HEROES 4 OBJECT PACKAGE V.0.55 BY KARMAKELD (september 9, 2018)


INSTALL GUIDE
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Place the 'storm_updates.h4r' file in your HoMM 4 Data folder.
This file should be readable by both Winds of War and Equilibris as well as other mods. As it contains objects from the WoW expansion, it is advised NOT to extract/use any WoW objects for Standard version or TGS expansion. In case of incompatability, compatible versions can be requested either here http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=44886, https://www.celestialheavens.com/news/new-object-package-for-h4#comments or by mail to karmakeld@hotmail.com

Placing the 'current.aop/equi.aop' in your Data folder will overwrite/update your editor palette with all the new objects. This is the easy solution.
NOTE: If you have customized your palette, this will overwrite YOUR changes.

In case you want to customize the palette yourself, there are 2 ways to manually drag the new objects to where you want them placed.
1) open each of the included maps and drag each object from the map onto the palette.
2) Go to Tools -> Customize -> Object Palettes. Select groups and palettes. You can search for all new files and simply double click or drag them on to the palette.
A complete list of objects and their names is listed in the 'objects list.txt' file. Simply type and search or scroll down in the editor list. Names are as seen in the list but without the 'adv_object', e.g. (adv_object.)creature bank.Bandit Camp mirror.obj - you can type in 'cre' to instantly reach the 'creature' section.


CONTENT OVERVIEW
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The H4 Object Package version 0.5 contains
19 mirrored Creature Banks
43 mirrored Creature Dwellings
17 dead creatures decoratives (16 from Equilibris v3.55)
9 Quest huts with creature appearances (from Equilibris v3.55)
101 new landscape objects. Mainly logs, trees, cactus and rocks (partly from Equi v3.55)
and a few others.
A total of 192 objects.


NEW CONTENT IN VERSION 0.55
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Seer's Hut - Wagon Camp fixed - Equi
2 Bridges - X crossing - Equi
2 Garrisons - Equi
3 Prisons- Equi
4 Sacks - Equi
6 Quest Guards for 3 factions - Equi
6 Taverns - Equi
6 new Skeletons - Equi bones
6 Flowers bush - Equi
8 Crates - Equi
20 Stalagmites - Equi (01-20)
24 Border Guards/Gates Egypt style - Equi
31 Egyptian objects - Equi
33 Seer's Hut - Equi
56 Walls - Equi
56 dead creatures decoratives - Equi
29 Modded objects - Karmakeld
3 Creature Banks - Radmutant69
6 Dwellings - Radmutant69
50 misc. decoratives - Radmutant69
26 Misc. objects - Radmutant69
35 Mountains - Radmutant69
9 Movement Modifiers - Radmutant69
9 Power ups - Radmuntant69
24 Resources - Radmutant69
23 Rocks - Radmutant69
12 Seer's hut - Radmutant69
112 Terrains  - Radmutant69
27 Trees - Radmutant69
12 Walls - Radmutant69
25 Lights etc - NimoStar
4 Columns - NimoStar
7 Creature Banks - Mirage
6 Dwellings - Mirage
12 Moral-luck boosters - Mirage
29 Mountains - Mirage
6 Power Ups - Mirage
11 Resources - Mirage
17 Rocks - Mirage
10 Quest Huts - Mirage
10 Trees - Mirage
71 Various objects - Mirage
61 Mirrored adventure objects, unfinished
+ a bunch of additional objects mostly by Radmutant69.
A total of 1144 objects (adding 264 objects from Equilibris 3.55, 423 objects by Radmutant69 and 179 by Mirage)


Future updates will include:
Mirrored movement modifiers (teleporters, tunnels, Lighthouse etc.)
Mirrored Miscellaneous (Magi Windows, Tavern, Blacksmith, Sanctuary, Hexis' Garrison etc).
Mirrored Power Up's (EXCEPT moral/luck boosters, alters and stat gems).
Loads more landscape objects.


HUMUNGOUS thanks to Radmutant69 for taking the time to help me import a lot of the images into h4d format. That saved me a lot of time.

Special thanks to iLiVeInAbOx05 for creating a proper modding tool. It's been useful so far, and will be a timesaver for the remainder of this project.

Thanks to Anastasiya for saving me time, by editing most of the images for the Dead Creatures.

Also thanks to NimoStar, Baronus, Namerutan and others at heroescommunity.com for helping in the process of understanding how to change/make new objects as well as understanding hex editing in general. And thanks to the community of Celestialheavens.com who helped set up a mirrored objects wishlist as well as provide other useful feedback.