WoG Patch v3.56 - v3.57 Patch

WoG Patch v3.56 - v3.57 Patch

This patch will update your WoG mod to version 3.57 from version 3.56. See additional information for details on what's included.

NEW FEATURES OF HEROES III: IN THE WAKE OF GODS UPDATE 3.57

IMPORTANT NOTE: this update is only working in Single and Hotseat mode.

Multiplayer mode will be fixed as soon as possible but due to the nature of

the problems there's no way of knowing how long this might take.

The new WoG executable file has a name H3WOG357.EXE. You will have

a corresponding icon on your desktop and a shortcut in "New Life of Heroes"

menu section. We made it so you can run the WoG 3.56 version (H3WOG.EXE) and

WoG 3.57 version (H3WOG357.EXE) independently and thus have a multiplayer

WoG version (3.56).

1. COMMANDERS. Every hero now has a personal Commander who fights on the

battlefield, gains experience, and goes up in level. You select which skills

your Commander advances in (four out of six possible skills), and at higher

levels you'll have the opportunity to select up to 6 (out of 15) special

abilities that may become available depending on the skills you've chosen.

Each Commander has a unique name and bio and each Commander type has its own

unique ability and spell that it may cast.

2. WOGIFY OPTIONS SCREEN. The brand new WoGify Options screen allows complete

customization of WoGification to suit any player's preference. The button to

reach this dialogue box is located in the Scenario Selection screen.

In addition to choosing which new objects, global enhancement scripts and map

rules will be in the game, the WoGify Options screen includes new options

like "Towns start without forts" and "All cartographers are replaced", plus

full disabling of movement spells and artifacts. WoG features such as

Commanders, Town Demolition and Arrow Tower experience can also be enabled

or disabled here.

3. WOGIFICATION EXTENDED. The WoGify Options Master Settings gives you the

choice between WoGifying only random maps, any WoG format map or even any

Heroes III format map (RoE, AB, SoD or WoG).

4. NEW COMBAT FEATURE. A new feature has been added to the combat screen to

give your shooting creatures a choice each round between shooting or

moving+attacking. Simply right-click on the Defend Button and you'll be

given the choice. The same feature works for spellcasting creatures

like faerie dragons and for attack+return creatures like harpies.

5. NEW SCRIPTS. Many new scripts for WoGify have been added to make WoGified

maps even more fun and diverse:

- Mithril adds piles of Mithril to the map and gives you a way to spend it.

Simply right-click on the Kingdom Overview button to see how much Mithril you

have and to bring up a complete price list.

- Mysticism Enhancement improves the Mysticism skill by making the spell

points regained a percentage plus adding new exciting abilities at each

skill level.

- Sorcery Enhancement improves the Sorcery skill by adding the ability to

right-click on treasures, artifacts and other objects to find out their value.

Higher skill levels add additional abilities.

- Summoning Stones is a new map object that lets you summon a stack of

creatures from one of your towns into your army.

- Karmic Battles (if enabled) adds additional monsters to the battlefield

in most combats fought against neutral armies. The added monsters start out

pretty weak but increase the more battles you fight.

- Treasure Chest 2 adds a new type of treasure chest.

- Cards of Prophecy enhances this tired old artifact with interesting new

abilities.

- Rebalancing Factions (if enabled) tweaks many heroes and monsters so as

to provide better balance between the different town types.

- Hero Specialization Boost (if enabled) adds extra abilities to heroes with

spell and monster specialties.

- Extended Battles (if enabled) tweaks monster stats so as to slow down the

pace and increase the duration of most battles.

- First Money (if enabled) gives an equal number of starting resources

to all players, no matter what skill level you play at.

- Living Scrolls turns most of the combat scrolls into Living Scrolls that

have a chance of casting their own spell each round by themselves.

6. SCRIPT UPDATING. Many older scripts have been updated to make them even

better than before. Bugs have been fixed and scripts have been revamped to

work with the WoGify Options and the new Commander artifacts. In a few cases,

completely new features have been added.

7. COMMANDER ARTIFACTS. Ten unique Commander artifacts are included in the

map editor and may show up in WoGified maps. Many of the Commander artifacts

will continually increase the bonus they grant the Commander after several

battles have been won. These added incremental bonuses are lost if the

Commander dies or unequips the artifact.

8. NEW OBJECTS. Nine new objects have been added to the game.

These are: a new treasure chest, a barrel (if not scripted it acts like

a treasure chest), two new signs, a new magic well, a magic book on

a pedestal (new shrine), and three "empty" scriptable objects.

9. SCRIPT EDITOR. The script editor has been updated to make it even

friendlier than ever with comprehensive built-in help and new features.

10. ERM EXTENSIONS. More than a dozen new ERM features have been added

for your scripting pleasure, including: AI movement control, mouse click

triggers for the town screen, hero screens, and combat screen, full Commander

support via ERM, post-event and post-object triggers, artifact

equipping/unequipping triggers, global monster and skill name replacement,

and more! Please read ERM357.TXT for full details on the new ERM features.