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Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition

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This page is for the remake. For the 1999 original game, see Heroes of Might and Magic III.

Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition cover
Developers
dotEmu
Original New World Computing
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows January 29, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 65
OpenCritic 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
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
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition on HowLongToBeat
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition on IGDB
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition on MobyGames
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition 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

Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition is a remastered release of the 1999 turn-based strategy Heroes of Might and Magic III. The Armageddon's Blade and Shadow of Death expansions available for the original release are not part of this release.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove/rename files[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\VIDEO.
  2. Delete 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 is not present. It is possible to skip the video in-game using Esc, or by replacing it with a zero-length file of the same format.
  1. Download and extract the zero-length video replacement from here.
  2. 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\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297000/pfx/[Note 1]
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\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297000/pfx/[Note 1]
games\ stores single and multi player save games.
maps\ stores campaign save games.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Launcher.
Launcher.

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

General settings.
General settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Not all videos have subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 8766, 27015, 27016
UDP 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
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Vorbis
Interface Qt
Input SDL2
Cutscenes Theora
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2900
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
Shader model 4.0 support


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>/297000/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (297000) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition on Steam - last accessed on 2016-08-04
    "Important note: Heroes III – HD Edition content is based on the original 1999 game: The Restoration of Erathia."
  2. Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-08-04
    Verified as working, created workaround for intro cinematic crash.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-07-30
    Game will stretch to cover any resolution, but elements of the UI will remain locked to positions relative to borders.
  4. 33 fps cap? Seriously? What the -- :: Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-07-30