Heroes Of Might And Magic 3 Windowed Mode

1. Heroes Of Might And Magic 3 Window Mode
2. Might And Magic 3 Walkthrough

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Lets you run Heroes 3 in windowed mode under any color depth set in screen properties. It can be installed on any Heroes 3 version, including Heroes Chronicles. (c) Bourn and me Darker Interface Colors I never liked the way Heroes 3 interface looks due to player colors not fitting in the interface. Heroes® of Might & Magic® III is a turn-based strategy game, originally released in February 1999. Key Features. A new HD experience: re-live the Heroes® III in HD, a true craftsmanship which offers players updated graphics, with wide screen compatibility. Heroes of Might and Magic III: In the Wake of Gods is a massive modification of HMMIII inventing script language and generally intended to stretch the boundaries of the original game capabilities. HMMIII WoG presents new objects with various properties, drastically changed and improved creature abilities and a wide variety of custom scripts for.

Heroes Of Might And Magic 3 Window Mode

• MMArchive v1.3.1
• Def Tool v3.4.2

Map Editor Patch v3.3

Map Editor Patch makes new features (new monsters, artifacts etc.) fully-functional in Map Editor and adds new functionality like editing objects' appearance, copying a part of map from one place to another, events binding etc.
English version
Russian version

Map Editor Help v1.2

Updated Map Editor help containing information about things added in WoG.
English version
Russian version

32BitPatch

Lets you run Heroes 3 in windowed mode under any color depth set in screen properties. It can be installed on any Heroes 3 version, including Heroes Chronicles.
(c) Bourn and me

Darker Interface Colors

I never liked the way Heroes 3 interface looks due to player colors not fitting in the interface. Extract this little archive into your Data directory and the interface will look much better.

New Battle Grids

Choose the one you like and put it into the Data directory. I recommend the third one.

Synchronized Creatures Sounds

Some creatures produce sound in the wrong moment. Like, when Air Elementals are hit, first comes animation and then they produce the sound. This fixes them. Extract into the game folder.
Fully-featured M&M and Heroes 3 archives editor. Supports all archive types except '.hwl'.

Lod Favorites

Favorites for h3sprites.lod and h3bitmaps.lod with categorized list of files, currently only available in Russian. Made by Black Phantom, with my edits.

LodCompare v1.3.1

Obsolete, fully incorporated into MMArchive. Lets you compare two lod/vid/snd archives and see which files have changed. Lets you create a new archive containing only those files. Thus you can minimize size of a mod by distributing only this archive as a custom LOD to be loaded by my patch or by merging it with user's archive using LodMerge.Source code (Delphi 2006)

LodMerge v1.1.1

Lets you merge two lod/vid/snd archives together. Source code (Delphi 2006)

SimpleLod v1.3

A simple way to add files into .lod archives of Heroes 3. Source code (Delphi 2006)
Shows .def files, lets you extract frames and make a def-list for Def Tool.
Lets you create .def files. It can also help with editing interface pictures.

Def Tool v2.1.1

Old version of Def Tool. Combine and Uncombine buttons can be useful. It can help you prepare palette for def frames with better quality.
Txt tables editor for Heroes 3 and M&M.

RSBinkPlayer v1.2.5

Convenient .bik and .smk player. Can show Heroes 3 videos.

Fnt Editor

An old program for editing Heroes 3 and M&M fonts.

Dialogs Editor for !!DL reciever

!!DL reciever lets you create custom dialogs for WoG TE / Era / 3.59. No help, sorry. The development has been discontinued. New version may eventually come out, but only for new dialogs system of WoG 3.59.

Portraits Manager

Lets you change heroes portraits easily.

Mon Power

Calculates strength of monsters. The output values somewhat resemble AI Value and Fight Value. Only accounts for basic parameters (ignores Speed, shooting etc.)

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

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Developers
Linux
Publishers
Linux
Release dates
Windows	March 3, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	December 21, 1999
Linux	December 20, 1999

1Availability 2Essential improvements 2.2Mods 3Game data 6Audio settings 7Network 8Issues fixed 9Other information

⤏ Go to series page
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	2001
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 Heroes VI	2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness	2013
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition	2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII	2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire	2016

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Celestial Heavens forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail	DRM depending on release location, usually SafeDisc v1.50.020 DRM[Note 1]
GOG.com	Includes multiple bonuses

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Mac OS and Linux[edit]

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.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Armageddon's Blade	On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition.
The Shadow of Death	On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Modify registry settings[3]
Go to the configuration file location. Change the value of Show Intro from 0 to 1.

Mods[edit]

Might And Magic 3 Walkthrough

HoMM3 High Resolution Project[edit]

Higher resolutions along with 32-bit color support and more fixes.

In the Wake of Gods[edit]

An unofficial expansion pack adding further units, resources and easier modding possibilities. The official English website is located under Celestial Heavens. Currently isn't in development any more.

Horn of the Abyss[edit]

Another unofficial expansion pack adding more features, units, resources and another town. The official thread on Heroes Community.

VCMI[edit]

Not actually a mod, but an attempt at rewriting the whole engine to make it customizable, portable and fully cross-platform. The official website of the project is here.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEWow6432NodeNew World ComputingHeroes of Might and Magic® III1.0[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[edit]

System	Location
Windows	Games[Note 3]
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy	As of GOG Galaxy version 1.2, and special HoMM III Complete patch 4.0 (CS)

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

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	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls	Music, Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles	Cutscenes only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech	Retail only.
French
Polish
Russian	Official localization by «Buka Entertainment». Retail and GOG-version.
Spanish	Fan translation, download.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

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

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes unexpectedly after some time[edit]

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. It can also be resolved by using the HD mod.

Modify exe files[4]
Download ImageCFG. Go into the installation folder and execute: imagecfg -u Heroes3.exe imagecfg -u Heroes3.icd imagecfg -a 0x1 Heroes3.exe imagecfg -a 0x1 Heroes3.icd Notes Another means of fixing sound can be found here.

Turn off in-game music[citation needed]

Set CPU affinity[4]
Open the task manager. Set the CPU affinity for the game process to one processor. Notes This needs to be repeated every time when running the game.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

Middleware	Notes
Interface	SDL	Linux only

System requirements[edit]

Windows
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
Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 603e 180 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	425 MB

Linux
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

1. ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10^[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
2. ↑When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesVirtualStoreMACHINESOFTWAREWow6432Node (more details).
3. ↑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

1. ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
2. ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
3. ↑Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-05-28
4. ↑ ^4.04.1HoMM 3 crashing quite a lot; Windows Vista - GOG.com