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
- Tribes of the East section on Age of Heroes
- Celestial Heavens - An active community site with guides, walkthroughs and more.
Availability[edit]
Monetization[edit]
| 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[edit]
Patches[edit]
- 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]
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Edit intro_a1.xml[citation needed]
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- Go to <path-to-game>\video
- Open
intro_a1.xml.
- Delete the content between
<Movies> and </Movies>
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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Music and SFX. |
| Surround sound |
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Up to 5.1 |
| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Czech |
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Local retail only. |
| French |
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| German |
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| Hungarian |
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Retail only, but language files available. |
| Italian |
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| Korean |
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Local retail only. |
| Polish |
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Retail and GOG.com only. |
| Russian |
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Retail and GOG.com only. |
| Spanish |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Other information[edit]
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware[edit]
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Audio |
FMOD |
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| Cutscenes |
Theora Video |
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Modifications[edit]
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[edit]
| Windows |
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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 |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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.
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>/15370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
