Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- HoMM IV section on Age of Heroes
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. |
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GOG.com |
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Complete Edition. Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper as of 7 September 2022. |
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- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Version differences
- The retail-only Gold Edtion includes the base game and the Gathering Storm expansion.
- The Complete Edition includes the base game and both expansion packs.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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The Gathering Storm |
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Winds of War |
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Essential improvements
Official patches
- The latest patch for all versions is 3.0. The retail version of Winds of War and Complete Edition is already 3.0.
- Mirrors for the base game are here.
- Mirrors for The Gathering Storm are here.
- Mirrors for Czech- and Russian-specific Winds of War localization fixes are here.
- Changes the graphics renderer, fixes the lag and crash when entering a battle, allows higher resolutions along with 32-bit color support and windowed mode. Originally they were separate, but as of version 1.50 of the GL Wrapper, they are combined in a single download.
- Archive link
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
GOG Galaxy |
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Added on 7 September 2022. |
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music and effects. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Cutscenes only. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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While heavily sampled[4], there are no known issues with streaming the game's music. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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Local retail version only. |
French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Retail only. |
Italian |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Local retail version only. Patch for digital version |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Middleware
Mods
This mod improves the game by fixing bugs, improving the game balance and adding new campaigns. Once installed, it will create a file that allows for playing the original game, without reinstalling it.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
| 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 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