Heroes of Might and Magic III
Status: Gold | Installs: Yes | Opens: Yes
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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.
Setup
Prerequisites:
- Buy the game from GOG if you don't have it yet. Heroes 3 purchase page on GOG
- Download the offline backup installers from GOG.
- (optional) Download heroes3hd mod
- (optional) Download hota mod
Installation:
- create new bottle (win7) and follow all installation instructions (roseta, wine, etc.)
- run the heroes 3 installation
- (optional) run the heroes3hd mod installation
- (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. However, the sound is not working properly (slow, breaking). To fix this you should:
- click on
winetricks dll- select
dsound - run
This will open the terminal and install new drivers. After this you are all set.