GrayFace MM6 Patch v2.5.7 [Mar 4, 2022]

[GrayFace]

When you install the patch, there is a box for map fixes that says "leave unchecked if installing over a large mod" I had to check this because I am playing Mandate and the door in Castle Kriegspire leading to where the egg is won't open without it. If I now want to install a large mod, is there a simple way to change this or will I have to reinstall?

You'll have to delete files starting with "00 patch" from Data folder.

i love your patch....except for one thing. you messed with the stat wells. you implemented your own opinion as to how they should work.

No, I've fixed bugs in timers code. The experience well in Kriegspire now works exactly as it was implemented by NWC, not as the bug made it work. As always, you can disable the fix by adding FixTimers=0 to INI.

[GrayFace]

@GrayFace -- ErrorLog after pressing F4

Try setting WindowHeight=960 in mm6.ini. In the next version the problem would be fixed completely.

[Munchies]

i love your patch....except for one thing. you messed with the stat wells. you implemented your own opinion as to how they should work.

No, I've fixed bugs in timers code. The experience well in Kriegspire now works exactly as it was implemented by NWC, not as the bug made it work. As always, you can disable the fix by adding FixTimers=0 to INI.

wow, thank you o: i handicap myself till just about the end of the game (the oracle quests) and then farm experience and gold from paradise valley, hermits isle and dragonsand just so i can dump all the gold i get into experience. x3c i do something similar in mm7.

[Anubis]

Possible bug? In the Temple of Tsanta, after you unlock the doors that lead to the main chamber with the altar -- If you go down the stairs past the altar and to your right, you'll come across a bed. Clicking on the pillow of the bed (I even tried Telekinesis on it) is supposedly interactable but I'm unable to figure out what clicking it is supposed to do? Was it supposed to give you an item of some sort?

[GrayFace]

Nice find! It's supposed to give a +6 spear, but the variable got used for the doors into the main area. Since there's no way to get there without opening the doors, there's no way to get it.

[Anubis]

Tomb of VARN: I came across a "Picture" that's interactable with but nothing happens. It's located...in a long hallway. Was this supposed to give an item?

[GrayFace]

Tomb of VARN: I came across a "Picture" that's interactable with but nothing happens. It's located...in a long hallway. Was this supposed to give an item?

What picture? Type
XYZ(Party)
in the console for coordinates.

[Anubis]

I know Ctrl+F1 is the console command as I've used it for MM7 but it isn't working for MM6. Do I have to download MMExtension in order to bring up the console?

Also, the "Picture" texture I found? I thought it was the only one until I came across more "Picture" textures near the entrance of the Flame Door. I could interact with them but nothing seemed to happen so I'm starting to think that was supposed to be the case.

[GrayFace]

Version 2.3
<< MM6 - MM8 >>
[+] PaperDollInChests option shows paper doll in chest dialog: value 1 (default) will make it visible when you open inventory of a player, value 2 will make it visible right when you open the chest, value 0 will disable it.
[+] Keyboard control: some dialogs can now be controlled by pressing Up/Down and Enter. E.g. NPC conversations. Only those dialogs that already had everything in place to support it are effected.
[+] Save/load dialogs now react to Enter key.
[+] Newer MP3DEC.ASI version. In theory this might fix some problems with MP3 playback.
[-] My bug: If somehow game window managed to become smaller than 640x480, that wasn't handled gracefully in software 32-bit color mode.
<< MM6, MM7 >>
[-] My bug: Quick load key pressed during the death movie was causing a crash afterwards.
<< MM6 >>
[-] Text files fixes for Russian (Buka) version by tolich.

[Anubis]

Code: Select all

Time: 2019-06-07 12:53:05 PM (07.06.2019 18:53:05 UTC)
Windows Version 6.2 

Exception EAccessViolation in module MM6.exe at 0000A710.
Access violation at address 0040A710 in module 'MM6.exe'. Read of address 00000000.

Function Calls:

0040A710 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + A710
004124E3 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 124E3
033202EC ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6patch.dll + 602EC
00472234 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 72234
0045E307 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 5E307
00472158 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 72158
0045E307 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 5E307
77C004CA ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 704CA
77712A73 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 112A73
77712A91 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 112A91
004354C0 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 354C0
004352F0 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 352F0
004541E5 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 541E5
00453699 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 53699
004AFED5 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + AFED5
771C0417 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL + 20417
77BF662B ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 6662B
77BF65F8 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 665F8

Registers:

EAX = 00000000
EBX = 00000000
ECX = 00000000
EDX = 00000500
ESI = 00000000
EDI = 7FC393D8
EBP = 0019FCAC
ESP = 0019FC80

Stack Trace:

0019FC80: 004D17D4
0019FC84: 000001E0
0019FC88: 000001E0
0019FC8C: 0000C9E0
0019FC90: 7FC20018
0019FC94: 7FC393D8
0019FC98: 00000000
0019FC9C: 00000000
0019FCA0: 00000000
0019FCA4: 00000000
0019FCA8: 004D17D4
0019FCAC: 0090D188 | Last EBP
0019FCB0: 004124E8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 124E8
0019FCB4: 00000000
0019FCB8: 7FC20018
0019FCBC: 00000000
0019FCC0: 00000000
0019FCC4: 7FC20018
0019FCC8: 00000003
0019FCCC: 00000151
0019FCD0: 7FCC0010
0019FCD4: 00000004
0019FCD8: 033202EE ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6patch.dll + 602EE
0019FCDC: 02740101
0019FCE0: 00000000
0019FCE4: 00000000
0019FCE8: 00000000
0019FCEC: 00000001
0019FCF0: 7FC20018
0019FCF4: 00000001
0019FCF8: FFFFD000
0019FCFC: 000001B6
0019FD00: FFFFFDE9
0019FD04: 00472239 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 72239
0019FD08: FFFFE44A
0019FD0C: FFFFFDE9
0019FD10: FFFFE44A
0019FD14: 0000022D
0019FD18: 00000000
0019FD1C: 0045E30C ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 5E30C
0019FD20: 00000220
0019FD24: 00000000
0019FD28: FFFFFDE6
0019FD2C: FFFFFDE9
0019FD30: 0000005F
0019FD34: 0047215D ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 7215D
0019FD38: 0000001D
0019FD3C: 0000005F
0019FD40: FFFFC175
0019FD44: FFFFBB17
0019FD48: 0000005E
0019FD4C: 00000000
0019FD50: 00000000
0019FD54: 0045E30C ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 5E30C
0019FD58: 0019FDDC
0019FD5C: 00000000
0019FD60: 00000000
0019FD64: 0058AF94
0019FD68: 0000005E
0019FD6C: 00000000
0019FD70: FFFFBB17
0019FD74: 77C004CC ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 704CC
0019FD78: 77712A79 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 112A79
0019FD7C: 000002DC
0019FD80: 00000000
0019FD84: 77712A96 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 112A96
0019FD88: 4BE7F030
0019FD8C: 0A08B6BC
0019FD90: 009CF6CC
0019FD94: 00000000
0019FD98: 004CC3BC
0019FD9C: 0000F800
0019FDA0: 0000F800
0019FDA4: 00000003
0019FDA8: 00000200
0019FDAC: 7FC203C0
0019FDB0: 0B05DCD0
0019FDB4: 000000AC
0019FDB8: 00000000
0019FDBC: 00000000
0019FDC0: 00000004
0019FDC4: 00000001
0019FDC8: 00000000
0019FDCC: 7FC20018
0019FDD0: 00774380
0019FDD4: 0061ED9C
0019FDD8: 004354C5 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 354C5
0019FDDC: FFFFFFFF
0019FDE0: 00000000
0019FDE4: 00000000
0019FDE8: 00000000
0019FDEC: 7FC20018
0019FDF0: 7FCC0010
0019FDF4: 00000184
0019FDF8: 000001D3
0019FDFC: 00010000
0019FE00: 00774380
0019FE04: 00000000
0019FE08: 00000000
0019FE0C: 00000280
0019FE10: 00000000
0019FE14: 00000000
0019FE18: 0000027F
0019FE1C: 000001DF
0019FE20: 004352F5 ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 352F5
0019FE24: 0019FE62
0019FE28: 752469D0
0019FE2C: 00000000
0019FE30: 004541EA ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 541EA
0019FE34: 00000008
0019FE38: 00DA3B29
0019FE3C: 00010000
0019FE40: 00000000
0019FE44: 00000000
0019FE48: 0000005C
0019FE4C: 0000005D
0019FE50: 0000005E
0019FE54: 0000005F
0019FE58: 006D646F
0019FE5C: 75746533
0019FE60: 0000004F
0019FE64: 00000063
0019FE68: 00000064
0019FE6C: 00000065
0019FE70: 00000066
0019FE74: 00000067
0019FE78: 00000068
0019FE7C: 00000069
0019FE80: 0000006A
0019FE84: 0000006B
0019FE88: 0000006C
0019FE8C: 0000006D
0019FE90: 0000006E
0019FE94: 00000000
0019FE98: 00000113
0019FE9C: 00002D98
0019FEA0: 211129D0
0019FEA4: 6FA8046C
0019FEA8: 00000202
0019FEAC: 00000136
0019FEB0: 0045369E ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + 5369E
0019FEB4: 004B8DDF
0019FEB8: 0019FF70
0019FEBC: 00000000
0019FEC0: 003C2000
0019FEC4: 00000000
0019FEC8: 00000000
0019FECC: 00000000
0019FED0: 00000000
0019FED4: 003C2000
0019FED8: 00000000
0019FEDC: 00000000
0019FEE0: 00000000
0019FEE4: 00000000
0019FEE8: 004AFEDA ? C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + AFEDA
0019FEEC: 00400000
0019FEF0: 00000000
0019FEF4: 00DA3B29
0019FEF8: 00000001
0019FEFC: 004B8DDF
0019FF00: 004B8DDF
0019FF04: 003C2000
0019FF08: C0000005
0019FF0C: 00DA3B29
0019FF10: 00000000
0019FF14: 00000044
0019FF18: 00DBB4F8
0019FF1C: 00DB56B0
0019FF20: 00DAF308
0019FF24: 00000000
0019FF28: 00000000
0019FF2C: 00000000
0019FF30: 00000000
0019FF34: 00000000
0019FF38: 00000000
0019FF3C: 00000000
0019FF40: 00000C01
0019FF44: 00000001
0019FF48: 00000000
0019FF4C: 00000000
0019FF50: 00010001
0019FF54: 00000000
0019FF58: 0019FEFC
0019FF5C: 0019F644
0019FF60: 0019FFCC | TExcFrame.next
0019FF64: 004B34FC | C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic VI\MM6.exe + B34FC
0019FF68: 004B9680
0019FF6C: 00000000
0019FF70: 0019FF80
0019FF74: 771C0419 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL + 20419
0019FF78: 003C2000
0019FF7C: 771C0400
0019FF80: 0019FFDC
0019FF84: 77BF662D ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 6662D
0019FF88: 003C2000
0019FF8C: D1988B1D
0019FF90: 00000000
0019FF94: 00000000
0019FF98: 003C2000
0019FF9C: 00000000
...

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Your latest patch is crashing when I try to enchant something from time to time. When you 'enchant item' the paperdoll area seems messed up as well (Armor and stuff is showing)

[GrayFace]

Version 2.3.1
<< MM6, MM8 >>
[+] Right click menu works in item selection dialog of Enchant Item and similar spells. In MM7 it already works by default.
<< MM6 >>
[-] My bug: Enchant Item and Golden Touch spells were bugged, effected by PaperDollInChests option.

[Anubis]

Way to go! The PaperDollInChests feature looks great!

[EstelRandir]

New in version 2.2:
<< MM6 - MM8 >>
[+] StretchWidth and StretchHeight parameters specify the factors by which the game area gets stretched to reduce black bars on the sides. StretchWidthFull and StretchHeightFull parameters are used only if it makes the game occupy the whole screen.

I installed the game. Then installed Greyface patch 2.3.1. The default options for these parameters = 1. When I run the game, there are wide black bars on each side of the game window. When these parameters are set=1, is this the stretch ratio of 1.0 or does this simply mean the option is being used? If these are the ratio's, then how do I set them to stretch properly for my resolution (1920x1080)?

[Novi]

If these are the ratio's, then how do I set them to stretch properly for my resolution (1920x1080)?

Set StretchWidth to about 1.33. Of course, the resulting image, as the name implies, will be stretched (distorted), but if that's what you prefer.

[Stet]

Hello! Thanks so much for all the awesome work, Grayface...

Was wondering if you have:
#1) Full list of hotkeys/keybinds for your patch + the game?
#2) A list of the variable names for MM#.ini and MM#LANG.ini?
#2) How do I get MMEditor to edit chests? Can't get the buttons to show up; Tried all the hotkeys in the MMEditor readme, but none worked.

Thanks again for helping us be able to play these awesome M&M games!

~Stet

P.S. - gonna send this in a PM, too... not sure how often you check the forums

[GrayFace]

#1) Full list of hotkeys/keybinds for your patch + the game?

For my patch it's all ini entries with "Key" in them.

#2) A list of the variable names for MM#.ini and MM#LANG.ini?

It's scattered across Readme. Most of these options are hidden, because a need to change them is unlikely. The more important ones are in mm#.ini. Note that mm#.ini overrides mm#lang.ini.
Here's the list of options as they are loaded: https://github.com/GrayFace/Misc/blob/8 ... n.pas#L466

#2) How do I get MMEditor to edit chests? Can't get the buttons to show up; Tried all the hotkeys in the MMEditor readme, but none worked.

Try newer version:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qu6v9q2nhvwb2 ... g.rar?dl=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1ch92ulz24bj ... l.rar?dl=1

[Stet]

Aha! WONDERFUL, thank you so much!

Is there a way to see your main Dropbox folder for the most recent on everything, so I can stay up-to-date without having to disturb you?

Or is Dropbox mainly just links to individual files?

Thank you so much!!

P.S.-
Are these two settings compatible?

FixChests=1
FixChestsByReorder=1

[GrayFace]

Is there a way to see your main Dropbox folder for the most recent on everything, so I can stay up-to-date without having to disturb you?

You can subscribe to https://grayface.github.io/atom.xml for all new releases. These aren't officially released yet, though. I'll make an MMExt+Editor release in the near future.

Are these two settings compatible?

FixChests=1
FixChestsByReorder=1

Yes. FixChestsByReorder isn't a replacement for FixChests, I thought it would work better on its own, but it will only be good enough in the next version.

[Loic2402]

Hi everyone ! I am new in the forum and in first i just want thanks to GrayFace for his wonderful patches and MMextention

So i have a little problem with the music loop, it doesn't work with my game.

- I have a CD in french version for MM7
- i install patch 1.1
- i install patch 2.3.1 (other localisation)
- i install MMextention (it works and i am happy to can change skills tables thanks !!)
- i create a folder "music" with mp3 musics (2.mp3...) When i have this folder, i have NO music at all
- In my .ini folder i have PlayMP3=1 / MusicLoopsCount=0 / NoCD=1

I test with NoCD=1 and without but it is the same, i have NO music at all

But if I don't have the music folder, and if i have the CD i have the music one time, but no loop

I have exactly the same problem with MM8

Thanks in advance if anyone can help XOXO

EDIT : I am so sorry i put the message in the wrong way it is for MM7 not for MM6, but i can't delete this message

[GrayFace]

Version 2.4
<< MM6 - MM8 >>
[+] Chests are populated with compact non-random stacking if more items fit this way. This can be disabled by adding FixChestsByCompacting=0 line to INI.
[+] Items are stacked vertically when you place them into chests. This can be disabled by adding PlaceChestItemsVertically=0 line to INI.
[+] Sprites dimensions are tweaked based on vertical view angle. This makes them behave more realistically, especially when looking up at big monsters. Can be disabled by adding SpriteAngleCompensation=0 line to INI.
[+] If NoIntro=1 the intro is shown when you click the New Game button in MM6 or start a new game in MM8. In MM7 this was already the case. Add PostponeIntro=0 to INI to disable the intro entirely. In MM7 you can also set PostponeIntro=2 to have the first intro shown when you click the New Game button.
[+] Now in software rendering mode explosions and missiles are ignored during targeting. Before, party wasn't able to target monsters when whole screen is covered with explosions. You can disable this fix by adding ClickThroughEffects=0 line to the INI.
[+] Low level stuff you shouldn't need to use: DisableHooks option lets you disable hooks effecting certain addresses. It's a comma-separated list of hex addresses. Avoid the old way of disabling hooks by index, because hooks indexes change from version to version.
[+] Technical: Map entrance dialog can now be called from NPC topic anywhere.
[-] Sprite animations were played incorrectly - first frame was longer, last frame was shorter. This fix can be disabled by adding FixSFT=0 to INI.
[-] My bug: keyboard control of dialogs was breaking evt.Question command in houses (used for Escaton riddles in MM8).
<< MM6 >>
[-] Static Charge cost at Expert was incorrect. Spells cost wasn't taken from Spells.txt.