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) (Cider) | March 5, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service |
| 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.
Heroes of Might and Magic V is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view TBS game in the Heroes of Might and Magic series.
The first expansion pack, Hammers of Fate was released in November 2006, featuring the Fortress town, new creatures and campaigns. The second expansion pack, Tribes of the East from October 2007, was a standalone release and is handled in its own article.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- HoMM V section on Age of Heroes
- Celestial Heavens - An active community site with guides, walkthroughs and more.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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SecuROM v7 DRM Install patch 1.6 to remove protection. |
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Russian Version. Simple disc check Install patch 1.5 to remove disc check. |
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Gold Edition also available. | |
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Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East. Serial key for multiplayer shown in library. | |
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| Ubisoft Store | |
Included with Ubisoft+. | |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| Expansion pack | The expansion pack includes a new town, campaigns, maps, and units. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
| Subscription gaming service | Available via 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 | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | Retail only. | |||
| 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. Patch for other digital versions here. | |||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Hot seat |
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| Online play | Online servers shut down as of October 6, 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 | 9.0c |
| 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 | FMOD | |
| 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 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c 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.