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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven cover
Developers
New World Computing
Publishers
1998-2003 3DO
2003-present Ubisoft
Re-release Sold Out Software
Engines
Outdoor environments Horizon[1]
Indoor environments Labyrinth[1]
Release dates
Windows April 30, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control, Point and select
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Might and Magic
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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum 1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World 1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra 1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen 1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen 1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen 1994
Swords of Xeen 1995
Heroes of Might and Magic (series)
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven 1998
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor 1999
Crusaders of Might and Magic 1999
Arcomage 1999
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer 2000
Legends of Might and Magic 2001
Might and Magic IX 2002
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 2006
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions 2013
Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014
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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Might and Magic series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
TELP subforum
Extensive guide
Celestial Heavens' subforum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Oversized DRM and unreadable sectors (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method); see Play without the CD for a workaround.
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Comes in a pack with games 1-6
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Comes in a pack with games 1-6
Windows
Steam
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Included with Might & Magic X - Legacy Digital Deluxe.
Windows
This game is included in the Digital Deluxe edition of Might & Magic X - Legacy.

Essential improvements

GrayFace MM6 Patch

The GrayFace MM6 Patch fixes many gameplay bugs, while adding optional new features (such as always run and optional mouselook).

The MM6 Controls addon allows for the changing of keyboard bindings; extract it into the installation folder and run it.

Skip intro videos

Use -nomovie parameter[citation needed]
  1. Right click the game's shortcut and choose Properties.
  2. Add -nomovie at the end of the Target.
  3. Click OK. This shortcut will go directly to the main menu.
Disable intro videos in mm6.ini using the GrayFace patch
  1. Install the GrayFace MM6 Patch.
  2. Run the game to generate mm6.ini.
  3. Open MM6.ini and ensure NoIntro= is set to NoIntro=1.

Play without the CD

Disable CD check in mm6.ini[citation needed]
  1. Create mm6.ini.
  2. Type use_cd=0 into it.
Disable CD check in mm6.ini using the GrayFace patch[citation needed]
  1. Install the GrayFace MM6 Patch.
  2. Run the game to generate mm6.ini.
  3. Open MM6.ini and ensure NoCD= is set to NoCD=1.
  4. This disables CD music; to use MP3 music instead see No music (GrayFace MM6 Patch).

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\New World Computing\Might and Magic® VI\1.0\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243380/pfx/[Note 2]
GrayFace configuration settings are stored in <path-to-game>\mm6.ini

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243380/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9/16:10 stretched possible using DXGL or GrayFace MM6 Patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with F4; needs 16-bit color unless using the GrayFace MM6 Patch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Possible using DXGL or GrayFace MM6 Patch.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Possible using DXGL
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 16x possible using DXGL
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Possible using DXGL
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No apparent framerate cap. Certain graphic elements (such as the flames in the party creation screen) move at a pace tied to framerate.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Install GrayFace MM6 Patch then use MM6 Controls. Mirror
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Possible using GrayFace MM6 Patch with mouse look option enabled.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, Music and Character Voice. Sound controls MP3 music volume.[2]
Surround sound
Subtitles
Most dialogue is text-only; voiced dialogue has no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Retail only.
Traditional Chinese
Retail only.
French
Retail only.
German
Retail and GOG.com.[3]
Korean
Retail only.[4]
Russian
Retail only.
Spanish
Translation by Clan Dlan (author: L@Zar0), download.

Issues fixed

No music (GrayFace MM6 Patch)

Using the GrayFace MM6 Patch with the NoCD option stops music playing so MP3s are needed instead.[2]
Move the music files (digital distribution versions)[citation needed]
  1. Make a new folder in the installation folder called Music
  2. Go into the Sounds folder in the installation folder.
  3. Move the music files (2.mp3 to 16.mp3) to the Music folder.
  4. Edit mm6.ini
  5. Change PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
  6. Save the changes. The music will now play in-game.
Rip the CD tracks (retail)[citation needed]
  1. Rip the Play disc music tracks in MP3 format.
  2. Rename them to 2.mp3 through 16.mp3.
  3. Make a new folder in the installation folder called Music and put the MP3s there.
  4. Edit mm6.ini
  5. Change PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
  6. Save the changes. The music will now play in-game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 220 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for 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>/243380/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (243380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  3. 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).

References