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Latest revision as of 13:03, 3 April 2024
Developers | |
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Paradox Development Studio | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Paradox Interactive | |
Engines | |
Clausewitz | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 7, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | December 7, 2009 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Menu-based, Point and select |
Genres | Strategy, Wargame |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Interwar, World War II, Historical |
Series | Hearts of Iron |
Hearts of Iron | |
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Hearts of Iron | 2002 |
Hearts of Iron II | 2005 |
Hearts of Iron III | 2009 |
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game | 2010 |
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game | 2011 |
Hearts of Iron IV | 2016 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Hearts of Iron III is a singleplayer top-down view strategy and wargame game in the Hearts of Iron series.
General information
- Hearts of Iron III Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Publisher website | Collection also available. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Collection also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Includes manual and strategy guide. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Collection also available. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | [1] Collection also available. | |||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [2] | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | Includes Semper Fi, For the Motherland, and Their Finest Hour. | |||
Origin (unavailable) |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Axis Minors Vehicle Pack | ||
British Vehicle Spritepack | ||
Dies Irae Stars & Stripes Spritepack | ||
For the Motherland | ||
German Infantry Pack | ||
German Sprite Pack | ||
German II Spritepack | ||
Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi | ||
Hearts of Iron III Semper Fi: Dies Irae Götterdämmerung | Requires Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi | |
Italian Vehicle Pack | ||
Japanese Infantry Pack | ||
Japanese Vehicle Spritepack | ||
Mega German Spritepack | ||
Sounds of Conflict | ||
Soviet Infantry Spritepack | ||
Soviet Sprite Pack | ||
Soviet Music Pack | ||
Their Finest Hour | ||
US Infantry Sprite Pack | ||
US Sprite Pack |
Essential improvements
Unofficial fixes
Large Address Aware - enables the game to utilize more than 2 GB RAM. Apply to HOI3.exe
.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\settings.txt[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25890/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save games\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25890/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Game is two-dimensional. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Edit config files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
- Attempting to force borderless windowed mode using an external application will cause issues with the mouse cursor. This fix avoids those issues, and can also fix the cursor in non-borderless windowed mode.
Use dll patch[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Effect, Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese | Japanese retail release. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by Strategium Translators Team | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 1630-1641 |
UDP | 1630-1641 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Crash when using Alt+Tab in Windowed mode
Use Borderless fullscreen windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500+ |
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System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1900 DirectX 9.0 compatible |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7300 ATI Radeon HD 2400 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (25890) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2022-09-14
- ↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022