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 |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Silent Storm Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 16, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | March 5, 2007 |
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[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM v7 DRM | |||
Gamesplanet | Gold Edition also available. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
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[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Latest version is 1.6. The Steam version is already patched.
Skip intro videos[edit]
Edit intro.xml[citation needed] |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings[edit]
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) |
Input settings[edit]
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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
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 | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Russian | Official localization. Local retail version and GOG.com version. | |||
Spanish |
VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | 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. |
Network[edit]
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. |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
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[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Ogg Vorbis Audio | |
Cutscenes | Theora Video |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, NT, XP, Vista | XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz | Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 4/FX/6/7 (GeForce4 MX NOT supported) ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X families Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported 128 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 4/FX/6/7 (GeForce4 MX NOT supported) ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X families Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported 256 MB of VRAM |
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.