This should be sticky information:
Now in VCMI we have six RMG’s.
Analogy allows you to create map size M and M+U and 4 players max (see analogy.json file)
Clash of Dragons allows you to create map size min L+U max XL+U and 2 players (see clashofDragons.json file)
Coldshadows Fantasy allows you to create map size XL+U and players 4-8, “cpu” : “3-6” players (see coldshadowsFantasy.json file)
Golden Ring allows you to create map size M+U and L and players 3 (see goldenring.json file)
Jebus Cross allows you to create map size L+U till XL+U and players 2-4 (see jebuscross.json file)
Upgrade allows you to create map size S+U and M and players 2 (see upgrade.json file)
So, if you want to generate XL+U random map and 3 players, you must eneble Coldshadow Fantasy template or Jebus Cross template in mods manager and DISABLE the others. There’s nothing wrong with map generator, just threre’s so little possibilities.
And you are sure that it works properly? Generator created map but without any roads, mines were not guarded even by 1-lvl creatures. I was reading that it will be creating ( in VCMI 0.98 ) better maps ( more playable ) than in normal Heores or in Wog. Maybe i must to change my settings? Or it’s just a project in work, not finished yet?
Ok. So if I will download 0.98f problem will disappear? 0.98f has all enhancements implemented in older versions? Sorry for question out of topic but only thing that i must to do is to extract VCMI 0.98f to folder with Heroes? Or in Mods Folder?
We recommend you first make a copy of clean Heroes Complete / Shadow of Death folder. Extract VCMI zip package there.
WoG is not needed. All recommended mods and files can be downloaded via Launcher included in the package.*
Did a clean install with vcmibuilder --gog. Is this a vcmibuilder bug?
If it’s any help, VCMI says:
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
File <unknown> is not a valid JSON file!
At line 21, position 2 warning: Comma expected!
At line 36, position 1 warning: Comma expected!
File <unknown> is not a valid JSON file!
At line 21, position 2 warning: Comma expected!
At line 36, position 1 warning: Comma expected!
which is apparently because of the missing comma at the end of line 20 in repository.json
and later on
No templates found for 38:1
No templates found for 49:1
No templates found for 70:0
No templates found for 79:7
No templates found for 90:1
No templates found for 100:1
No templates found for 103:1
No templates found for 113:1
No templates found for 172:0
No templates found for 186:0
No templates found for 189:0
Also “VCMI essential files” mod is 0.98? The launcher says it is installed already, but I can’t find the files that comes with the VCMI essential files mod anywhere (checked /usr/share/vcmi, ~/.local/share/vcmi and ~/.config/vcmi). I manually downloaded & extracted in under ~/.local/share/vcmi/Mods/, but it didn’t fix the issue.
You need the defaultTemplates mod that you can find in the Windows package… You can’t generate any kind of random map with this template but 4 players Medium for instance works for me.
For VCMI essential files I don’t know what your issue is but the linux package also lacks extraRes and bonusIcons, you can all the same grab them from the windows package
Could you guys help me how can i use the random map templates? I wanna use hot seat multiplayer (3 player+few AI-s) but i cant seem to figure it out, it always says could not create random map. I can make rmg.json files with the python script tool but dont know where to put it, it doesnt show up on the launcher nor in the game (i tried to make jevus cross work since it has on option of 4 players).
I found the default template mods and added ‘mines’ to it, but it still cant create a random map is it even possible to play hot seat with more than two players?
i used to python script to make a json file, and put it in the h3modtemplate and the other template folder inside the config folder where the other json files are. Then i added its path to the main json file of the mod (to both template mods)
do you have a selector in-game where you can select the template? i think i have it installed from the launcher, so i have it (but i cant select a template when creating a random map - in hd mod i can) also it says only for non-windows user, does it mean it doesnt work for the operating system windows or is it something else?
i found out what was the problem, some templates were disabled for some reason… thanks anyways is it possible to create a 3 vs 3 or 3 vs anything with only 2 teams? i could make maps like 2-2-1-1 and 2-3-1 but not 3-something