Greatest Mod v18 FULL RELEASE (Fixed) file

H4 AGE OF RENAISSANCE - GREATEST MOD 018

Note:
IT IS RECOMMENDED STRONGLY THAT THIS BE INSTALLED OVER A CLEAN H4 WITH NOTHING ON THE FOLDER (delete manually all files before reinstall - be careful to save your savegames and maps to other folder, you can put them back after)
Delete previous versions of Greatest Mod before this anyways.
NO FILE should be overwritten if you install properly. All the files of the mod are unique and named differently from other mods and the original game.


Gameplay:
ARTIFACTS
v- Changed some staffs so they are one-handed (Change names too), or many are underpowered
v- But Staff of Disruption must be two-handed, or overpowered ( I don't know if it came that way or I edited it to be usable with books :V... anyways, Wards are sufficiently useless right now and always to contend wih another thing annulling them)

v- Mirror of Revenge is now Misc (allows to stack with other necklaces)

v- Ice Scales is now on Neck

TOWNS
v- Many building images replaced and reshuffled
v- Names in table changed accordingly

v?- Fix preserve Summoning
v- Edit creature portal
v- Choosen final arrangement
v- Now Mantis and Megadragon are max level creatures normally. Thunderbird AND Gargantuan are on Summoning Portal.

v- Edit exe and building table accordingly
v- Possibly replace some building images (Berserker besides)

OBJECTS
v- Gave Shipwreck treasure some weak artifacts (it is the most common, yet only gave boring gold)

CREATURES
V- Change minotaur from Double Attack to Charge - Both are overused but second fits better (increase stats) [I wish they could have both, but only one slot is present... and chaos can already give double attack with Cat Reflexes]

v- Changed Thunder Eagle to Nature background/alignement (if kept in portal)
v-- Revised it and gargantuan's EXP, since it determines portal ocurrence-cost
v-- Revised costs
v- Genie is now Light to fit normal surroundings
vv- Genie back to Order

v- Efreet attack increased and cost decreased (To better compete with terror-inducing Nightmare), gives more XP (Nightmare too)
v- Ice Daemon gives less XP, growth increased, attack decreased by 1

vñ- Create ordered map+text scheme for creatures with spellcasting given/enchanced as per list
ñ-- Continue putting spells in table, compare with .exe

v- Somewhat increased stats of dwarves, makes them more similar to H3 level
v- Made fire elemental attack damage less random. More damage, less attack (Fire elemental is "bulk killer" against low tier units)
v- Made air elemental damage more random. Less HP (40 too much), more defense, more attack (air elemental is "elite killer" against high tier)

Creature Abilities:
v-- Magi have Random Curse (Magic Mirror would make them too close to witches, but this makes them close to Ogre Magi anyways [that have curse attack, and Mummies have Aging Attack]... maybe spell point steal? But somewhat similar to Dark Knights and Imps then...)
v-- Mythical Dragons have... who knows. Let's go with Blinding.
v- tAKE OFF "magic vulnerability" (does nothing with damage spells confirmed) from Dark Knight, uses Life Ward

v untested- Fix Guardian Angel, counts as Healing spell, costs more mana.
... Or maybe not, after all, it would be OP for the Angels (even as they are already OP...)
... Whatever, just lower base power
... damnit, base power is 1 life...
v untested- Fix Divine Intervention, make it creature-number dependent (this is done by checking "damage", "summon", or "heal" on table...now it's heal)

v- Make Armageddon a fire spell (and try to affect own heroes?)
v- Armaggeddon is now a fire spell (may still not affect own heroes)

Text:
STRINGS
v- See if edited one works (it does)

Sound:
v- Changed some musics (all are still by Paul Romero and/or Rob King)
v- Main Manu music changed
v- Metal inferno music
v- Sea music changed
v- Necropolis music changed
v- Other minor changes

Graphics:

TERRAIN GRAPH:
semiV- Replace volcanic terrain with Evil terrain (Skeletons + Field of Glory)

V- Now many terrains are upgraded with noticeable mix of fractal patterns, giving more life to the maps.
(cosmetic change only)

TOWN GRAPH:
v- Replace berserker dwelling. Uses Berserk spell
vX- Switched internal and external fort-citadel-castle graphics and animations of Order and Light town.
x- Externals can't be safely Replaced (yet)

HEROES GRAPH
* Used new campaign editor as face reference too, new faces and updates heroes names are looked there
- Keep re-making portraits
- Put appropiate

CREATURES Graphics
- Creature portraits nearly all fixed
- Small creature portraits display zoom-in of faces, higher resolution
- Abolished ring backgrounds, now text descriptions and ambient backgrounds show alignement
- Ambient backgrounds changed to fit the new towns

EDITOR
- Improved object palettes
- More brushes

Maps:
- Added some version indicators to each map on desc

*- Made "Feast of the Living" map harder
-- Not so many artifacts, make him figt for them with enemy heroes
-- Make AI stronger for both Evil and Good (free creatures, artifacts, etc.)
-- Give free XP both starting and trickle to AI heroes
-- Griffins are weak now, add other creatures or increase to massive
-- Create "lose the Tomb King, lose the game" trigger
--- Anyways, I lost dumb-attacking the main green castle to creatures only, so it's not so mind-numbingly easy at the end

*- Gave "Summoners" map an entering description and all towns Creature Portal (+AI auto-summoning of elementals at towns and Grandmaster Summoning on druid heroes)

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Temporary condition: Music mod occupies the additional mod slot, nim.h4r
You may delete this to get back normal music with no ill effects
AND/OR you may use this slot for your minimod

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Next small version: Some fixes, more polished outlook, improve some graphics and heroes looks and classes, descriptions update
Next BIG version: equilibris 355 artifacts and treasures will be included and improved. More map editor capabilities and community-made objects
Undefined future: Completely revamped UI
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That is not all but yes most for now.

ENJOY!