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Heroes of Might and Magic III

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Heroes of Might and Magic III
Heroes of Might and Magic III cover
Developers
New World Computing
Publishers
3DO
Linux Loki Software
Release dates
Windows February 28, 1999
Mac OS (Classic) December 21, 1999
Linux December 20, 1999
Heroes of Might and Magic III on Wikipedia
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Subseries of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest 1995
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars 1996
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia 1999
Heroes Chronicles 2000
Heroes of Might and Magic IV 2002
Heroes of Might and Magic V 2006
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East 2007
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes 2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI 2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness 2013
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition 2015
Might & Magic Heroes Online 2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII 2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire 2016
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition 2023

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Celestial Heavens forums for game series

Availability

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Mac OS and Linux

The Mac OS and Linux versions of the game are no longer sold, and existing copies of those are hard to run on modern systems. The easiest solution for running the game on Linux or OS X is buying the Windows version and running it under Wine. Further information on how to do that can be found on AppDB. Alternatively, VCMI can be used to run the game.

Essential improvements

Notable mods

In the Wake of Gods

An unofficial expansion pack adding further units, resources and easier modding possibilities. The official English website is located under Celestial Heavens. Currently isn't in development any more.

Horn of the Abyss

Another unofficial expansion pack adding more features, units, resources and another town. The official thread on Heroes Community.

VCMI

Not actually a mod, but an attempt at rewriting the whole engine to make it customizable, portable and fully cross-platform. The official website of the project is here.

HD Mod

A mod which lets you play the game in widescreen and adds new stuff along with fixes and tweaks for the game. Main page.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Czech
Retail only.
English
French
Retail only.
Polish
Retail only.

Issues fixed

Game crashes unexpectedly after some time

This is caused by a bug in the game, experienced only on multi-core or hyper-threaded processors. Newer GOG.com versions do not have this issue.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) 133 MHz Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 425 MB
Video card (GPU) 3D video card with DirectX® 7.0a support

References