There is a rather interesting H1 mode at Celestial Heavens forums: Seems, that the author is not around here and I hope, he does not mind if the word spreads to the most competent early-era-Homm modding community... Got it on windows version only half way working, but maybe any of you guys find it interesting.
https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/17/16778
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