Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor


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Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor	1999
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

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TELP subforum

Celestial Heavens' subforum

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD check can be disabled (see Play without the CD).
GOG.com
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

Essential improvements[edit]

GrayFace MM7 Patch[edit]

The GrayFace MM7 Patch fixes many bugs and adds new features. English and Russian versions need no previous patch.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Disable intro in mm7.ini^{[citation needed]}
Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch. Run the game to generate `mm7.ini`. Go to the installation folder and edit `mm7.ini`. Change `NoIntro=0` to `NoIntro=1`. Save your changes.

Skip intro videos (without patching)[edit]

Disable intro in mm6.ini^{[citation needed]}

Create mm6.ini in the game's folder
Add the following lines to mm6.ini:

[settings]
nointro=1
nologo=1

Save the file and run the game.

Play without the CD[edit]

Disable CD check in mm7.ini^{[citation needed]}
Create `mm7.ini`. Type `use_cd=0` into it.

Disable CD check in mm7.ini using the GrayFace patch^{[citation needed]}
Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch. Run the game to generate `mm7.ini`. Go to the installation folder and edit `mm7.ini`. Check that `NoCD=` is set to `1`. This disables CD music; to use MP3 music instead see No music (GrayFace MM7 Patch).

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\New World Computing\Might and Magic VII\1.0\^{[Note 1]}

GrayFace configuration settings are stored in <path-to-game>\mm7.ini

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Fixed FOV (widescreen resolutions are Vert-).
Windowed	Toggle with `F4`; needs 16-bit color unless using the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Set resolution (see widescreen resolution), use Borderless Windowed.^[1]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Force from the graphics card control panel or use borderless windowed mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Use GrayFace MM7 Patch^[2] Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch. Go to the installation folder and edit `mm7.ini`. Change `RenderMaxWidth` and `RenderMaxHeight` settings if needed and set `BorderlessFullscreen` to 1.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some bindings are hard-coded and cannot be changed.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Music and Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Most dialogue is text-only; voiced dialogue has no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 1.0.^[3] EAX 2.
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
French				In the GOG.com version and retail version.
German				In the GOG.com version.
Polish				Retail only.
Russian				Retail only.
Simplified Chinese				Retail only.
Traditional Chinese				Retail only.

Issues fixed[edit]

No music (GrayFace MM7 Patch)[edit]

Using the GrayFace MM7 Patch with the NoCD option stops music playing so you will need to use MP3s instead.

Enable MP3 playback (digital distribution versions)^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Edit `mm7.ini` Change `PlayMP3=0` to `PlayMP3=1` Save your changes. The music will now play in-game.

Rip the CD tracks (retail)^{[citation needed]}
Rip the Play disc music tracks in MP3 format. Rename them to `2.mp3` through `20.mp3`. Make a new folder in the installation folder called `Music` and put the MP3s there. Edit `mm7.ini` Change `PlayMP3=0` to `PlayMP3=1` Save your changes. The music will now play in-game.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB

Notes

↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node (more details).
↑ 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

↑ Verified by User:Garrett on 1 August 2013
↑ Verified by User:KainXVIII on 2019-07-19
↑ Might and Magic VII For Blood and Honor Supports Aureal’s A3D - Aureal.com news (retrieved)

[HKLM-1] When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node (more details).

[gamedir-2] 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).

[3] Verified by User:Garrett on 1 August 2013

[4] Verified by User:KainXVIII on 2019-07-19

[5] Might and Magic VII For Blood and Honor Supports Aureal’s A3D - Aureal.com news (retrieved)

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	New World Computing
Publishers
	3DO
	Ubisoft
Engines
Outdoor environments	Horizon
Indoor environments	Labyrinth
Release dates
Windows	June 8, 1999