Heroes of Might and Magic V
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Developers | |
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Nival Interactive | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc. |
macOS (OS X) | Freeverse Software |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Silent Storm Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 16, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | March 5, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select |
Genres | TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Heroes of Might and Magic |
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.
Key points
- Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. Multiplayer is available only through a LAN connection.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Celestial Heavens - An active community site with guides, walkthroughs and more.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM v7 DRM | |||
Gold Edition also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
DLC and expansion packs
- A standalone expansion, Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East, is also available.
Name | Notes | |
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Hammers of Fate |
Essential improvements
Patches
- All patch installers are still available from Ubisoft's patch website.
- Steam and GOG versions are already patched.
- The latest version of the base game is 1.6. The correct order of patching is 1.4 - 1.41 - 1.5 - 1.6.
- The latest version of Hammers of Fate is 2.1.
Skip intro videos
Edit intro.xml[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id> |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id>\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | UI suffers severe stretching. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | use DxWnd | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8x through options menu. 16x can be forced through graphics card control panel. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. To turn it off, use the "setvar gfx_vsync" variable under "user.cfg". | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Controls can be remapped by editing input.cfg | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and SFX. | |
Surround sound | Up to 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Retail only, but language files available. | |||
Italian | ||||
Korean | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Russian | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | 2D Officially supported game. Note: Game is currently not in official list, but in "local factory list". Game has not confirmed to be 3D yet. |
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. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD | |
Cutscenes | Theora Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, NT | XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 8500 Matrox Parhelia 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9 compatible | |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
- Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported.
- Nvidia GeForce 4 MX series are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (15170) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.