Heroes of Might and Magic V
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| Developers | |
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| Nival Interactive | |
| macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc. |
| macOS (OS X) | Freeverse Software |
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| Ubisoft | |
| Engines | |
| Silent Storm Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 16, 2006 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 5, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Expansion pack |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Multiple select |
| Genres | TBS |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Heroes of Might and Magic |
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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.
Key points
- Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. Multiplayer is available only through a LAN connection.
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 |
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| Retail | |
SecuROM v7 DRM | |
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Gold Edition also available. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| Ubisoft Store | |
Included with Ubisoft+. | |
DLC and expansion packs
- A standalone expansion, Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East, is also available.
| Name | Notes | |
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| Hammers of Fate | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- All patch installers are still available from Ubisoft's patch website.
- Steam and GOG versions are already patched.
- The latest version of the base game is 1.6. The correct order of patching is 1.4 - 1.41 - 1.5 - 1.6.
- The latest version of Hammers of Fate is 2.1.
Skip intro videos
| Edit intro.xml[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id> |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id>\Saves |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Video & Audio settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | UI suffers severe stretching. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | use DxWnd | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8x through options menu. 16x can be forced through graphics card control panel. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. To turn it off, use the "setvar gfx_vsync" variable under "user.cfg". | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Controls can be remapped by editing input.cfg | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music and SFX. | |
| Surround sound | Up to 5.1 | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Retail only, but language files available. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Korean | Retail only. | |||
| Polish | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
| Russian | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. | |||
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| 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. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Ogg Vorbis Audio | |
| Cutscenes | Theora Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, NT | XP, Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 8500 Matrox Parhelia 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9 compatible | |
| Other | Broadband Internet connection | |
- Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported.
- Nvidia GeForce 4 MX series are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/15170/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.