Unused content

This page contains unused content found in the game files. The Forge town was planned, but then scrapped earlier on in development. Also, see Cut content trivia for some little known facts!

Restoration of Erathia

Adventure Map Objects

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  Certain maps include Market of Time (e.g., Titan's Winter, Warmongers in RoE 1.0).
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  Alternative Windmill
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  Alternative Gnoll Hut (present in Gelea's Champions scenario)
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  Alternative School of Magic
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  Alternative Campfire
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  Red Obelisk for underground terrain ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss)}
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  Alternative underground hole (current is identical to sand hole) ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss)}

• Adventure map versions of Ballista, Ammo cart, First Aid Tent, Spell book, Grail and Catapult, however only with placeholder graphics

You can still easily add these Adventure Map objects into your map editor. Map with this objects will work correctly even for players without these objects enabled. For SoD simply put this Objects.txt in your "data" directory or insert it in H3Bitmap.lod using Grayface's MMArchive. For HotA (1.6.1 and prior only, this will crash your editor on 1.7.0 and above) put this EdObjts.txt in your "data" directory or insert it in HotA.lod using Grayface's MMArchive. All unused objects can be found under "Towns" category.

Unused creatures

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  Will-o-the-Wisp
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  Lobstrosity

Animations

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  Spell casting animations for Zealots
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  Centaurs have unused shooting animation and unused shooting sound (HoMM2 leftover).
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  Centaur Captains have unused shooting animation and unused shooting sound (HoMM2 leftover).
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  Spell casting animations for Dendroid Soldiers
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  Spell casting animations for War Unicorns
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  Spell casting animations for Efreet
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  Spell casting animations for Efreet Sultans
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  Spell casting animations for Vampire Lords
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  Spell casting animations for Dread Knights
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  Spell casting animations for Harpy Hags
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  Alternative Beholder's death animation and death sound ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss as a result of death from a spell)}
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  Alternative Evil Eye's death animation and death sound ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss as a result of death from a spell)}
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  Spell casting animations for Minotaur Kings
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  Spell casting animations for Cyclops Kings
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  Alternative Gold Golem death animation ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss as a result of death from a spell)}

Sounds

• Spellcasting sounds for:
  • War Unicorns
  • Efreet Sultans
  • Harpy Hags
  • Minotaur Kings
  • Manticores
  • Scorpicores
  • Dragon Flies
• Unused sound of Magog's Fireball
• Devils' moving sound
• Alternative Liches' melee sound (HoMM2 leftover)
• Leftover HoMM2 shooting turret sound

Alternative spell effects and sounds

• The game contains alternative animations of Berserk, Bless, Curse, Stone Skin, Cure, Dispel, Forgetfulness, Frost Ring. They're very similar to the final animations, just slightly slower coming up and fading out.
• Leftover sounds from HoMM2 for Armageddon, Elemental Storm, Cold Ray, Cold Ring, Death Ripple, Dragon Slayer, Fireball, Haste, Magic Arrow and Mirror Image. Also unused sound from HoMM2 called PROTECT and Leftover sound of ending creature teleporting from HoMM1.
• Alternative Fire Shield sound

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  Alternative Fireball animation
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  Unused petrify animation probably for Medusas and Basilisks

Morale and Luck values

In the game files, there are lines intended to show the hero's army's luck as a descriptive value, instead of a number (such as +1, or -3). The values for Morale were intended as follows: Treason (-3), Awful (-2), Poor (-1), Normal (0), Good (+1), Great (+2), and Blood! (+3). The values for Luck were intended to be Cursed (-3), Awful (-2), Bad (-1), Normal (0), Good (+1), Great (+2), and Irish (+3).

Miscellaneous

• Negative luck ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss)}

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  Fear spell
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  Fear spell scroll
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  Watermill building for Fortress
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  Unnamed Hero render
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  Unnamed Heroine render

Armageddon's Blade

• Sounds for Rogue
• Shooting sound for Faerie Dragon ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss)}

Building names

In the game files, alternative names for some of the Conflux creature dwellings are listed. They are as follows:

• Flower of Life - Pixies,
• Enchanted Flower - Sprites,
• Temple of Clouds - Storm Elementals,
• Temple of Ice - Ice Elementals,
• Temple of Magma - Magma Elementals,
• Temple of Magic - Magic Elementals,
• Funeral Pyre - Phoenixes.

The Shadow of Death

• Combination artifacts:
  • Diplomat's Suit ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss as Diplomat's Cloak)}
  • Mire of Neutrality ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss as Pendant of Reflection)}
  • Ironfist of the Ogre ^{*(added in Horn of the Abyss)}

Horn of the Abyss

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  Airship building for Factory

The original concept for the airship was to have it tied to the Factory. Ultimately the decision was made to have airship yards only as map objects instead, cf. point #14 of this interview.