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         O        O             FREE HEROES 2 [AOS4]            O       O

                 A FREE HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC II ENGINE REMAKE


                         PORTED BY .................... SPOT
                         SUPPLIED BY .................. SPOT
                         TYPE ......................... GAME
                         REQUIRES ...................... SDL
                         ..................... GUS SOUNDFONT

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AUTHORS
  
Andrey Afletdinov - general support
Vasya Makarov - battle support
Peter Lemenkov - minor updates and fixes
Josh Matthews - battle AI, assorted updates and fixes

Free Heroes2 Engine is a pre-alpha version, many features are missing still.
The game is progressing in a steady pace though, so I thought it was worthy
of a release. I will keep maintaining the AmigaOS 4.x version and release
regular updates.

The game requires the original Heroes of Might and Magic II game data.

So copy Heroes_2_CD:data/HEROES2.AGG into Free_Heroes_2/data
and Heroes_2_CD:maps/#?.mp2 into Free_Heroes_2/maps/.

Hot keys:
F4  - switch to fullscreen
PrintScreen - create screenshot


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* IMPORTANT: TO GET THE MIDI SOUND TO WORK, DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE          *
* GUS SOUNDFONT USING THE SUPPLIED INSTALL SCRIPT!                            *
* DOWNLOAD THE GUS SOUNDFONT HERE:                                            *
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* http://www.os4depot.net/share/audio/play/gus_soundfont.lha                  *
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Finally, a lot work was required to make this release. I had to get in close
contact with the FHEROES2 authors to get all the PPC related bugs fixed.
I had to fix SDL_Mixer to support midi, and I had to fix the GUS soundfont.

So, I hope you think it is worth it, or will be worth it once the game is more
mature. Have Fun! 

/ Spot

Here's a list of the updates that are of interest to players of the game since
the last Amiga release:

Loading and Saving implemented.
Add special abilities for genies and ghosts.
Make keep and towers actually deal damage. Make ranged units deal half damage
through castle walls.
Rename Lord Vampires.
Add proper damage values for keep and towers in castle battles.  Make status
messages last longer in battle so they're actually readable.
More specific messages for certain numbers of joining troops.
allow change filename for save dialog
fix manual set secondary skill
fix level up primary skill for heroes
fix disable buttons for load/save dialog, remove darken from buttons code
Fix various capilization and pluralization problems.
add autosave options, and save/load dialog
Fix diplomacy checks. Nothing special happens unless force ratio is >= 2, then
the 20% chance happens.
add key delete
Fix morale and luck indicators always giving neutral descriptions. Add support
for diplomacy skill and monsters looking for glory. Still missing calculation to
decide how much gold monsters are looking for. Fix various instances of monsters
names always being capitalized.
add rating to ScenarioInfo, add GameInfoDialog, add few hot keys (dig, game
info, puzzle dialog)
Add music shots to proper map locations, only playing normal SFX is no music is
present.
Fix enemy corpses resurrecting with 65000 units in battle.  Add support for
necromancy and eagle eye, proper UI text still missing.  Make heroes receive
correct experience for damage dealt in battle. Fix various potential problems
with battle summary screen and non-local players attacking a human,
fix incomes for first day
save screenshot path to files/save
Tighten up retaliation logic. It is impossible to retaliate against a ranged
attack.
Show morale and luck strings instead of numbers on hero status dialog in battle.
Darken disabled hero status buttons in battle.  Fix monster upgrade button being
pressable when not displayed.
Fix races not being selectable for scenario when restarting a game.
update network engine
Play battle victor/defeat music during battle summary.