HoMM: Olden Era – BETA Patch with New Damage Formula, Smarter AI & New Creatures
The Unfrozen team is preparing the biggest balance update since Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era entered Early Access. It will rework damage calculation, skills, artifacts, and creature upgrades, improve Global Map AI, and introduce two new units.
The team is also working on new story maps and single-player adventures, with announcements expected soon. The improved AI coming in the upcoming update should be particularly exciting for PvE fans, making battles against computer opponents much more challenging and interesting.
Since the list of changes in the upcoming patch is quite extensive, the devs want to test everything in a beta version first and gather feedback from the community, as previously promised. For this reason, the update is initially being released on a public beta branch.
How to join the HoMM: Olden Era beta test
- Open Steam and right-click Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era in your library.
- Select “Properties” → “Game Versions & Betas”.
- In the “Game Versions & Betas” section, select the public-test-branch branch.
- Wait for Steam to download the update and launch the game as usual.
- In some cases, you’ll need to restart the Steam application for the Beta branch to appear.
- How to return to the main version: in the same “Game Versions & Betas” tab, select “Default Public Version”.
- Saves: beta saves are stored in the saves_beta and campSaving_beta folders.
Please note:
- When you switch to the beta, your save list will be empty. This is normal: your saves are still there and will reappear once you switch back to the main version.
- Cloud saves are disabled in the beta.
- Beta saves will not be visible in the main version of the game.
- Multiplayer: to play together, all players must be using the same game version. Beta players will play on a separate server with other beta players.
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