- Added in-game Wiki that can be opened via F1 or from adventure map options menu
- Weblate integrated for translations. Czech, German, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian are now fully translated
- Tutorial map is now correctly imported from gog.com installer
- Discord integration is now available on all desktop systems
Stability
- Fixed crash when high-level hero is defeated by neutrals in combat
- Fixed crash on attempt to load save game with dot in its file name
- Fixed crash on attempt to start a campaign with game set to Japanese language
- Fixed crash on loading campaign in VCMI format located in .zip archive
- Fixed crash on accessing battle-only mode after disabling mod that provides skill used by preconfigured hero
- Fixed crash on winning scenario by building specified structure when there is enemy player with owned town on a map
- Fixed crash on macOS when scenario finishes during AI turn
- Fixed crash on iOS on connecting external display
- Fixed inability to load .vmap with corrupted spell list in towns
- Fixed inabilily to load WoG maps with WoG artifacts or creatures placed on map
- Fixed crash if there are two creatures with same string identifiers from two mods and one of them is used for high scores
Mechanics
- Basic Dimension Door now correctly allows two spell casts
- Invincible units like Couatls can no longer be targeted by area attacks by Magogs and Power Liches
- Fixed Cornucopia not providing its bonuses if artifact was assembled mid-game
- Removed transfer of troops from 2nd to 3rd mission of Dragon Slayer campaign
Interface - Adventure Map
- Fixed move reminder dialog not displaying when player presses end turn while having heroes with set path
- Split unit stack dialog now automatically selects 1 unit to split off when opened
- Spellbook is now correctly recolored to color of current player
- Clearing creature bank will now correctly show name of creatures received as a reward in reward message
- Rally Flag and Oasis now use correct description messages on right-click
- Added indication of artifact held by a unit on creature icon in army view
- Fixed swapped messages in Altar of Sacrifice
- Description and popup window of Spell Shrines now matches H3
- Added buttons to access wiki, map search, and statistics from adventure options window
Interface - Main Menu
- Swapped Chat and Battle Mode button positions
- Removed Chat button in single player and hotseat games
- Hotseat mode now requires at least 2 players to proceed to map selection
- Multiplayer game now requires at least 2 players to start the game
- Multiplayer host / join player name dialog now displays correct title and description
- Chat window is now active by default in multiplayer over network
- Maps with too small number of human players are now hidden in map selection in multiplayer games
Interface - Other
- Turn options button no longer shows up on Scenario Information screen during gameplay
- Hero invite window now uses list view instead of table view
- Fixed buttons on statistics screen incorrectly using selected state
- Shooting is no longer shown as valid action for blocked units
- Creature window now correctly uses singular form for single-unit stacks
- Buying War Machine in Blacksmith or War Machine Factory will now show warning if player has a different machine in a slot
- Added dedicated spell research dialog
- Added dedicated stack experience dialog
AI
- Fixed MMAI walking into moat without attacking during sieges
- Reworked Battle AI spellcasting logic to improve performance
- Improved Batle AI targeting selection for spells like Inferno
- Battle AI is now less likely to cast spells like Firewall and Force Field
Launcher
- Fixed bug where it was not possible to enable installed mod if mod version available in repository is not compatible with local version of VCMI
- Fixed display of mod descriptions containing HTML tags
- Launcher will now correctly preserve state of submods when updating a mod
- Heroes 3 installed using Ubisoft Launcher will now be correctly detected on first launch
- Mod search filter now also looks up untranslated mod name
- Added option to extract Content.zip from downloaded mods on install
- Fixed local server port always resetting to 3030 on starting Launcher
Map Editor
- Fixed crash on clicking on random artifacts
- Added UI for configuring disposed heroes
Lobby
- Added basic public API functionality available at
Modding
combatCastEvent now correctly activates for units with move-and-cast abilitycanCastOnlyOnSelf spell flag no longer also allows targeting corpses- It is now possible to configure number of days in a week and number of weeks in a month
- Added new adventure spell type,
reinforcements that implements spell with same name from newer HoMM games
- Bonuses with
UNTIL_BEING_ATTACKED duration are now removed after counter-attack
- Game will now generate background for recruitment dialog for 4-6 creatures
- Added
--translate-mod switch to VCMI server that correctly exports all texts for all submods, taking into account any string overrides
- Added
LONG_WEAPONbonus that allows unit to perform a melee attack from two hexes away if there is exactly one empty hex between attacker and target
- Added autogenerated UI for university-like buildings with up to 7 skills for select
