Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars Readme This is a readme for Heroes of Might and Magic II patch version 1.3 -----------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS------------------------------ 1) Applying this patch 2) New Features 3) Bug Fixes 4) Contacting Customer Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Applying this patch Windows 95 ========== Copy the H2w10-13.zip file into your HEROES2 folder. The default folder (directory) the game installs to is the Heroes2 folder which is inside of the Program Files folder. Extract (unzip) the RUNME.BAT, PATCH.EXE, PATCHW32.DLL and H2W10-13.RTP files into your Heroes2 folder. Change to the Heroes2 folder if you are not already there. If you installed Heroes II to the default location, you can do this from the desktop by double clicking on the My Computer icon, then double clicking on the Program Files folder and then double clicking on the Heroes2 folder. Once you are in the Heroes2 folder, Double Click on the Runme or Runme.bat file. A dos window will open and the patch will be applied. To close the dos window, click on the x in the top right corner. If necessary you can also apply the patch manually by following the instructions below: Copy the H2w10-13.zip file into your HEROES2 folder. The default folder (directory) the game installs to is the Heroes2 folder which is inside of the Program Files folder. Extract (unzip) the RUNME.BAT, PATCH.EXE, PATCHW32.DLL and H2W10-13.RTP files into your Heroes2 folder. Open a DOS prompt. You can do this by clicking on the Windows 95 Start button, then moving the mouse cursor to Programs and clicking on MS-Dos Prompt. A dos window will open. Using the dos window, change directory to the HEROES2 directory using the CD command. If you installed Heroes II to the default directory the command would be "cd\progra~1\Heroes2". In the Heroes2 directory, type "PATCH H2W10-13" and press enter to manually run the patch. DOS === Copy the RUNME.BAT, PATCH.EXE and H2D10-13.RTP files into your HEROES2 directory. The default directory is "C:\Heroes2". Change to the HEROES2 directory using the dos CD command. If you installed the game in the default directory the command would be "cd\heroes2". Type "runme" and press enter. It is important that you download and use the proper patch for your version of Heroes II. This patch can take a long time to apply especially if you are upgrading from version 1.0. Please be patient and allow it to finish. If you are upgrading from Heroes II 1.0 the patch will require 45MB temporary space to apply. If you are upgrading from Heroes II 1.1 or 1.2 it will only need about 2MB temporary space. If you have trouble with the patch you should re-install the game from the CD-Rom into a new directory and try patching from there. If that does not help please contact customer service using the information below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) New Features: If you move the mouse over the crest in a town or castle screen the Month, Week, and Day will be displayed in the message area. Right-clicking on land in the adventure screen will show you where you can and can not dig for the ultimate artifact. If you are playing on Windows NT with Service Pack 3 installed you may now use IPX for networking. In a multiplayer network, direct connect, or modem game if someone cheats all other players will be notified that someone is cheating. This does not affect game play at all, but it was requested by several players just to keep things fair. There is no cheat notification during Hot Seat games. Text files containing the audio scripts for the campaign cutscenes have been included in the game directory. The file is named H2CAMP.TXT. The Music CD and Digital audio part of the code has been updated and the video playback upgraded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Bug Fixes Version 1.3 =========== The computer heroes will now cast blind, berserk and paralyze spells. The visions spell has been fixed. Previously if a group of monsters were willing to join you for gold, the amount of gold the spell said it would take to get them to join was twice the actual amount. If the Ultimate Artifact has been found the tavern rumor relating to it would be incorrect. This has been fixed. All Ultimate Artifacts now disappear when the hero carrying them loses a battle. Previously only the original 4 Ultimate Artifacts would disappear. Several spelling and grammar errors were fixed. When right-clicking on the top of some castles the information shown in the quick view window would be from a different castle. This has been corrected. Sometimes the spell name would be grayed out in your spell book even though you had enough mana to cast it. This has been corrected. The DOS version was not properly setting the palette on some video cards. This has been corrected. The DOS version's random number generator was not being initialized properly. Because of this some of the starting parameters for scenarios were always the same. This has been corrected. Sometimes casting Mirror Image on a two hex creature would cause the game to exit unexpectedly. This has been corrected. Sometimes when rapidly cycling through different towns the game would exit unexpectedly. This has been corrected. It is no longer possible to have a luck greater than +3 while defending a sorceress' castle. Sometimes while attacking a castle with a shooting creature incorrect text would be displayed in the message area. This has been corrected. The shot counter for the Magi and Archmagi creatures was not counting down the number of shots remaining. This has been corrected. The Curse and Mass Curse spells were not working properly. They have been corrected. There was an error in the map for the 3rd Roland Campaign. It has been corrected. There was a bad crystal mine on the map for the 4th Archibald Campaign. It has been fixed. An invisible mercury mine on the Heroes map has been removed. Computer Heroes were apparently "claiming" it. Heroes II no longer uses DirectSound under Windows NT since it seems to cause skipping during the cut scenes. If you experience garbled sound during the cut scenes in Windows 95 try adding /W to the command line for launching Heroes II. This will force DirectSound to be turned off. Version 1.2 =========== The computer was able to take a haunted mine set by a human player without having to fight the ghosts. When the human player went back to claim the mine, he went into combat with the ghosts. When the human player used the "Set Guardian" spells the computer was able to take the guarded mine without having to fight the guardians. When the human player went back to claim the mine, he went into combat with the guardians. Music (CD Audio and Midi) part of the code has been cleaned up. The CD Audio music error has been fixed. Some systems were having problems connecting using TCP/IP, this has been fixed. Version 1.1 =========== Random Map Generator now available in the World Editor. This allows you to randomly create worlds, with parameters you set. All single scenario maps may now be loaded in the editor. If you save them out again, they will have an underscore prefix, so they don't overwrite the originals. Sound and Video support code has been updated, which will clear up some problems. (See the troubleshooting section for more help). Old CD ROM drives which can't handle the switching code should now display a normal error message, rather than simply crashing. A bug preventing the entering of long IP addresses in internet play has been fixed. Some communication errors when hosting a TCP/IP game have been fixed. Occasionally, when a very large number of objects were placed in the editor, it would crash. This has been fixed. The DOS version allowed invalid save filenames. Filenames are now checked for accuracy. The * and , symbols may now be used for modem dialing (*70, disables call waiting) Deleting events and rumors in the editor didn't work properly before. This has been fixed. Undead units were showing bad morale, even though they don't have morale. This has been fixed. Ghosts were growing faster than they should have when retaliating. This has been fixed. The Lost Continent map had a buggy mine which has been fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Contacting Customer Service To order any New World Computing or 3DO products visit your local retailer or order direct by calling 800-325-8898 or outside the United States by calling 650-261-3227. If you have questions, comments, suggestions and/or problems with Heroes II or any other New World Computing products, please contact our customer support department through any of the services listed: 3DO Technical Support can be reached by phone, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PST, at (650) 261-3454. Technical Support Fax number: (650) 261-3419. Technical Support E-mail should be addressed to: customer-service@3do.com The 3DO Customer Service Website is located at: http://www.3do.com/studio3do/customerservice/ Copyright 1997, New World Computing --The End--