HOMM3 Tomes for AP Mini-Expansion Alpha now Available for Download!

[MattCaspermeyer]

I'm pleased to announce the first alpha release of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Tomes mod / micro / mini expansion for Armored Princess!

Note that this mod is in the first stage of its alpha development and as such there are no real changes to the game, yet. In fact, this first release is very meager, but does fix a couple of key game bugs / errors:

• Fixed Ball of Lightning text description error.
• The Paladin Prayer ability now heals plants and mechnical units per its description.
  • If you think golems (they are not mentioned explicitly, but Cyclopses are golems) should be healed as well let me know and I'll think about this change for the second stage of the alpha development cycle.

The following files were changed by this update:

• mod_homm3_tomes_ap.kfs
  • TEMPLATES.LNG - fixed "shock" template for pet templates as it was misspelled and in a different language set
  • ADDON_SPECIAL_ATTACKS.LUA - removed "plant" and "mech" from act_feature test
• mod_homm3_tomes_ap_en(g)_lng.kfs
  • EN(G)_PET.LNG - ensured that template name is "shock" and not some other character set that looks like it.

That's it! I know, it is very small, but this is the first seed, and plus this mod could actually serve as an official patch from the developers!

Installation:

1. If you do not have a mods folder under AP_DIR\sessions\addon\ then create a "mods" folder such that the path to the patch is AP_DIR\sessions\addon\mods. Note that AP_DIR is the Armored Princess folder, on my system it is: C:\Program Files (x86)\1C\King's Bounty. Armored Princess
2. Extract all *.KFS files specified below to the folder specified above:
   1. mod_homm3_tomes_ap.kfs
   2. Either ( depending on your localization file set ( note that * means mod_homm3_tomes_ap ) ):
      1. *_eng_lng.kfs ***OR***
      2. *_en_lng.kfs
3. As this is stage 1 of the alpha phase, there are only game bug fixes, no new content and therefore you should be able to continue your game as is without issue.

By the way, here is my plan regarding the development of this mod (all phases are open to anyone who wants to download the mod and try it):

1. Alpha Phase
   1. Stage 1:
      1. Fix bugs in the game before making any changes.
      2. To the developers: the intent is that this could be incorporated into your official patch system.
   1. Stage 2:
      1. Add new game content.
      2. Work with testers to fix any bugs.
      3. Change game mechanics that will most likely require a restart.
2. Beta Phase:
   1. Continue to add new game content as ideas germinate.
   2. Try best not to affect game mechanics such that a restart is required.
3. Release Phase - all issues / ideas have been implemented with no plans of further updates save bug fixes.

To conduct the first part of it, I'm playing Crossworlds right now to fix issues with both Armored Princess and Crossworlds. This also refreshes my memory as towards game play, etc. since I've been playing The Legend for so long.

I'm still playing The Legend and any ideas that come from the AP / CW development may be rolled into my HOMM3 babies mod.

Feel free to post here with respect to bug fixes, etc. that you'd like me to fix, as this topic is going to be for the first stage of the alpha development process and as such, I want to fix bugs and errata in the game files before I start adding new content (and new bugs).

Also, since I'm going to try to release frequent updates, the files changed from update to update should be small and therefore if you are interested in learning how to mod, then this will be perfect for you since the file set will be small and you can ask questions about how the changes were made, etc..

Thanks for participating in the alpha development of this mod!

/C\/C\

P.S. By the way, click here for the forum topic for the CW alpha.