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Developers | |
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New World Computing | |
Expansion | Cyberlore Studios |
Publishers | |
Retail | 3DO |
Retail re-releases, digital | Ubisoft |
Release dates | |
DOS | October 1, 1996 |
Windows | October 1, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | October 1, 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | August 20, 2009 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Heroes of Might and Magic |
Key points
- ddraw.dll is recommended to make the game playable on Windows 8 and 10.[citation needed]
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Celestial Heavens forums for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | While the Windows version of the game is 32 bit Winevdm is still needed because the Installer is 16 bit. Russian copies are bundled with Heroes of Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete |
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GOG.com | Comes with multiple bonuses, including the expansion "The Price of Loyalty". Includes the native Windows version as well as the DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[1] | |||
Ubisoft Store | Gold Edition is included with Ubisoft+. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
The Price of Loyalty |
Essential improvements
Mods
GL Wrapper by Verok
- Changes the graphics renderer, fixes performance on newer systems.
fheroes2
- Open source engine, which allows to play HoMM 2 on modern operation systems, and having improvement features like resolution change support, cross-platform and QoL gameplay changes. Requires original files.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\GAMES |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GAMES[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use fheroes2. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Use fheroes2. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use fheroes2. | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox). For Windows version, toggle with F4. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | separate music and sounds volume control ingame | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | for DOSBox use priority=higher,pause in [sdl] section of config file | |
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Unofficial localization by «PC Boheme/Fargus» |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Local play | Hot seat |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows
- The original disc release uses a 16-bit installer.
- Insert the CD
- Download Winevdm.
- Extract it Somewhere
- Click on otvdmw.exe then look for SETUP.EXE
- In case of an "SEGV" error just click on continue
- Follow the Prompts
Playing the game on Windows 8 and 10
- Download ddraw.
- Extract it somewhere
- Copy ddraw.dll to the installation folder
- Right click on HEROES2W.exe and go to properties
- On Compatibility Mode Select Windows 98 / Windows ME
- Click on Reduced colour mode and set it to "16-Bit (65536) Colour"
- Also Click on "Run this Program as an Administrator
- Click Apply and OK
- Run the game
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
WinG | [5] | |
DOS video modes | SVGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit requires the fheroes2 source port[2] | |||||
macOS (OS X) | Requires the fheroes2 source port[3] | |||||
Linux | Requires the fheroes2 source port[4] | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ version 0.9.5 - last accessed on 2021-07-17
- ↑ version 0.9.5 - last accessed on 2021-07-17
- ↑ Debian -- Details of package fheroes2-pkg in sid - last accessed on 2021-04-05
- ↑ WinG - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2020-03-19