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Marvel Heroes

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Marvel Heroes
Marvel Heroes cover
Developers
Secret Identity Studios
Gazillion Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows June 4, 2013
macOS (OS X) Early access[2]
Taxonomy
Modes Multiplayer
Series Marvel
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General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam (unavailable)
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In-game purchases are made through Steam.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Marvel Heroes required a constant internet connection; servers were permanently taken down on November 28, 2017.[1]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use -nostartupmovies parameter[3]

Use the -nostartupmovies or -nomovies command line argument.

Manual fix
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%Documents\My Games\Marvel Heroes\MarvelGame\Config
  2. Open WillowEngine.ini.
  3. Find:
    StartupMovies=2K_logo
    StartupMovies=UE3_logo
    StartupMovies=Startup_GazillionLogo
    StartupMovies=Startup_MarvelHeroesLogo
    
  4. Replace it with:
    ;StartupMovies=2K_logo
    ;StartupMovies=UE3_logo
    ;StartupMovies=Startup_GazillionLogo
    ;StartupMovies=Startup_MarvelHeroesLogo
  5. Save changes.

Skip splash screen

Instructions
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Use -nosplash
Delete or rename the splash file
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\UnrealEngine3\MarvelGame\Splash\PC in the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename Splash.bmp

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Marvel Heroes\MarvelGame\Config\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/226320/pfx/[Note 1]
As an online-only game, characters and save games are held on online servers.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Widescreen resolution

Edit DefaultEngine.cfg to set resolution[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Marvel Heroes\UnrealEngine3\MarvelGame\Config\
  2. Open DefaultEngine.cfg using Notepad.
  3. Edit the values:
ResX=1920
ResY=1080
Fullscreen=True

Windowed

Edit DefaultEngine.cfg to set fullscreen/windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Marvel Heroes\UnrealEngine3\MarvelGame\Config\
  2. Open DefaultEngine.cfg using Notepad.
  3. Edit the values: from Fullscreen=False to Fullscreen=True

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Please download the latest patch

This is sometimes caused when maintenance is in place and the service is down. Simply wait for some time until the servers are back up. It is worth checking the official Twitter account for updates.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 2.1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 series
ATI Radeon HD 3800 series
Intel HD 3000
512 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References