It's been some time now; could you release the standalone 2.0.1 installer so that I don't always have to download & install both files on new machines?

Hi, I'm new on this site so I have just one quick question. I read in the reviews that there were some issues with the HOMM3. Before buying I just want to be sure that both HOMM2 gold and HOMM3 complete are working properly in all aspects?
Thank you!

They both work fine. The only thing most small problems are about are sometimes getting 2, to work on non native dos devices like smartphont/tablets.

There ARE known problems even in original CD release of Heroes III Complete. The RoE campaigns doesn't working correctly in H3 Complete (incorrect transferring between scenarios). If you want to play RoE campaigns as intended then using original RoE CD (released February 1999) is recommended. Moreover, in such case the RoE campaigns (and AB campaigns too, if you install AB over RoE) aren't affected by questionable SoD changes (like trench damage or artifact combinations).
HoMM II Gold (compared to original CD released 1998) have a known problem with sound playback. Look <span class="podkreslenie">here</span> for details.

I just downloaded and installed using the 2.0.0.16 installer and the patch tells me:

"This patch does not support your version of the game please download a new installer"

What can interfere with its version detection?

This was a clean install. The last time I played HoMM III was on an older computer.

hello, not sure if this topic is still alive..

but the sprites of Wraiths and (specter/ghoul "the un upgraded version") have been reversed, the little sprite image i mean!, when viewed in town as growth rate or the number in a heros army, wraiths (the upgraded and black one) are shown as the unupgraded and brown ones and vise versa.

also not sure if this is a bug, but i think i remember beeing able to buy more than one hero from the tavern per week with "full units" along

regards flydende

I noticed the wight/wraith picture mix up; I'm not sure who is responsible for that.

I've read that an official patch changed the creature allotment for extra heroes. The first two that display in a week each get the normal allotment, but each hero in a week after those first two only have 1 level 1 creature of the appropriate type. This was to prevent certain kinds of cheese, like repeatedly retreating a Tower hero to amass huge numbers of gremlins in the first week. I'm not sure how surrenders play into this, if the hero isn't re-purchased and winds up rotating back into the hero pool with his/her army.

There were a couple of other modifications to purchased heroes as well, like they don't recover spell points or movement points when they retreat/surrender.

I have the original version of Heroes 3 on CD. How can I play it on my newer pc with windows vista? Or can I play it online somewhere? Any info would be great.

thanks