HOMM3 Babies Mini-Expansion Beta now Available for Download!

[MattCaspermeyer]

I have had very little time to play test the mod lately, but I did find a couple of errors recently and have fixed them.

Here is the list:

• mod_homm3_babies.kfs
  • ITEMS_HINT.LUA - fixed template generator for Xyron's spell bonus description so that it displays the spell list properly
  • SPELLS.LUA - fixed issue with the Phoenix getting its bonus to its resistances applied a second time when it resurrected itself

Please see the first or last post for the download link - thanks!

[MattCaspermeyer]

My time is still very limited, but I found a critical error that caused the game to crash and have fixed it.

It dealt with the fact that I made an error when updating the Necro Call / Animate Dead ability and didn't realize how it selected the units to create from the corpse and so I left a few units off the list. As it turned out, if you cast it on one of these units (Unicorn was one of the units missing from the list) the game would crash. So now I fixed this issue and also made it such that if a unit is somehow not in the list, then a random Undead unit is selected.

There was also an issue with Enchanted Hero where it was using the attacker's hero's statistics rather than the receiver's hero's statistics (for which the Enchanted Hero spell was cast upon) for determining the power of the spells autocast on the defending unit. This was very tricky to notice because it was very subtle, but have now fixed this issue with that spell so that it correctly uses the defender's hero's statistics for autocasting the beneficial spells and not the attacker's.

I also just finished my Paladin game! I might start one other game (Mage), but I'm going to transition to applying this mod to AP and CW next...

Here is the change list for the individual files:

• mod_homm3_babies.kfs
  • SPELLS.LUA
    • If somehow a unit is not selected from Necro Call (or Animate Dead) one will be selected at random (this is to prevent crashing in case a unit is not in the raise list)
    • Changed some of the function lists for spells associated with Enchanted Hero
    • Added new function to work with Enchanted Hero to properly apply the correct hero bonuses to the spells autocast on the unit
  • UNIT_FEATURES.LUA - fixed issues with Enchanted Hero not working correctly
  • SPELLS.TXT - CRITICAL: fixed missing units from necromancy which would cause the came to crash when cast on those units that were missing from the list

The download link is either in the first or last post.

[MattCaspermeyer]

I'm now able to mod during the weekday nights again as well as to continue playtesting my mod as I also work on the development of my mod for AP and CW. I'm currently playing a new mage game.

I've just discovered a critical bug that is fixed with this update that involves children that use the "scouting" templates. There's only a handful of babies affected, but if you are playing the game and cursor over one of these babies after your wife has them, the game will lockup.

So please download this update, the files affected and the babies under each wife that are affected are listed below.

Here is the change list:

Version: Beta 2012-04-08

• mod_homm3_babies.kfs
  • TEMPLATES.LNG
    • The "scouting" skill template was named incorrectly.
    • This could cause the game to lockup when cursoring over a baby that used this template.
    • The following babies were affected:
      • Feanora
        • Broghild
      • Gerda
        • Lorelei
      • Diana
        • Piquedram
        • Shiva
      • Neoka
        • Aeris
      • Xeona
        • Calh
        • Fiona
        • Deemer

Once again I've removed the previous link and thanks for your patience if you've experienced this bug and have been awaiting an update.

The download link is either in the first or last post.