Long story short, I am Khalbrae.
I am Shyranis' husband and I'm trying to rebuild the old town theme videos that were lost when people falsely accused her videos of being inappropriate.
Of course, I want to produce these videos higher quality than ever.
That's why I have to ask for help. Heroes 4 seems to only allow you to do 1024x768 as windowed mode.
Does the Equilibris mod allow you to do 1280x1024 windowed?
Originally I had captured the video from 1024x768 and upscales to 1280 but I refuse to give you guys less than the best this time around. (And capturing small chunks of a window in a program that only runs in 16 bit windowed is very annoying on a modern OS. But worth it for you guys.)
Look forward to your responses.[/url]
I am Shyranis' husband and I'm trying to rebuild the old town theme videos that were lost when people falsely accused her videos of being inappropriate.
Jun 22, 2017 My Documents My Games Heroes of Might and Magic V Profiles open it with notepad search for word 'fullscreen' and you will find a line: setvar gfxfullscreen = 1 change '1' to '0' and start game. Dint know about this, will know for future now, thx! Add this to the comand line: /nwcgrail. Make sure to put space between the exe and the /. It would look like this: C:3DOHeroes3HEROES3.EXE /nwcgrail also make sure the Start in: do not have any. Mar 02, 2014 Heroes of Might and Magic III: In the Wake of Gods is a massive modification of HMMIII inventing script language and generally intended to stretch the boundaries of the original game capabilities. HMMIII WoG presents new objects with various properties, drastically changed and improved creature abilities and a wide variety of custom scripts for. Lets you run Heroes 3 in windowed mode under any color depth set in screen properties. It can be installed on any Heroes 3 version, including Heroes Chronicles. (c) Bourn and me Darker Interface Colors I never liked the way Heroes 3 interface looks due to player colors not fitting in the interface.
Of course, I want to produce these videos higher quality than ever.
That's why I have to ask for help. Heroes 4 seems to only allow you to do 1024x768 as windowed mode.
Does the Equilibris mod allow you to do 1280x1024 windowed?
Originally I had captured the video from 1024x768 and upscales to 1280 but I refuse to give you guys less than the best this time around. (And capturing small chunks of a window in a program that only runs in 16 bit windowed is very annoying on a modern OS. But worth it for you guys.)
Look forward to your responses.[/url]
This page is for the original version. For the remake, see Heroes of Might and Magic III HD.
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Linux | |
Publishers | |
Linux | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 3, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | December 21, 1999 |
Linux | December 20, 1999 |
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⤏ Go to series page | |
Subseries of Might and Magic | |
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest | 1995 |
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars | 1996 |
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia | 1999 |
Heroes Chronicles | 2001 |
Heroes of Might and Magic IV | 2002 |
Heroes of Might and Magic V | 2006 |
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East | 2007 |
Might & Magic Heroes VI | 2011 |
Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness | 2013 |
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition | 2015 |
Might & Magic Heroes VII | 2015 |
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire | 2016 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Celestial Heavens forums for game series
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DRM depending on release location, usually SafeDisc v1.50.020 DRM[Note 1] | |||
GOG.com | Includes multiple bonuses |
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Mac OS and Linux[edit]
The Mac OS and Linux versions of the game are no longer sold, and existing copies of those are hard to run on modern systems. The easiest solution for running the game on Linux or OS X is buying the Windows version and running it under Wine. Further information on how to do that can be found on AppDB. Alternatively, VCMI can be used to run the game.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes |
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Armageddon's Blade | On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition. |
The Shadow of Death | On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition. |
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
Modify registry settings[3] |
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Mods[edit]
HoMM3 High Resolution Project[edit]
- Higher resolutions along with 32-bit color support and more fixes.
In the Wake of Gods[edit]
An unofficial expansion pack adding further units, resources and easier modding possibilities. The official English website is located under Celestial Heavens. Currently isn't in development any more.
Horn of the Abyss[edit]
Another unofficial expansion pack adding more features, units, resources and another town. The official thread on Heroes Community.
VCMI[edit]
Not actually a mod, but an attempt at rewriting the whole engine to make it customizable, portable and fully cross-platform. The official website of the project is here.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEWow6432NodeNew World ComputingHeroes of Might and Magic® III1.0[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>Games[Note 3] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | As of GOG Galaxy version 1.2, and special HoMM III Complete patch 4.0 (CS) |
Video settings[edit]
In-game settings.
Graphics feature | State | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | 800x600 only; use Heroes3HD for resolutions up to 4000x4000. | |
Multi-monitor | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Heroes3HD. | |
4K Ultra HD | Use Heroes3HD. | |
Field of view (FOV) | ||
Windowed | Desktop must be in 16-bit colour mode (press F4) or use the Heroes3HD mod. | |
Borderless fullscreen windowed | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Cutscenes only. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Retail only. | |||
French | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «Buka Entertainment». Retail and GOG-version. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat | |
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed[edit]
Game crashes unexpectedly after some time[edit]
- This is caused by a bug in the game, experienced only on multi-core or hyper-threaded processors. Newer GOG.com versions do not have this issue. It can also be resolved by using the HD mod.
Heroes Of Might And Magic 3 Windowed Mode Game
Modify exe files[4] |
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Notes
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Turn off in-game music[citation needed] |
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Set CPU affinity[4] |
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Notes
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Interface | SDL | Linux only |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 425 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 8.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 603e 180 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 425 MB |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Kernel 2.2.x | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 425 MB | |
Sound (audio device) | OSS Compatible |
Notes
- ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE
will be redirected toHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesVirtualStoreMACHINESOFTWAREWow6432Node
(more details). - ↑When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
Might And Magic 3 Classes
References
Heroes Of Might And Magic 3 Windowed Mode 2
- ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-05-28
- ↑ 4.04.1HoMM 3 crashing quite a lot; Windows Vista - GOG.com