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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
Publishers
3DO
Release dates
Windows March 28, 2002
Mac OS (Classic) November 15, 2002[1]
Heroes of Might and Magic IV guide on StrategyWiki
Heroes of Might and Magic IV on Wikipedia

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
Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era EA

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 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Gathering Storm
Windows
Winds of War
Windows

Essential improvements

Equilibris

This mod improves the game by fixing the bugs, improving the game balance,adding more new campaigns. Once installed, it will create a file which you can play the original game, without reinstalling it. Link

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

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

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatibleDirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of SafeDisc 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]

References