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Heroes of Might and Magic IV

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Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Heroes of Might and Magic IV cover
Developers
New World Computing
Mac OS (Classic) Contraband Entertainment
Publishers
Retail 3DO
Retail re-releases, digital Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows March 28, 2002
Mac OS (Classic) November 15, 2002[1]
Reception
Metacritic 84
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
⤏ Go to series page
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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v2 DRM.
Windows
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Complete Edition.
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Gathering Storm
Windows
Winds of War
Windows

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.

Mods

HoMM4 Resolution Mod with GL Wrapper by Verok

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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\games[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen Resolution

Higher resolutions along with 32-bit color support and more fixes.

Link

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Local retail version only.
French
German
Hungarian
Retail only.
Italian
Polish
Russian
Official localization by "Buka Entertaiment". Local retail version only. Patch for digital version
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Mods

Equilibris

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.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
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

  1. ↑ 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