Hi all, im new to HOMM5, and have jsut got hold of the gold edition, where you get Heroes5 + HOF + TOTE. Anyway my main question is about patching the game up. DO i need the Heroes 1.4 - 1.5 then 1,6 patch, or by installing TOTE does this "patch" my game up. Also should i be playing Heroes, or TOTE as it is the most up to date version with all the new races etc? Many thanks....

Each "part" of HoMM V is patched seperately, i.e. the patches for the original game (without the expansions) - 1.1 to 1.6 (or whichever is the last one) work only for it, the patches for Hammers of Fate are 2.1 to 2.something and as for TotE, we're still waiting for the first patch. Still, Tribes of the East is indeed the most "up to date" one, it includes all the fixes and improvements from the previous patches, all the previous factions + 1 new (Stronghold) and generally all the other "new" features, which aren't present in the previous versions. Only the campaigns are missing.

ok, its just that one of the fixes in the patches is that when you randomly generate a map you can play any faction, rather than a set one, which still seems to happen when i play on TOTE, so i wasnt sure if i need to patch it or anything.

There are 3 separate .exe (executable files) to launch the 3 editions of the game : H5 basic, the first HoF expansion, the new TotE expansion.

Consequently, you will only be able to access the Random Map Generator version compatible with the edition of the game you have launched.

For example, if you use the HoF (2.00 or patched 2.01) game-executable, your RMG will be able to generate Dwarves...but not Orcs.

If you use the TotE (3.00) game-executable, your RMG will be able to generate ALL types of towns & creatures.

If you want to access all types of towns & creatures in a custom, RMG-created game, it is of course necessary to use the TotE executable -- not the other two.

(For the moment, TotE cannot be patched : it is still stuck at the original, October 2007, 3.00 version.)

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