This is known meta bug. There is no way to remove inherited/propagated bonus (DISPEL and such are explicitly implemented)
Is it possible to give any visiting hero a specific spell if a specific building is built (such as the grail)?
Probably not.
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I am actually importing my townscreen’s visuals into the game in PNG but the game slows down inside the town (framerate). Is there a way to optimize this or should I just go with .DEF files?
For now .def is most efficent format.
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In the heroes.JSON format there’s a “tooltip” section where you could have big icon of the specialty when you right click on any heroes’ specialty during a game. I can’t seems to find any informations about how it works. How can I manage to make custom tooltip? Or how can I find a list of already-existing tooltips?
Someone someday said this tooltip is for hoovering cursor over icon. But I can’t find where tooltip text is shown. Just type there sth like: Creature bonus: Peasant or Skill bonus: Archery or Spell bonus: Slow.
Gonna try that, thanks! The tooltip is shown when you right-click on any hero specialty (not during the scenario selection but after the game has begun).
EDIT: By the way I have a question about the HD remastered version of Heroes III released in 2015. Is there a reason why we never saw an HD mod that port the remaked visuals?
EDIT2: Is it possible to make a creature uses randomly an adventure icon (.DEF) on the map? It could be useful to add alternate adventure icon but I personally need this for a special creature project.
EDIT3: I am trying to give my hero the ability to upgrade the neutral creatures from the game into my town’s creatures. I can’t manage to find the correct identifier for WoG’s creatures. I tried a lot of different combinaisons : “wog:nightmare”, “wog.nightmare”, “wog:creature.nightmare”, “wog.creature.nightmare”, “creature.wog.nightmare”, “creature.wog:nightmare”, “creature.wog:nightmare”, “creature:wog:nightmare”, “::wog:nightmare”, “:wog:nightmare”, "wog:nightmare(172), “172”, etc.
Code
{
"rfgLeyla" :{
"specialty" :{
"bonuses" :{
"conversionRogue":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.rogue",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgRogue"},
"conversionBoar":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.boar",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgBoar"},
"conversionNomad":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.nomad",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgNomad"},
"conversionSharpshooter":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.sharpshooter",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgSharp"},
"conversionSorceress":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "wog:sorceress",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgSorceress"},
"conversionEnchanter":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.enchanter",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgEnchanter"},
"conversionGoldGolem":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.goldGolem",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgGoldGolem"},
"conversionDiamondGolem":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "creature.diamondGolem",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgDiamondGolem"},
"conversionHellSteed":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "wog:hellSteed(195)",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgHorseFire"},
"conversionNightmare":{
"type" : "SPECIAL_UPGRADE",
"subtype": "wog:nightmare",
"addInfo": "creature.rfgHorseBlack"}
}}}
}
What should I type in the "subtype" section to make it work for WoG’s creatures?
Because resizing HD remastered graphic into standard h3 resolution looses many details. Check Ghost Necro mod for example.
Check Neutral Heroes mod. Inside it you’ll find working hero (Unrish) with upgrade wog messengers specialty.
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@misiokles Thanks, looks like the correct format was "creature.[id]" but I needed to add this line inside my mod.json to make it works: "depends" :[ "wog" ],.
Any idea about the possibility to have a creature uses randomly a .DEF in the adventure map among specified files?
Also, do you know if it’s technically possible right now to make a dwelling works the same way as the Refugee Camp (meaning it would have a random creature each week).
Correct format for subtype is mod:creature.id.
I want to recreate one of WoG artifacts - Gold Tower Arrow.
When equipped and hero attacks enemy town, Arrow Towers don’t shoot.
Code:
{
"type": "NOT_ACTIVE",
"effectRange" : "ONLY_ENEMY_ARMY",
"limiters": [ {
"type":"CREATURE_TYPE_LIMITER",
"parameters": [ "arrowTower", false ]
}
]
},
Combo “effectRange” : “ONLY_ENEMY_ARMY” + limiter doesn’t work. Whole army become not_active 
How to correctly use archives? I’m working on the “siege” visuals of my mod and I encounter similar lags to when I tried using PNG for the townscreen back then. I converted my .BMP files into .PCX to add them into a .PAC archive file and I would like the visuals to be loaded from this pac file.
But when I try to do the same thing as WoG’s mod, my game crash.
How can I achieve to make h3’s archive work with my mod in VCMI?
.pac files are just cointainers, they don’t improve performance. For best performance it’s better to use 8-bit bmp frames. Personally I try to avoid making .pac files and set “filesystems” - it’s better to put frames in Data of Sprites folders and configure them separatelly in json… WoG mod is bad example, hota mod is better.
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I will download HoTA mod and learn from it then, thanks ! Edit: There are issue with some download links in the Mod list (VCMI Wiki) for both HoTA and my mod. Correct link for mine is : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iUKm_KNtmqgNtWZI_dpxrwZauAhK-0VE/view .
By the way I usually save BMP in 8bits format but I realized that I did a mistake in my Photoshop actions. During exports, the RLE compression was off. When it’s activated it considerably reduces pictures’ weight (for example here, from ~400kb to ~10-20kb). PNG-8bits do the job as well.
Links were updated!
I want to make a spell that works like Land Mine, but with beneficial effects after stepping on mines. After casting this spell, mines are appear. I want unit to step at one of the spots to get damage boost.
"boostSpot":
{
"type": "combat",
"targetType": "NO_TARGET",
"name": "Boost Spot",
"school":
{
"air": false,
"earth": false,
"fire": true,
"water": false
},
"level": 2,
"power": 0,
"defaultGainChance": 0,
"gainChance":
{
},
"animation":{
},
"flags" : { "positive": true, "special" : true },
"graphics":
{
"iconBook": "CmNumWin",
"iconEffect": "CmNumWin",
"iconScroll": "CmNumWin",
"iconScenarioBonus": "CmNumWin"
},
"sounds": {
"cast": null
},
"levels" : {
"base":{
"range" : "X",
"description": "",
"cost": 0,
"aiValue": 10,
"power": 20,
"battleEffects" : {
"obstacle" : {
"type":"core:obstacle",
"hidden" : true,
"passable" : true,
"trap" : false,
"trigger" : true,
"removeOnTrigger" : true,
"patchCount" : 4,
"turnsRemaining" : -1,
"attacker" :{
"animation" : "C09SPF1",
"appearAnimation" : "C09SPF0"
},
"defender" :{
"animation" : "C09SPF1",
"appearAnimation" : "C09SPF0"
}
},
"damageBoost":{
"type":"core:timed",
"bonus": {
"boost": {
"type" : "CREATURE_DAMAGE",
"subtype" : 0,
"val" : 25,
"valueType" : "PERCENT_TO_ALL",
"duration" : "N_TURNS"
}
}
}
}
},
But, bonus to creature damage is applied on every creature after casting spell. Is there possibility to trigget this bonus when creature walk at this spot and only then?
Hi,
i’ve just started modding. First step was to fix a bug in the HotA mod, which prevents the Sea Dogs from being hired and the Corsairs from being upgraded to Sea Dogs in town. This works now. Where should i upload it?
Next: I want to add more bonus to some artifacts, if these artifacts are equipped by a hero with a given speciality. So f.ex. i want to increase the amount of generated gold for the endless sack of gold from 1000 to f.ex. 1100, if the sack is equipped by f.ex. Caitlin, and only then. So i took a look at the boost core mod, and started to modify this. So i added something to the artifact here:
"core:endlessSackOfGold":
{
"text" : { "description" : "This item generates 1000 Gold per day and increases estates skill by 10%" },
"bonuses" : [
{
"type" : "GENERATE_RESOURCE",
"subtype" : "resource.gold",
"val" : 1000,
"valueType" : "BASE_NUMBER",
"stacking" : "ALWAYS"
},
{
"type" : "SECONDARY_SKILL_PREMY",
"subtype" : "skill.estates",
"val" : 10
},
{
"type" : "GENERATE_RESOURCE",
"subtype" : "resource.gold",
"val" : 100,
"valueType" : "BASE_NUMBER",
"source" : "HERO_SPECIAL",
"sourceID" : "resource.gold"
}
],
"index" : 115,
"type" : ["HERO"]
}
Now it seems to do something, but not what i intended. It seems to add 50 gold instead of 100. So how to do it correctly? I’m still not quite sure if to make the additional bonus fixed or level dependent, and would like to experiment with that.
Ok, i found one bug in the part i copied from the boost core mod. The second bonus needs a “valueType” : “PERCENT_TO_BASE”.
Now the third bonus always gives the +100 gold, which i do not want. It should give this bonus only if equipped by a hero with gold specialty.
"limiters":
{
"type" : "HAS_ANOTHER_BONUS_LIMITER",
"parameters": [ "GENERATE_RESOURCE", "resource.gold" ]
}
Parameter must be bonus from bonus list https://wiki.vcmi.eu/List_of_all_bonus_types. That’s why it won’t work with pure estates, because estates technically in not a bonus. It’s a skill defined by bonuses or hardcoded.