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Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor

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Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor cover
Developers
New World Computing
Publishers
1999-2003 3DO
2003-present Ubisoft
Re-release Sold Out Software
Engines
Outdoor environments Horizon
Indoor environments Labyrinth
Release dates
Windows June 8, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control, Point and select
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Might and Magic
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⤏ Go to series page
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum 1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World 1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra 1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen 1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen 1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen 1994
Swords of Xeen 1995
Heroes of Might and Magic (series)
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven 1998
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor 1999
Crusaders of Might and Magic 1999
Arcomage 1999
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer 2000
Legends of Might and Magic 2001
Might and Magic IX 2002
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 2006
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions 2013
Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014
Might & Magic Showdown Cancelled
Might & Magic: Chess Royale 2020

Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Might and Magic series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
TELP subforum
Celestial Heavens' subforum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc 1 DRM[Note 1]; see Play without the CD for a workaround.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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 Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Ubisoft+.

Essential improvements

GrayFace MM7 Patch

The GrayFace MM7 Patch fixes many bugs and adds new features. English and Russian versions need no previous patch.

Skip intro videos

Disable intro in mm7.ini[citation needed]
  1. Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
  2. Run the game to generate mm7.ini.
  3. Go to the installation folder and edit mm7.ini.
  4. Change NoIntro=0 to NoIntro=1.
  5. Save your changes.

Skip intro videos (without patching)

Disable intro in mm7.ini[citation needed]
  1. Create mm7.ini in the game's folder
  2. Add the following lines to mm7.ini:
[settings]
nointro=1
nologo=1
  1. Save the file and run the game.

Play without the CD

Disable CD check in mm7.ini[citation needed]
  1. Create mm7.ini.
  2. Type use_cd=0 into it.
Disable CD check in mm7.ini using the GrayFace patch[citation needed]
  1. Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
  2. Run the game to generate mm7.ini.
  3. Go to the installation folder and edit mm7.ini.
  4. Check that NoCD= is set to 1.
  5. This disables CD music; to use MP3 music instead see No music (GrayFace MM7 Patch).

Fix Audio stuttering

Allow the game to use more threads for audio.
  1. Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
  2. Set MM7.exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7.

Notes: This fixes audio stuttering during load screens when music is playing/dialog is playing, and fixes the audio lag during Arcomage.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\New World Computing\Might and Magic VII\1.0\[Note 2]
GrayFace configuration settings are stored in <path-to-game>\mm7.ini.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect
[3]

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Fixed FOV (widescreen resolutions are Vert-).
Windowed
Toggle with F4; needs 16-bit color unless using the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Set resolution (see widescreen resolution), use Borderless Windowed.[4]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Force from the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Force from the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Force from the graphics card control panel or use borderless windowed mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Use GrayFace MM7 Patch[5]
  1. Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
  2. Go to the installation folder and edit mm7.ini.
  3. Change RenderMaxWidth and RenderMaxHeight settings if needed and set BorderlessFullscreen to 1.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Some bindings are hard-coded and cannot be changed.
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
Sound, Music and Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Most dialogue is text-only; voiced dialogue has no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
A3D 1.0.[6] EAX 2.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Retail only.
Traditional Chinese
Retail only.
French
In the GOG.com version and retail version.
German
In the GOG.com version.
Polish
Retail only.
Russian
Retail only.
Spanish
Translation by Clan Dlan (author: L@Zar0), download.

Issues fixed

No music (GrayFace MM7 Patch)

Using the GrayFace MM7 Patch with the NoCD option stops music playing so MP3s need to be used instead.
Enable MP3 playback (digital distribution versions)[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit mm7.ini.
  3. Change PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
  4. Save the changes. The music will now play in-game.
Rip the CD tracks (retail)[citation needed]
  1. Rip the Play disc music tracks in MP3 format.
  2. Rename them to 2.mp3 through 20.mp3.
  3. Make a new folder in the installation folder called Music and put the MP3s there.
  4. Edit mm7.ini.
  5. Change PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
  6. Save the changes. The music will now play in-game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 350 MB 800 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 6.1 compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  3. ↑ 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).

References