Legends of Might and Magic
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Developers | |
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New World Computing | |
Publishers | |
2001-2003 | 3DO |
2003-present | Ubisoft |
Engines | |
Lithtech 2.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 20, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 53 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Might and Magic |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Legends of Might and Magic is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Might and Magic series.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename Movies folder[3] |
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Patches
- Patch 1.1 updates the game to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg[Note 2] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\New World Computing\Legends of Might and Magic\1.0[Note 3] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Gameplay is Vert-; Menus and HUD are pixel-based. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV Fix. For resolutions greater than 2048x2048, use dgVoodoo 2. |
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Multi-monitor | Gameplay is Vert-; Menus and HUD are pixel-based. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV Fix. |
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Ultra-widescreen | Gameplay is Vert-; Menus and HUD are pixel-based. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV Fix. |
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4K Ultra HD | Gameplay is Vert-; Menus and HUD are pixel-based. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV Fix. |
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Field of view (FOV) | Follow the Instructions for other aspect ratios section of the FOV fix to change either horizontal or vertical FOV. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Slider for Sound (Music is on/off only). | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 16 | Versus |
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Online play | 16 | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Use <path-to-game>\LegendServ.exe . |
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Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Low frame rate
Use dgVoodoo 2[3] |
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Game starts in windowed mode
Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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Mouse movement jittery/skipping pixels
Wrap the old DirectInput calls into DirectInput 8[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | Despite the official system requirements, the game uses Direct3D 7 for rendering.[7] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME, 2000 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 550 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerator card 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible |
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Other | 4X CD-ROM Drive |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ 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). - ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Garrett on April 13, 2017
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-02-13
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-04
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-04
- Tested the vanilla game with Bandicam and confirm it uses DX7 for rendering.