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Might & Magic Heroes VI

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Might & Magic Heroes VI
Might & Magic Heroes VI cover
Developers
Black Hole Entertainment
Limbic Entertainment
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows October 13, 2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI guide on StrategyWiki
Might & Magic Heroes VI on Wikipedia
Subseries 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 2000
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: Clash of Heroes 2011
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 Online 2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII 2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire 2016
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition 2023

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Official website
Official forum
MM Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Complete Edition.
Windows
All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Pirates of the Savage Sea
Windows
Danse Macabre
Windows
Shades of Darkness
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable videos in .ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open ProfileData.
  3. Change <SkipOpening>false</SkipOpening> to <SkipOpening>true</SkipOpening>

Remove 'press any key' on loading screen

Remove 'press any key' on loading screen[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open ProfileData.
  3. Find <LoadingscreenWaitForKeypress>true</LoadingscreenWaitForKeypress>.
  4. Change it to <LoadingscreenWaitForKeypress>false</LoadingscreenWaitForKeypress>.

Black screen fix

Change display mode in .ini file to Windowed[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open ProfileData.
  3. Change <gfx_Fullscreen2>Fullscreen</gfx_Fullscreen2> to <gfx_Fullscreen2>Windowed</gfx_Fullscreen2>.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Might & Magic Heroes VI\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Might & Magic Heroes VI\<user-id>\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Video settings
Video settings

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There are more individual settings in ProfileData.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Hot seat
LAN play
Online play
Versus, Co-op

Cheats

All Missions available

Enable all missions in config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open ProfileData.
  3. Find the line <cheat_allMissions>false</cheat_allMissions>.
  4. Change it to <cheat_allMissions>true</cheat_allMissions>.

Raise your Dynasty XP

Set Dynasty XP in the config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open ProfileData.
  3. Find the line <DynastyXp>xxx</DynastyXp>.
  4. Change xxx to any number you want.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP or newer
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP) 1.5 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/48220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (48220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References