Heroes5 - Your opinions about Illuria - map rating = 2 Likes

Author: Jatdelbv (Brasov, Romania), 21-09-2022 20:21 Like
bug after playing - Illuria
hi i played the map, was lots of fun, but then when i started another map the gain in chest was only few gold and no exp, just like in your map. what can i do to reset the chest gains? tnx

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Author: Pasquereau (France), 16-06-2021 16:59 Like
Hope it won't take long time ^^ - Illuria
You could make Illuria a true land of heroic stories then ^^. Yes it could be years or month after or before ( by using the portal near the demon city that I couldn't use maybe ) and it could be on the same map but with more size to get new land or somewhere else on the island (with some places that are same or tottaly in another place on the island ).

Well I can't wait for it (another map) to be ready !

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Author: Viktor (Sweden), 16-06-2021 14:58
Mapmaker’s reply - Illuria
Thank you very much for feedback! I am glad people still play these maps. Knowing that you did makes it worth the time and effort it took to make it.

I do not want to spoil exactly where the golden horse shoe can be found to complete the cenntaur quest, but it is not in the arena.

I am sorry to say that the witch has a drinking problem, so she will drink all the potions before you can ever get one, so mercury is the only thing you can get from her (if you play with another difficulty setting than heroic, she will give more mercury, so it might get quite valuable in the barkeeper’s quest).

I am working on an upgrade of this map right now, and maybe I will create a new one in the future. I like the idea of making another one about the same land but with another faction. Perhaps it could take place some years after the events in this one.

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Author: pasquereau (France), 15-06-2021 22:51 Like
Made me so much good - Illuria
It is always good to see that it still some people who continue to make some Homm5's map and when it is a beautyfull map like this one it's really amazing.

This map has so much qualities: we do not waste time while ennemie's turn, the story (which is an important point to me) is... let's say good ; landscapes and graphics are perfectly successful, we could think that this is not a fan made but a pro made ; the time (8 then 9 month) is the perfect one (if we take logistics ;) ), the size of the map is very good too, the difficulty ( I played heroic) was hard enough which was very good.


I succeeded almost every objectives ( I succeeded some but because I wasn't in time I had to load a save before so I knew how succeed them but I didn't do it in my "finished" game). The only one that I don't know how to succeed is the centaur's one, I didn't find boots (and they could be usefull to me too, to walk faster), maybe we earn them in arena, idk, I didn't finish it.
Also, idk if the witch can really make us a potion but I waited until the last day that I could and even after waiting some month, she only gives 3 mercury so idk if she can really make a potion but it is very long
(also there is a missing "i" in a word in one of the last primary objectives but anyway it is not a true problem). It could be good if there was a quest who gives use logistic concept around the beginning of the map and also It could be good if opposing heroes in the arena (especially those who are first) gain less power over time.

(I hope my english is good)

Well really congratulation and above all, thanks you for this beautiful map and I hope you will do some more (and why not with another faction than haven and maybe on the same island who knows ;) ).

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Author: Viktor (Sweden), 12-06-2021 15:13
Mapmakers note - Illuria
This map is inspired by another map called ”The Forgotten Hero”. Shout out to mweil86 for the inspiration!

The only playable hero is the starting one, and there won’t be any towns to develop, so I guess it is more of a roleplaying map than the normal heroes maps.

There are 10 different primary objectives and more than 25 different secondary objectives that can be found and solved (some in different ways that will effect the outcome of others).

The scripting of the map consists of more than 3500 lines (I tried to write it so it makes some sence, if anyone wants to copy parts of it), there are more than 250 written text reference files, a lot of customized map objects and I finally managed to create customized PWL- and thumbnail-pictures.

The scripting makes some factors in the map change due to the difficulty setting, and I reccon it should be quite easy to finnish it on normal, but hopefully you will have a good time playing it. Maybe it takes a more experienced player to finnish it on heroic.

I have tested the map several times, and think everything should work just fine, but please give some feedback if any of the scripts does not seem to work, or if anything else can be made better (like balancing).

Enjoy!

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