Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East

Heroes of Might and Magic V:
Tribes of the East

Developers
	Nival
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Silent Storm Engine
Release dates
Windows	October 16, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	70
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select
Genres	TBS
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Heroes of Might and Magic

General information

Standalone expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic V; it does not require the base game to play.

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Tribes of the East section on Age of Heroes

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

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
		Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East.
GOG.com		Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East. Serial key for multiplayer shown in library under the base game entry.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store (unavailable)

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access. Does not require an installation of the base game to install and play.

Essential improvements

Patches

All patch installers are still available from Ubisoft's patch website.

Steam and GOG versions are already patched.

• The latest version is 3.1. This is the only version of any Heroes of Might & Magic V release which has a user interface adapted to widescreen resolutions instead of stretching it.

Skip intro videos

Edit intro_a1.xml[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\video Open intro_a1.xml. 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 - Tribes of the East\Profiles\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15370/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East\Profiles\<user-id>\Saves
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15370/pfx/

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

Video & Audio settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		No UI stretching as of patch 3.1.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be set via "setvar gfx_vsync" in user_a2.cfg.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Controls can be remapped by editing input_a2.cfg
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play		Online servers shut down as of October 6, 2015.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Theora Video

Modifications

Might & Magic: Heroes 5.5

Heroes 5.5 is an ambitious, massive Total Overhaul mod, calling itself an "unofficial expansion pack" that rebalances the game, changes the skill system, combines all 3 Campaigns and allows for playing the game at 64-bit which heavily improves stability. Furthermore, it fixes many bugs left in the first and second campaign while also improving and extending it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000		XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon		Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM)	1 GB		2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti ATI Radeon 8500 Intel i915 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

Nvidia GeForce MX series are not supported.