H7 Expansion Trial by Fire Launched
- by Kalah
Today saw the official launch of the stand-alone expansion to Heroes VII: "Trial by Fire". It introduces the Fortress faction with two new campaigns.
There is also an update available for all players, taking the state of the game to version 2.0 and bringing in an in-game map generator and a skill wheel.
As you know, the info streaming session was cancelled, so you will have to look elsewhere for info. Here is the lineup.
Launch trailer:
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Steaming M&M Sale
- by Kalah
There is a big sale on Might & Magic titles in the Steam shop, with several titles going at as little as -75%. Heroes VII is going for 50%.
If you've been waiting for that price dump to pick up a title or two, maybe this is the moment?
Thanks to the Panda for the tip.
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Twitch Stream Cancelled
- by Kalah
Ubisoft have been hyping a live Twitch stream for about a month now, in order to promote the upcoming release of the Heroes VII expansion, "Trial by Fire" in a few days. Now we're getting reports (in an almost April Fools manner) that the whole thing may not be happening.
My first reaction was: "What? No, that must be a mistake."
My second reaction, once I realized this might be serious, was one of dejection.
Read more: Twitch Stream Cancelled
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Heroes 4 HD mod - Artists needed
- by Dalai
2 days ago a teaser-puzzle was posted as Picture-Of-The-Day. The puzzle itself was not a very difficult one. You know that Heroes 4 supports 3 different resolutions: 800*600 px, 1024*768 px, and 1280*1024 px. These resolutions have display ratios of 4*3 and 5*4. Our screenshot is a ratio of 16*9, which is visibly longer. If you open the screenshot is separate window (just drag an image to the tab bar of your browser) you can see it's Full HD: 1920*1080.
Yes, we are working on HD-mod for Heroes 4!
Read more: Heroes 4 HD mod - Artists needed
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AI Enhancement Tool: first progress
- by Dalai
Those of you who watch HoMM4 forums closely, probably remember the idea to create an AI enhancing utility. The general idea is to give players an instrument with which he/she can turn on and off different scripts to help AI. It's not real AI, of course, we rather help it cheat to the degree that is acceptable and fun for a player, and all on one centralized dashboard.
The initial discussion is here: Call to H-IV mapmakers - AI enchancing scripts
We at Equilibris Team tried make this idea a reality, but had couple setbacks. Recently we joined forces with iLiVeInAbOx05 whom you know as an author of Advanced Options Map Editor for HoMM4, and started making some progress.
The video below is a proof of concept showing how it works.
New scripts are added every day, but we will need good mapmakers' help with more complex and interesting ones.
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Introducing Trial of Fire on twitch TV at 1st Aug 15:00 GMT+2
- by Pol
There will be a twitch stream about upcoming Trial of Fire Stand-Alone Addon.
When? From 13:00 - 15:15 UTC. Don't forget to register on twich in advance to join the discussion. And have your question ready.
Presentation will be served straight by Heart [developer], Limbic_Ramiro [Level Designer] and Limbic_Oak [AI programmer]
Now ladies and gentlemen carefully examine your questions and don't forget to reserve a seat in totally worth twitch session.
Read more: Introducing Trial of Fire on twitch TV at 1st Aug 15:00 GMT+2
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Forums Maintenance Update
- by Pol
Dear Visitors,
our forums are currently undergoing maintenance update. Please be patient. We will be back soon.
Edit: Update is now complete! 
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H7 Walkthroughs Completed
- by Kalah
You may ask yourself: "What took so long?" Well, long story short: I haven't been very active lately. I'm slowly moving away from the franchise, focusing more and more on other aspects of my life and less on this. But I promised myself, months and months ago, that I would finish the Heroes VII walkthroughs, so now that I have some spare time on my hands, I decided to do it.
So then, the Dungeon campaigns are done, and I just finished Ivan's story too, mere minutes ago. The clock is 5am here and I guess I do still kinda miss the days when I could play all-nighters with my buddies. Anyway, I hope you find my work useful, and if you have any comments to make or things to add, you can put it all in the comments of the articles.
Enjoy!
Celestial Heavens' walkthroughs page
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Advanced Options Map Editor for HoMM4 released
- by Kalah
After much work, iLiVeInAbOx05 has released the first version of his HoMM4 advanced options map editor. It is downloadable from Celestial Heavens right now.