Hello,
i am trying to play the game, but i cant select a starting hero or a race if i set up a custom random game. How do i do this? I already googled it and found past solutions, but the button that once existed to enable race selection has bluntly been patched out, it exists no longer.

What game are you trying to play?

AoW 1
AoW 2
AoW SM
AoW 3

AoW3

I did find it now. It seems like there was some kind of randomisation option set as standart.

Whew! Glad you figured it out. I've been away from a computer and didn't have a chance to check...

Have fun. I've heard good things about the random map games of AoW:3, though I'm still stuck in a time warp playing PBEM games of AoW:SM. :)

FTFY