INSTALLATION SEQUENCE

1. Download all WoG files and put them all together to any directory. 

2. There is a bug in Windows sort function that may make WoG install incorrectly if your system language is not an English. For sure it happens for Swedish. So we recommend you: 
- check your system language and if it is English or Russian, all is fine; 
- if not, change your local settings to English (Russian) language and country for Canada, Great Britain, Russia or US. 

3. Make sure that you removed all other MODs and other files from all Heroes folders (especially from Data folder). We recommend you: 
- make a full copy of your SoD or HC; 
- uninstall SoD or HC; 
- delete all files in ex-Heroes folder (if any) manually; 
- install SoD or HC again to the same folder. 

4. Now you are ready to run install.exe file in WoG download package. Follow further instructions. 

5. After WoG installation if you changed your system language/country settings, it is time to change them back. 

6. You can run WoG (H3WOG.EXE) or SoD/HC (HEROES3.EXE) that you had previously. Both will work. 

7. You get WoG map editor (H3WMAPED.EXE) in addition to your SoD/HC map editor. 
- WoG map editor can load RoE, AB, SoD or WoG maps and save them as RoE, AB or WoG; 
- WoG map editor cannot generate random maps; use SoD map editor for this purpose then load map to WoG map editor; 

8. You get WoG campaign editor (H3WCMPED.EXE) in addition to your SoD/HC campaign editor. 

9. You get a new Windows menu folder: "New Life of Heroes". Take a look there for other tools and documentation. 

10. Good luck! 

WARNING

If you download additional wog files after your initial WoG installation, you do not need to reinstall WoG again. Put only the new downloaded files into the UPDATE folder in Heroes directory and run H3WUPD.EXE. It will automatically search for all new files and let you install them. 
TROUBLESHOUTING

1. When you download files, IE (NN) and Windows do not treat wog files correctly and will save them as something strange: a1.wog.wog, a2.wog.wog and so on. This is not a problem. You can install these files the same way as though they are a1.wog and a2.wog. If you still feel that this may cause some problems, just rename all files to their original names after downloading and before installing. 

2. If you download both files when it says to only download one file or the other (example: p3s.wog and p3f.wog), do NOT put them both into the directory for installation, choose only one of them. Later on you will be able to swap one file for another just by placing it into the UPDATE folder and running H3WUPD.EXE. 

3. If you installed a short HMMIII video file (s1.wog and s2.wog) and then found your *lost* SoD CD, do not worry; just load your CD and start WoG. It will look first for a CD in the CD drive and only if it doesn't find a CD will it use a short HMMIII video you have installed. 

4. If you do not install a WoG and/or HMMIII video and have no CD, you will be forced to see a *black* screen and wait from time to time. 
OTHER NOTES

After installing the WoG, start the game and try new Tutorial at first. 


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