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Hearts of Iron III

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Hearts of Iron III
Hearts of Iron III cover
Developers
Paradox Development Studio
macOS (OS X) Virtual Programming
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Engines
Clausewitz
Release dates
Windows August 7, 2009
macOS (OS X) December 7, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Menu-based, Point and select
Genres Strategy, Wargame
Art styles Stylized
Themes Interwar, World War II, Historical
Series Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron III on HowLongToBeat
Hearts of Iron III on IGDB
Hearts of Iron III guide on StrategyWiki
Hearts of Iron III on MobyGames
Hearts of Iron III on Wikipedia
Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron 2002
Hearts of Iron II 2005
Hearts of Iron III 2009
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game 2010
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game 2011
Hearts of Iron IV 2016

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.

Hearts of Iron III is a singleplayer top-down view strategy and wargame game in the Hearts of Iron series.

General information

Hearts of Iron III Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Publisher website
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Collection also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Collection also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes manual and strategy guide.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Collection also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
[1] Collection also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[2]
Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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Includes Semper Fi, For the Motherland, and Their Finest Hour.
macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Axis Minors Vehicle Pack
Windows
British Vehicle Spritepack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Dies Irae Stars & Stripes Spritepack
Windows
For the Motherland
Windows
German Infantry Pack
Windows
German Sprite Pack
Windows
German II Spritepack
Windows
Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi
Windows
Hearts of Iron III Semper Fi: Dies Irae Götterdämmerung Requires Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi
Windows
Italian Vehicle Pack
Windows
Japanese Infantry Pack
Windows
Japanese Vehicle Spritepack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mega German Spritepack
Windows
Sounds of Conflict
Windows
Soviet Infantry Spritepack
Windows
Soviet Sprite Pack
Windows
Soviet Music Pack
Windows
Their Finest Hour
Windows
US Infantry Sprite Pack
Windows
US Sprite Pack
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\settings.txt[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25890/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save games\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25890/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Windowed

Edit config files[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.txt.
  3. Change fullScreen=yes to fullScreen=no

Notes

If mouse cursor issues occur in windowed mode, try the borderless fullscreen windowed fix, making sure to disable the borderless option as instructed.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Attempting to force borderless windowed mode using an external application will cause issues with the mouse cursor. This fix avoids those issues, and can also fix the cursor in non-borderless windowed mode.
Use dll patch[citation needed]
  1. Enable windowed mode.
  2. Download the v2winfix.
  3. Extract dinput8.dll into <path-to-game>.
  4. Borderless fullscreen windowed mode is now enabled, but can be disabled in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\v2winfix.ini, by editing the line borderless=1.

Notes

Only tested with patch versions 4.02 and 3.05.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Effect, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Japanese
Japanese retail release.
Russian
Fan translation by Strategium Translators Team
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
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.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon X1900
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) Intel
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7300
ATI Radeon HD 2400
128 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/25890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (25890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2022-09-14
  2. Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022