Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete

Status: Gold | Installs: Yes | Opens: Yes

important

The game is available on GOG and it is the Complete Edition which is the definite version. The Steam version is using the HD "remaster" which is not recommended and not tested.

note

The popular community mods heroes3hd and hota are supported and recommended.

Setup

Prerequisites:

  1. Buy the game from GOG if you don't have it yet. Heroes 3 purchase page on GOG
  2. Download the offline backup installers from GOG.
  3. (optional) Download heroes3hd mod
  4. (optional) Download hota mod

Installation:

  1. Create a new bottle (Windows 7) and follow all installation instructions (Rosetta, Wine, etc.)
  2. Run the Heroes 3 installation.
  3. (optional) Run the heroes3hd mod installation.
  4. (optional) Run hota mod installation.

At this point you should be able to run the Heroes3.exe or Heroes3 HD.exe if you installed the mods and run the game.

warning

If the sound is not working properly (slow, breaking). To fix this you should:

  1. Click on winetricks.
  2. Select dll.
  3. Select dsound.
  4. Run. This will open the terminal and install new drivers. After this you are all set.
Last change: 2024-11-01, commit: 5b41895