:05 PM, "Rob Bannister" <robban@...> wrote:

> Had a look back so I would remember that scenario. Yes, I did have
> problems, but it all came good in the end! I'm attaching a Mac Word (MS
> Office 2001) file for the whole of the "Liberation" scenarios, hope you
> can read it. The second set of tips on T&Trogs is the most useful (I
> think I've changed the attribution - it is really Q. Dragon, not
> Maneater who wrote that).

     Thanks so much for writing this walkthrough and I will certainly take a
look at it when I come to those maps. I'm still stuck on From Day to Night
myself and look forward to seeing how someone else plays the same maps.
--
Erica J. Marceau (Contributing Editor)
Mac OS Journal - monthly web magazine - <http://www.macosjournal.com>
AIM: Erica Marceau , ICQ: 25043398

The willow knows what the storm does not, that the power to endure pain
outlives the power to inflict it.

I believe The Mac Smith (www.themacsmith.com) will ship overseas.


>Grrrr... HOMM3 Complete never reached the France...
>Expect to see me back on HOMM4!
>
>>  De : "Holycat" <lefleau@...>
>>  Répondre à : mac-homm@yahoogroups.com
>>  Date : Sun, 14 Oct 2001 20:40:15 -0000
>>  À : mac-homm@yahoogroups.com
>>  Objet : [mac-homm] New tournament
>>
>>  We are starting a new tournament for the few of us that play
>>  heroes online on a mac. I know their is some good players out
>>  there, come play with us and have fun.
>>
>>  You can join the tournament here:
>>
>>  http://www.geocities.com/testosterone_asu/Heroes_Tournamen
>  > t
>>
>

Grrrr... HOMM3 Complete never reached the France...
Expect to see me back on HOMM4!

> De : "Holycat" <lefleau@...>
> Répondre à : mac-homm@yahoogroups.com
> Date : Sun, 14 Oct 2001 20:40:15 -0000
> À : mac-homm@yahoogroups.com
> Objet : [mac-homm] New tournament
>
> We are starting a new tournament for the few of us that play
> heroes online on a mac. I know their is some good players out
> there, come play with us and have fun.
>
> You can join the tournament here:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/testosterone_asu/Heroes_Tournamen
> t
>
>
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> mac-homm-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
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>
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We are starting a new tournament for the few of us that play
heroes online on a mac. I know their is some good players out
there, come play with us and have fun.

You can join the tournament here:

http://www.geocities.com/testosterone_asu/Heroes_Tournamen
t

This was posted on Evolution Interactive's website a couple days ago:

"One other thing. I know that a lot of you a really looking for me to do the
port of a certain series that I have worked on in the past. Well, we have
been actively talking to you-know-who about the port and all parties want it
to happen. I got a couple of source dumps from them already, but they are
obviously rushing to get it out the door and are making a lot of bad
decisions (code-wise) in the process. I have played the game a fair bit
already, and I'm really not impressed."

Interesting, huh?

-rogue

> I didn't mean to belittle it, but this is both a mailing list, a web
> forum, a bookmark list, and a file list.
>
> If you haven't been to the web site, check it out:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mac-homm

Yeah, I haven't been there in a while - but yes, it can be used like a web
forum. The forum planet has the advantages of being linked from several
different websites and being more heavily trafficked because of this.

The idea for creating these new forums was because of the general lack of
maturity on the Heroes Community forums and me and angelspit wanted to make
something better and more focused.

On a side tangent - I'm updating my website in a few minutes with news on
Heroes IV for Macintosh.

>
>
>
>er, I thought this was a mailing list. anyway, if nobody's going to
>use the forum, I guess it will end up getting removed.
>
>This forum is tied in with other HOMM-forums and sites, so at the
>very least, it should get some exposure. *shrug*  It was created in
>response to the volume of childish postings on Heroes Community and
>wasn't meant to compete with this mailing list.

I didn't mean to belittle it, but this is both a mailing list, a web
forum, a bookmark list, and a file list.

If you haven't been to the web site, check it out:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mac-homm

--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

>  >Hello,
>>
>>There is now a forum (moderated by me) where we can discuss things
>>related to Heroes for Macintosh.  We can talk about bugs/problems,
>>mac-relevant news, set up multiplayer games, or talk about my website
>>if anybody has anything to say about that.
>>
>>The forums are located here:
>>
>><http://forumplanet.com/strategyplanet/homm/>http://forumplanet.com/
>>strategypla
>  net/homm/
>>
>>Later all,
>
>
>What's the difference between forumplanet and yahoo groups?  How many
>Mac HOMM on-line web boards do we need?
>
>--
>Thanks,
>
>Allan Marcus


er, I thought this was a mailing list. anyway, if nobody's going to
use the forum, I guess it will end up getting removed.

This forum is tied in with other HOMM-forums and sites, so at the
very least, it should get some exposure. *shrug*  It was created in
response to the volume of childish postings on Heroes Community and
wasn't meant to compete with this mailing list.

>Hello,
>
>There is now a forum (moderated by me) where we can discuss things
>related to Heroes for Macintosh.  We can talk about bugs/problems,
>mac-relevant news, set up multiplayer games, or talk about my website
>if anybody has anything to say about that.
>
>The forums are located here:
>
><http://forumplanet.com/strategyplanet/homm/>http://forumplanet.com/strategypla\
net/homm/
>
>Later all,


What's the difference between forumplanet and yahoo groups?  How many
Mac HOMM on-line web boards do we need?

--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

Hello,

There is now a forum (moderated by me) where we can discuss things
related to Heroes for Macintosh.  We can talk about bugs/problems,
mac-relevant news, set up multiplayer games, or talk about my website
if anybody has anything to say about that.

The forums are located here:

http://forumplanet.com/strategyplanet/homm/

Later all,

-rogue

Has anyone completed Festival of Life, one of the Armaggedon campaigns?
I can't find any strategies for it posted anywhere. On the whole, it
seems relatively easy, as I'm on the 3rd scenario now without help,
although I had a big panic in the 2nd one (Taming the something or
other) because you have only 4 months to wipe out every creature on the
map and I got to the last week and just couldn't spot any more. Tracked
them down in the end - just a couple of little Trogs that snuck in at
the beginning of the week, but quite hard to spot on a big map!

Anyhow, in the third one (already forgotten the name), you still have
your 4 heroes who are all about Level 20 and you have to beat 3 enemy
heroes. Sounds easy, till you go to the Thieves' Guild and see their
stats which are pretty damned close to your best hero's! And of course,
they start attacking you before you've been able to build up a strong
enough army.

I know speed, or at least the right speed, is the key in all HOMM
campaigns; I mean you have to knock out their castles so they can't
build up huge armies, but it's quite difficult and I'd welcome any
tips.

Had a look back so I would remember that scenario. Yes, I did have
problems, but it all came good in the end! I'm attaching a Mac Word (MS
Office 2001) file for the whole of the "Liberation" scenarios, hope you
can read it. The second set of tips on T&Trogs is the most useful (I
think I've changed the attribution - it is really Q. Dragon, not
Maneater who wrote that).

Anyway, the point is: we all learnt early on in HMM that you have to
beat the bad guys early before they get too strong. If you're like me,
you sometimes (often!) make the mistake of enjoying the game instead of
going for the win. I think that if you stick to the TIMETABLE suggested
in the attached tips, it will work for you.

It's clever the way the work these scenarios - all those tempting
targets to lure you away from the main goal, and of course, you need
some of those mines and items anyway - tricky stuff! In this one, you
must eliminate all other competition apart from the superhero so that
only you can get significantly stronger instead of him. At least, if I
remember rightly, there's no time limit on this scenario.

-- Rob Bannister

>Allan Marcus wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  I'm having trouble with the tunnels and troglodytes scenario. The
>>  computer's best hero is way more powerful than mine, even though I
>>  own most of the towns.  I suppose I could just keep plodding through
>>  a few more weeks until I get more armies, but he get's more too.
>>
>>  Any ideas on a strategy to beat this scenario?
>
>So long since I did that one, I've forgotten - it was certainly a lot easier
>than the scenario I'm stuck in (Armageddon: Dragon Slayer: Faerie Dragons)!
>Have you checked out the tips at:
>
><http://www.astralwizard.com/heroes3/h3tips.htm>http://www.astralwizard.com/her\
oes3/h3tips.htm
>I followed his advice pretty much. Yes, it did take me several goes - what I
>find with a lot of scenarios after Erathia, is that luck plays a huge role,
>and that starting from the beginning again (not just restarting the
>scenario, but going back to the save game at the end of the previous one -
>you did save that didn't you?) is a big help, and for no apparent reason.
>
>-- Rob Bannister
>

Thanks!  I've give it a try.

I think when the map is first generated some random elements are
initialized.  That's why starting from before the beginning can have
an affect on the game.

And yes, I save often :-)


--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

Allan Marcus wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble with the tunnels and troglodytes scenario. The
> computer's best hero is way more powerful than mine, even though I
> own most of the towns.  I suppose I could just keep plodding through
> a few more weeks until I get more armies, but he get's more too.
>
> Any ideas on a strategy to beat this scenario?

So long since I did that one, I've forgotten - it was certainly a lot easier
than the scenario I'm stuck in (Armageddon: Dragon Slayer: Faerie Dragons)!
Have you checked out the tips at:

http://www.astralwizard.com/heroes3/h3tips.htm
I followed his advice pretty much. Yes, it did take me several goes - what I
find with a lot of scenarios after Erathia, is that luck plays a huge role,
and that starting from the beginning again (not just restarting the
scenario, but going back to the save game at the end of the previous one -
you did save that didn't you?) is a big help, and for no apparent reason.

-- Rob Bannister