The game code reveals (just like in HoMM1 early stages of developement) that it was planned to give a hero starting army level 3 creatures. In HoMM2 it was replaced by Leadeship secondary skill - every Knight starts with basic Leadership, granting them +1 to morale.Ĭurrent Morale Modifiers: Knight bonus +1 Third creature stack

It's probably leftover from HoMM1, where having +1 to morale was Knight's exclusive quality. Probably surrending or fleeing the battle would decrease hero's morale as much, as many times he left the battlefield infamously.Ĭurrent Morale Modifiers: Battle cowardice %d Knight bonus

There is only this one line of text in the game, that mentions battle cowardice. In order to give 'wait' function back to the game change bytes in HEROES2W.EXE as described below (works only with PoL v2.1, GOG version won't work). Have the current creature wait to take its turn until all the other creatures have gone. This line for hovering mouse over the 'wait' button can be found in Heroes2W.exe:Īnd this is probably info under right click on the 'wait' button: This functionality wouldn't see proper implementation until the next game and has been a staple of gameplay ever since. creature moves, gets morale, waits, moves again, receives morale once again and moves for the third time). two player's monsters waits, slower and faster, then enemy monsters moves, then slower creature waits again while faster moves and the slower cretaure is moving eventually) and that these units could get positive morale twice! (e.g. However the trouble is, that units can wait for the second time (e.g. Restoring this function allows the player to press the W key and place a unit into the bottom of the turn order for a round, effectively making them go last. Still it can be an interesting addition to a multiplayer game. It's possible to bring this functionality back to the game, however only human players can use it, getting a great advantage against AI.

The 'wait' button can be seen on of some prerelease screenshots.

Windowed mode company of heros 2