This is the latest official patch for the DOS version of Heroes of Might & Magic II: The Price of Loyalty.
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty Readme
This is a readme for Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty
patch version 2.1
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1) Applying this patch
2) New Features
3) Bug Fixes
4) Contacting Customer Service
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1) Applying this patch
Windows 95
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Copy the H2WEXP21.ZIP file into your HEROES2 folder. The Heroes2
folder is inside of the Program Files folder, unless you changed
the game's location when you installed the game. Extract (unzip)
the RUNME.BAT, PATCH.EXE, PATCHW32.DLL and H2WEXP21.RTP files into
your Heroes2 folder.
Change to the Heroes2 folder if you are not already there. If you
installed Heroes II to the default location, you can do this from
the desktop by double clicking on the My Computer icon, then double
clicking on the Program Files folder and then double clicking on
the Heroes2 folder. Once you are in the Heroes2 folder, double
click on the Runme or Runme.bat file. A DOS window will open and
the patch will be applied.
To close the DOS window, click on the x in the top right corner.
If necessary you can also apply the patch manually by following the
instructions below:
Copy the H2WEXP21.ZIP file into your HEROES2 folder. The Heroes2
folder is inside of the Program Files folder, unless you changed
the game's location when you installed the game. Extract (unzip)
the RUNME.BAT, PATCH.EXE, PATCHW32.DLL and H2WEXP21.RTP files into
your Heroes2 folder.
Open a DOS prompt. You can do this by clicking on the Windows 95
Start button, then moving the mouse cursor to Programs and clicking
on MS-DOS Prompt. A DOS window will open.
Using the DOS window, change directory to the HEROES2 directory
using the CD command. If you installed Heroes II to the default
directory the command would be "CD\PROGRA~1\HEROES2".
In the Heroes2 directory, type "PATCH H2WEXP21" and press enter to
manually run the patch.
DOS
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Copy the RUNME.BAT, PATCH.EXE and H2DEXP21.RTP files into
your HEROES2 directory. The default directory is
"C:\Heroes2".
Change to the HEROES2 directory using the dos CD command.
If you installed the game in the default directory the
command would be "cd\heroes2".
Type "runme" and press enter.
It is important that you download and use the proper patch for your
version of Heroes II: The Price of Loyalty.
If you have trouble with the patch you should re-install the game
from the CD into a new directory and try patching from there. If
that does not help please contact customer service using the
information below.
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2) New Features:
If you move the mouse over the crest in a town or castle screen the
Month, Week, and Day will be displayed in the message area.
Right-clicking on land in the adventure screen will show you where you
can and can not dig for the ultimate artifact.
If you are playing on Windows NT with Service Pack 3 installed you may
now use IPX for networking.
In a multiplayer network, direct connect, or modem game if someone cheats
all other players will be notified that someone is cheating. This does
not affect game play at all, but it was requested by several players just
to keep things fair. There is no cheat notification during Hot Seat games.
Text files containing the audio scripts for both Heroes II and the
expansion pack cutscenes are included in the game directory. The
files are named H2CAMP.TXT and POLCAMP.TXT.
The random map generator will now place Price of Loyalty magic items and
some locations. Barrow Mounds, Barriers and Tents, Jails, Hut and Eye
Of the Magi will NOT be placed on the map by the random map generator.
The Music CD and Digital audio part of the code has been updated and
the video playback upgraded.
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3) Bug Fixes
Version 2.1
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When you right clicked on a hero's scroll in the kingdom overview
(summary) screen a "%" was displayed instead of the correct text.
This has been fixed.
The original good and evil campaign cutscenes were truncated. The final
frame is displayed now.
Right clicking on the square to the north of a tent also displayed the
Traveler's Tent text. This no longer happens.
Having the Alchemist remove the Broach of Shielding from a hero did not
restore the -2 power the hero had lost due to the broach. The hero's
power is restored now.
The graphic for the Ultimate Staff was corrupt and has been replaced.
The bonus for the Necromancer castle shrine was not always working from
turn to turn. The bonus now works correctly.
Wizard's Campaign, Map 4: Taking the castle Magic will now end the
scenario.
Fixed a minor map error on The Price of Loyalty campaign map 2.
The Price of Loyalty Campaign, Map 3: You can no longer "sneak" through
the trees and get to the Red Tent.
The Price of Loyalty Campaign, Map 8: Removed the shipyard from the
landlocked necromancer castle in the south.
Descendants Campaign, Map 3: You can no longer walk around the
Blue barrier.
Descendants Campaign, Map 4: Fixed a bad mine at x65,y3.
Descendants Campaign, Map 8: Fixed a bad mine at x61,y21.
New Enemies Map: Corrected a typo in the scenario description.
Sharkania Map: Fixed the mine at x40,y6.
Fortress Isle Map: Corrected a minor map error.
The computer heroes will now cast blind, berserk and paralyze spells.
The Visions Spell has been fixed. Previously if a group of monsters
were willing to join you for gold, the amount of gold the spell said
it would take to get them to join was twice the actual amount.
If the Ultimate Artifact has been found the tavern rumor relating to it
would be incorrect. This has been fixed.
All Ultimate Artifacts now disappear when the hero carrying them loses a
battle. Previously only the original 4 UAs would disappear.
Several spelling and grammar errors were fixed.
When right-clicking on the top of some castles the information shown in
the quick view window would be from a different castle. This has been
corrected.
Sometimes the spell name would be grayed out in your spell book even
though you had enough mana to cast it. This has been corrected.
The DOS version was not properly setting the palette on some video
cards. This has been corrected.
The DOS version's random number generator was not being initialized
properly. Because of this some of the starting parameters for scenarios
were always the same. This has been corrected.
Sometimes casting Mirror Image on a two hex creature would cause the
game to exit unexpectedly. This has been corrected.
Sometimes when rapidly cycling through different towns the game would
exit unexpectedly. This has been corrected.
It is no longer possible to have a luck greater than +3 while defending
a sorceress' castle.
Sometimes while attacking a castle with a shooting creature incorrect
text would be displayed in the message area. This has been corrected.
The shot counter for the Magi and Archmagi creatures was not counting
down the number of shots remaining. This has been corrected.
The Curse and Mass Curse spells were not working properly. They have
been corrected.
There was a bad mine in the map for the 3rd Roland Campaign. It has been
corrected.
There was a bad crystal mine on the map for the 4th Archibald Campaign.
It has been fixed.
An invisible mercury mine on the Heroes map has been removed. Computer
Heroes were apparently "claiming" it.
Heroes II no longer uses DirectSound under Windows NT since it seems to
cause skipping during the cut scenes. If you experience garbled sound
during the cut scenes in Windows 95 try adding /W to the command line
for launching Heroes II. This will force DirectSound to be turned off.
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4) Contacting Customer Service
To order any New World Computing or 3DO products visit your local
retailer or order direct by calling 800-325-8898 or outside the United
States by calling 650-261-3227.
If you have questions, comments, suggestions and/or problems with
Heroes II or any other New World Computing products, please contact our
customer support department through any of the services listed:
3DO Technical Support can be reached by phone, Monday through Friday
from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PST, at (650) 261-3454.
Technical Support Fax number: (650) 261-3419.
Technical Support E-mail should be addressed to:
customer-service@3do.com
The 3DO Customer Service Website is located at:
3do.com
Copyright 1997, New World Computing
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