Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 merge based on mm8 engine. [upd. 05.11.2023]

[Rodril]

I wish I had known earlier ...
is there a way to revert to the june or july 2021 version (I don't remember the exact month)?
or are there other solutions?

First, try to use this pack (unpack it into game folder, replacing existing files): https://gitlab.com/cthscr/mmmerge/-/arc ... e-comm.zip
And add line "DisableHooks=44D96C,44DD9A,4541C9,47DA26,47DAA8,497A69" (without quotes) to [Settings] section of mm8.ini.
This should be compatible with latest MMPacth and your savegame.

If it won't work, you can get old version from this link, posted in MMMerge aka Merge 678 links topic.

[Ossie]

Apologies for actually having to do this, but after spending half an hour trawling back through previous posts, for some reason I can't easily find any link for the base manual for the merge mod in this thread - ie new potion recipes, location of high-magic areas for contintent-hopping etc. Can we please add to the first post on this thread? Thanks!

[keksua]

There's a major bug in latest version of MM merge:
knights cannot use fly and water walk scrolls it fails with 100% chance.. rip solo knight runs..

[Ossie]

There's a major bug in latest version of MM merge:
knights cannot use fly and water walk scrolls it fails with 100% chance.. rip solo knight runs..

The game fails, or the spell fails? Fly and Water Walk use spell points to remain active (in addition to the initial casting cost) - if your Knight has no SP the scroll will trigger but immediately expire. This has always been the way even in base games

[keksua]

There's a major bug in latest version of MM merge:
knights cannot use fly and water walk scrolls it fails with 100% chance.. rip solo knight runs..

The game fails, or the spell fails? Fly and Water Walk use spell points to remain active (in addition to the initial casting cost) - if your Knight has no SP the scroll will trigger but immediately expire. This has always been the way even in base games

Spells fails, just like with cursed condition. In vanilla you can use scrolls, cannot fly tho..

[cthscr]

Hi again,
thanks foy your help, after several failed attempts, I started all over again.
I uninstalled Might and Magic VIII Gog version
I re-installed the game
I extracted the MM678_Merged_2022_01_04.zip replacing the existing files
I extracted the MM678_Patch_2022_01_05.zip replacing the existing files
and this is what I got:

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D:\GoG\Might and Magic 8\Scripts\General\NPCMercenaries.lua:542: array index (53) out of bounds [0, 52]

What am I doing wrong?

You are trying to run Base Merge while having [in your savegame] class 53 which is (and was) absent in Base Merge. Perhaps you weren't using Base Merge earlier. Don't mix different variants. Savegame compatibility works only from Base to Comm/Revamp, not the other way.

[cthscr]

There's a major bug in latest version of MM merge:
knights cannot use fly and water walk scrolls it fails with 100% chance.. rip solo knight runs..

The game fails, or the spell fails? Fly and Water Walk use spell points to remain active (in addition to the initial casting cost) - if your Knight has no SP the scroll will trigger but immediately expire. This has always been the way even in base games

Spells fails, just like with cursed condition. In vanilla you can use scrolls, cannot fly tho..

Use Dark Elf or Vampire race Knight and learn Meditation. Or hire respective NPCs.
For the inability to use mana-draining scrolls, doesn't look like a bug, more like bug fix. (Inb4, you can check vanilla MM8 with latest GrayFace's patch and see the same behavior.)

[thread404cp]

Is this mod recommended for a first (and only) playthrough? I started a few days ago (MM6) with just GrayFace mod and then stumbled across this. But I don't wanna "ruin" the intended experience, so what's recommended? Also, does this mod have any graphical improvements?

[Ocsicnarf]

Hello,

Vampire spell, Life drain, animation is different outside from inside dungeons.

[Ossie]

Is this mod recommended for a first (and only) playthrough? I started a few days ago (MM6) with just GrayFace mod and then stumbled across this. But I don't wanna "ruin" the intended experience, so what's recommended? Also, does this mod have any graphical improvements?

Apart from the addition of further content specific to the merge, the content of the individual games is not changed. Although:

* you might consider the "intended" experience to be finishing each game story individually, rather than being able to jump between all three. You can achieve this anyway by simply not jumping to other continents until you finish the previous. But when you then eventually jump to the next game, you will be "starting" (continuing) with a developed party. You can adjust for this by increasing monster difficulty, but this is different to the experience of starting each game with a novice party

* you might consider the "intended" experience to be playing with the intended race/Class options in each original game. One of the big changes for the Merge Mod is the ability to mix & match from options across all three games, regardless of where you start. Again, you can adjust for this by simply selecting from only those options that were available in the original version of your starting continent, but also again, these would no longer be the "original" options once you jump to the next continent. Also, once you've fully promoted your characters, there would potentially be less enjoyment once you jump to another continent and have nobody to benefit from the promotion quests available there


Whether any of this "ruins" the experience is probably for you to judge. IMO it should be considered a new, larger, combined game, rather than playing the individual games, if that helps.


No graphical improvements in terms of quality - there is a new weather toggle but this only applies to existing weather effects from the individual games. And some of the mods have expanded character portrait and paper doll options, but again not an "improvement"

[Ossie]

So just read through the Merge Tracker again, and missed something previously: does Meditation skill now include SP regeneration? The comment was that SP-regen items are now essentially useless: at what level of Meditation does the SP regen kick in (ie base, Expert etc), does the regen amount increase with increased Meditation level, and at what point does it "match" the regen value of items? Thanks!

[Ocsicnarf]

Hey,
I get spell points regen with 1 point meditation.

I see many groups of badies on the Horizon hovering...
Circled are fixed, rectangular move together with you mouse look.

[bootluca]

I wish I had known earlier ...
is there a way to revert to the june or july 2021 version (I don't remember the exact month)?
or are there other solutions?

First, try to use this pack (unpack it into game folder, replacing existing files): https://gitlab.com/cthscr/mmmerge/-/arc ... e-comm.zip
And add line "DisableHooks=44D96C,44DD9A,4541C9,47DA26,47DAA8,497A69" (without quotes) to [Settings] section of mm8.ini.
This should be compatible with latest MMPacth and your savegame.

If it won't work, you can get old version from this link, posted in MMMerge aka Merge 678 links topic.

Thanks a lot, it seems to work!

[bootluca]

Hi again,
thanks foy your help, after several failed attempts, I started all over again.
I uninstalled Might and Magic VIII Gog version
I re-installed the game
I extracted the MM678_Merged_2022_01_04.zip replacing the existing files
I extracted the MM678_Patch_2022_01_05.zip replacing the existing files
and this is what I got:

Code: Select all

D:\GoG\Might and Magic 8\Scripts\General\NPCMercenaries.lua:542: array index (53) out of bounds [0, 52]

What am I doing wrong?

You are trying to run Base Merge while having [in your savegame] class 53 which is (and was) absent in Base Merge. Perhaps you weren't using Base Merge earlier. Don't mix different variants. Savegame compatibility works only from Base to Comm/Revamp, not the other way.

I think I understand what you mean and where the mistake was made... thank you very much!

[keksua]

The game fails, or the spell fails? Fly and Water Walk use spell points to remain active (in addition to the initial casting cost) - if your Knight has no SP the scroll will trigger but immediately expire. This has always been the way even in base games

Spells fails, just like with cursed condition. In vanilla you can use scrolls, cannot fly tho..

Use Dark Elf or Vampire race Knight and learn Meditation. Or hire respective NPCs.
For the inability to use mana-draining scrolls, doesn't look like a bug, more like bug fix. (Inb4, you can check vanilla MM8 with latest GrayFace's patch and see the same behavior.)

See, this is exactly why it is a bug- u should have opportunity to use sly and water walk scrolls with mana regen item or meditation..
because it just fails and you cannot use it. fly scrolls aren't that common, niither hirelings are. and you cannot learn master/grand plate because you cannot get to secont floor of Castle Stone..
Also in vanilla you could use potion of divine magic that anyone could make to give temp 100 mp to knight..

[hurtad0]

Hello,
having a weird crash, when i try to promote my sorcerer to lich, if he has the book of kel and a jar, the game crashes, i found a work around it that if i let somebody else have the book and the sorcerer has the jar he can be promoted to lich however if i try to move any item in the lich's inventory the game crashes.

here is a link to 1 of the saves: https://we.tl/t-OZfQA15uID

and here is the errorlog :

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Time: 1/12/2022 3:39:31 PM (12.01.2022 13:39:31 UTC)
Windows Version 4.0 

Exception EAccessViolation in module MM8patch.dll at 00043EF0.
Access violation at address 03E13EF0 in module 'MM8patch.dll'. Read of address 09124DB0.

Function Calls:

03E13EF0 | C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 43EF0
03E13F0E ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 43F0E
00421244 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 21244
00432846 | C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 32846
5494AD91 ? C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvspcap.dll + 3AD91
7C474848 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SortServer2003Compat.dll + 4848
76EC627A ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 4627A
76EAED2A ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 2ED2A
75CFCA06 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 10CA06
76F0793F ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 8793F
76EC3C11 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 43C11
6B5B306A ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AcLayers.DLL + 2306A
6B5B3086 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AcLayers.DLL + 23086
76EC3C11 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 43C11
004DEFB2 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + DEFB2
004DEED3 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + DEED3
004621A8 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 621A8
03DE3E09 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 13E09
03DE39E2 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 139E2
74D885C2 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 385C2
004C2093 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + C2093
74D75847 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 25847
74D757B2 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 257B2
74D757F6 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 257F6
74D757C3 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 257C3
004621A8 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 621A8
03E07D5A ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 37D5A
03E125C1 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 425C1
03E07E31 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 37E31
03E112D2 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 412D2
76ECC7B7 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 4C7B7
03E113D2 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 413D2
74D8DA64 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 3DA64
74D93399 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 43399
74D8A335 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 3A335
004D9F39 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + D9F39
00449C8F ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 49C8F
00449CA8 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 49CA8
0041B7A4 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 1B7A4
00420595 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 20595
74D8A148 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 3A148
74D8A579 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 3A579
76EB0FE3 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 30FE3
75D0AC51 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 11AC51
76244E52 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL + 14E52
79CF4E85 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AcGenral.DLL + 94E85
764F144A ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\win32u.dll + 144A
74D779C6 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 279C6
03E10EA4 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 40EA4
764F144A ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\win32u.dll + 144A
74D779C6 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\USER32.dll + 279C6
00458E3E ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 58E3E
0042EC83 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 2EC83
0042EDDD ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 2EDDD
00461320 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 61320
00460C3E ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 60C3E
00461114 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 61114
00460F30 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 60F30
76EC3C11 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 43C11
76EF2EDA ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 72EDA
75D13964 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 123964
79CA6EED ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AcGenral.DLL + 46EED
03DE8020 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 18020
03DE8058 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 18058
03E1547A ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 4547A
03E15752 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 45752
03E19CE5 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 49CE5
03E18799 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 48799
004DC906 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + DC906
75D0162B ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 11162B
7624FA27 ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL + 1FA27
76EE7A9C ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 67A9C
76EE7A69 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 67A69

Registers:

EAX = 00B24DB4
EBX = 0217FFFF
ECX = FDE80000
EDX = 00000081
ESI = 00000056
EDI = 00B24ED8
EBP = 0019F680
ESP = 0019F618

Stack Trace:

0019F618: 0000001E
0019F61C: 03E13F13 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\MM8patch.dll + 43F13
0019F620: 00B7CA88
0019F624: 00B23E84
0019F628: 0019F680
0019F62C: 0000001E
0019F630: 00421249 ? C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 21249
0019F634: 00000049
0019F638: 00000001
0019F63C: 00FEB360
0019F640: 00000000
0019F644: 00000000
0019F648: 00000000
0019F64C: 00000000
0019F650: 00000000
0019F654: 00000000
0019F658: 00000000
0019F65C: 00000000
0019F660: 00000000
0019F664: 00000000
0019F668: 06874330
0019F66C: 00000000
0019F670: 000000EA
0019F674: 00B235A4
0019F678: 00000099
0019F67C: 00000049
0019F680: 01006148 | Last EBP
0019F684: 0043284B | C:\PROGRA~2\GOGGAL~1\Games\MIGHTA~1\mm8.exe + 3284B
0019F688: 00000000
0019F68C: 00FEB360
0019F690: 0019FD3C
0019F694: 0051D338
0019F698: 00000000
0019F69C: 00000000
0019F6A0: 00000000
0019F6A4: 0000000C
0019F6A8: 00000000
0019F6AC: 00000078
0019F6B0: 00000000
0019F6B4: 00000002
0019F6B8: 08000000
0019F6BC: 0112C328
0019F6C0: 08000000
0019F6C4: 00000000
0019F6C8: 00000000
0019F6CC: 5494AD97 ? C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvspcap.dll + 3AD97
0019F6D0: 00000000
0019F6D4: 0107B9C0
0019F6D8: 00000000
0019F6DC: 00000000
0019F6E0: 0112C328
0019F6E4: 0112C340
0019F6E8: 0112C310
0019F6EC: 00000000
0019F6F0: 00000000
0019F6F4: 0107B9C0
0019F6F8: 00000000
0019F6FC: 00000000
0019F700: 00000000
0019F704: 00000000
0019F708: 00000000
0019F70C: 00000000
0019F710: 00000000
0019F714: 00000000
0019F718: 00000000
0019F71C: 00000000
0019F720: 00000000
0019F724: 00000000
0019F728: 00000000
0019F72C: 00000000
0019F730: 00000000
0019F734: 00000000
0019F738: 00000000
0019F73C: 00000000
0019F740: 00000000
0019F744: 00000000
0019F748: 00000000
0019F74C: 00000000
0019F750: 00000000
0019F754: 00000000
0019F758: 00000000
0019F75C: 00000000
0019F760: 00000000
0019F764: 0012020E
0019F768: 00000000
0019F76C: 0000000D
0019F770: 00000000
0019F774: 00000E7E
0019F778: 00000000
0019F77C: 00000E89
0019F780: 00000000
0019F784: 0107B9C0
0019F788: 00000003
0019F78C: 00000000
0019F790: 12020E89
0019F794: 00000E89
0019F798: 00000E7E
0019F79C: 00000000
0019F7A0: 00000000
0019F7A4: 00000000
0019F7A8: 0112C340
0019F7AC: 12020E7E
0019F7B0: 0112C328
0019F7B4: 0E000000
0019F7B8: 0019F8C4
0019F7BC: 7C47484D ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SortServer2003Compat.dll + 484D
0019F7C0: 0112C310
0019F7C4: 0000000C
0019F7C8: 0112C328
0019F7CC: 0000000C
0019F7D0: 00000000
0019F7D4: 0112C310
0019F7D8: 7C473730
0019F7DC: 00000000
0019F7E0: 00000000
0019F7E4: 00000000
0019F7E8: 00000000
0019F7EC: 00000000
0019F7F0: 00000000
0019F7F4: 0112C310
0019F7F8: 00000000
0019F7FC: 0112C310
0019F800: 0112C328
0019F804: 0112C310
0019F808: 00000E89
0019F80C: 0112C340
0019F810: 0107B9C0
0019F814: 0112C328
0019F818: 03E08CF4
0019F81C: 0000000C
0019F820: 00000000
0019F824: 0113001C
0019F828: 0E000000
0019F82C: 00000000
0019F830: 08000000
0019F834: 00000001
0019F838: 0000000C
0019F83C: 0112C280
0019F840: 0000000C
0019F844: 00000000
0019F848: 0112C268
0019F84C: 00000020
0019F850: 00060020
0019F854: 0019F8F0
0019F858: 00000000
0019F85C: 0019F8E8
0019F860: 76EC627F ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 4627F
0019F864: 00000023
0019F868: 00000020
0019F86C: 040FC698
0019F870: 01030000
0019F874: 0112C280
0019F878: 00000000
0019F87C: 76EAED2F ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 2ED2F
0019F880: 0112C298
0019F884: 0107B9C0
0019F888: 0112C310
0019F88C: 00000000
0019F890: 75CFCA0B ? C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll + 10CA0B
0019F894: 00000064
0019F898: 00000001
0019F89C: 76F07944 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 87944
0019F8A0: 0112C310
0019F8A4: 01030000
0019F8A8: 00000000
0019F8AC: FF000000
0019F8B0: 00000000
0019F8B4: 0112C310
0019F8B8: 00000002
0019F8BC: 00000000
0019F8C0: 00000064
0019F8C4: 00000000
0019F8C8: 01108188
0019F8CC: 00000009
0019F8D0: 00000000
0019F8D4: 0009001F
0019F8D8: 0112C0E8
0019F8DC: 0112C310
0019F8E0: 01108178
0019F8E4: 01030000
0019F8E8: 00000000
0019F8EC: 0019F908
0019F8F0: 76EC3C16 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll + 43C16
0019F8F4: 00000000
0019F8F8: 00000000
0019F8FC: 00000000
0019F900: 0112C310
0019F904: 00000002
0019F908: 0019F9F4
0019F90C: 6B5B3070 ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AcLayers.DLL + 23070
0019F910: 01030000
0019F914: 00000000
0019F918: 0112C310
0019F91C: 040FC698
0019F920: 0000000C
0019F924: 6B5B308B ? C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AcLayers.DLL + 2308B
0019F928: 040FC698
0019F92C: 0112C310
0019F930: 0112C328
0019F934: 00000000
...

================================================================================

[jeremy001]

Hello guys,
May I ask you, is possible check my save game data for error please? I had some isues because of wrong translation with czech language in past, i play a long time in english but since level 40 (i am 90 now) i didnt meet anyone who can i take to my party. I am now at the end of 7 parth. Please can you check it ? Thank you very much.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JqQ_d8 ... sp=sharing

or

https://www.dropbox.com/s/md5re31w5kmm0 ... 0.dod?dl=0

[kkndkkndk]

I think this is bug that in Tularean Forest, I can enter Clanker's Laboratory at the very beginning of the game, before taking the path, and this will result in an immediate crash.

[Karol]

Foremost, huge KUDOS to the Merge team.
Playing through MM6, 7, 8 with a unique party, combined from each world gives just totally new and better experience. (Despite I would miss the training part when entering other world with high-level party -> no more searching for promotions or trainers needed, as all members are practically maxed up)

Hiatus side effects: most of relics, that boost primary 7 stats become less attractive (as after combining black potions, hundreds of genie lamps, dozens of wells and shrines, getting my stats to 200+ without spells or artifacts is normal) so I found myself selling one relic after another But well, all the hype about relics was slot-machine related addiction, hence it is probably good to get rid of it.

What I never experienced before - visiting any region or any dungeon right off the bat (entering Enroth with 75+ level party) and in few weeks hunting dragons in Kriegspire or clearing Pyramid... felt quite ecstatic. Especially as it is easy to travel in between world freely.

The new main quest was also tailored with this in mind : traveling through various worlds and hunting for rare items. (O gosh, I spent like 12 hours looking for one citrine... I had all other 8 gems gathered in 30-40 minutes, but citrine, that foker could not be found no matter where I looked)
Also the Philosopher stones - found 5 in Clanker's lab, another 4 in Eofol, and then, no matter laboratory or world / region I visited or what shop I browsed through - it was pretty difficult to get the 10th.

Nevertheless, I got the Telelocator - but after that, it seems like the quest-line was closed. I understood that I was supposed to find heroes with it, and when using it, I should enter a name (name of NPC, item or monster) but there was no quest in my quest list assigned to this - so it looks just like a handy tool, that can help me locate things/people, but the Merge specific quest - story line is at the end and does not evolve anymore, correct?

[Rodril]

Hello guys,
May I ask you, is possible check my save game data for error please? I had some isues because of wrong translation with czech language in past, i play a long time in english but since level 40 (i am 90 now) i didnt meet anyone who can i take to my party. I am now at the end of 7 parth. Please can you check it ? Thank you very much.

You have 4 extra characters in your party, and 4 extra characters sitting in Adventurer's Inn of Enroth. Current limit of random characters is 8, so you meet it. To get more hireable NPCs you must dismiss some first, using Dismiss button of Adventurer's Inn screen, character will be dismissed forever, thus freeing spot for game to generate new one.

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I think this is bug that in Tularean Forest, I can enter Clanker's Laboratory at the very beginning of the game, before taking the path, and this will result in an immediate crash.

Make sure you have done this:

MM8Patch 2.5.4 causes game to crash on different maps loading. As a temporary workaround you may put line DisableHooks=44D96C,44DD9A,4541C9,47DA26,47DAA8,497A69 in '[Settings]' section of mm8.ini.

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Hello,
having a weird crash, when i try to promote my sorcerer to lich,

I cannot reproduce this bug at the moment. What version of the merge do you use (original, community or revamp)?