v0.1.303

Golden Era v0.1.303

This release refreshes Golden Era from the latest tested local mod progress and publishes two installer choices for hero portrait preference.

Installer Choices

• GoldenEraModInstaller-v0.1.303-upscaled-portraits.exe installs with homm3UseUpscaledHeroPortraits=true.
• GoldenEraModInstaller-v0.1.303-standard-portraits.exe installs with homm3UseUpscaledHeroPortraits=false.
• Both installers are built from the same release payload and still install Golden Era into a separate game folder, leaving the Steam install vanilla.

Recent Mod Progress

• Added the lazy upscaled HoMM3 hero portrait lane and refreshed real-alpha portrait imports.
• Fixed Stronghold and Tower hero portrait/name slot alignment.
• Improved skeletal necromancy spawn handling.
• Fixed custom town and dwelling map billboard depth and water-tile visibility.
• Added custom biome minimap texture support and fixed Golden Era map-load crashes from minimap type resolution.
• Expanded Conflux hero/subskill work, including Summon Elementals subskills and related text/icon cleanup.

Validation

• The refreshed payload keeps the damage histogram mod excluded from Golden Era.
• The packaged config can now be forced per installer variant before embedding the payload in the EXE.
• Both local installer variants were built and inspected before publishing.

Full Changelog: v0.1.302...v0.1.303