Battle_Mage,You have PM.

А у Беса скачать не пробывал?
Try downloadin' it from Bes.
He has loads o'WoG files...

А проблема не в файлах. Скорее всего, что-то софтно-системное. Файлы он уже не один раз закачивал - всё то же.

Battle_Mage, you are not alone, I have the same problem!!!

I have:
WinXp SP2
DirextX9.0c
Heroes 3 Complete
All regional options is: English (United States)

I've downloaded allinon1.zip from
http://wakeofthegods.strategyplanet.gamesp.../download.shtml, i.e. from
http://www.fileplanet.com/dl.aspx?/strateg...og/allinon1.zip
BTW, russian URL
http://hmm3.fclan.ru/redir_e.php?id=69
doesn't work!

When I try to install allinon1.zip I get message about wrong .wog file.
WoG Intallation ends at 6%.

Yes, I can unrar all .wog files, i.e. archives seem not damaged.

I've downloaded allinon1.zip from different locations and got the same error.
I tried to put those .wog (main1.wog, main2.wog etc) files to UPDATE folder and run H3wUpd.exe (extracted from main2).
I also tried to run H3wUpd.exe when in UPDATE folder were not .wog files, but extracted (from .wog) files (i.e. there were folders main1, main2, etc.) and the I got message that there is no .wog files in UPDATE folder.

Lets look at WoGDebug1.txt:
InstallShield Ver 2.65
Version: - New Install
Lang.: 00000409
Time: 12:01:57 AM
Freespace: 16924532736
Installpath: f:\games\3do\heroes 3 complete\
Programs: D:\Documents and Settings\Rob\Start Menu\Programs\
Desktop: D:\Documents and Settings\Rob\Desktop\
Language file was found
Check Unrar.dll version; Vesion=3
Start searching for multilanguage files
Extracting
main1.wog - OK. size of file: 9597423
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main2.wog - OK. size of file: 5835575
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main3.wog - OK. size of file: 7075256
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main4.wog - OK. size of file: 5178224
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main5.wog - OK. size of file: 2773071
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main6_optional.wog - OK. size of file: 1038225
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main7_optional.wog - OK. size of file: 818929
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main8_optional.wog - OK. size of file: 266123
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
Video_short.wog - OK. size of file: 6845809
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
Extracting complete
Stop searching for multilanguage files
Choose companents for install
main1.wog is checking
main2.wog is checking
main3.wog is checking
main4.wog is checking
main5.wog is checking
main6_optional.wog is checking
main7_optional.wog is checking
main8_optional.wog is checking
Video_short.wog is checking
End of Choose components for install
installing
Installing is main1.wog
Installing is main1.wogInstMult.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3bitmap.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes 3 complete\Data\H3Bitmap.lod Size = 105724954
Installing is main1.wogADD H3bitmap.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3Sprite.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes 3 complete\Data\H3sprite.lod Size = 64973159
Critical error in file f:\games\3do\heroes 3 complete\InstallWoG\AVA0004.DEF, install aborted
Erro in action: Free pointer file
End installing with error

I also tried to install WoG by this way:
3.5 , 3.51->3.52, ..., 3.58->3.58f
all those versions I downloaded from here:
http://wakeofthegods.strategyplanet.gamesp.../download.shtml
But I could't install even 3.5 (I have only install.zip, is it a whole WOG v3.5 ?).

Maybe not only russian symbols caouse problems. Try renaming the "heroes 3 complete" folder so that he path doesn't contain spaces.

I always use only english symbols for folders names and files names.
Ok, I will try to create heroes3complete instead of heroes 3 complete.

Now I reinstalled Heroes 3 Complete.
Installation folder:
F:\Games\3DO\heroes3complete

Again, I got the same error during WoG installation.
As you can see in WoGDebug1.txt, the problem is at least with file AVA0004.DEF in main1.wog:

InstallShield Ver 2.65
Version: - New Install
Lang.: 00000409
Time: 12:55:24 PM
Freespace: 16899518464
Installpath: f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\
Programs: D:\Documents and Settings\Rob\Start Menu\Programs\
Desktop: D:\Documents and Settings\Rob\Desktop\
Language file was found
Check Unrar.dll version; Vesion=3
Start searching for multilanguage files
Extracting
main1.wog - OK. size of file: 9597423
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main2.wog - OK. size of file: 5835575
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main3.wog - OK. size of file: 7075256
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main4.wog - OK. size of file: 5178224
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main5.wog - OK. size of file: 2773071
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main6_optional.wog - OK. size of file: 1038225
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main7_optional.wog - OK. size of file: 818929
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
main8_optional.wog - OK. size of file: 266123
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
Video_short.wog - OK. size of file: 6845809
Extract Information File - OK
General label was found - OK
About label was found - OK
Extracting complete
Stop searching for multilanguage files
Choose companents for install
main1.wog is checking
main2.wog is checking
main3.wog is checking
main4.wog is checking
main5.wog is checking
main6_optional.wog is checking
main7_optional.wog is checking
main8_optional.wog is checking
Video_short.wog is checking
End of Choose components for install
installing
Installing is main1.wog
Installing is main1.wogInstMult.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3bitmap.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\Data\H3Bitmap.lod Size = 105724954
Installing is main1.wogADD H3bitmap.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3Sprite.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\Data\H3sprite.lod Size = 64973159
Critical error in file f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\InstallWoG\AVA0004.DEF, install aborted
Erro in action: Free pointer file
End installing with error

sorry for my bad english...

It's not help...
I have name of catalog is "Heroes of Might and Magic III"! and always installation is going correctly.

I think, that problem is not here, imho!
Becouse! that look at step of error...

Here is stopped on a try to packed in *.lod - :look:

maybe you changed before H3sprite.lod?

Добавлено ([mergetime]1175509623[/mergetime]):
OR
try to open any def-file from this main1.wog
maybe your downloaded-archive is bad (bityi)

What do you mean?



Using WinRAR I extracted all wog files without any problems.
For example, the result of file main1.wog extraction is the folder main1, which contains 2396 files, including AVA0004.DEF

Using Notepad I can open AVA0004.DEF (there is many strange symbols).

I downloaded allinon1.zip from many different sources including:

wakeofthegods (allinon1.zip from fileplanet)

maps4heroes.com (allinon1 - 3.58f.zip, but I actually downloaded it from elsewhere, I don't remember)

strategyplanet (allinon1.zip from fileplanet)

hmm3.fclan.ru (allinon1.zip and wog358f.part01.exe, wog358f.part02.rar, ..., wog358f.part08.rar)

And maybe more.

All they had the same error, but it was not always the same file AVA0004.DEF, sometimes it was the file AVA0006.DEF:
Installing is main1.wog
Installing is main1.wogInstMult.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3bitmap.txt - OK
f:\games\3DO\Heroes 3 Complete\Data\H3Bitmap.lod Size = 133064294
Installing is main1.wogADD H3bitmap.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3Sprite.txt - OK
f:\games\3DO\Heroes 3 Complete\Data\H3sprite.lod Size = 78047147
Critical error in file f:\games\3DO\Heroes 3 Complete\InstallWoG\AVA0006.DEF, install aborted
Erro in action: Free pointer file
End installing with error

It is very interesting that the sizes of files H3Bitmap.lod and H3sprite.lod are diferent (compare those to previous ones).

Installation from allinon1 - 3.58f.zip stopped at AVA0003.DEF file:
Installing is main1.wog
Installing is main1.wogInstMult.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3bitmap.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\Data\H3Bitmap.lod Size = 119394624
Installing is main1.wogADD H3bitmap.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3Sprite.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\Data\H3sprite.lod Size = 71510073
Critical error in file f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\InstallWoG\AVA0003.DEF, install aborted
Erro in action: Free pointer file
End installing with error

Installation from the same allinon1 - 3.58f.zip (i.e. I just again tried to install WoG) stopped at AVA0002.DEF file:
Installing is main1.wog
Installing is main1.wogInstMult.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3bitmap.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\Data\H3Bitmap.lod Size = 126229459
Installing is main1.wogADD H3bitmap.txt - OK
Installing is main1.wogExtract H3Sprite.txt - OK
f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\Data\H3sprite.lod Size = 74776996
Critical error in file f:\games\3do\heroes3complete\InstallWoG\AVA0002.DEF, install aborted
Erro in action: Free pointer file
End installing with error

Why H3Bitmap.lod and H3sprite.lod have random sizes?

Please tell me, is there anyone on this planet, who have installed WoG on Heroes 3 Complete using allinon1.zip ?

Didn't you change H3sprite.lod?


I am.

I didn't change H3sprite.lod.

Finally I found and solved the problem (I think so) and posted it here (under name Robertukas):
celestialheavens

Thank you SnoRT for giving me hope to play the best game of the best!

Oh...ummm I haven't been here for a while,but a windows reinstall fixed it,so try doing that.

My congratulations