HOMM3 Babies Mini-Expansion Beta now Available for Download!

[Kiras]

I think I figured out what was causing it. I thought I was using the 2014-01-28 version. However, I had put a previous version in an extra folder I made to archive it if I wanted to go back to an old save(King's Bounty The Legend/Data/Archived). KB must have been trying to use that instead of the current one. When I deleted that folder, I stopped getting crashes. And I can confirm that Robin of Greenwood and Martin Vodash both cast shroud without crashes now.

Come to think of it, I must have played with an earlier version before shroud was causing issues, then downloaded the one with issues, then quit playing KBTL for awhile because of the crashes.

[Sirlancelot]

Congratulations for the new creature!

Originally Posted by MattCaspermeyer

Well, we'll see what you think as you get later in the game. I haven't played Hard in a very long time, but there are still bonuses that the enemy units get. One thing currently missing that makes the game much harder is bonuses to talents. I have that in the current version I'm debugging and now the difficulty level bonuses apply to talent abilities as well (so for example, the +25% Impossible + map difficulty (up to another +25% on impossible) and it makes the game quite a bit harder.

To be honest, and generally speaking, I'm not very fond of "bloating" enemies in videogames because sure, it's a way to make toughter opponents, but, I think, a bit raw and unfair. Moreover, from my experience, sometimes just leads to lengthy -longer- battles, and not necessary more really difficult or stimulating ones. I prefer clever level and AI design along with randomness. The first doesn't goes against the notion of fighting under the same rules/conditions and on the other hand, improves realism, and the second keeps unpredictibility alive.

On King's Bunty: TL, however, I'm not totally against raising enemy stats due to its chess-like game mechanics and I concurr some measures were and are necessary to increase challenge but, according to my vision and preferences, I'd use a slightly different formula: something like a tiny fixed increment (let's say 3% Hard, 6% Impossible) plus a partially random amount:

+3/+6 % + map difficulty modifier + *, where * is a quantity between -4% and +20%:

-4 (2%), -3 (3%), -2 (5%), -1 (5%), 0 (10%), +1% (10%), +2 (10%), +3% (10%), +4% (10%), +5% (10%), +12 (5%), +14 (5%), +16 (5%), +18 (5%), +20 (5%)

, this means most creatures (60%) would have equal or simmilar stats compared with default, but some of them be notably more powerful. Concretely up to +26 on Impossible, which is roughly the same maximum as you planned, and Hard would be even Harder.

Originally Posted by MattCaspermeyer

You know I did not change Dryads one bit, but allowing them to be recruited early in the game, I can see that they can be pretty potent with their sleep ability. The Druid house in Verlon Forest has a chance to sell them, and you can start with them due to the randomized starting army. Even though in this case you wouldn't have many, all you really need is just one. Lately, I've been revisiting reloadable / charged attacks and the Gift spell and so I actually thought that it might be desirable to charge the Dryad abilities. Not sure about it, but something to think about...

Yes, I agree. Very potent indeed. I'd weaken them by nerfing Sleep to one charge, two turns. I think more than that is very exploitable. If it proves to be too much, the three turns duration could come back, although I suspect it wouldn't be necessary. In all my KB runs I have used crowd control abilities the most, even when playing offensively and rushing to the enemy. In some sense, after all, a paralized unit is an almost non-existant unit.

Originally Posted by MattCaspermeyer

I've been on the fence with the Druids, Alchemists, and Ents to make their abilities charged instead of reloadable. I currently have the Druid Summon Bear set to 2 charges, the Alchemist potions are 2 charges, and so is the Ent Summon Plant in my latest version I'm debugging. Still undecided what to do here, although, making them charged now lends more to using Gift to recharge those abilities. It may even make sense to make the Royal Thorn's Summon Plant ability have 2 charges. More things to think about...

Yes, summoning is also very powerful. In fact, it doesn't matter so much what it's actually summoned, that's why walls of any kind, even fragile ones, can be useful as well.

Not sure about Alchemists, though.

Originally Posted by MattCaspermeyer

You know, I think about this a lot. I do have a lot of fun sneaking around troops in TL, but then I keep thinking that that troop should have seen me and should come after me! I have no idea how to change their speed - why are the (Evil) Beholder stacks so fast compared to the others? Hmmm...

I feel the same. It's a mini game on its own and an addicting one, very funny. Problem is, like any other game, it needs the challenge and randomness factors to really be great. Otherwise, after you have cleared the initial areas it eventually becomes a little silly.

Originally Posted by MattCaspermeyer

You know there actually may be a way to implement this. It wouldn't be renewable stacks as Fatt_Shade mentions above, but there may be a way to do it with an event. Have you ever pulled the amulet off the boy in the Verlon Forest village? If you do, half your army rebels and you have to fight them - I think this happens as a result of a dialog option. In the old King's castle in Verlon Forest, the Undead jump out of pictures. So I'm not sure if there would be a way to implement a function that does a random check and then a surprise fight. Fun to think about, though.

Hmm, maybe there's another instance where something simmilar happens, and the funny thing, it's also located within Verlon F; do you remember the old castle there filled with undead? I think is named Old Kingdom Castle or simmilar... anyway, as you sure recall, when clicking on the pictures inside sometimes (or some of the pictures), an encounter is triggered/trigger an encounter.

Obviously to set random encounters the object used as a trigger should be invisible and the "click" involuntary.

Originally Posted by MattCaspermeyer

I guess you're talking about level 3 Scouting or do you mean giving the lower level Scouting skill a chance to accurately guess troops. As right now, you need level 3 Scouting to accurately determine numbers, but for Level 1 and 2 you receive less information. I'm not sure how to implement right now, but it seems doable.

Yes, exactly. What I find interesting would be a chance of failure of Scouting. At least a 15%, maybe even 20%. A fail stimation would lead to a wrong information, how wrong, being partially random; the higher the mistake, the less likely to happen (otherwise we could go mad xD )

[MattCaspermeyer]

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

Congratulations for the new creature!

Thanks - if you have any suggestions on abilities be sure to post them. Ideas are great for brainstorming what will mesh well with Drahha's mythos.

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

To be honest, and generally speaking, I'm not very fond of "bloating" enemies in videogames because sure, it's a way to make toughter opponents, but, I think, a bit raw and unfair. Moreover, from my experience, sometimes just leads to lengthy -longer- battles, and not necessary more really difficult or stimulating ones. I prefer clever level and AI design along with randomness. The first doesn't goes against the notion of fighting under the same rules/conditions and on the other hand, improves realism, and the second keeps unpredictibility alive.

I hear you - that's why I have the stat increases instead of just the leadership increases. Applying the bonuses to the talents I've wanted to do for a while, but I had overlooked them / didn't quite know how to implement them at the time. Now it just makes them more potent and I think that will translate to more fun.

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

On King's Bunty: TL, however, I'm not totally against raising enemy stats due to its chess-like game mechanics and I concurr some measures were and are necessary to increase challenge but, according to my vision and preferences, I'd use a slightly different formula: something like a tiny fixed increment (let's say 3% Hard, 6% Impossible) plus a partially random amount:

+3/+6 % + map difficulty modifier + *, where * is a quantity between -4% and +20%:

-4 (2%), -3 (3%), -2 (5%), -1 (5%), 0 (10%), +1% (10%), +2 (10%), +3% (10%), +4% (10%), +5% (10%), +12 (5%), +14 (5%), +16 (5%), +18 (5%), +20 (5%)

, this means most creatures (60%) would have equal or simmilar stats compared with default, but some of them be notably more powerful. Concretely up to +26 on Impossible, which is roughly the same maximum as you planned, and Hard would be even Harder.

I like the random adder - that is something that sounds interesting. You know, I've been spending a lot of time with the spell AI for enemy heroes and I think that this subtle change is going to make it a lot harder.

I may visit the actual unit AI in the future because there are some things that I scratch my head about, like for example, when a shooter runs away from a troop and still shoots it even though it can only do a small amount of damage when it could do more damage to another troop further away.

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

Yes, I agree. Very potent indeed. I'd weaken them by nerfing Sleep to one charge, two turns. I think more than that is very exploitable. If it proves to be too much, the three turns duration could come back, although I suspect it wouldn't be necessary. In all my KB runs I have used crowd control abilities the most, even when playing offensively and rushing to the enemy. In some sense, after all, a paralized unit is an almost non-existant unit.

You're certainly right there! One thing to do may be to remove their possibility in the early part of the game. Or add charges...

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

Yes, summoning is also very powerful. In fact, it doesn't matter so much what it's actually summoned, that's why walls of any kind, even fragile ones, can be useful as well.

Originally Posted by Sir Whiskers

I'd suggest leaving these as rechargeable. If they are in the enemy army, my choices have trade offs. Do I go for these troops right away, to limit their summoning? Or do I go for other enemy stacks, knowing I'll have to deal with the extra summoned stacks? And if they're in my army, multiple summons don't generally matter much - the battle is usually in hand within a few rounds. And if it isn't, having the extra summons can be the difference between defeat and victory.

My opinion is influenced by a battle I had in my last game. I stumbled into a really nasty fight. My army consisted of some dragons and several ancient ents. The dragons went down almost immediately, but the ents (barely) held out using summons, swarms and rooting, along with my mage's spells. I think I finished the battle with a single ent, which made for a memorable fight. It was one the most enjoyable fights of the game, precisely because I had to work so hard over multiple rounds to pull out the victory. If the ent summons had been single charge, I'd have lost the fight within the first 7-8 rounds and simply reloaded.

Just my two cents...

Good point and counter point here. By the way, Ancient Ents would keep their reloadable summon (level 5 troops, for the most part, have reloadable attacks since they can't be recharged via spell). The question falls to Level 4 Ents, and other Level 4's (or lower) and certain reloadable attacks. Certainly a good case can be made for the Dryad's Sleep (a level 2 unit) having just 1 or 2 charges since they are a level 2 unit. It wouldn't cost much mana to recharge them with Gift.

I certainly want to maintain the level of play that Sir Whiskers is talking about as that is what makes the game truly fun!

I also think that I've actually made plants useful now, whereas before they were pretty useless. With the increase to talent abilities, enemy Ancient Ents now really pack a wallop with their Wasps ability.

Anyway, I certainly don't want to undo the utility of plants and so that's why I may keep Ents (normal Level 4 ones) with reloadable summons (plus if the combat goes long enough abilities don't recharge any more any way).

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

Not sure about Alchemists, though.

6 attacks (or 4 technically if there are no Undead) might be enough. But their potions are pretty much reloadable now in the other KB games...

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

I feel the same. It's a mini game on its own and an addicting one, very funny. Problem is, like any other game, it needs the challenge and randomness factors to really be great. Otherwise, after you have cleared the initial areas it eventually becomes a little silly.

Yah, this has both good and bad things associated with it. There is a satisfaction gained from clearing an area. And it allows you a chance to relax when going through these areas. But this is not a static world so things do change.

I'll at least do a little probing to see if I can get a feel for how implementable something like this is...

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

Hmm, maybe there's another instance where something simmilar happens, and the funny thing, it's also located within Verlon F; do you remember the old castle there filled with undead? I think is named Old Kingdom Castle or simmilar... anyway, as you sure recall, when clicking on the pictures inside sometimes (or some of the pictures), an encounter is triggered/trigger an encounter.

Obviously to set random encounters the object used as a trigger should be invisible and the "click" involuntary.

The Old Kingdom Castle is exactly what I was referring to. Random clicks could be you clicking on the landscape to move, although I guess some people just click, hold the mouse button, and direct their hero with the mouse...

Originally Posted by Sirlancelot

Yes, exactly. What I find interesting would be a chance of failure of Scouting. At least a 15%, maybe even 20%. A fail stimation would lead to a wrong information, how wrong, being partially random; the higher the mistake, the less likely to happen (otherwise we could go mad xD )

This is interesting. Of course we'd have to be careful, since some consider Scouting to be a fairly useless skill. I'll at least see if I can find out if it is possible to make this happen. Scouting does increase the hero's search radius for digging treasures!

Well, thanks for the comments! Some interesting things to think about!

/C\/C\

[Kiras]

I do consider scouting mostly useless. I only bothered with the first rank of it for a long time. Search radius basically reduces tedium, but doesn't make a gameplay difference, since you'd dig up the same things with or without it. Assuming you run around constantly hitting D like I do. Eventually I went for rank 3 just for the int bonus.

About Ancient Ents: I've noticed that enemy ancient ents are obsessed with summoning. When I was first encountering them, looking at their resists and realizing it would be tough to kill them quickly, I was dreading their ranged attack. Instead, they all seem to summon on their first turn, usually giving me enough time to kill them. I'm playing as a mage with an elf army - my hunters'/elves' attacks feel like they barely scratch enemy ancient ents, until I use hellbreath. Which is a spell I rarely used in the vanilla version of the game, so that's a nice change.

[MattCaspermeyer]

Originally Posted by Kiras

I do consider scouting mostly useless. I only bothered with the first rank of it for a long time. Search radius basically reduces tedium, but doesn't make a gameplay difference, since you'd dig up the same things with or without it. Assuming you run around constantly hitting D like I do. Eventually I went for rank 3 just for the int bonus.

Right - I think it is a little better now, but still not very useful although at least the rune requirements are very modest. The search radius does help you from missing stuff, though.

Originally Posted by Kiras

About Ancient Ents: I've noticed that enemy ancient ents are obsessed with summoning. When I was first encountering them, looking at their resists and realizing it would be tough to kill them quickly, I was dreading their ranged attack. Instead, they all seem to summon on their first turn, usually giving me enough time to kill them. I'm playing as a mage with an elf army - my hunters'/elves' attacks feel like they barely scratch enemy ancient ents, until I use hellbreath. Which is a spell I rarely used in the vanilla version of the game, so that's a nice change.

Yep - fire is still plants' enemy!

Their summoning is a priority if your army is smaller than theirs. Rooted becomes more important if they are on fire or your army is bigger than theirs.

One thing is that the unit AI currently does not account for damage types, although I added extensive statistics for the spell AI. For example, I catalog the percent of damage of each type so that this can be used when casting spells such as Stone Skin or Divine armor. Conversely, resistance types are also catalogued so that it can be determined whether casting Hell Breath can be used effectively. Stuff like that.

After I release my current development mod, I'll probably visit the unit AI to see if this data can be leveraged to aid the AI in choosing what to do...

/C\/C\

[MattCaspermeyer]

Please find attached (at the bottom) the latest update to my H3B mod!

This update contains a lot of changes!

There is also some debug information that you will find at the start and during combat that I've left in for now so that you can get a feel for certain things that affect combat.

The first is the map location and what terrain type it is as well as the time of day since these parameters are very important with respect to bonuses or penalties. I've been using this to update the arena location types so that arenas give proper bonuses. My work here is not done and so I plan to continue to use the information that you see on the first line to help me in altering the terrain type of a certain arena.

As an example of this, there are many forest locations that have an arena type that is normal. I've changed these to be forest so that Elves now benefit from their "Loves the Forest" feature since technically you are running all around through the forest.

The next combat message you will see appear is a listing of the enemy hero / tower spells and their score. I've spent a lot of time developing a much more strategic system with respect to the generation of the spell's score, which affects its probability of being cast. So if you are interested, you can scroll back through the combat log in fights with enemy spellcasters and see what the scores are for their spell choices. This information was invaluable in helping me improve this part of the game.

Both of these messages will be removed in a future version, but for now I've left them since they help me with mod development and debugging. You can simply ignore these messages as they don't affect anything.

This update also includes the addition of Blue Dragons as a new unit! I had a lot of fun developing them and so I hope you have fun playing them or fighting them. Note that you will need to start a new game to be able to "legitimately" use them since the *.LOC files that I edited only affect new games. Nonetheless, I've also added Blue Dragon Eggs and so you can always use the cheat command (tilde, ~) to open the cheat dialog and type "item blue_dragon_egg" to add one (or repeat for more) to your inventory. You can then hatch them and try them out in your current game! This is what I did to debug them.

Note that I have added logic in ARENA.LUA to allow the AI to use their abilities, but this part I have not debugged yet to ensure that it works.

There are also now several NPC's that will exchange a certain container type for crystals (eggs, seeds, etc.). So far I have Lady Beaulla (Ent Seeds), Frogus Bogis (Dragonfly Eggs), Old Chvakah (Spider Eggs), Milk Woman Wilma (Thorn Seeds), and Witch Helga (Snake Eggs). I still have more work to do here...

Drahha will now offer to exchange dragon eggs for runes. You need to talk to him a couple of times after finishing his quest to get the option to make the exchange.

Another big change is that the difficulty and map location bonuses now apply to enemy unit talents as well. This means that they do more damage with abilities that cause damage, summon more allies, have a higher percent chance of certain effects, etc.

Ice damaging spells / abilities now amplify damage based on half of the target's fire resistance if the target is fire immune or they are demons and damage reduction from physical resistance is only half if they fit the above requirements. This change means that there is a pseudo "ice" damage to targets that should normally be vulnerable to ice spells (like Dragons and Demons, for example).

There are also a ton of bug fixes that either you have pointed out or that I've discovered on my own. So let's hope that I've made the mod better in this regard.

There are also myriad other changes, some deal with making units more interesting / playable (like the changes to bears and unicorns), others with adding penalties (like the new penalties to the Undead), and some that are just general.

Since there are a ton of changes in this update, there may still be some bugs out there, so if you have any problems with this update, be sure to post them here. I'm not done making all the changes that I want, but I think I've implemented all the changes that require a restart. The only reason to restart is if you want to get the *.LOC file (note that the arena LOC changes do not require a restart) changes (like Blue Dragons, etc.), otherwise feel free to continue your game like normal after an update.

Once again, thanks for downloading and trying out my mod - I hope you enjoy this update!

Here is the detailed (long) list of changes (and the mod can be downloaded below):

Version Beta 2014-05-08

• *.ATOM
  • ARCHMAGE.ATOM - added level=4 custom param since features_shock has been updated to work with blue dragons
  • Bear ATOM's
    • Increase in hitpoints, critical hit and some resistances
    • Have a new ability: Maul that has a chance to stun and / or cause bleeding in the target
    • BEAR.ATOM
      • Health: 60 -> 80
      • Resistance:
        • Physical: 0 -> 5
        • Poison: 0 -> 5
      • Critical Hit: 20 -> 30
    • BEAR2.ATOM
      • Health: 70 -> 95
      • Resistance:
        • Poison: 0 -> 5
      • Critical Hit: 30 -> 40
    • BEAR_WHITE.ATOM
      • Health: 120 -> 190
      • Resistance:
        • Poison: 0 -> 5
      • Critical Hit: 30 -> 40
  • ARMY_BLUEDRAGON.ATOM - implents the blue dragon army map atom, based on the red dragon and Drahha army map atoms.
  • BLUEDRAGON.ATOM New Unit! Thanks to Sir Whiskers for providing brain storming ideas!
    • Blue Dragons have the following abilities:
      • Move attack
        • Does half fire and half astral lightning damage that is the long2 attack like Black and Red Dragons
        • Has a 50% chance to burn and a 50% chance to shock targets
        • Damage is 60 - 70 fire and astral (total is 120 - 140)
        • Effects all creatures regardless of level
      • Can summon Dragonflies, 25 to 40% of their leadership (this idea was provided by Sir Whiskers)
      • Has a "Zap" attack that is similar to the Bone Dragon Poison Cloud attack.
      • Gives morale bonus to Dragonflies
      • Discharge - 25% chance to discharge "Zap" attack when being struck
      • Aversion - other dragons dislike them, reducing the morale of those dragons.
      • For other info, see the ATOM file
  • BLUE_DRAGON_EGG01.ATOM - based on the sapfir (sapphire or blue egg that Welbewooll has you get in Ultrax) egg
    • Implements the blue dragon egg as an item that can be added to the map.
    • There may be more work to do here, but since technically it doesn't exist in the game it is probably okay.
  • BONEDRAGON.ATOM - base attack is now 50% poison and 50% physical and they have a 25% chance to cause poison when attacking / counterattacking
  • CYLCOP.ATOM - stone throw attack now does 200% damage to obstacles, barriers, and gremlin towers
  • ATOM's with the Dragon Arrow ability (ARCHER, BOWMAN, ELF, ELF2) - damage is now x2 of their normal throw ability
  • Plant Summoning ATOM's - these changes will give the enemy roughly the same summoning percent on impossible and max map difficulty (so they really mostly affect your summoning)
    • DRYAD.ATOM - reduced summoning from 30-55% to 20-40%
    • ENT.ATOM - reduced summoning from 30-50% to 20-35%
    • ENT2.ATOM - reduced summoning from 35-55% to 25-40%
    • KINGTHORN.ATOM - reduced summoning from 75-95% to 50-60%
    • THORN.ATOM - reduced summoning from 80-90% to 55-65%
    • THORN_WARRIOR.ATOM - reduced summoning from 80-90% to 55-65%
  • Undead ATOM's - receive -25% health in daylight (excludes cemeteries, dungeons, and lava):
    • ARCHER.ATOM
    • BAT.ATOM
    • BAT2.ATOM
    • BLACKKNIGHT.ATOM
    • BONEDRAGON.ATOM
    • GHOST.ATOM - receive -50% health in daylight
    • GHOST2.ATOM - receive -50% health in daylight
    • NECROMANT.ATOM
    • SKELETON.ATOM
    • SPIDER_UNDEAD.ATOM
    • VAMPIRE.ATOM
    • VAMPIRE2.ATOM
    • ZOMBIE.ATOM
    • ZOMBIE2.ATOM
    • Note: even though I've listed the above atoms, the capability was done with a subturn function due to limitations of the ATOM's arena bonus section
  • Unicorn ATOM's:
    • Horn of Light now has a chance to blind enemy troops when attacking or counter-attacking (chance is doubled for beholders, cyclopses, demons, and the undead and duration +1 and doubled again if combat takes place in the evening or at night or undergound and another +1 duration as well)
    • Have a magic aura that either adds magic resistance to all allies (Unicorns) or subtracts magic resistance from all enemies (Black Unicorn)
    • UNICORN.ATOM
      • Blind chance is 15% (x2 vs beholders, cyclopses, demons, & undead and then x2 again for evening / night combat)
      • Magic aura is +20 magic resistance to all allies (except Unicorns and Black Unicorns)
    • UNICORN2.ATOM
      • Blind chance is 20% (x2 vs beholders, cyclopses, demons, & undead and then x2 again for evening / night combat)
      • Magic curse is -30 magic resistance to all enemies (except Unicorns and Black Unicorns)
  • This batch of changes deal with the fact that since I changed some unit abilities to be reloadable, the Gift spell is far less important. Now I've changed some reloadable skills back to charged skills so that Gift is now more desirable for long combats:
    • ALCHEMIST.ATOM (note that reload time is still enforced)
      • throw1 - moves=2
      • throw2 - moves=2
      • throw3 - moves=2
    • DRUID.ATOM (note that reload time is still enforced) - cast bear moves=2
    • DRYAD.ATOM - sleep moves=1
    • ENT.ATOM (note that reload time is still enforced) - summonplant1 moves=2
• *.CHAT
  • 185019267.CHAT (Lady Beaulla) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling ent seeds to get crystals!
  • 248920890.CHAT (Milk Woman, Wilma) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling thorn seeds to get crystals!
  • 460900476.CHAT (Frogus Bogis) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling dragonfly eggs to get crystals!
  • 1378754138.CHAT (Old Chvakha) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling spider eggs to get crystals!
  • 111145785.CHAT (Witch Helga) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling snake eggs to get crystals!
  • 1567022839.CHAT (Dragon Drahha) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling dragon eggs to get runes!
• *.LOC:
  • Arena LOC's - most of these changes have to do with stricter enforcement of the logbits (terrain) for applying bonuses / penalties more correctly, especially with the Undead health penalty during daylight
    • ACASTLE_KARADOR.ARENA.LOC - logbits 1 (cemetery) -> 5 (cemetery & dungeon)
    • ADARION4_MAGICTOWER.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 4 (dungeon), even though this is above ground it is still considered dungeon because it is dark inside
    • ADARION_1_COAST_1.ARENA.LOC - logbits 16 (sea) -> 24 (sea & forest)
    • ADARION_1_FOREST_4.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • ADARION_1_LAKE_1.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • ADARION_1_LAKE_2.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • ADARION_1_LAKE_3.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • ADARION_2_KINGTOMB.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 5 (cemetery & dungeon), this is part of the old King's Castle in Verlon Forest and so parts of the castle apply both of these bonuses to the Undead making them very tough
    • ADARION_2_ROAD_2.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • ADARION_3_DEADLAND_1.ARENA.LOC - logbits 1 (cemetery) -> 9 (cemetery & forest)
    • AELLINIA_BOOK.ARENA.LOC - logbits 1 (cemetery) -> 9 (cemetery & forest)
    • AELLINIA_1_COAST_1.ARENA.LOC - logbits 16 (sea) -> 24 (sea & forest)
    • AELLINIA_1_FOREST_3.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • AELLINIA_1_FOREST_4.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • AISLAND_1_BRIDGE_1.ARENA.LOC - logbits 16 (sea) -> 24 (sea & forest)
    • AKORDAR_DEMONROAD.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 4 (dungeon), this is the underground sea area
    • AITEM_DEMON01.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 2 (lava)
    • AITEM_DEMON02.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 2 (lava)
    • AITEM_DWARF_01.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 32 (winter)
    • AITEM_DWARF_02.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 32 (winter)
    • AITEM_ELF_01.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • AITEM_ELF_02.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 8 (forest)
    • AITEM_UNDEAD_01.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 5 (cemetery & dungeon)
    • AITEM_UNDEAD_02.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 5 (cemetery & dungeon)
    • AUNDEAD_BLACKMOUNTAINS.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 1 (cemetery)
    • AUNDEAD_BOOK.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 9 (cemetery & forest)
    • AUNDEAD_COAST.ARENA.LOC - logbits 16 (sea) -> 25 (sea, forest, & cemetery)
    • AUNDEAD_DRAGONDUNGEON1.ARENA.LOC - logbits 4 (dungeon) -> 5 (cemetery & dungeon)
    • AUNDEAD_DRAGONDUNGEON2.ARENA.LOC - logbits 4 (dungeon) -> 5 (cemetery & dungeon)
    • AUNDEAD_ISLAND.ARENA.LOC - logbits 16 (sea) -> 17 (sea & cemetery)
    • AUNDEAD_REDMOUNTAINS.ARENA.LOC - logbits 0 -> 1 (cemetery)
    • DEADLAND_02_ARENA.ARENA.LOC - logbits 1 (cemetery) -> 9 (cemetery & forest)
  • DEMON_1_EMBRYOS.LOC (Demonis) (only affects new games)
    • building_demon04 (Welbewooll's shop)
      • Now always sells 1 to 5 Blue Dragon Eggs
      • Now always sells 1 to 5 Blue Dragons
      • Has an additional chance to sell 5 to 10 Blue Dragons
    • army_demon (embyro_1) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • Baal's Army - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons with the second variant
    • army_demon (embyro_2) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_23) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • Xeona's Army - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons with the second variant
    • army_demon (embyro_42) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_46) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_51) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_52) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_63) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_64) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_67) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_74) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_75) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_demon (embyro_76) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
  • DEMON_ULTRAX.EMBRYOS.LOC (Ultrax) (only affects new games)
    • army_blackdragon (embyro_1) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_reddragon (embyro_12) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_blackdragon (embyro_13) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
  • ELLINIA_1_LABIRINT_1.EMBRYOS.LOC (only affects new games)
    • Dragon Shop:
      • Now has a 25% chance to sell Blue Dragon Eggs (2:10)
      • Now always sells 10 to 20 Blue Dragons
  • ELLINIA_1_LABIRINT_2.EMBRYOS.LOC (only affects new games)
    • (only affects new games) - ***CRASH*** fixed mispelling of "cereberus" - should be spelled cerberus (thanks to Sir_Whiskers for pointing this out!).
    • Skaar's Shop:
      • Now has a 50% chance to sell Blue Dragon Eggs (1:5)
      • Now always sells an additional either 10 to 20 Black, Blue, or Red Dragons (even chance)
    • Giant Shop:
      • Now has a 50% chance to sell Blue Dragon Eggs (2:5)
      • Chance to sell either Black or Red Dragons is now those two or Blue Dragons (same number)
    • Dragon Averr (army_greendragon (embryo_21)) now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • Dragon Wirz (army_greendragon (embryo_22)) now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
  • ELLINIA_1_LABIRINT_3.EMBRYOS.LOC
    • Dragon Shop:
      • Now has a 25% chance to sell Blue Dragon Eggs (1:5)
      • Chance to sell either Black or Red Dragons is now either Black or Blue Dragons
      • Additional chance to sell either 10 to 20 Blue or Red Dragons
      • Alternate chance is now 5 to 10 Blue Dragons (was nothing before) (the other alternate is still the same: Black, Bone, or Red Dragons)
    • Dragon Reige (army_reddragon (embryo_39)) now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • Dragon Ferr (army_reddragon (embryo_5)) now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
  • GREMLIN_CASTLE.EMBRYOS.LOC (only affects new games) - now you get one of each type of dragon (instead of 1 Bone and 2 Black)
    • Changed bonedragon_egg01 (Bone Dragon egg) -> dragon_egg01 (Green Dragon egg)
    • Changed (first) blackdragon_egg01 (Black Dragon egg) -> red_dragon_egg01 (Red Dragon egg)
    • army_blackdragon (embyro_13) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_blackdragon (embyro_19) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_necromant (embyro_24) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_necromant (embyro_25) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in the army
    • army_goblin2 (embyro_33) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in one of the army choices
    • army_goblin2 (embyro_53) - now has a chance to spawn Blue Dragons in one of the army choices
  • KORDAR_2.EMBRYOS.LOC (only affects new games) - Raab Sotten's army now has a chance (33%) to spawn Blue Dragons in the Dragon Army choice
  • TURTLE_HEAD.EMBRYOS.LOC (only affects new games)
    • Cruel Haas's army: 100% chance of Bone Dragons is now either Blue or Bone Dragons
    • Cruel Haas's army: 100% chance of either Fire Dragonflies, Black, Bone, Green, or Red Dragons now adds Blue Dragons to the list
• *.LNG
  • EN(G)_BATTLE
    • add_blog_snarl_1, 2 -> snarled changed to ensnarled
    • added add_blog_blind_ and add_block_purblind_ macros for (Black) Unicorns new ability
    • added for when the (Black) Unicorns blind and fear targets:
      • add_blog_blind_fear_ normal message
      • add_blog_purblind_fear_ +1 blind duration
      • add_blog_blind_frightened_ +1 scare duration
      • add_blog_purblind_frightened_ +1 blind and scare duration
    • added for when the Bears stun and bleed targets:
      • add_blog_stunned_bleeding_ normal message
      • add_blog_dazed_bleeding_ +1 stun duration
      • add_blog_stunned_hemoraging_ +1 bleeding duration
      • add_blog_dazed_hemoraging_ +1 stune and bleeding duration
    • added add_blog_manaburn_ for when Green Dragons mana burn your hero
  • EN(G)_CHAT_0814853819_0185019267.LNG (Lady Beaulla) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1000228560_0460900476.LNG (Frogus Bogis) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1056215454_1378754138.LNG (Old Chvakah) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1107629933_0248920890.LNG (Milk Woman, Wilma) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1237766457_0111145785.LNG (Witch Helga) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1253377691_1567022839.LNG (Dragon Drahha) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1315394584_0068736578.LNG (Diana) - fixed spelling errors coarse -> course
  • EN(G)_ITEMS.LNG
    • Added Blue Dragon Egg labels
  • EN(G)_SKILLS.LNG
    • Updated Tolerance skill for changes (see MORALE.TXT)
    • Updated Mega Mage skill for changes (see SKILLS.TXT)
  • EN(G)_SPELLS.LNG
    • Highlighted in red the mana_rage_gain_k effect on Magic Spring
    • Altered Ice Snake and Geyser descriptions to include changes for Fire Immune and Demon targets as noted below
    • Updated Dragon Arrow description to include changes above (see Dragon Arrow ATOM's).
  • EN(G)_SPIRITS.LNG
    • Added hint for possibility of rage or mana burn if an enemy picks up your Lina Charger
    • Highlighted in red the mana_rage_gain_k effect on Lina's Chargers and Reaper's Rage Gain
    • Added Fire Immune and Demon target description to Ice Thorns
  • EN(G)_UNITS.LNG
    • Added Blue Dragon labels
    • Changed Black Dragons's Dragon Power description to match the changes made in UNIT_FEATURES.LUA.
  • EN(G)_UNITS_SPECIALS.LNG
    • Green Dragon Mana Source now mana burns the target troop's hero if they do not have a hero controlling them and mention that it is affected by combat duration (due to mana_rage_gain_k)
  • EN(G)_UNITS_FEATURES.LNG
    • Changed (Black) Unicorn's Horn of Light description to include blind and fear chance
    • Added new (Black) Unicorn's Magical Aura / Curse feature
    • Changed Cyclop's stone_thrower to include changes made above
  • EN(G)_WIVES.LNG
    • Changed the children postambles so that the line break is leading rather than trailing
    • Added itm_kid_fire_spells, _attack_, and _defense_ spell labels to delineate spell lists better
  • EN(G)_WINDOWS.LNG
    • Added more tips
    • Fixed errors in previous tips (for example, Shamans pointed out by Sir_Whiskers)
  • TEMPLATES.LNG
    • <br> next line codes are now controlled in the childs macro instead of ITEMS_HINT.LUA (<br> are now leading instead of trailing - improves children bonus display by eliminating blank lines at the end of the bonus description)
    • Added some new color macros so that I could show the mana_rage_gain_k effect language in red, for example
    • Fixed attack and defense spell templates (i.e. Deemer)
• *.LUA
  • ARENA.LUA
    • ***BUG*** Fixed issue with casting Stone Skin multiple times in a row (was due to Pentagram casts and the fact that it somehow does not register as a pawn even though it is classified as one)
    • ***BUG*** Fixed issue with enemy Priests casting Healing on their own Undead troops thereby damaging them
    • Enemy unit talents that cause damage are now effected by the difficulty level / map bonus
    • Added logic to ai_solver for enemy units to consider picking up chargers if they can so they can rage or mana burn you
    • Major revision to Spell Casting AI:
      • Fixed bugs - Geyser was not computing probability correctly (Jorko80 pointed this out a long time ago, but didn't realize it was a bug until now)
      • A lot more data is collected on the ally and enemy units to aid in spell probability computation
      • Probability computation for a spell is more pertinent to the situation for which the spell is being used
    • I had made a change previously where if an enemy (your) unit was incapacitated (i.e. sleep, unconscious, blind) that the AI would leave them alone until as long as the duration of the spell was greater than 1 turn. Sounded reasonable, however, if there was no one else to attack, the AI would keeping moving the troop back and forth until it ran out of movement even if attacking the incapacitated troop was their only option. So I've made a change where this doesn't happen any more.
    • Gremlin Towers now amplify exp / gold based on their level
    • Added chance to get more dragonfly wings if you actually fight dragonflies:
      • Chance to get wings is the sqrt( number killed )
      • Number of wings is sqrt( chance )
    • Added Blue Dragon's summondragonfly to summon logic and zap to poison_cloud and gain_mana logic
  • COMBAT_LOG.LUA
    • Implemented changes to Ice Snake (see SPELLS.LUA changes)
  • ITEMS_HINT.LUA
    • Removed the <br> "next line" codes since they are now controlled in TEMPLATES.LNG
    • Added fire_, attack_, and defense_ as variants to spell bonus templates to identify spell groups better
  • LOGIC.LUA - total hints is now 164
  • SPECIAL_ATTACKS.LUA
    • Implemented changes to talent functions to implement difficulty level bonus to enemy units when using talents
    • Green Dragon's special_gain_mana now mana burns enemy hero's if they don't have one (otherwise works same as before)
  • SPECIAL_HINT.LUA - all enemy unit talents are effected by the difficulty level bonus / map bonus, including:
    • Damage
    • Action points when running
    • Curative powers
    • Duration of effects
    • Infliction chances (i.e. burning, poison, etc.)
    • Health of summoned totems
    • Percent of summons
    • Effect power, bonuses, etc.
    • Penalties are reduced (i.e. the new Undead Health penalty is reduced by this)
    • More...
  • SPELLS.LUA
    • The (Ancient) Ent's Tree of Life ability can no longer be dispelled.
    • Freeze immune units can no longer be frozen
    • Ice Snake now ignores half of the target's physical reistance and amplifies damage based on half of the target's fire resistance if they are either Fire Immune or Demons (otherwise it is same as before)
    • Mana Spring function spell_magic_source_attack now has a new boolean input to let it know if it is being called by Enchanted Hero or not. The way I implemented Enchanted Hero is that it casts spells at the power of the time of the Enchanted Hero cast. So this meant if you cast Enchanted Hero on your troop on turn 9 and then on turn 10 mana / rage increase dropped to 50%, it would cast Mana Spring on your troop at full power. However, if you cast Mana Spring on your troop on turn 10, then that would be at the current mana / rage gain increase. This boolean now discerns between the two situations and allows Mana Spring to be cast appropriately.
  • SPELLS_POWER.LUA
    • Made changes to function res_dur so that it can work with the Spell Casting AI in ARENA.LUA
    • ***BUG*** Fixed limits on Armageddon spell 0 to 95 is now 5 to 100 (they were set backwards - thanks to Kiras for pointing this out!)
  • SPIRIT_LINA.LUA
    • Chargers - now rage or mana burn your hero if they are picked up by enemy troops not controlled by an enemy hero. So don't let them pick up your Chargers!
    • Similar to Ice Snake, Ice Thorns now amplify damage to Fire Immune and Demons in the same way
  • TEXTGEN.LUA - fixed double dipping on the display of your Hero Resistance bonus due to their Defense during combat (i.e. if your bonus was +2% it would show as +4% in combat even though it was still just +2%)
  • UNIT_FEATURES.LUA
    • ***BUG*** Bear's Hibernation now checks to ensure that the bear is not unconscious
    • ***BUG*** Fixed broken features_stun path for Snakes / Cyclops
    • ***BUG*** Archers' Black Arrow can no longer dispel summons' "special_summon_bonus" (thanks to Kiras for pointing this out!)
    • Implemented changes to talent functions to implement difficulty level bonus to enemy units when using talents
    • Implemented features_undead_penalty function to apply Undead health penalty bonuses
    • Implemented changes to Horn of Light
    • Added magic aura / curse Unicorn functions
    • Added check on a lot of the functions to ensure that the stack is not killed when applying a feature
    • Soul draining and Vampirism are only 50% effective during daylight (morning and afternoon, and are not affected if combat is in a cemetery, lava, or underground)
    • Implemented Undead health penalty function for daylight (and not cemetery, lava, or dungeon)
    • Added boolean to the call for spell_magic_source_attack per changes above to correctly cast Mana Spring from Enchanted Hero.
    • Black Dragon's Dragon Power now is -2 initiative to level 1 and 2 troops (and remains -1 initiative to level 3 and 4 troops)
• *.TXT
  • BABY TXT's - Ugg! All these errors deal with a typo copied from place to place nerco -> necro! Doh! Thanks Windows 8.1!
    • DIANA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 3 errors! Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • FEANORA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 7 errors! Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • GERDA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 1 error! Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • MIRABELLA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 10 errors! Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • NEOKA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 18 errors! Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • ORCELYN_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 7 errors! Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • RINA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 15 errors!
        • Fixed typo nerco -> necro (for necromant ATOM reference)
        • Fixed typo sp_lead_unit_nercomant -> sp_lead_unit_necromant (which means previously that Necromancer Leadership Reduction was not working!)
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
    • XEONA_BABIES.TXT
      • ***BUG*** 9 errors! Fixed typo sp_lead_unit_nercomant -> sp_lead_unit_necromant (which means previously that Necromancer Leadership Reduction was not working!)
      • ***BUG*** Changed Deemer's Rage Increase from +40% -> +20%
      • Changed Deemer's Attack / Spell bonus from +10% -> +5%
      • Added bonuses for blue dragons where applicable
  • ITEMS.TXT
    • Added bluedragons to items that would affect them
  • ITEMS_MONSTER.TXT
    • Added new container - Blue Dragon Eggs!
    • Made unit range consistent with leadership for all variants:
      • snake: 1-3 -> 2-4, snake_green: 1-3 -> 2-4
      • vampire: 1-3 -> 2-4
  • MORALE.TXT
    • -2 Morale (was -1) from Robber's negated by Tolerance level 2
    • -2 Morale from Giants to Green Dragons negated by Tolerance level 3
    • +1 Morale from Green Dragons to Giants negated by Tolerance level 3 (I guess they are no longer as happy since they can't eat 'em)
    • Blue Dragons:
      • -2 Morale to Green & Red Dragons negated by Tolerance level 3
      • -1 Morale to Black Dragons negated by Tolerance level 2
      • +2 Morale to Fire / Lake Dragonflies
  • PARAMS.TXT
    • In order to get the dragonfly wings to show up in the combat screen I added a dummy parameter, dfly_wng, so that you'd at least see its picture when you were awarded dragonfly wings. I tried to show the number that you get, but it somehow doesn't format on the screen properly. So I just show the wings picture and you'll have to check your inventory to see how many you got for now...
  • SKILLS.TXT
    • Evil Book now gets Mega Mage bonuses
    • Tolerance now removes penalties for other units (i.e. Robbers, Green Dragons / Giants, etc.)

Wow! Lots of changes! With so many, there are bound to be some areas that I haven't debugged yet, but I can restart a new game without it crashing and I've resolved all issues I've discovered to date.

Nonetheless, I'll continue playtesting and debugging this release, but don't let this stop you from downloading this update and trying it out!

Enjoy!



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Download removed due to new version available. Please see the last post in this thread for the latest version - thanks!

[MattCaspermeyer]

Please find attached below a critical update for those who use Build 35,234. If you are using Build 35,396 then this update simply adds new features (although it does have some more bug fixes).

There is a problem with Build 35,234 when using the LUA Game Library function LocType. This function is supposed to take an input and then output true / false depending on whether the current location type is the same as the input location type queried. No matter what the input I specify is, this function throws an internal error thereby halting execution of the current LUA script and preventing execution of subsequent LUA code.

This problem is often fatal, causing the game to crash to the desktop when the game's error-handling code continues with the next execution task and that code expects certain code to have been executed.

I currently use this function in ARENA.LUA to determine whether the location is cemetery, dungeon, etc. for reporting this at the start of combat. This is meant to allow me to debug my mod better and I can simply comment this section of code out and problem solved for this file since it is not important to anyone but me.

However, I also use Game.LocType in UNIT_FEATURES.LUA for applying several new bonuses / penalties that I have recently added. Since this function is broken and it would cause similar LUA script halts, which would invariably cause a game crash, I've decided to create a fork for Build 35,234 users so that they can still play my mod, although, technically it is no longer compatible with build 35,234 due to the bug in Game.LocType.

This development fork for Build 35,234 has Game.LocType calls commented out in ARENA.LUA and also UNIT_FEATURES.LUA as well. The unit features in UNIT_FEATURES.LUA affected by this are:

1. (Black) Unicorn's new Blind Post Hit Effect will not apply twice the chance to blind and +1 to duration if combat takes place in dungeons (it will however still apply this bonus if it is evening or night no matter the location).
2. Vampire / Ghost Soul drain will always be 50% power if combat takes place in the morning or afternoon regardless of the location (it normally doesn't apply for cemetery, lava, and dungeon locations).
3. The Undead will now receive a -25% health penalty if combat takes place in the morning or afternoon regardless of the location (it normally doesn't apply for cemetery, lava, and dungeon locations).

To my knowledge, there is no way for me to get around these issues with build 35,234 because I needed to use this function due to limitations with the ATOM location / time blocks.

If you use Build 35,396, then these work as intended without the above restrictions.

For those using either build, this version adds new features and for the most part completes the initial development of adding in all the NPC's that I currently plan to use to exchange containers for Magic Crystals.

Here are the NPC's and what they exchange for Magic Crystals:

Carl Leonard - Griffin Eggs
Dragon Attah - Bone Dragon Eggs
Gelena Attahskaya - Dragon Eggs (Green, Red, Black, and Blue)
Priest Owein - (Skeleton) Coffins
Furious Paladin - (Vampire) Carved Coffins

I've also added the capability for Black Dragons to select the Power of Fire path in finer detail (so that you can outline a path just like the AI) if you are controlling them. The developers made this change in WotN and now it comes to The Legend via this update!

There are also a few bug fixes here and there - here's the detailed list of changes:

Version Beta 2014-05-11

• *.ATOM
  • BLACKRAGON.ATOM
    • Added WotN functions to allow selection of the path of the Dragon's Power of Fire talent just like the AI uses
• *.LUA
  • ITEMS_HINT.LUA
    • There's a situation when after talking to an NPC in a castle that they add a container (such as an egg, seed, etc.) and the Obj.get_param library function is unable to acquire the container parameters for displaying the container variant text. So I added code to brute force set the Obj.get_param's if they are returning empty strings by setting the values to what they should be in ITEMS_MONSTER.TXT. The unfortunate part of this is that if I change something in ITEMS_MONSTER.TXT, then I have to change it here as well, but at least I've gotten around this problem now.
  • SPECIAL_ATTACKS.LUA
    • New WotN function special_blackdragon_firepower_attack for implementing the damage caused by Power of Fire (I integrated my changes of the function special_blackdragon_firepower (which is the original script attack) into the WotN function).
    • New WotN function special_blackdragon_firepower_calccells that is the new script_calccells for the Power of Fire talent (I added a text description to aid you in what to do)
    • New WotN function special_blackdragon_firepower_highlight that highlights the cells as you click your Power of Fire path (note that the original function has the same name so it has been commented out).
    • New WotN fucntion hint_dmg_blackdragon_firepower that shows the damage to targets as you layout your path of destruction when using Power of Fire
  • SPIRITS_HINT.LUA ***BUG*** - fixed error with experience computation when your spirits are level 1 for the experience hint during combat.
• *.CHAT
  • 1422394811.CHAT (Carl Leonard) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling griffin eggs to get crystals!
  • 1348067287.CHAT (Dragon Attah) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling bone dragon eggs to get crystals!
  • 686733070.CHAT (Gelena Attahskaya) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling dragon eggs to get crystals!
  • 920168865.CHAT (Priest Owein) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling skeleton coffins to get crystals!
  • 1155319803.CHAT (Furious Paladin) - Now includes extra snaps and logic for selling vampire coffins to get crystals!
• *.LNG
  • EN(G)_BATTLE
    • Added bmsg_firepower_1 and 2 for aiding you in selecting the Black Dragon's Talent, Power of Fire, path.
  • EN(G)_CHAT_0002578364_1422394811.LNG (Carl Leonard) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_0353666255_1348067287.LNG (Dragon Attah) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_0389231472_0686733070.LNG (Gelena Attahskaya) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_0997083665_0920168865.LNG (Priest Owein) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • EN(G)_CHAT_1920750196_1155319803.LNG (Furious Paladin) - added additional dialog for changes to *.CHAT indicated above
  • These changes are just to give you a reminder of how many of the container you need in case you forgot and you don't have enough
    • EN(G)_CHAT_0814853819_0185019267.LNG (Lady Beaulla) - added reminders for the exchange rate to dialog options when you don't have enough to trade
    • EN(G)_CHAT_1000228560_0460900476.LNG (Frogus Bogis) - added reminders for the exchange rate to dialog options when you don't have enough to trade
    • EN(G)_CHAT_1056215454_1378754138.LNG (Old Chvakah) - added reminders for the exchange rate to dialog options when you don't have enough to trade
    • EN(G)_CHAT_1107629933_0248920890.LNG (Milk Woman, Wilma) - added reminders for the exchange rate to dialog options when you don't have enough to trade
    • EN(G)_CHAT_1237766457_0111145785.LNG (Witch Helga) - added reminders for the exchange rate to dialog options when you don't have enough to trade

Okay that's it!

The next area I want to focus on is revisiting spell power because there have been a lot of changes since I initially developed this section of the mod. Pretty much damage I'm going to leave as it is since I think it is sufficient, but I'll be looking into the power of bonus and penalty spells to see if a change is warranted.

Thanks for your patience as I fixed this problem if you're using build 35,234. Note that an email to 1CC or the vendor you got build 35,234 from is warranted since it is technically not the latest. I'm going to send another email to GoG to see if they respond to this issue because they should be using build 35,396.

I'm fortunate that I have both builds, otherwise I would have been at a loss as to what the problem with Build 35,234 was.

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Note that I'm no longer supporting Build 35,234 because I provide Build 35,396 here

Please see the first or last post to get the latest version.

[MattCaspermeyer]

Well, I'm relieved that it is working for you now!

I do my best to squish as many bugs as possible, but there are some that take a long time to find.

My current unreleased version has many bug fixes. Since there are a lot of changes and I'm not finished implementing everything yet I'm holding off on releasing it, but am trying to get it finished as soon as I can.

As always, if you ever have any additional issues, please let me know - thanks!

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Originally Posted by Kiras

I think I figured out what was causing it. I thought I was using the 2014-01-28 version. However, I had put a previous version in an extra folder I made to archive it if I wanted to go back to an old save(King's Bounty The Legend/Data/Archived). KB must have been trying to use that instead of the current one. When I deleted that folder, I stopped getting crashes. And I can confirm that Robin of Greenwood and Martin Vodash both cast shroud without crashes now.

Come to think of it, I must have played with an earlier version before shroud was causing issues, then downloaded the one with issues, then quit playing KBTL for awhile because of the crashes.