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Heroes Community > Library of Enlightenment > Thread: Change Starting Troops
Thread: Change Starting Troops
Winox
Winox

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posted May 31, 2019 01:12 AM

Change Starting Troops

I have been changing starting troops for the heroes by editing ''HOTRAITS'' but all i can do is change the number/quantity of the unit.
how do i for example change Clancy starting troops to be unicorns instead of centaurs. or Vokial have vampires instead of skeletons.
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Maurice
Maurice

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posted June 01, 2019 12:16 PM
Edited by Maurice at 12:17, 01 Jun 2019.

Winox said:
I have been changing starting troops for the heroes by editing ''HOTRAITS'' but all i can do is change the number/quantity of the unit.
how do i for example change Clancy starting troops to be unicorns instead of centaurs. or Vokial have vampires instead of skeletons.


You need to change that in the .exe file itself. It requires hex editing of the exe file. Starting from address 0x279DD0h in the original HoMM3 exe (not HotA), you get byte strings for each Hero, each being 92 bytes long. Bytes 37-40 in the byte string detail the Creature ID of the first creature stack, bytes 41-44 detail that of the second Creature ID and bytes 45-48 are for the third creature ID.

You can find a lot more information on hex editing in the "How to edit HotA" thread.
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Winox
Winox

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posted June 01, 2019 07:00 PM
Edited by Winox at 17:36, 02 Jun 2019.

Maurice said:
Winox said:
I have been changing starting troops for the heroes by editing ''HOTRAITS'' but all i can do is change the number/quantity of the unit.
how do i for example change Clancy starting troops to be unicorns instead of centaurs. or Vokial have vampires instead of skeletons.


You need to change that in the .exe file itself. It requires hex editing of the exe file. Starting from address 0x279DD0h in the original HoMM3 exe (not HotA), you get byte strings for each Hero, each being 92 bytes long. Bytes 37-40 in the byte string detail the Creature ID of the first creature stack, bytes 41-44 detail that of the second Creature ID and bytes 45-48 are for the third creature ID.

You can find a lot more information on hex editing in the "[url=http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=42152]How to edit HotA[/url]" thread.


where do you find adress/line 0x279DD0h ?
using search function didnt find the line either, mine looks like this:
https://imgur.com/a/LQPRf1k
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Maurice
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posted June 02, 2019 11:35 AM

I can't see the image in your post.

Anyway, you'll need to open the .exe file in a hex editor. Hex editors will usually show you the address of the starting byte of each line shown. Do you have any familiarity or experience with hex editing?
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Winox
Winox

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posted June 02, 2019 05:40 PM

Maurice said:
I can't see the image in your post.

Anyway, you'll need to open the .exe file in a hex editor. Hex editors will usually show you the address of the starting byte of each line shown. Do you have any familiarity or experience with hex editing?


i updated previous post with a link to the picture, i just can't find the line/adress im supposed to edit. no i have not used hex editing before but it looks really easy to learn.
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