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Revision as of 01:45, 2 July 2022
This page is for the original game. For the 2015 remake, see Heroes of Might and Magic III HD.
Developers | |
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New World Computing | |
Linux | Loki Software |
Publishers | |
Retail | 3DO |
Retail re-releases, Digital | Ubisoft |
Linux | Loki Software |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 3, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | December 21, 1999 |
Linux | December 20, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Heroes of Might and Magic |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- HoMM III section on Age of Heroes
- Celestial Heavens forums for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DRM depends on release location, usually SafeDisc v1.50.020 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Epic Games Store | Complete Edition. | |||
GOG.com | Complete Edition. | |||
Ubisoft Store | Complete Edition. Included with Ubisoft+. |
Mac OS and Linux
The Mac OS and Linux versions of the game are no longer sold, and existing copies of those are hard to run on modern systems. The easiest solution for running the game on Linux or OS X is buying the Windows version and running it under Wine. Further information on how to do that can be found on AppDB. Alternatively, VCMI can be used to run the game.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Armageddon's Blade | On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition. | |
The Shadow of Death | On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition. Stand-alone release, but Conflux town is only available if Armageddon's Blade is found installed, or as part of the Complete Edition. |
Essential improvements
Official patches
- All official patches include balance changes and bug fixes on par with each other.
- The latest official version of Restoration of Erathia is 1.4, with mirrors available here.
- The latest official version of Armageddon's Blade is 2.2, with mirrors available here.
- The latest official version of The Shadow of Death is 3.2, with mirrors available here. This version is compatible online with the Complete Edition (v4.0), the HD mod, and other modifications.
- Unfortunately, the Polish version still uses patch 3.2, instead of 3.3 or 4.0, but there is unofficial patch, that updates it to the newest version.
Skip intro videos
Modify registry settings[3] |
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Mods
HoMM3 High Resolution Project
- Higher resolutions along with 32-bit color support and more fixes.
- Includes Verok's GL Wrapper as one of the renderer options.
- Use this patch for compatibility with Polish version.
In the Wake of Gods
An unofficial expansion pack adding further units, resources and easier modding possibilities.
Horn of the Abyss
Another unofficial expansion pack adding more features, units, resources and another town.
- Use this patch for compatibility with Polish version.
VCMI
Not actually a mod, but an attempt at rewriting the whole engine to make it customizable, portable and fully cross-platform.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\New World Computing\Heroes of Might and Magic® III\1.0[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Games[Note 3] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | As of GOG Galaxy version 1.2, and special HoMM III Complete patch 4.0 (CS) | |
Ubisoft Connect | List of exceptions from Cloud save support on Ubisoft+ |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 800x600 only. Use Heroes3HD for resolutions up to 4000x4000. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Heroes3HD. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use Heroes3HD. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Desktop must be in 16-bit colour mode (press F4) or use the Heroes3HD mod. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Heroes3HD mod. Fullscreen toggle on launcher = Borderless window. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use Verok's GL Wrapper (part of newer releases of Heroes3HD Mod). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Framerate is capped at 33 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 | Music, Effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Cutscenes only. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Retail only. | |||
French | ||||
German | Retail only. Armageddon's Blade wasn't localized. | |||
Polish | Retail and GOG-version only. Patch for other releases here. | |||
Russian | Official localization by «Buka Entertainment». Retail and GOG-version only. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | MPlayer servers are offline; Heroes 3 HD mod includes a community lobby. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | Relies on deprecated DirectPlay protocol, use Heroes 3 HD mod for modern multiplayer functionality. | |
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Game crashes unexpectedly after some time
- This is caused by a bug in the game, experienced only on multi-core or hyper-threaded processors. Newer GOG.com versions do not have this issue.
Use HoMM3 High Resolution Project |
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Modify exe files[4] |
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Notes
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Turn off in-game music[citation needed] |
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Set CPU affinity[4] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 5 | |
OpenGL | v1, v2 or v3 | User selectable only via HoMM3 HD Mod |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | ||||||
Linux | 64-bit and ARM requires VCMI | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Interface | SDL | Linux only |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology, Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 425 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 8.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 603e 180 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 425 MB |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Kernel 2.2.x | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 425 MB | |
Sound (audio device) | OSS Compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-05-28
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 HoMM 3 crashing quite a lot; Windows Vista - GOG.com