Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition

Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition

Developers
	dotEmu
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	January 29, 2015

Heroes 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

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 33 FPS. Use the HDE mod to increase the cap.

General information

Remastered: Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition

Official site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
Humble Store
Steam
Uplay (US/Canada)
Uplay (EMEA/other)

All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

Expansions available for the original release are not part of the HD Edition.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove/rename files Go to <path-to-game>/data/VIDEO/. Find and remove or rename the following files: UBISOFT_HD25_6sec.ogv UBISOFT_HD25_3sec.ogv dotemu.ogv Notes Do not remove H3Intro.ogv (the intro cinematic), as the game will crash when it's not present. It's possible to skip the video in-game using Esc, or you can replace it with a zero-length file of the same format. Download and extract the zero-length video replacement from here. Replace <path-to-game>/data/LOC/EN/H3Intro.ogv with the downloaded file.

HDE mod

An unofficial mod is available for the game that adds several changes and maps present in expansions available for the original release of the game.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition\

homm3.ini stores launcher settings.

pref\h3prefs stores in-game settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition\pref\

games\ stores single and multi player save games.

maps\ stores campaign save games.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Certain screens remain in 4:3, e.g. the town and battle screens.
Multi-monitor		The UI is not adjusted to stay on the primary screen. The game's UI simply adjusts to cover the entire area.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Frame rate is capped at 33 FPS. Use the HDE mod to increase the cap.
120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Other
Touchscreen optimised

Audio settings

General settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Not all videos have subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

To switch to a different language, right click on the game in your Steam library, go to Properties > Language and select the desired language.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		8	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	8766, 27015, 27016
UDP (outbound)	8766, 27015, 27016

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Vorbis
Input	SDL2
Cutscenes	Theora
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0 GHz	Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 Ghz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	nVidia GeForce 8800GT AMD Radeon HD2900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support	nVidia GeForce 9800GT AMD Radeon HD3870 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support