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HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC III MUSIC ADDON (c) 3DO

Supplier.....: LENO/DRIZZT        │  Release Date...: 02/20/99
Cracker......: YazZ/Goaman        │  Game Type......: Real Time Strategy
# of Disks...: 23 x 2.88MB        │  Game Rating....: 95%

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RELEASE NOTES

Welcome to Heroes of Might and Magic III

Thank you for your interest in Heroes III, the latest continuation of
the award winning Heroes of Might and Magic series published by The 3DO
Company and developed by New World Computing. This turn-based, strategy
war game is set in the fantasy world of the Might and Magic® computer
role-playing games. Like these games, Heroes III features a rich magic
system, character development, a bestiary of fantastic foes and allies,
quests, a world to explore, and gripping story lines. It is, however,
focused on elements of strategic conquest—the building of mighty armies,
territorial expansion, siege warfare, and the clash of battle.

In Heroes III, you control the actions of heroes to complete mission
objectives in a variety of conflicts taking place in the mythical land of
Erathia. As heroes travel across the land with their armies, they can
explore, seek artifacts, and find treasure, as well as lead their armies
into battle. Towns can also have armies garrisoned for their defense and
act as centers for recruitment, the learning of magic spells, and trading.
Towns you conquer become part of your territory. You may develop your
towns to provide yourself with offensive, defensive, and logistical
advantages.

Missions can be self-contained single scenarios, linked together into
multi-scenario campaigns, or played as multi-player scenarios against
other human players across a network. While a vast array of pre-designed
scenarios come with the game, you can also create your own using the
provided Map Editor tool. However you choose to play, we’re sure that
you will be pleased with Heroes III.

Enjoy.

What's new:

Players of Heroes of Might and Magic, and Heroes II, will find the game
has been vastly expanded. New features include:

More Town Types. There are now eight town types.
More Hero Types. Each town type now has two hero types:
one of might and the other of magic. This brings the total number of
hero types up to sixteen.
More Skills. Heroes may increase their abilities in 28 secondary skills.
More Artifacts. There are now 128 artifacts.
More Spells. There are now 64 spells arranged into four schools of magic.
More Creature Types. There are now a total of 118 creature types.
More and Enhanced Town Structures. You may build seven creature
dwellings in each town. All dwellings can be upgraded to produce
upgraded creatures.
Also, each town type has an increased number of non-dwelling buildings,
most of which may be upgraded, and many with new types of enhancements.
More and Enhanced Adventure Objects. There are 25% more Adventure Map
locations and objects in this game. Objects are more configurable in
the Map Editor, making them more interesting to encounter and use.
Further, new object abilities have been created to enhance play
possibilities.
Subterranean Map Layer. Heroes may enter passageways to explore caverns
and tunnels.
Grail Buildings. You may now seek the Grail instead of ultimate
artifacts.
Finding the Grail allows you to construct special Grail buildings which
greatly increase and enhance a town’s economic output and other town
variables.
Graphic Resolution Increased. The game now displays in 800x600, 16-bit
resolution, resulting in a richer, more detailed display.
Game Graphics Rendered in 3D. All non-interface graphic elements and
game objects have been modeled and rendered in 3D.
Larger Adventure Map Display. The Adventure Map now displays 44% more
of the world at a glance.
New Terrain Types. New types of terrain have been added, including a
variety of road types, with their own effects on movement and combat.
Clearer, More Informative Screen Layout. Taking advantage of higher
graphic resolution, the game interface display provides more, easier to
read, information. Mouse hot spots are identified in a rollover text bar
at the bottom of displays. Right-click information is also available for
all gameplay hot spots.
Battlefield Size Increased. The combat battlefield is now 15 x 11 hexes,
a 67% increase!
Heroes Command More Creature Stacks. Heroes can now have seven stacks in
their army.
New War Machines. Each town has a blacksmith where one of three war
machines may be purchased. War machines appear on the battlefield and
may be attacked and destroyed.
Heroes Can Arrange Stacks on Battlefield before Battle. Heroes with the
secondary skill, Tactics, can rearrange stacks on the battlefield
before the first round of combat.
Heroes Can Lead Garrisoned Armies. Individual heroes may now lead
creatures in a town’s garrison.
Heroes *Ghost* When Passing Behind Tall Adventure Screen Objects.
Objects, like trees and mountains, that would normally hide heroes now
become semi-transparent.
Mini-Quests and Quest Log. Now, you can participate in non-mission
essential quests to gain experience or items. Additionally, you can
access a Quest Log for information about quest items your hero has
gathered.
Taverns. Heroes are now recruited at taverns instead of castles.
Paper Doll Inventory System. Now heroes must outfit themselves with an
item before they can benefit from it.
Flying Creatures Have Movement Range Limits. While flying creatures can
still pass over battlefield obstacles, they no longer have an unlimited
movement range.
Six Mini-Campaigns. Six campaigns portray the story from three
perspectives.
Enhanced Multiplayer Features. The most recent version of DirectPlay has
been incorporated to allow for lobby access and eight players. Chat
messaging has been added and players waiting for their turns may view
the Adventure Map, Kingdom Overview, Hero Screens, and Town Screens.

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Installation

Here is the rest of the mp3 music that was not included in our release.
To install it, since unzip it and unace it into your /mp3 dir of HOMM3.
Then run the game and kaploeee.. more music.  Enjoy! :)

GROUP NEWS

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a high speed link, contact us. If you supply new hardware to us, contact
us. If you live in the East Coast US and have access to a T3 or better
connection, contact us. If you're none of the above, don't contact us.
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