Why can’t I see the amount of troops in an enethe town sometimes in HoMM 3
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Sometimes when I try to decide whether to attack the town or not I see something like this, just the icons of the units and no approximate numbers at all.
Why?
Best Answer
What you see when you check on an enemy town is entirely dependent upon the number of Taverns that you control in your own towns.
0 Taverns - you will see no information about the creatures in the town.
1 Tavern - you will only see the types of creatures in the town.
2+ Taverns - you will see the types of creatures in the town and the approximate numbers of each creature.
Moving away from Taverns and switching to magic, it is possible to see the exact numbers of creatures. The second level magic spell Visions, when cast by a hero with Expert magic in any school, will show the exact type and number of creatures in an enemy town.
As your screenshot shows that you only control a single town, you can only have a single Tavern, thus all you can see at the moment is the types of creatures in the enemy town.
Unfortunately, this campaign has some bugs in it. The way it is supposed to work is that
the quest artifacts obtained in the first scenario allow you obtain different quest artifacts in the second scenario. This second set of quest artifacts (specifically, the Speculum) allow you to access other areas in the final scenarios. Essentially you are given a bonus in later scenarios for taking the time to fully explore the early scenarios.
However, every time I have played this campaign, I end up with exactly what you described - my hero always starts with 2 of one item (though in my case it was the Badge of Courage) and the Pendant of Life. And no matter what I do, when I obtain the Speculum in the second scenario, it never moves on to the next scenario. My starting hero always has the exact same three artifacts. :(
Best Answer
What you see when you check on an enemy town is entirely dependent upon the number of Taverns that you control in your own towns.
Moving away from Taverns and switching to magic, it is possible to see the exact numbers of creatures. The second level magic spell Visions, when cast by a hero with Expert magic in any school, will show the exact type and number of creatures in an enemy town.
As your screenshot shows that you only control a single town, you can only have a single Tavern, thus all you can see at the moment is the types of creatures in the enemy town.