Difference between revisions of "Hearts of Iron III"

Revision as of 19:40, 1 February 2017

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron	2002
Hearts of Iron II	2005
Hearts of Iron III	2009
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game	2010
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game	2011
Hearts of Iron IV	2016

General information

Official game site

Hearts of Iron III Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
		Collection is also available.
GOG.com		Includes manual and strategy guide
Humble Store
Steam

Version differences

The Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi expansion is only available for Windows.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Axis Minors Vehicle Pack
British Vehicle Spritepack
Dies Irae Stars & Stripes Spritepack
For the Motherland
German Infantry Pack
German Sprite Pack
German II Spritepack
Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi
Hearts of Iron III Semper Fi: Dies Irae Götterdämmerung	Requires Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi
Italian Vehicle Pack
Japanese Infantry Pack
Japanese Vehicle Spritepack
Mega German Spritepack
Sounds of Conflict
Soviet Infantry Spritepack
Soviet Sprite Pack
Soviet Music Pack
Their Finest Hour
US Infantry Sprite Pack
US Sprite Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25890/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25890/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Attempting to force borderless windowed mode using an external application will cause issues with the mouse cursor. This fix avoids those issues, and can also fix the cursor in non-borderless windowed mode.

Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ (quad core)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1900

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/25890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (25890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/25890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (25890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

@@ Line 104: / Line 104: @@
 |windowed                   = hackable
 |windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = hackable
-|borderless windowed notes  =
+|borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]].
 |anisotropic                = unknown
 |anisotropic notes          =
@@ Line 112: / Line 112: @@
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
-|60 fps                     = unknown
+|60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = unknown
 |120 fps notes              =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 122: / Line 122: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit fullscreen|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit config files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 # Open <code>settings.txt</code>.
 # Change <code>fullScreen=yes</code> to <code>fullScreen=no</code>
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}}If you encounter mouse cursor issues in windowed mode, try the [[#Borderless fullscreen windowed|borderless fullscreen windowed fix]], making sure to disable the borderless option as instructed.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]]===
+{{ii}}Attempting to force borderless windowed mode using an external application will cause issues with the mouse cursor. This fix avoids those issues, and can also fix the cursor in non-borderless windowed mode.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Use dll patch}}
+#[[#Windowed|Enable windowed mode]].
+#Download the [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/848-v2winfix/ v2winfix].
+#Extract dinput8.dll into the game installation directory.
+#Borderless windowed mode is now enabled, but can be disabled in <code>{{p|userprofile}}/My Documents/Paradox Interactive\v2winfix.ini</code>, by editing the line <code>borderless=1</code>.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}}Only tested with patch versions 4.02 and 3.05.
 }}

Developers

	Paradox Development Studio
Publishers
	Paradox Interactive
Engines
	Clausewitz
Release dates
Windows	August 7, 2009
macOS (OS X)	December 7, 2009