Dynasty Weapons Biography

[Wizard of Soz]

Greetings

Quite simply, I am wondering how to find the Biography of the Various Dynasty Weapons. These bios are seen on the Web in various places such as here ( http://lparchive.org/Might-Magic-Heroes-VI/Update%2076/ ), but how do you find them in game?

Part of the reason I want to know is so that I can find the Bios of Weapons released in the various DLCs/Expansions.

[Avonu]

You can find weapon bios in game files named data.orc. Try to open the latest data.orc file (I think it should be data18.orc - newest have only some patch changes) and search for Localization and Game.orc folders.
Prepere yourself for a wall of text, as nearly all texts are in one file.

To open orc files, you need programm named Orc2zip.

PS
Dynasty Weapons from DLCs and from expansion:
- Sword of the Pirate King (Pirates of the Savage Sea)
- Staff of the Netherworld (Danse Macabre)
- Dragonbone Staff (50 Shades of Purple )
- Edge of Balance (50 Shades of Purple )
- Nameless Staff (50 Shades of Purple )
- Sword of Nemesis (50 Shades of Purple )
- Staff of Crystal Roses (50 Shades of Purple )

[Wizard of Soz]

Thanks Avonu! This is just the information I need for the Wiki! As for the DLC and expansion Weapons bios, nobody has posted them up anywhere so this should be interesting. I wonder what other treasure troves I shall find there?

I really don't understand why they hid this info, or if it can now be considered canon if its this hard to find? Ahh well.

Cheers again and keep it purple!

[Avonu]

As for the DLC and expansion Weapons bios, nobody has posted them up anywhere so this should be interesting.

Ekhm...

Pirates...

Danse Macabre

Dynasty Weapons

So, somebody has posted them somewhere.

[Kalah]

I should have put those up on CH as well but haven't had time and nobody else to do it for me so ...

[Wizard of Soz]

Avonu - Yes that is exactly what I was looking for!! Is there anymore hidden lore poking on in those files like for the regular artifacts?

Why on earth did they continue to create background info for the expansions and then hide them? Or was there a simple ingame button I could have pressed which I have overlooked?

Kalah - I would put them up.... If I had any knowledge in webdesign outside of writing wiki articles

[Kalah]

Well if you're interested in learning it, I could give an example. This page has a code that looks like this:

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<a href="http://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=390"><img border="0" src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image24.gif">
Potions</a></td>

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<a href="http://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=389"><img border="0" src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image3.gif">
Items</a></td>

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<a href="http://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=391"><img border="0" src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image35.gif">
Treasures</a></td>

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<a href="http://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=392"><img border="0" src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image69.gif">
Minor Artifacts</a></td>

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<a href="http://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=393"><img border="0" src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image130.gif">
Major Artifacts</a></td>
     
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<img border="0" src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image175.gif">
Relics</td>

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    <TD colSpan=2 height=46>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=6 color=black><B>Relic</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image174.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Supreme Crown of the 
      Magi</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>The hero gains +50 spell points 
      and regenerates 10 extra spell point per day</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
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      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Adamantine Armor</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the hero's Melee and 
      Ranged Defense by 50</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image176.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Sword of the Gods</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the hero's Melee Attack 
      and Melee Defense by 3. All friendly targets do +50% 
  damage</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image177.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Thunder Hammer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the hero's Melee Attack 
      skill by 8, and does 70 hit points of lightning damage plus 7 per level of 
      the hero. Uses both the left and right hand slots</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image178.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Bull Rune Battleaxe</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the hero's Melee Attack 
      by 50</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image179.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Bow of the Elf King</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the hero's Ranged Attack 
      by 5. All friendly ranged creatures gain +1 shot per ranged 
      attack</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image180.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Horned Bow</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the hero's Ranged Attack 
      by 50</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image181.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Adamantine Shield</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Gives all friendly targets +50% to 
      their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged 
      Defense</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image182.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Archmage’s Codex</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Contains all fifth level spells. 
      The hero must have the appropriate magic skills to cast the 
      spells</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image183.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Neener’s Invulnerable 
      Cloak</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>The hero gains 100% magic 
      resistance</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image184.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Scarab of Summoning</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Increases the power of the hero's 
      summoning, raise, and illusion spells by 100%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image185.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Ring of Greater 
    Negation</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>All spell immunities and 
      protections are negated for all creatures and heroes, friend and foe 
      alike</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <tr><td colspan=5><hr width="80%" color="#400000"></tr><tr>
    <TD vAlign=top width="18%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black><IMG height=60 
      src="/homm4/images/artifacts/image186.gif" width=60></FONT></P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>Flaming Arrow</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="82%" height=22>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3 color=black>The hero's normal ranged damage 
      now does fire damage in a 3x3 yard 
radius</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I learned to make pages like that simply by looking at the existing code, copying it and entering the new information. There are also different ways of doing it, for instance the font doesn't have to be entered specifically. We don't have many on staff doing this these days.

[Wizard of Soz]

Ahh, exactly the same method I used to learn how to make wiki articles

Sounds good sign me up!

[Kalah]

Well you should start by gathering texts in text files and all the images you might need. Once you have all the material, you can code in how the page should display it.

[Wizard of Soz]

Ahh images are a bit of an issue. How would I go about finding an image witout violating copyright laws? Or is it a lot more laxed on the internet?

[Pol]

Ahh images are a bit of an issue. How would I go about finding an image witout violating copyright laws? Or is it a lot more laxed on the internet?

How I can put it?

Image is always copyrighted, it doesn't matter if you extract it from your game files or crop from some screenshot.

However we fans expect that game copyright holders like when we write about their game, add speculation about the game lore, help with tactics and generally help them to promote the game, in the after effect.

When it happens, that they would like their game silently die and sent us disagreement with publishing game resource, we comply promptly and remove copyrighted material.

That's all in the nutshell, overlooking all the if and when situation, which can happen.

[Kalah]

Yeah you can basically take any screenshot from the game and put it on a fan site like ours. After all, we help promote the game. Ubisoft retain the copyright, but we're silently being permitted to use it.

[Avonu]

I should have put those up on CH as well but haven't had time and nobody else to do it for me so ...

And now you will have even less time to do that.

[Kalah]

It's true that we don't have many good pages for H6 - we were short-staffed so focused on the walkthroughs. For the next game, I will make pages myself. If you want to help out by collecting info or whatever, I'd be glad for the help.

[Wizard of Soz]

I think I could help with catch up for Heroes 6. At the moment I am going though the game with a fine-tooth shadow comb for the Might and Magic wiki so I should be able to throw up a few pages with some of the basic information.

My issue right now is the lack of good images for Dynasty weapons, artifacts, heroes, etc. They mostly seem to be little circular thumbnails which are ok in game but look less cool outside it. I may just give up though and make do with them.

But really....

Thumbnail
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2012 ... /Grawl.jpg

vs

Full Size Image of awesome!
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2013 ... /8graw.jpg

[Kalah]

Well, the image I have in my mind about how the pages should be would be based on the H4 pages, so you can look at those to see how images should look. Artefacts, for instance, or factions.