Editing Template Editor (section)

== Template Pack Settings ==

In addition to template pack name and description, this section contains some settings that may restrict the choice of starting options that is performed by player before the template is chosen from template pack.

=== Name ===

The name is the identifier of the templates pack, just like non-random maps have their own name. It is displayed in the description of the generated map, along with the name of the particular template selected for this map. However, in the future, the name of the template pack may be used more extensively in the template selection menu (unlike the name of the template, which is only needed to show which template was selected from the pack). If the template pack is added to the HoMM 3 HD selection list, it is recommended that the template pack name matches the template folder name. Currently, only the template folder name is displayed in the selection list in HD. If the template pack contains only one template, it is recommended that both the template and the pack have the same name.

=== Description ===

The template description is intended to play the same role as the map description does for non random maps. If it is non-empty, it is displayed in game on the place of the map description.

=== Allowed Towns ===

This setting allows you to restrict the towns that can be selected at the start of the game, before generating the map. It applies equally to all players.

Note that it only restricts the starting towns that can be selected. All towns can still appear on the map, and all towns remain available as starting towns if the player selects "Random". To completely ban a town from the template pack, you need to ban it from all zones of all templates of the pack.

It is recommended to synchronize the list of banned towns of the pack with the list of banned towns of every starting zone of every template.

If all towns are banned, [[Castle]] will automatically be allowed.

=== Heroes ===

This setting controls which heroes can:

* Be selected (randomly or not) at the start of the game;
* Appear in taverns or prisons.

By default, the following are banned:

* Campaign heroes: [[Adrienne]], [[Catherine]], [[Dracon]], [[Gelu]], [[Kilgor]], [[Lord Haart#Lord Haart the Death Knight|Haart Lich]], [[Mutare]], [[Roland]], [[Mutare Drake]], [[Boragus]], [[Xeron]], [[Bidley]] and [[Tark]];
* [[Galthran]] and [[Sir Mullich]];
* [[Sylvia]], [[Voy]] and [[Elmore]] if a random map is generated with "Water content: No";
* [[Beatrice]], [[Kinkeria]] and [[Derek]] if a random map is generated "Water content: Normal" or "Water content: Islands".

Any hero can be allowed or banned. Template pack settings always take precedence over default settings (regardless what the "water content" is). However, the choice of the starting hero will always be limited to a list of 16. If the heroes count is higher for a town, only the first 16 will be available for manual selection. The others will still available through random selection, though.

You can ban any number of heroes, but if the total heroes count is not greater than 10 * (number of players) + 48 heroes, no Prisons will be generated. And if the total count is smaller, there may be a situation where you can hire only one hero from the Tavern, or where you just cannot hire any. If all heroes of a certain class are banned, heroes from other classes will be generated instead.

If the hero [[Gem]] is allowed, her starting spell will be either [[Summon Boat]], if water content is "Normal" or "Islands", or [[Bless]], if water content is "None".