Patch 2.1/1.5

[aulfgar]

So with the large amount of time since they released the Expansion and the buglist/fixes that state that the newer patch fixes the issue... um where is the new patch?

I would be happy knowing when they will release the patch.

[Elvin]

Any day now! Sir Charles said the patch was 99.9% ready just before new year! I have a good feeling about this!

[aulfgar]

Can we hope against hope for a better AI algorithem?

Woot new patch soon!!!

[Blueman]

Actually, two wishes:
I hope they will include a "Do not show minimap" checkbox in the RMG screen. I do not want to see the minimap for the generated map; the MP games I play should come as a total surprize.
I mostly use RMG for MP games; what the RMG lacks is the capability of generating the town information ONLY when a map is started. Knowing the available alignments gives the player that chooses first an (almost) unfair advantage. There should be an additional option when the town type is set to random: "Each time the map is started".

Maybe it's not that difficult to implement... and someone reads this post.

[HodgePodge]

You know what I'd like not to show? That huge progression bar when the other color(s) are taking their turn. I know that they are taking their turns, I don't have to see a huge progression bar to tell me so.

[Akul]

You know what I'd like not to show? That huge progression bar when the other color(s) are taking their turn. I know that they are taking their turns, I don't have to see a huge progression bar to tell me so.

The same is in H4. True, it is smaller, but it is still the same.

[Alamar]

I think the bar is a good idea IF the progression through the bar occurs linearly .... I hate when it gets stuck for 1-20 minutes

[HodgePodge]

I think the bar is a good idea IF the progression through the bar occurs linearly .... I hate when it gets stuck for 1-20 minutes

I don't mind the progression bar being there, it just should be smaller so as not to hide the adventure map's "beautiful artwork" while waiting for your turn.

[Alamar]

I think the bar is a good idea IF the progression through the bar occurs linearly .... I hate when it gets stuck for 1-20 minutes

I don't mind the progression bar being there, it just should be smaller so as not to hide the adventure map's "beautiful artwork" while waiting for your turn.

It's been a LONG time since I've played but under the latest patch doesn't the screen "black out" on the AI turns anyway so the size of the bar shouldn't matter.

[Or am I thinking of the wrong game / patch?????]

[Shauku]

It's been a LONG time since I've played but under the latest patch doesn't the screen "black out" on the AI turns anyway so the size of the bar shouldn't matter.

[Or am I thinking of the wrong game / patch?????]

It blacks out only in HotSeat, when there are many human players.

[PhoenixReborn]

The screen blacks out but the progress bar is still there, it's the only thing that shows.

With the title of the thread I thought that the patches had been released.

[Zwierz]

Some hints on what the patch will fix/add would be awesome.

[jeff]

Well its suppose to include the campaign function for the map editor. Now if they will also make the editor so some of us older folks can use it.

[BDragon]

First: where can i download the 1.5 patch?
Second: in patch 2.1 there will be a map editor? Good news!

[Jolly Joker]

The map editor is in patch 1.3.

Both 2.1 and 1.5 are not available yet.

2.1 will be out prior to 1.5; there'll be a 1.41 patch specifically for MP prior to 1.5 as well.

[dark raider]

One Thing that I hope they will work on fixing for the next patch is the AI playing time... When ever you use the RMG or your own created maps it works fine ine the start but when your are playing for a while it really takes the AI 5-10 minutes to take its turn ... and NO it is not my computer...i have a dual core processor and 2gb ram... så it is the game Ai that really takes its time.....I HATE TO WAIT A Fu**** "millenium" to get my turn back..

[PhoenixReborn]

dark raider I agree that it is a problem. But I don't think they can fix it. If they could fix it they would have done by now.

[Arogance1]

Will the patch fix the problem with not being able to choose the starting faction in the Random Map Generator?

I have the Silver Edition which came with HOMM5 and expansion pack and is Version 2.0

[Elvin]

If they could fix it they would have done by now.

LOL! I'm sure there are quite a few they can fix.

[aulfgar]

dark raider I agree that it is a problem. But I don't think they can fix it. If they could fix it they would have done by now.

There are many things that can't be fixed by a patch, such as shoddy programming that makes the program take up about 2 times the space it needs to. However AI is something that can be fixed by the patch as is shown from 1.3 to 2.0 or 1.4 as they modified the AI to cheat more and to aggressively enter your area to bother you but never attack your castle...

I sincerely hope the reason it is taking so long for this patch is due to them making an AI algorithem that actually plays the same game as us and doesn't flagrently cheat all the time.

Now for the last bit the 99.99% done before the new year must be like a windows installer because the last .01% takes longer than the rest of the install.