Hello fellow KB fans
Thx for mentioning me, but i`m only glad to help finding osme of typo`s that were bound to happen since you did all work yourself.
I didnt think there will be so much work implementing HoMM 3-babies mod into AP/CW but i looks like it cant be escaped
Bunch of atoms , enemy hero , spells , items , .txt files shouldnt be much problem but i guess getting your own new skills, and changed spells mechanics will be time consuming.
Unit atom files that needs to be changed are plant mostly (you`re gift of life), and new talents for Giant/Archdemon. I don`t see any other that must be modded.
Enemy hero keep same mechanic as in tL just set bonuses for them Att/Def/Int depending of hero main attribute.
Spells you did great job in tL with displaying intellect bonus in spell book for each spell , i think only job now is to kick Gift/Last hero and couple of other old spells and add Time back and all new spells that were Rage spirit skills before ( Rock fall, Piranha shoal, Earth blades, etc ).
For items adding new HoMM3 tomes as you planed is biggest prob, old items.txt/eng_items.txt i dont think need any more modding.
As for skills lvlup rune cost , you`re over thinking it Matt. skills.txt is among easiest files to mod and every player can set his own lvlup rune price as he/she wish, so no need to crack you`re brain much on it. On skills note it would be great if you figure out how Onslaught/Adrenaline works toward orc`s and random adrenalin given on start of battle (this for CW only) since this 2 skills don`t work properly now. Also any idea how to add black knight/vampires to warrior counterstrike class skill ? To me it`s seems stupid that giants/trolls/huge orc units, even fairies have bonus retaliations from that skill and undead are excluded
Chat/quest also don`t need any changes i think.
As you said .lua will be most problematic to set because you plan to change some things to fit you`re mod and all those need to be set and checked to work properly.
If i can help anyway send message and i`ll try my best.