Heroes Of Might And Magic Iii Mac Computer Games

Heroes of Might and Magic III is a turn-based strategic war game, set up in a classical role-playing game Environment. It involves capturing and developing towns, gathering resources, assembling.

Murdered by traitors, resurrected by Necromancers as an undead lich, Erathia's deceased king commands its neighboring enemies to seize his former kingdom. His progress is halted when his daughter Catherine, Queen of Enroth, returns to the shores of her homeland. In the service of Erathia, beset by enemies external and internal, you command the land's greates heroes and fiercest creatures, in Queen Catherine's war to restore her homeland, discover her father's killer and free him from the prison of his undead body.

This page is for the original version. For the remake, see Heroes of Might and Magic III HD.

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Heroes of Might and Magic III
Developers
Linux
Publishers
Linux
Release dates
Windows	March 3, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	December 21, 1999
Linux	December 20, 1999

1Availability
2Essential improvements
- 2.2Mods
3Game data
6Audio settings
7Network
8Issues fixed
9Other information

⤏ Go to series page
Subseries of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest	1995
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars	1996
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia	1999
Heroes Chronicles	2001
Heroes of Might and Magic IV	2002
Heroes of Might and Magic V	2006
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East	2007
Might & Magic Heroes VI	2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness	2013
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition	2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII	2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire	2016

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Celestial Heavens forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail	DRM depending on release location, usually SafeDisc v1.50.020 DRM^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com	Includes multiple bonuses

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Mac OS and Linux[edit]

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DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Armageddon's Blade	On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition.
The Shadow of Death	On Mac OS only available in Complete Edition.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Modify registry settings^[3]
Go to the configuration file location. Change the value of `Show Intro` from `0` to `1`.

Mods[edit]

HoMM3 High Resolution Project[edit]

Higher resolutions along with 32-bit color support and more fixes.

In the Wake of Gods[edit]

An unofficial expansion pack adding further units, resources and easier modding possibilities. The official English website is located under Celestial Heavens. Currently isn't in development any more.

Horn of the Abyss[edit]

Another unofficial expansion pack adding more features, units, resources and another town. The official thread on Heroes Community.

VCMI[edit]

Not actually a mod, but an attempt at rewriting the whole engine to make it customizable, portable and fully cross-platform. The official website of the project is here.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEWow6432NodeNew World ComputingHeroes of Might and Magic® III1.0^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>Games^{[Note 3]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy	As of GOG Galaxy version 1.2, and special HoMM III Complete patch 4.0 (CS)

Video settings[edit]

In-game settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution	800x600 only; use Heroes3HD for resolutions up to 4000x4000.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen	Use Heroes3HD.
4K Ultra HD	Use Heroes3HD.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Desktop must be in 16-bit colour mode (press `F4`) or use the Heroes3HD mod.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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
Separate volume controls	Music, Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles	Cutscenes only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech	Retail only.
French
Polish
Russian	Official localization by «Buka Entertainment». Retail and GOG-version.
Spanish	Fan translation, download.

Network[edit]