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Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

The official game services were shut down on 20 June 2022.

Alternative community services exist.

Official forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website (unavailable)		Free to play.

Essential improvements

Honserver Login screen patch

Removes the login screen, allowing for the game to be played offline or via direct connection/LAN.

Incompatible with the community-run private server, which requires login.

Kongor Online

Community-run replacement for online services. Allows LAN and direct-connection based play.

Using Kongor Online
Register an account for the server. Run the game with the `-masterserver kongor.online:666` command line argument. Open the game, then open the console with `-Ctrl+f8` Type and enter the command `SetSave upd_checkForUpdates true` followed by `SetSave login_useSRP true` Restart, then log in using the created account.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		Bar Colors setting

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	10
Online play	10	The official multiplayer service was shut down on June 20, 2022; use Kongor Online.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

General

Game stuck at "loading assets"

Occurs due to corrupted game files

Reinstall the game and ensure the user has write permissions for the game directory

Bright flickering heroes in background at login screen

Caused by video card and/or its drivers being unable to handle the game's lighting

Disable dynamic lights and/or background effects in the settings menu

Linux

./hon-x86_64: cannot execute binary file

Try running `./hon-x86` instead (or vice-versa).

Segmentation fault while trying to start the game

Possible Cause: Library incompatibility with distribution.

Replace incompatible libraries
Go to `<path-to-game>/libs-x86` (32-bit) or `<path-to-game>/libs-x86_64` (64-bit) Move, rename or delete the existing versions of the files `libstdc++.so.6` and `libgcc_s.so.1` Install or update `libstdc++` and `libgcc` libraries within the Linux distribution Ensure that the executable is not missing any libraries by running `ldd ./hon-x86` (32-bit) or `ldd ./hon-x86_64` (64-bit)

K2 - Fatal Error: ARB_vertex_buffer_object not available

If the glxinfo command from the mesa-utils package reports that ARB_vertex_buffer_object is supported, override the OpenGL detection by doing as follows:

Edit configuration file
Open `<path-to-game>/game/startup.cfg` in a text editor. Change the value `SetSave "vid_checkOpenGLVersion" "true"` to `"false"` Save the file.

Vsync does not work even if enabled in settings

Occurs when using more than one monitor.

Related to a bug in Intel Graphics drivers prior to Linux kernel 3.8

Disable all but one display units

Use an OpenGL window compositor (e.g. kwin)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	2.0
Glide	1.20

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista, 7	XP, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 2.0 GHz AMD 2400+	Intel Core 2 2.4 GHz Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 2.2 GHz AMD 3500+
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB	2 GB (XP) 3 GB (7)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 5 ATI 9800 GMA 950 128 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 7800+ AMD Radeon X1900+ 256 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7300 Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 AMD Radeon X1600 128 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 7800+ AMD Radeon X1900+ 256 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD 3500+
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	AMD 2400+ 128 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 7800+ AMD Radeon X1900+ 256 MB of VRAM

References

@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 '''General information'''
-{{--}} The game services were shut down on 20 June 2022.
+{{--}} The official game services were shut down on 20 June 2022.
-{{++}} The game is not online only, and can be played through various means still.
+{{++}} Alternative community services exist.
 {{mm}} [https://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/ Official forums]
@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 ==Essential improvements==
 ====[https://github.com/honserver/honserver Honserver Login screen patch]====
-{{++}} removes the login screen, allowing for the game to be played offline or via direct connection/LAN.
+{{++}} Removes the login screen, allowing for the game to be played offline or via direct connection/LAN.
-{{ii}} this conflicts with the community ran private server, which requires login.
+{{ii}} Incompatible with the community-run private server, which requires login.
-====[http://kongor.online:555/ Kongor online]====
-{{++}} Community ran replacement for Online services. Allows for alternative to LAN and direct connection based play.
+====[http://kongor.online:555/ Kongor Online]====
+{{++}} Community-run replacement for online services. Allows LAN and direct-connection based play.
 {{Fixbox|description=Using Kongor Online|fix=
-# Register [http://kongor.online:555/register An account for the server.]
+# Register [http://kongor.online:555/register an account for the server].
-# Add the <code>-masterserver kongor.online:666</code> argument to the shortcut to your hon executable or your <code>hon.sh</code> file if you are using linux
+# Run the game with the <code>-masterserver kongor.online:666</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]].
 # Open the game, then open the console with <code>-Ctrl+f8</code>
-# type and enter the command <code>SetSave upd_checkForUpdates true</code> followed by <code>SetSave login_useSRP true</code>
+# Type and enter the command <code>SetSave upd_checkForUpdates true</code> followed by <code>SetSave login_useSRP true</code>
-# Restart then Login using your created account.
+# Restart, then log in using the created account.
 }}
@@ Line 119: / Line 120: @@
 |mouse sensitivity         = unknown
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
 |invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
@@ Line 125: / Line 126: @@
 |touchscreen               = unknown
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|controller support        = unknown
+|controller support        = false
 |controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = unknown
@@ Line 207: / Line 208: @@
 ==Network==
 {{Network/Multiplayer
-|local play           = true
+|local play           = false
 |local play players   =
 |local play modes     =
@@ Line 215: / Line 216: @@
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
+|online play          = hackable
 |online play players  = 10
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    =
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service was shut down on June 20, 2022; use [[#Kongor Online|Kongor Online]].
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 239: / Line 240: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
-===Vsync doesn't work even though it's enabled in the game===
+===General===
+====Game stuck at "loading assets"====
+{{ii}} Occurs due to corrupted game files
+{{Fixbox|description=Reinstall the game and ensure the user has write permissions for the game directory|ref=|fix=
+}}
-If you have more than one display attached and Vsync isn't working on the monitor that you're using for the game:
+====Bright flickering heroes in background at login screen====
+{{ii}} Caused by video card and/or its drivers being unable to handle the game's lighting
+{{Fixbox|description=Disable dynamic lights and/or background effects in the settings menu|ref=|fix=
+}}
-Solution 1: Disable all displays except the display that you're playing the game on. Due to a bug in Intel graphics drivers prior to linux kernel 3.8 (and possibly other drivers), attaching multiple displays may result in one or more displays not getting vsync. You may also need to use "Intel TearFree" when using multiple displays without an opengl compositor.
+===Linux===
+====./hon-x86_64: cannot execute binary file====
-Solution 2: Use an OpenGL window compositor (e.g. kwin) and enable "OpenGL" with vsync. May not work for all display drivers if multiple displays are attached and enabled.
+{{Fixbox|description=Try running <code>./hon-x86</code> instead (or vice-versa).|ref=|fix=
+}}
-===K2 - Fatal Error: ARB_vertex_buffer_object not available===
-If the glxinfo command from the mesa-utils package reports that ARB_vertex_buffer_object is supported then override the OpenGL detection by doing as follows:
-nano ~/.Heroes\ of\ Newerth/game/startup.cfg
-Change this line:
+====Segmentation fault while trying to start the game====
-SetSave "vid_checkOpenGLVersion" "true"
-To this line:
-SetSave "vid_checkOpenGLVersion" "false"
-===./hon-x86_64: cannot execute binary file===
-Try running <code>./hon-x86</code> instead (or vice-versa).
-===Segmentation fault while trying to start the game===
 Possible Cause: Library incompatibility with distribution.
-Enter the libs-x86 (for 32-bit) folder inside of the HoN folder
+{{Fixbox|description=Replace incompatible libraries|ref=|fix=
+# Go to <code>{{p|game}}/libs-x86</code> (32-bit) or <code>{{p|game}}/libs-x86_64</code> (64-bit)
+# Move, rename or delete the existing versions of the files <code>libstdc++.so.6</code> and <code>libgcc_s.so.1</code>
+# Install or update <code>libstdc++</code> and <code>libgcc</code> libraries within the Linux distribution
+# Ensure that the executable is not missing any libraries by running <code>ldd ./hon-x86</code> (32-bit) or <code>ldd ./hon-x86_64</code> (64-bit)
+}}
-cd ./HoN/libs-x86
+====K2 - Fatal Error: ARB_vertex_buffer_object not available====
+{{ii}} If the glxinfo command from the mesa-utils package reports that <code>ARB_vertex_buffer_object</code> is supported, override the OpenGL detection by doing as follows:
-mv ./libstdc++.so.6 ./libstdc++.so.6.old
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit configuration file|ref=|fix=
+# Open <code>{{p|game}}/game/startup.cfg</code> in a text editor.
+# Change the value <code>SetSave "vid_checkOpenGLVersion" "true"</code> to <code>"false"</code>
+# Save the file.
+}}
-mv ./libgcc_s.so.1 ./libgcc_s.so.1.old
+====Vsync does not work even if enabled in settings====
+{{ii}} Occurs when using more than one monitor.
+{{ii}} Related to a bug in Intel Graphics drivers prior to Linux kernel 3.8
-Make sure you have libstdc++ and libgcc installed from your Linux distribution.
+{{Fixbox|description=Disable all but one display units|ref=|fix=
+}}
-If you are using the hon-x86_64 executable, you will need to do the above to the game's 64-bit libs folder instead of the game's libs-x86 folder. If you continue to have problems, keep replacing libraries with your own distro's libraries and make sure that the executable isn't missing any libraries that it needs by running "ldd ./hon-x86" or "ldd ./hon-x86_64" as appropriate for your architecture.
+{{Fixbox|description=Use an OpenGL window compositor (e.g. kwin)|ref=|fix=
+}}
-===Bright flickering heroes in backround at login screen===
-Cause: Video card or video card drivers can't handle the lighting
-Solution 1: Go into the graphics options and turn off dynamic lights
-Solution 2: Disable background effects
-===Game stuck at "loading assets"===
-Cause: Corrupt Game files (often due to failed patch installation or permissions issues).
-Solution: Download Heroes of Newerth from heroesofnewerth.com and reinstall.
-Preventative measure: Make sure user has write permissions for all files and folders for the game (chmod -R +w ./HoN)
-===Update fails while downloading patch===
-Cause: Internet connectivity problems
-Solution: Verify your Internet connectivity and try the patch download again.
-Check your Heroes of Newerth Console Log. It may look something like this:
- ^r[HTTP] Error encountered on file http://patch.hon.s2games.com/lac/x86-biarch/2.6.17/game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/material_no_shadow.material.zip: Couldn't connect to server
- Net: [Updater] Error downloading game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/material_no_shadow.material
- Net: [Updater] Retrying request, attempt 5
- Net: [Updater] Starting download on game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/material_no_shadow.material
- ^r[HTTP] Error encountered on file http://patch.hon.s2games.com/lac/x86-biarch/2.6.17/game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/med.model.zip: Couldn't connect to server
- Net: [Updater] Error downloading game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/med.model
- Net: [Updater] Retrying request, attempt 2
- ^r[HTTP] Error encountered on file http://patch.hon.s2games.com/lac/x86-biarch/2.6.17/game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/material_no_shadow.material.zip: Couldn't  connect to server
- Net: [Updater] Error downloading game/resources0.s2z/heroes/monkey_king/reskin/material_no_shadow.material
- Net: [Updater] Retries exhausted, update failed.
-===Connectivity Problems from Mainland China===
-Problem: The patcher downloads files from different file servers, one of these file servers appears to be blocked by the government in Mainland China. Any direct connections to this server from inside Mainland China immediately terminate with "Read Error: (Connection reset by peer) in headers" with TCP connections and packets getting dropped mid-route. This causes the game to be playable on the Australian servers, but all patch downloads to fail.
-''' Using a VPN: ''' Most VPN traffic is automatically identified and dropped before it is allowed to leave mainland China.  OpenVPN has worked in the past, but as of 2013, connections to outside of China via OpenVPN are identified and dropped, so it no longer works.
-''' Using a SOCKS Proxy + SSH Tunnel: ''' In order to download your patch files, you can set up a SOCKS connection through an SSH Tunnel to a PC in another country.  Although the game doesn't support SOCKS connections, you can use an application such as "redsocks" to push all TCP connections through the SOCKS connection, whether the application directly supports SOCKS connections or not.  I have found that this allows patches to download successfully, and after that, I terminate the Tunnel and can play Heroes of Newerth on the Australian servers without any problems.  A guide to pushing TCP traffic through SOCKS is available here: https://dtbaker.net/random-linux-posts/redirect-all-traffic-through-transparent-socks5-proxy-in-linux/ and I've confirmed that this setup works well for Heroes of Newerth while downloading patches from inside Mainland China.
 ==Other information==

Developers

	S2 Games
Publishers
	S2 Games
	Garena
	Ntreev Soft
Engines
	K2 engine
Release dates
Windows	May 12, 2010
macOS (OS X)	May 12, 2010
Linux	May 12, 2010