Title: Angels are Back Type: Single scenario Game: Heroes of Might and Magic IV Expansions: Winds of War Author: Ururam Tururam Author's e-mail: urtur@wp.pl Other maps by U.T.: http://urtur.webpark.pl/eng.html File: AnBack.h4c Size: 372kB Gameplay: 1 human player + 5 computer players Allies: 1 Enemies: 4 (2+1+1) Map size: Extra Large Underground: No Difficulty: Impossible Experience limit: None Special victory conditions: Yes Special loss conditions: No Language: English (also available in Polish) Made: August 2003 Version: 1.0 Testers: Munia, Dinah, Wookash, KraQs Description: The player leads armies of Good to restore former law, order, and glamour in the lands populated now by forces of Evil. To win you should conquer all the towns, and control all the hell gates. Warning! This map has a lot of scripts susceptible to the difficulty level setting. The general nastiness of this scenario grows rapidly with this setting. Playing as a 'Novice' should not be hard, but every step up means much less positive events and much more powerups for your enemies. Just to warn you, I've set the map difficulty switch to 'Impossible'. But it is possible to win this scenario, at least at lower player skill settings. I don't know however if this map is winnable on champion. Think twice before you choose the difficulty level! To sum up: Novice: A walk in a park. You should be able to trample down your foes. Intermediate: Well balanced. Not too easy not too hard. Hard: Recommended setting. Fairly difficult. Expert: A real challenge! Expect heavy resistance. Champion: Unbelievably thorny. Actually not recommended. Starting Hero: Name: Richeliette Class: Cardinal Level: 3 Skills: basic: Life Magic, Healing, Nobility, Diplomacy Special Skill: Summoning Angels. From time to time she summons an angel to her army. The power of this skill depends on several factors: - player difficulty level (the lower the better); - hero level (the higher the better) - secondary skills (some are helpful some are harmful, which are which? try to guess!); - carried artifacts (equipped or in backpack, they can improve or ruin this skill, guess which ones are good and which ones are bad). Notices: Signs and names that are reserved by various companies are reserved. You may distribute this map freely as long as it is a non profit distribution and the file AnBack.txt (this file) is included. The simplest way is to share the archive AnBack.zip. Please send your questions and comments to urtur@wp.pl - thanks. Caution! This map is very large and uses a lot of graphics effects. The gameplay may be slow on older machines (broken animations, looong computer player turns.) And - last but not least - English is not my native language. This is a translation. Sorry for all errors and mistakes, and sorry for all the funny wordplays I was unable to translate... Credits: The graphics is based on a picture by Douglas Shuler. The picture has been imported and some scripts were created using the h4util program by Slava Salnikov. The landscape has been decorated using (among others) object brushes by Wildbear and Rife. Some ideas have been borrowed from Heroes IV maps by Wimfrits.