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Revision as of 10:52, 20 April 2020

Heroes of Might and Magic V
Heroes of Might and Magic V cover
Developers
Nival Interactive
macOS (OS X) TransGaming Inc.
macOS (OS X) Freeverse Software
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Silent Storm Engine
Release dates
Windows May 16, 2006
macOS (OS X) March 5, 2007
Heroes of Might and Magic V guide on StrategyWiki
Heroes of Might and Magic V on MobyGames
Heroes of Might and Magic V on Wikipedia

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.
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
Steam Community Discussions
Celestial Heavens - An active community site with guides, walkthroughs and more.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM v7 DRM
Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Gold Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

A standalone expansion, Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East, is also available.
Name Notes
Hammers of Fate
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.6. The Steam version is already patched.

Skip intro videos

Edit intro.xml[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video
  2. Open intro.xml.
  3. Delete the content between <Movies> and </Movies>

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id>
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id>\Saves
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Video & Audio settings.
Video & Audio settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Retail only, but language files available.
Italian
Korean
Polish
Local retail version only.
Russian
Official localization. Local retail version and GOG.com version.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
2D
Officially supported game.
Note: Game is currently not in official list, but in "local factory list". Game has not confirmed to be 3D yet.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Ogg Vorbis Audio
Cutscenes Theora Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, NT, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 4/FX/6/7 (GeForce4 MX NOT supported)
ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X families
Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported
128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References