Heroes of Might and Magic [Archive]

gregor

26-08-2004, 05:47 PM

Balance issues? sure there are in HOMM1 but in HOMM 2 most of them were resovled. the onyl problem that remained are black dragons but add a titan with dragon slayer spell casted on them and they become equal opponent.

sure some creatures are strong but they have their disadvantage as well. like higher costs or certain spell inflict more damage to them (especially in HOMM2).

i have original homm and they are supplied with card that shows creatires their strenghts weaknesses. and i have to say that Homm1 really has some balance issues while homm2 has them resolved mostly.
for instance in homm2 Black dragons are best unit (e.g. you can't do any magic on them) however they cost a lot plus you can only buy a few each week.

in homm1 you can compensate by getting some knowledge to get more spells and they use them all.

jellydrop

26-08-2004, 08:31 PM

Don't mean to clutter up the forum, but wanted to give a quick thanks to those who supplied help with the mount cd stuff. It is most appreciated.

Tom Henrik

26-08-2004, 08:44 PM

No problem. That is what we are here for. We want to share games with you people, and it is our responsibility to make sure that you can play the games we give you.

The Worm

27-08-2004, 09:23 AM

I also love this SITE :D

Man...what have i played HOMM 3 for so many hours...finally i can see how it all begins in the serie :P

Tom Henrik

27-08-2004, 09:36 AM

Actually... Everything started with another game, King's Bounty.

You can get it on this site as well.
http://www.abandonia.com/game.php?genre=strategy&ID=151

Enjoy :D

FreeFreddy

27-08-2004, 12:08 PM

Sure, but Homm1 resembles the later series much more than Kings Bounty. ;)

aaberg

30-08-2004, 09:05 PM

I have played all the games in the Heroes of Might and Magic serie, and i must say: "I love them all". Especially nr 2 and 3. I still think that nr 1 is a great game though, still lots of gameplay. :ok:

I can't say I'm surprised that 3DO didn't survive. Not after I played Might and Magic 8 and Might and Magic 9. They have bad graphics and a lousy plot. I liked nr 7 though.

Sol888

03-09-2004, 12:26 PM

I can't say I'm surprised that 3DO didn't survive. Not after I played Might and Magic 8 and Might and Magic 9. They have bad graphics and a lousy plot. I liked nr 7 though.

Yeh, aswell as the terrible and hope destroying Homm4.....

anyways.. i was having trouble wid homm and dos-box....other then increasing frame skip...and lowering the other thing (shift F12)...is there any other way to make it run faster....cos its really slow now....and i don't like it skipping too many frames otherwise th mouse gets all choppy

TheVoid

03-09-2004, 04:05 PM

If you have a Win 9x or ME, you could try to run it without DosBox.....

Maybe your problem is you don't have a very powerful PC who can support smoothly DosBox....

The one above mixed with having XP installed would probably forbid you to play the game :not_ok:

Guest

04-09-2004, 02:41 AM

Actually I got XP and dosbox worked after cranking up the CPU cycles a bit.

And DOSBox just screwed me over in a game. I found the ultimate sword of dominion after alot of searching with one hero while the rest took on the enemy. and then *BOOP* it crashed! at least the auto save worked. now if you'll exuse me im about to start bashing some heads. :bleh:

Jona

08-09-2004, 01:00 PM

Hi!

How do I define a CD-ROM in DOSBox ?

I dont have a "C" or "D" or such drives.

My drives are called "Games" "Application" etc....

Greetimgs
Jona

TheVoid

08-09-2004, 01:06 PM

:huh: :huh: :huh:
I thought ALL computers had a C:\ and a D:\.....

C is usually the name ofyour hard drive, so unless you haven't ROM memory in your computer (which sould be weird) you have it also. Maybe it's just called another way, like your family name, but DosBox recognizes as C or D. So just follow instructions on the review.

The Niles

09-09-2004, 01:10 PM

All drives have a letter designation even if you renamed the shortcuts to something else. Just open the "your computer" tab and then you will see what your cd-rom is called. It might even work with an ordinairy directory as long as you use the -t cdrom flag. DOSBox will then think you have a CD-Rom installed and that is all the game needs.

Jona

12-09-2004, 07:23 AM

Hi!

Well I am somewhat stupid ;-(((

I simply mount the CDROM as the C: Drive - somewhat like

Mount d -t cdrom "/Volumes/Biing2" e.g. ....

and it works!
As you can see, I still have no "C" or "D" or something......

Now - has it to be some special cdrom or can it be any cdrom - perhaps even a audio.cd ?

Greetings
Jona

The Niles

12-09-2004, 08:13 AM

I don't think HoMM actually needs a CD. I think the game only checks to see if there is a CD-ROM drive on your computer if it finds that it will simply run the game.

Titan

12-09-2004, 08:59 AM

The thing is with DosBox, that is "fakes" a brand new computer for you...

All that "mounting" you do, is just telling DosBox What to fake and Where.

eg. I fakes that your REAL F:\games\Heroes1\ is actualy a C:\-drive (your normal primary (only?) harddrive). And it also fakes that the computer it's creating has a CD-rom-drive and that there is a CD in the drive.

So forget if you have 1 DVD-drive and 2 CD-burners, and 3 Harddrives in your "real" computer... DosBox doesn't care about those... it's faking a fresh new computer for just that game/games.

The thing is, that Heroes needs that faked CD to run... so just follow the guide, and it should work just fine.

I myself have 2 CD-burners, 1 DVD-drive, 1 DVD-burner along with 3 Harddrives on my real computer..

In DosBox, i only have the Heroes 1 folder and 1 "fake" cd-drive :)

Easy!

Belegorm

14-09-2004, 06:40 PM

I got the game, on our slow, old computer (with Windows XP, strangely enough). Our computer still has MS-DOS (not DOSbox), and every other DOS game I've gotten has worked. But Heroes I didn't. Maybe I do need to mount it (I don't quite understand stuff of that sort yet), but can I do it on MS-DOS? If so, how?

The Niles

14-09-2004, 08:26 PM

Are you talking about the DOS that is inside XP? I don't have XP myself so I cannot tell you if that has any change of working or not. Can you tell me what kind of error message you get when you try to run the game? If you don't get an error message what does happen? I like to help but I need some more information to be able to do that.

Belegorm

14-09-2004, 10:31 PM

I suppose that we simply have the MS-DOS that came with Windows 98 (not Windows 98 SE), which we upgraded the computer from. I don't know if WinXP put in a new MS-DOS, but I don't think so, because all the other "ancient" games I put on it worked just fine. I'm not really a dos expert yet, you know. Oh, I've been able to install the game, it's just that when I double click on Heroes (in C:\games\HEROES), a dos window pops up, it seems to be working fine (it gives an error in the little black window that a extended memory manager is already installed, and a XMS driver not installed, but so does almost all my other dos games, and they all worked just fine). But then, the window closes (something that happens with other games too; only the actual games pop up with them), and nothing happens. When I do install, it works just fine, and when I work setup, it says that the usage is install, and "nodetect", and skip sound card auto-detection. I don't exactly know how to mount anything, and as to the drive D and C style drives, we have: drive A (that's the floppy drive), drive HP_Pavilion(D:), a removable disk (F:), a CD-RW drive (M:), a local disk (C:), and two more removable disks (E:), and (G:). Sorry if I got too detailed, I'm always one for detail.

Titan

14-09-2004, 11:56 PM

In win XP there is NO DOS AT ALL... All traces of MS-DOS is removed, and the window you get up, is Win XP trying to emulate DOS.. much in the same way DosBox does.. So if you have Windows XP installed and running, it's not DOS you see in that meaning..
It's highly recomended that you use DosBox anyway to run this game, no matter what platform you are using, as the CD-emulation is easier to do with DosBox then with other software (eg. FakeCD)

Belegorm

15-09-2004, 12:13 AM

Hmmm, just as I suspected, believe it or not. The MS-DOS on our computer is just a leftover from Win98. I think I'll get DOSbox as soon as I can. Oh, and another thing, I really like abandonia, I found games here that I'd been looking for all over.

Tom Henrik

15-09-2004, 04:14 PM

That's what we like to hear :w00t:

Anonymus Maximus

01-10-2004, 02:18 PM

If you try running HMM with xp rightclick on the heroes.exe
and select kompatibility mode and choose win98/win Me
this helped me run this game faster than in dosbox
because i had the problem if i cycled up frame or cpu
the game runs just more slowly <_< :cry: :not_ok:
perhaps it helps so might work on other games

great compliment to the side :ok:
downloaded nearly everything :ph34r:
:angry: new games dont have new ideas :angel:

wormpaul

01-10-2004, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by Anonymus Maximus@Oct 1 2004, 02:18 PM
:angry: new games dont have new ideas :angel:
Some of them has new ideas....

Anyone remebered GTA...lots of new ideas...(at leatst in the way they made it)

Eagle of Fire

01-10-2004, 08:03 PM

Anyone remebered GTA...lots of new ideas...(at leatst in the way they made it) Not at all. It's one of the worst game I ever played.

wormpaul

02-10-2004, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Oct 1 2004, 08:03 PM
Anyone remebered GTA...lots of new ideas...(at leatst in the way they made it) Not at all. It's one of the worst game I ever played.
Damm...

GTA 1 was brilliant...at least for me..what a nice gameplay got it...the cars were just riding fantastic whit the brake..

But..back to HOMM plz :P :P

:ot:

Anonymus Xaximus

02-10-2004, 11:15 PM

Ok the only idea of the year 2000
is arm yourself go to the street and
kill everything that moves as an outlaw of this system
not bad actually but scary isnt it
it might be the ghost of time and makes fun
cause everybody knows deep inside that
this world today isnt really good
what about a new kind of world to go I mean
not always the same category of games :angel:
ok im to dizzy to write sth with more sense
:blink: excuse

Anonymus Maximus

04-10-2004, 01:04 AM

Maybe peace exist in a country
until all stories and imaginations
are told. I might be wrong.
:lol: :angel: :ph34r:

mouse31e

27-10-2004, 04:20 PM

To save typing all the commands in to dosbox every time try this:

1)If you don't already have one create a DosBox shortcut on your desktop
2)Open a new text document in notepad
3)Type:

mount d -t cdrom d:/ (where d is your cdrom letter)
heroes

(the slash on the first line will depend on what you normally do in dosbox - my keyboard requires i use / but most of you will probably want \)

4)Goto File: Save As
5)Enter the file name as Heroes.bat and save to the directory that contains HOMM
6)Close notepad
7)You should now have an MS-Dos Batch File called Heroes
8)Drag and drop this onto your DosBox shortcut
9)Heroes of Might and Magic will now start without all that irritating typing!

Make sure you have a cd in the drive, doesn't matter what it is but dosbox will look for one when it mounts the drive.

Spookyfish

29-10-2004, 03:58 PM

I done everything right, but I get this message that says:

"error opening file HEROES.CFG!"

What now?

mouse31e

30-10-2004, 05:00 PM

Mine has been fine so I'm afraid I have no idea but you could try these:

Try running install.bat before trying to play the game.
It probably won't make a difference but that is the program that writes game information to the heroes.cfg file.

If that doesn't work, check you actually have a heroes.cfg file in your heroes directory.
If not, you need to check the zip file and if necessary download it again.

Have you tried starting it the long way as described elsewhere in this forum?
Does that work?

:unsure:

Guest

18-11-2004, 10:22 PM

Please help :wall:
I ran it in Dos Box, got sound but no music at all. :ranting: :rifle:

mouse31e

18-11-2004, 11:03 PM

I believe, though I'm not sure, that this version does not have the music files included.

I'll be honest and admit I've played it for hours without noticing but I've just checked and I don't get any music either.

Best advice is get on playing it without the music, it's still a great game and check back here sometime to see if anyone knows for sure.

I'm sure someone can confirm:

Are the music files are actually there at all?

Sorry I couldn't help more.

Tom Henrik

19-11-2004, 01:21 PM

That's a negative on the music bit.

piter

22-11-2004, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by Data@Aug 25 2004, 08:42 PM
actually
mount c c:
mount d c: -t cdrom
will/should work as well
could you tell me what about FreeBSD version of dosbox? Hint with mounting cdrom doesn't seems to works for me :/

piter

22-11-2004, 07:33 PM

Originally posted by piter+Nov 22 2004, 05:30 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (piter @ Nov 22 2004, 05:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Data@Aug 25 2004, 08:42 PM
actually
mount c c:
mount d c: -t cdrom
will/should work as well
could you tell me what about FreeBSD version of dosbox? Hint with mounting cdrom doesn't seems to works for me :/ [/b][/quote]
OK. I fixed up situation :)
The solution was to open DosBox on Win32 and mount cdrom:

mount d d:\cdrom -t cdrom

start up the game and exit. In second step copy HEROES.CFG to FreeBSD box and mount cdrom in BSD's DosBox in the same way:

mount d /cdrom -t cdrom

(a /cdrom directory (which is default mount point of cdrom in FreeBSD also) may stay empty, it doesn't matter)

Maybe it helps someone :)

mouse31e

20-12-2004, 07:03 PM

Here (http://www.abandonia.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=801&st=45#)

There are a few other similar posts on this thread - one of them should solve your problem. Otherwise read Xtra.txt in the .zip you downloaded.

Hope this helps! :D

Guest

20-12-2004, 07:47 PM

I think you misunderstood. The problem is not running Heroes. Or at least not yet. The problem is running DOSBox itself. I need it to emulate a CD-drive, and it just won't work! I cannot even open the damn thing. :hairpull:

So eh...

:help:

Firngrod

mouse31e

20-12-2004, 09:14 PM

Ah. Sorry.

When you want to emulate the CD-Rom Drive that is how you need to do it.

Do you have the newest DosBox? Version 0.63 was released recently! If you got it from the link on the main site that will be the version you have!

This might help

Newbie Guide to DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box)

Hope you get it sorted! :D

Illuminationist

21-12-2004, 05:17 PM

By DirectX news, they told that by an auction that Might and Magic productions proceeded thanks to Ubi Soft. That's true, since I saw Heroes of Might and Magic III collection pack including a small logo of Ubi Soft. :w00t:

Guest

21-12-2004, 08:22 PM

It works!

Thanks, Mouse31e...

That guide put my attention on the config file, which was set to run it as a window of the size of 780 * 1024 (My screen is 600*800). Whith that corrected it works just fine!

Thanks a lot!!!

Firngrod

- Off to get my first dragon!

Firngrod

22-12-2004, 08:15 AM

Now, all I gotta do is find a way to optimize the speed(This is no quantum computer... 133 mHz :P) 2 seconds for an arrow to travel across the screen is a bit to much IMHO...

:P You gotta suffer for the art...

Firngrod

Illuminationist

23-12-2004, 09:46 AM

Things are confirmed.! If you want to see the obvious hope of the continuation of the Heroes sequel, step in to Celestial Heavens. (http://www.strategyplanet.com/homm/) Heroes are still alive and growing! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

billy

31-01-2005, 05:56 PM

does anyone know how to get the yellow travel bar all the way up
so you can go farther in one turn?

and do you have to sit and wait everytime the computer takes its turn?

Oxygen

07-02-2005, 04:01 PM

Hello,
This web site is like a museum...
While i were looking through its pages, ı gone to past,(good old memeroies)

Anyway, i was back in 6th grade, we have 1and half hour of lunch time.
But with one of my friends, as soon as ring bell we run to his father's nearby office, there play Heroes1. Its so much fun. We saved our games, next they continue...
Because of spending my lunch time playing heroes, ive been eating somelittlething in one the earlier breaks.

Thankx webmaster(s) and uploader(s)

Tom Henrik

07-02-2005, 04:07 PM

No problem ;)

Glad you like it here :D

cod

09-02-2005, 04:52 AM

thanks this is a really great site, brought back plenty of memories.

can i ask whether HOMM2 is abandonware? I cant find it here or on other sites.

Bubba

11-02-2005, 01:26 AM

Hi

I am having a small problem with the game, i.e. it is too damm slow and it seems that I can't increase the Cpu Cycles more that 3500 by pressing Shift+F12. Task manager tells me that I am only using around 45% of the Cpu when playing the game. Is there a way to increase the speed of the game and the Cpu Cycles?

BTW this site is great!

rmontaruli

01-03-2005, 03:17 PM

Hi people, hi forum-masters,

what a incredible site i discovered!
It seems a time-machine: click mouse button and travel to the past century, where the games were games and not movies!

I've a question.
I've download HOMM1 from this site (i've got 2, 3 and 4).
There is no music!

HOMM2 has beautiful music on background.

The question is:
Is there music in HOMM1?
Or is this version i've downloaded without music?
Or have i made a mistake in configuring sound card?

I have Win98, so no XP problems.
I have other oldies, and they run and play music as well, without problems.

Let me know please.

another_guest

01-03-2005, 05:21 PM

Originally posted by Bubba@Feb 11 2005, 02:26 AM
I am having a small problem with the game, i.e. it is too damm slow and it seems that I can't increase the Cpu Cycles more that 3500 by pressing Shift+F12. Task manager tells me that I am only using around 45% of the Cpu when playing the game. Is there a way to increase the speed of the game and the Cpu Cycles?
Do you have D-Fend as front end to Dosbox?
It's a much easier way to set all parameters; you could set the number of cycles before running the game, and see what happens if you try with more than 3500.
Though I've never noticed shift+F12 (I thought the key to increase the number of cycles was was ctrl+F12 ??) stopped at 3500 cycles, Dosbox should be capable of well over 10000. Though once you try more than your processor is capable of, performance will grow worse again.

Have you tried skipping frames, that speedens up things as well? Though you should try what's still reasonable in terms of fluent graphics.

krael

02-03-2005, 10:11 AM

Man, I am so amazed that you guys don't like the graphics. Try comparing it to other '95 titles. I thought it was excellent, and the game ran smoothly on my old 486 dx4 100 mhz.

I was amazed at that time, and today I still love the graphics. It adds a certain interest and mood to the game. :D

sagy

02-03-2005, 04:07 PM

HoM&M este unul din joacele mele favorite...Toata colectia mai putin IV.

:D Sorry... I wanna say that the series HMM is my favorite (without Warcraft), but the IV'rd paart is litlle :not_ok:

Bubba

04-03-2005, 02:32 AM

Thanks for the help another quest

I managed to solve the problem by editing the dosbox.conf file and set the cpu cycles at a higher rate.

Cheers

thorny_devilau

09-03-2005, 05:02 AM

Hi, this is a great site. I remember so many games from here.

I was just wondering if any other Might and Magic fans knew where I can get the patches to play Might & Magic 6 & 8 on XP.
I bought both games a few years ago, and loved playing them, but I upgraded from Windows98 to XP.
3DO used to have a 'patch' on their website which made the games work, but since they dont exist anymore, neither does the patch.

I'm just gonna throw a tanty here
:wall: *I want patches so I can play my fave games* :wall:

I have searched and searched for patches, and I cant find them anywhere.

If you can help, please leave a message and I will check back here.

Chris

09-03-2005, 05:32 AM

This guide is for Windows XP Pro Service pack 2 on a clean system install and everything is updated. This means to update your bios, video drivers, directx 9.0c and xp. After you have installed the games make sure that you have the latest patches installed for MM6-7, and 9. This should work on XP Home also as long as you have Service pack 2 and everything uptodate. Special Thanks to Bones at http://telp.org/ for the fix for MM8.

If you have any questions or comments please email me at andy4590@mchsi.com. You do not have permission to modify this file. Enjoy your Might and Magic Series. Copyright 2005 Andy4590

Might and Magic I-III on XP Pro Service Pack 2

* 1. To run these games download http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1
* 2. Browse to your start menu and run dosbox.
* 3. You will need to type "mount c c:\" (Without the quotes) then enter.
* 4. Then you will need to type c: and hit enter.
* 5. Now browse go to the directory from dosbox and run the exe.

Note: If you are not familiar with dos, then read the readme.txt. You can play I-III without dosbox but the games will run smoother with dosbox.

Might and Magic IV-V plus Swords of Xeen on XP Pro Service Pack 2

* * * You will need to run dosbox to play these games trouble free.

Might and Magic VI-IX on XP Pro Service Pack 2

IMPORTANT: Download Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...en&Hash=M5X9DQ4 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7fc46855-b8a4-46cd-a236-3159970fde94&displaylang=en&Hash=M5X9DQ4) and install.

I had hardware accelerated mode for video on ALL except MM7. I was not able to select sound options at all on MM6-MM7.

* 1. MM6 -http://home.mchsi.com/~andy4590/mm6x.zip Follow the instructions included. This allows you to play on XP with the CD.
* 2. MM7 -First run MM7 configuration utility and change to software 3d. Go to your MM7 directory and right click MM7.exe and choose properties. Click the Compatibility tab. Go to compatibility mode area and click run this program in compatibility mode. Then choose Windows 98/ME and click okay. Then goto the start menu, then run, and type dxdiag. Click the sound tab. Then under directx features move the slider all the way down to no acceleration Hardware sound Acceleration level. Now run the game. You will need the cd.
* 3. MM8 -To play MM8 you need to have installed Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit. You will need to download http://home.mchsi.com/~andy4590/MM8comXpProSP2.sdb Browse to the start menu, then programs, then to Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit, and then click on Compatibility Administrator Tool 3.0. Click open and browse to where you saved MM8comXpProSP2.sdb and open the file. Under New Database you should see a new entry. Something like MM8 [c:\Documents and Settings\Drew\Desktop\MM8comXpProSP2.sdb] Right click this and chose install. Go to your MM8 directory and right click MM8.exe and choose properties. Click the Compatibility tab. Go to compatibility mode area and click run this program in compatibility mode. Then choose Windows 98/ME and click okay. Now run MM8 and enjoy.
* 4. MM9 -Should work just fine after installing the game.

this guide can be found here (http://celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=383). i have not read it, but take a look at the site. maybe you'll find patches there.

Yobor

13-03-2005, 12:27 AM

Strange, I bought this game not long ago in a pack with two and 3 complete. Huh. :crazy:

Yobor

02-04-2005, 02:38 AM

Also, this game works comepletely fine on WIN98 and ME. (At least, my bought version does.....)

Gejmer Božo

04-04-2005, 07:51 AM

I LOVE Heroes Of Might And Magic series, but those warlock guys are too superior in first 2 parts. I mean, one crusader's got like 75 hit points, and black dragon like 350. It takes a lightning bolt with spell power of 3 to kill the crusader, while you can't throw anything on dragon! It's bloody ridiculous! If you fight against a better hero with spell power like 12, he'll kill 4 crusaders per turn!

DEATH KNIGHT

02-05-2005, 05:47 PM

damn! i still cant get that thing work :cry:

DEATH KNIGHT

03-05-2005, 01:11 PM

MOUNT * -t cdrom *:\ WHAT THE **** THAT MEANS!?!?! :butcher:

Guest

04-05-2005, 11:48 PM

Pity there's no music. While much of the music is in fact, not that great, the fugue-like tune of the barbarian town is great.

Yes indeed, you can still 'buy' this game... sort of... it's a whole collection of Heroes I, II, and III, with the expansion packs for both II and III. In fact, I have a copy of it right here. :bye:

Shunk Eat Enemy

05-05-2005, 01:23 AM

:D Wow my freind Yobor (erik) got the entire game package of this heros 1, 2 and add ons and what not. Its so fun all the way up to heros Of M&M 3. :cry: Then at Heros 4 it started to all roll down hill. It had cool new stuff but damn was it hard. :ranting:

dr_st

05-05-2005, 04:56 AM

I have Heroes 3 with both expansion packs, the complete Heroes 3 Chronicles, and the Wake of Gods. Pity that no one plays them.

Omuletzu

05-05-2005, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by DEATH KNIGHT@May 3 2005, 03:11 PM
MOUNT * -t cdrom *:\ WHAT THE **** THAT MEANS!?!?! :butcher:
Go to the troubleshooting section, and check the convienently placed stickies.You may find valuable information stored there

BeefontheBone

05-05-2005, 03:22 PM

You're nicer than me - I wasn't going to dignify that with a reply.

DJSlayer

07-05-2005, 02:21 PM

Oh dear, so many people seem to find it hard mounting this so i'm gonna help everyone :D. Just to let you know this runs great in VDMS. You get all the sound your meant to with the download, runs right speed, no graphic problems or anything else for that matter. Should save everyone alot of hassle. Btw, great site, great games. I've been looking for something like this for ages. Thank you abandonia!!! :cheers: :ok:

Battousai

14-05-2005, 04:53 PM

How that does for the scenery 3 to conclude?

:help:

Oldie Goldie

14-05-2005, 04:59 PM

One of the best hot seat games ever. Great music, gameplay and easy Leveleditor. :kosta:

Bigolyt

02-06-2005, 05:06 PM

Anyone know where I can get Might and Magic III Isles of Terra.... I LOVED that game :D

Yobor

02-06-2005, 08:46 PM

This game runs fine on Win98, as I might have mentioned before. If you have an older computer, consider loading it up.

Argith Nuei

05-06-2005, 07:57 PM

:blink: I,ve been meaning to ask... Is this Heroes of might and magic I or II? Wasnt the game that was later known as heroes called (Kings Bounty)?

Chris

05-06-2005, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by Argith Nuei@Jun 5 2005, 09:57 PM
:blink:* I,ve been meaning to ask... Is this Heroes of might and magic I or II? Wasnt the game that was later known as heroes called (Kings Bounty)?
I think you're talking about this one. (http://www.abandonia.com/games/151/download/Kings_Bounty.htm) It is not related to Heroes of Might and Magic, but might be a predecessor. Haven't played it myself, however.

kOS

05-06-2005, 11:09 PM

hmmm but looks very similar to HoMM for me :D btw publisher of these games is one and only :D

rmontaruli

06-06-2005, 10:00 AM

Hallo there!
I got it! I got it!
I bought a fantastic edition of this HOMM on eBay.
Heroes of Might & Magic Compendium
Two CD-ROMs
There is the original HOMM in two versions, for DOS and WINDOWS 32bit.
The editor of HOMM 1.
There is HOMM II and its expansion Price of Loyalty, and the Editor.
And there is also King's Bounty.

King's Bounty it is the same i found on this site.
HOMM 1 has some little differences in file sizes, and IT SOUNDS! The CD version has a lot of music, great sounds of the same authors who play the music of the following versions of HOMM.

I'm playing the campaings.
The first map is very easy: you have to slay one dragon and then conquest a weakly defended city to win
But i have a lot of problems with the second map: the archipelagos.
Did anybody complete it in less than 10 weeks?

Argith Nuei

06-06-2005, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by Bobbin+Jun 5 2005, 11:05 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bobbin @ Jun 5 2005, 11:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Argith Nuei@Jun 5 2005, 09:57 PM
:blink:* I,ve been meaning to ask... Is this Heroes of might and magic I or II? Wasnt the game that was later known as heroes called (Kings Bounty)?
I think you're talking about this one. (http://www.abandonia.com/games/151/download/Kings_Bounty.htm) It is not related to Heroes of Might and Magic, but might be a predecessor. Haven't played it myself, however. [/b][/quote]
:blink: I already have kings bounty from abandonia. And i have HOMM II on cd-rom, but the HOMM game on abandonia does not have a number. Does this mean that there was a HOMM 1 game that was released after kings bounty?
I always thought that kings bounty was also known as HOMM 1.

kOS

06-06-2005, 04:33 PM

HoMM which is on Abandonia is a first game from HoMM series. It doesn't have number "1" because this is rarely used during naming a game!

Captain Ackers

26-06-2005, 07:12 AM

Problem. I run Homm1 in DOSbox. I ran it normally. Didn't work. Found out about mounting Cd. Thought it meant put it on CD. Put it on CD. Ran it. It worked! 6 minutes in: Game Crashes. Tried again. Froze computer. Decided to run it on Win 95 computer. Didn't work. Error opening Heroes.cfg DAMNIT. Didn't work in DOS either. Screen just went black. What do I do now? (Also I did that FAKE CDrom thingy, and it did same thing)

MrBackAlleySka

16-07-2005, 12:48 PM

Heya guys. Figured i'd download this game just to complete my collection. Im having trouble getting this game to work in D-Fend. I can run it fine, utterly fine in DOSbox, but every time I run it in D-Fend, it just closes before it opens. Any suggestions?

Shred

01-08-2005, 09:18 PM

well i played HoMM ind Dos-Box lately and i must admit that the game runs slower than normal. however i increased the chiprate in d-box(ctrl+F12) and now it runs a bit faster.
i ve kept up good memories about the game especially about the hotseat mode which provided countless hours of fun with friends. this actually started my passion for multiplayer games which i still enjoy nowadays.

Jimmy eat World

01-08-2005, 11:25 PM

Originally posted by Tom Henrik@Aug 25 2004, 08:29 PM
When you have written:

Mount e -t cdrom e:
(It is e: for me)

Then you use the normal procedure...
Mount c c:
cd heroes

heroes.exe

Happy gaming
:help: Wow I have tried this about 20 times (I hate asking for help) but I am lost!

I open DosBox and get

Z:\

Then I type mount d -t cdrom d:\

and I get
MSCDEX Installed.
Drive D is mounted as CDRom.

Then I type mount c c:\
Drive C is mounted as local directory c:\

Then I type cd heroes (Heroes directory IS located in the root C:\)
Unable to change to : Heroes.

HELLLLPPPPP!

A. J. Raffles

02-08-2005, 06:43 AM

I think somebody had that problem a while back. It could be that you've accidentally mounted your actual C: drive instead of the DOSBox CDrive.

Edit: Right, this (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6134) is the thread I meant. If that doesn't help you to solve your problem, though, I strongly suggest that you create a new thread in the troubleshooting forum.

a15drian

08-08-2005, 10:21 AM

My game works fine on my winXp :Titan:
Here are some cheats for it:
Heroes of Might & Magic 1

When the enemy has a hero stronger than yours here's an
easy way to cut him/her down to size.
Take over one of their cities and then move have of your
movement away. The hero will come to take the city back
and leave part of his army behind. Take the city again
and leave until the heroes army has dwindled to a
manageable size!

NUMBER EFFECT
----------------
101495 - reveal whole map
101496 - golds
101111 - to enchant your army with haste spell
844690 - crystals
844691 - ores
899101 - diamonds
991001 - plutos
99901 - ?
LOL

Nosferrath

11-08-2005, 07:52 AM

What's wrong with this game ? I run it in dosbox, but after i build something in the town or try to pick up something like gold or take over a mine, my mouse cursor disappeares and i can't do anything except pressing ctrl+F9. In VDMsound the mouse doesn't work at all. What might the problem be ? :help:

a15drian

15-08-2005, 10:20 AM

Originally posted by Nosferrath@Aug 11 2005, 07:52 AM
What's wrong with this game ? I run it in dosbox, but after i build something in the town or try to pick up something like gold or take over a mine, my mouse cursor disappeares and i can't do anything except pressing ctrl+F9. In VDMsound the mouse doesn't work at all. What might the problem be ? :help:
don't run it in dos box or in VDMsounds.mine works perfectly in winXP. :bye:

minhtuan

18-08-2005, 05:37 AM

Yep. Just to run install, set the sound and midi to Sound Blaster, then it runs fine under XP SP1. Don't you guys try to run install.exe b4 running heroes?

Guest

22-08-2005, 09:24 PM

:help: Please, help me!
I have Win98 & DOS
But there HEROES hangs ! !! ! ! ! :sniper:
I start game, start a new game, and before press [next turn]
and sometimes on second turn the game HANGS, BLOCK, STOPS.
I think it happens when load some kind of picture.

I'm trying to play this game in the DOS-BOX under XP, but it is VERY VERY
slow. It is painful to play so slowly. I hit Ctrl+F12, but this do not helps me.

Give me an answer how to play under dos/win98.
(i have choose: no sound card, no music card, Vesa compatible, no modem
in the setup) and the game hangs!

Help me to make this DOS(BUG)-BOX be faster to play on my XP

My machine is 1100 MHz, Duron, 256 MB RAM, 64 MB Video RAM - NVidia,
Scard AC'97

And if you like Golden axe --> try this http://viki3d.hit.bg/gaxdemo.rar

THANKS IN ADVANCE !

another_guest

22-08-2005, 09:57 PM

I suggest you download D-Fend from:
http://members.home.nl/mabus/dfend.htm
It's a front end to Dosbox, allowing you to tweak the settings really easily. A way to speeden things up is to skip a few frames. It's a bit similar to the "CPU cycles" setting: keep increasing until the performance grows worse again if you increase any further.
I don't know if this will be enough to allow you to play MoM at a decent speed, but you could give it a try...

Gaxe fan

23-08-2005, 07:27 PM

Thank you for the advice. :D
I see dfend for the first time.
I'l try to make somethig...
Wondering if my copy is crashed. I'll download heroes of MM aggain
from abandonia and i'll try again.

And if you like "hot rod" (street road), i'm just finishing my cheat for this game
(driving section). It will be soon available for downloading !
The cheat gives you $20 000, and 100 victories for Drag race & 100 for road races
for overall 200 races. That guaranteee that the Kings will race with you
when you challenge them :sneaky:

ummmm

04-09-2005, 12:32 PM

The only cheat code I can get to work is the reveal map one. The rest (like the gold one) don't seem to do anything, is there a special screen I have to use these codes on?

a15drian

05-09-2005, 12:17 PM

Originally posted by ummmm@Sep 4 2005, 12:32 PM
The only cheat code I can get to work is the reveal map one. The rest (like the gold one) don't seem to do anything, is there a special screen I have to use these codes on?
i Don't know mine works fine maybe it takes time. :ok:

BLOODUK

05-09-2005, 04:41 PM

Game runs REALLY slowly when waiting for the computer to take its turn
the hour glass takes for ever even at the start of the game, any fixes?

Guest

09-09-2005, 08:39 AM

Try Heroes 3 or 4. :D

gregor

09-09-2005, 11:09 AM

Originally posted by BLOODUK@Sep 5 2005, 04:41 PM
Game runs REALLY slowly when waiting for the computer to take its turn
the hour glass takes for ever even at the start of the game, any fixes?
There is an option feature that allows you to set computer's movement speed. THe faster it is the faster the turn ends. So use gallop or some other fast horse movement to increase speed of computer turns.

minhtuan

12-09-2005, 07:38 AM

Please visit
http://heroes.mycomport.com

There are 800 maps for H2, 500 maps for H3 and 80 maps for H4 waiting for download.

Freak

23-09-2005, 05:42 AM

How can i get heroes working under D-fend? :angry:

Guest

23-09-2005, 08:14 AM

Wow, it is still a myth. You will need an Advanced Intelligence attribute in your hero.

Adman552

06-10-2005, 08:40 PM

One of the best games ever, the later in the series, other than the second, are all much worse than this game, got every HoMM game out there as well as King's Bounty and this is the best. Campaign is difficult at first but once u get used to it its easier, + depending on which race u choose u dont have to fight that race at end, so hint for campaign is be barbarians because their map is hardest to win. HF with this game all.

gregor

08-10-2005, 08:36 AM

i am just writing here cause one of you people mentioned that HOMM1 is only for DOS. well i checked my disks again and it clearly states there that it was made to be compatible with WIN 95. and you know what that means. if it's compatible with WIN95 it shouuld also be with WIN 98 and probably even 2000 & XP.

I see a lot of people having problems starting up the downloaded HOMM. Maybe it's time to upload a WIN 95 version....

SupSuper

08-10-2005, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by gregor@Oct 8 2005, 09:36 AM
i am just writing here cause one of you people mentioned that HOMM1 is only for DOS. well i checked my disks again and it clearly states there that it was made to be compatible with WIN 95. and you know what that means. if it's compatible with WIN95 it shouuld also be with WIN 98 and probably even 2000 & XP.
That is the most incorrect statement I've ever seen. Something that works on Win95 doesn't necessarily work on Win98, 2000, XP. Most (if not all) DOS games work on Win95, specially since you can "restart in dos mode", so that's probably why the HOMM1 box mentions it's Win95 compatible.
However, the more Windows evolves, the less compatible it is with DOS games. In Win98 most still work, though on Win2000/XP it's very unlikely without use of utilities. In the best odds you'll just lose sound output.

gregor

09-10-2005, 08:34 PM

well all i know my version of HOMM works on 95, 98 and 2000.

Edit: to be more precise it says: Designed for Microsoft Windows 95.

Oh and system requirements are Dos 5.0 OR WIN 95 (cause there was no win 98 at that time)

Bradley

09-10-2005, 11:53 PM

Hahahah suckers, I own the Heroes of Might and Magic Platinum Edition... it has:

1
2 + Expansion
3 + All Expansions
Nice Package

SupSuper

10-10-2005, 09:47 PM

Originally posted by gregor@Oct 9 2005, 09:34 PM
well all i know my version of HOMM works on 95, 98 and 2000.

Edit: to be more precise it says: Designed for Microsoft Windows 95.

Oh and system requirements are Dos 5.0 OR WIN 95 (cause there was no win 98 at that time)
Yes, my version even works fine in Windows XP (though no sound), but it's still a DOS game :)

Guest

28-10-2005, 06:17 PM

Guys i have downloaded many games from this site including Heroes of Might and magic and they are all great... I had the windows 98 before so i faced no trouble running them... But since i switched to XP trouble started.. I downloaded DoxBox, did everything right, but when i type the name of the .exe file that runs the game in DOSBOX, the window of DOSBOX disappears and the whole operation is aborted.. I end up looking to my desktop again.. HELP PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!! for some other games, they worked under XP but too fast.. I downloaded The CPUKiller3 and tried to run it in the same time of game, no result... Guys i am bored to death without my classic games so SAVE MEEEEEE!!! (excuse me if this was the wrong place to post such a distress call but i did not know exactly where to post it...)

othellox

31-10-2005, 11:59 PM

The game works only if if i mount the cd in dosbox... but I have another problem, i can't save... is says "no space", if i install the game from setup to a folder it doesn't work at all... what can I do to get the game runing and to be able to save?

This worked to get the game running:
mount d c:\heroes -f cdrom -label heroes
d:
heroes

... but the virtual cd d: is created with 0 freespace
I tried the -size and -freespace command but it doesn't work on the virtual cd...
If i type mount c c:\ and install the game to drive c the game does't work at all giving me the error "can't find cfg" or it closes dosbox

There is no point playing the game if i can't save...

Bradley

01-11-2005, 12:11 AM

Just buy the darn game. I got the Platinum Pack for $20 used at a local EB. It rocks. I have:

- HOMM 1
- HOMM 2 + Expansion
- HOMM 3 + 2 Expansions
- A nice flimsey cd holder holding the 4 cds!

Just me

10-11-2005, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by othellox@Nov 1 2005, 12:59 AM
The game works only if if i mount the cd in dosbox..

There is no point playing the game if i can't save...
Heroes really seems to work fine with XP (SP1), sound is working also. No music, but I don't need it or miss it. But that'd be useless information, unless I tell you how I did it:

First I unzipped heroes to E:\ (C: or D: or any other drive should work also)

I used XP's "run" (Start -> Run) and typed "cmd" . Then "E:\" , "cd heroes" and "install".

Selected "1", "0" (= SB / compactible"), "4" (= "save") and the letter of my "CD-rom".

Typed "Heroes" and started to play.

Saving (and loading) works without any problems.

(By the way, my soundcard is SBLive! Value with kXaudio drivers.)

stijnelijn

24-11-2005, 09:41 PM

Anyone knows why 3do went down?

Its not like they didn,t have some big titles.

I do asume mm9 was done with the last bit of cash they had. That was just sad. But for the rest i would say the mm and the homm titles should have sold well.

Black isle was killed i think, devoured you could say.

I think i`ll just look angry at EA again and download one of their games i won,t like anyways as illigally as possible. They deserved that.

Ich

12-12-2005, 12:53 PM

I made everything runnig, but it laags cruely, on how many cycles i have to increase the speed and besides how can i get fullscreen of the dosbox?

SupSuper

12-12-2005, 01:48 PM

another_guest

13-12-2005, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by Ich@Dec 12 2005, 01:53 PM
I made everything runnig, but it laags cruely, on how many cycles i have to increase the speed and besides how can i get fullscreen of the dosbox?
For the number of cycles: increase to the point where any further increase will cause the game to run slower again (the exact number also depends on your pc).
If that doesn't help, you can always skip 1 or 2 frames.

Data

13-12-2005, 11:09 AM

Originally posted by othellox@Nov 1 2005, 01:59 AM
The game works only if if i mount the cd in dosbox... but I have another problem, i can't save... is says "no space", if i install the game from setup to a folder it doesn't work at all... what can I do to get the game runing and to be able to save?

This worked to get the game running:
mount d c:\heroes -f cdrom -label heroes
d:
heroes

... but the virtual cd d: is created with 0 freespace
I tried the -size and -freespace command but it doesn't work on the virtual cd...
If i type mount c c:\ and install the game to drive c the game does't work at all giving me the error "can't find cfg" or it closes dosbox

There is no point playing the game if i can't save...
add a c:\ drive as well......
you only mounted a cdrom...
So it's obvious as that you can not save...... cdROM

Montxo

01-01-2006, 03:50 PM

I´m having some trouble with hmm because though it runs on dosbox the screen appears black and I can´t see anything; I dont know if that´s because of the video card, or something but i´d be very grateful if you could help me.
By the way, great site! :ok:

Guest_stanley

04-01-2006, 07:11 PM

Don't request esa games they are illegal. -punch

Guest

10-01-2006, 07:53 PM

I have downloaded and installed DosBox and followed all the steps given on the website. I edited the DosBox config notepad file to a T with no error. Yet when I open up DosBox it still opens in Z:
If I type C: it goes on to say:

Drive C does not exist!
You must mount it first. Type intro for more information.

I do not understand why drive c is apparently still unmounted, as I have followed the previous said steps and saved the notepad and everything.
Was hoping someone could help me out here as I want to play this game again dearly.

BeefontheBone

10-01-2006, 08:25 PM

try typing the same commands in dosbox - if that works, you must've mistyped something or put them in the wrong part of the file (they go at the bottom, in the autoexec bit)

Guest

10-01-2006, 08:56 PM

Nah that doesn't work. I followed all steps 100% perfectly and it still shows up Z:

Guest

12-01-2006, 10:16 PM

I have a problem that needs solving!

After I installed Heroes I have typed the following in DosBox:
C:\>cd heroes
C:\HEROES>heroes
DOS/4GW Professional Protected Mode Run-time Version 1.97
Copyright © Rational Systems, Inc. 1990-1994

And the window sits like that, flashes once, and stays like that forever.
Is there a particular video/sound card out of the given list that is most compatible with XP that may be the cause of the problem or what?

punch999

12-01-2006, 10:39 PM

In the install screen make sure it is set to no sound and see if that works.

Guest

12-01-2006, 11:26 PM

Ok I did that and still no success. I'm not certain which video card to use

Guest

18-01-2006, 03:52 PM

How do i get the game to run?!? iw done everything what the guide said and when i write heroes.exe on dosbox it says illegal command: heroes.exe

I dont know what to do....... PLZ help me....... :help:

heinakuh

27-01-2006, 04:32 PM

i really love this game... it brings back good memories..

heinakuh

27-01-2006, 04:35 PM

hi its me again... i just wanna ask, can u insert a search function pertaining to date released, so we can browse by year as well?

PS.. abandonia is the greatest once i tire of all the games here and im filthy rich, im buy a hosting company and host u guys for free ;-)

Guest

12-02-2006, 10:36 AM

Eum... does any1 has a link to download the windows '95 version. Rumors says it has an mapeditor included for HOMM1. Believe it or not, but after all these years i'm still eager to play my own maps!

A patch from Dos to Win will do 2, but i dont think there is 1 :bleh:

You may say, search it yourself, but i already did without any luck! :help:

(If this is an question already asked, then forgive my rudeness for not reading all the posts before!)

gregor

12-02-2006, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by Guest@Feb 12 2006, 11:36 AM
Rumors says it has an mapeditor included for HOMM1.
rumor is true

i didnt' even knwo that this game is actualyl for dos LOL
i always played it in win.

mercenary

12-02-2006, 12:16 PM

Heroes works perfectly under Windows98 :D
Anyone knows if Heroes2 is under ESA? I downloaded it a few weeks ago (about 21MB), so if it is legal...

Gaffer

23-02-2006, 04:50 PM

I have some trouble making the music work. I've tried every sound card option but there still isn't any music. Does anybody know what could be doing wrong?

Azzy

24-02-2006, 02:26 PM

o_o; I want to download it, but I'm not sure what I have to do to get it work. o.O:

Gaffer

24-02-2006, 03:10 PM

Download DosBox and follow the tutorial.

Azzy

26-02-2006, 07:21 PM

:blink: Okay I have DOSbox and I downloaded the game. o_o; I read the tutorial. I think I know what I did wrong. I put that mount thing after autoexec right? I change it from what the tutorial told me to do? o.O; I'll try that. Sorry, it's been a long time since I've used DOS. e.e;

Azzy

26-02-2006, 07:25 PM

No, it still doesn't work. I don't know what I'm doing wrong

justinnelson

27-02-2006, 08:10 AM

TO RUN HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC

FOLLOW THIS GUIDE CAREFULLY!!!!!!

Download File here Abandonia (http://www.abandonia.com/games/en/191/HeroesofMightMagic.htm)

Unzip it into the c:\ drive and name the folder you unzip it to "HEROES"

1. Run DosBox
2. You will see a blinking cursor "Z"
3. If your cd drive is d:\ then type in this: mount d -t cdrom d:\, then press enter
If your cd drive is e:\ then type in this: mount e -t cdrom e:\, then press enter
A message sould pop up and say MSCDEX installed,
Drive e(or d) is mounted as CDRom.
4. next, type in this: mount c c:\, press enter
5. type in c:, press enter
6. type in cd\HEROES
7. type in HEROES

game should run then

justinnelson

27-02-2006, 08:15 AM

just downloaded this game and playing it in dosbox, its pretty cool and everything except WHERE THE HECK IS THE MUSIC? I have everything right, I know, I think the music is not here. So where is it at? Is there somewhere I can download it at? Thanks
If it is not available for download can someone share with me the music? Thanks.

Also, how do you change the refresh rate in VDMssound? I run heroes of might and magic with vdmsound sometimes and the refresh rate is 60 hz, which makes my head hurt. Is there some program out there that controls this? I have tried and tried to change it, but nothing has worked so far, only dosbox, which limits it at 80 something hz.

Guest

27-02-2006, 08:26 AM

Originally posted by justinnelson@Feb 27 2006, 09:10 AM
TO RUN HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC

FOLLOW THIS GUIDE CAREFULLY!!!!!!

Download File here Abandonia (http://www.abandonia.com/games/en/191/HeroesofMightMagic.htm)

Unzip it into the c:\ drive and name the folder you unzip it to "HEROES"

1. Run DosBox
2. You will see a blinking cursor "Z"
3. If your cd drive is d:\ then type in this: mount d -t cdrom d:\, then press enter
If your cd drive is e:\ then type in this: mount e -t cdrom e:\, then press enter
A message sould pop up and say MSCDEX installed,
Drive e(or d) is mounted as CDRom.
4. next, type in this: mount c c:\, press enter
5. type in c:, press enter
6. type in cd\HEROES
7. type in HEROES

game should run then
Or, for the really lazy ones like me :w00t:

You can create a shortcut of dosbox.exe , copy it to your heroes folder, and then drag heroes.exe into dosbox.exe :zzzzz:

At least it works for me :Brain: . Well, back to being lazy!

PS. Still no1 willing to share the mapeditor???

Guest

27-02-2006, 06:45 PM

=/ Neither of these ways works for me. e.e the lazy way got me farther, but it can't access the cd drive or something. o__o; I know I'm doing something wrong but I'm not sure what

JustinNelson

28-02-2006, 07:36 AM

Just type in this:

mount d -t cdrom d:\, then press enter

I don't think there's a lazy way to do that, unless you somehow were to make it automatically do it.
And I didn't know that it could be that easy, all this time typing crap in and I could have just draged and played!
Well, I know this from now on, thanks!

JustinNelson

28-02-2006, 07:39 AM

after this just type in "heroes" or whatever the name of your .exe file is, more than likely it's heroes because this is default.

does anyone know where I can get the music for this game?
Please?? Anyone? Please??
Thanks
Justin Nelson

The Fifth Horseman

28-02-2006, 05:31 PM

just downloaded this game and playing it in dosbox, its pretty cool and everything except WHERE THE HECK IS THE MUSIC? I have everything right, I know, I think the music is not here. So where is it at? Is there somewhere I can download it at? Thanks
If it is not available for download can someone share with me the music? Thanks.
does anyone know where I can get the music for this game?
Music was recorded as audio tracks on the original CD. You'll have to obtain a copy of the full CD version to get it.

I don't think there's a lazy way to do that, unless you somehow were to make it automatically do it.
You can. Just edit Dosbox.conf and put that line in the autoexec section, on the far bottom.

Guest

28-02-2006, 06:29 PM

o_o; I typed in mount d -t cdrom d:\ then HEROES and it says its an illegal command. I checked to see if HEROES was the right name yes it was. e.e I don't know whats going wrong

A. J. Raffles

28-02-2006, 06:56 PM

This might be obvious, but have you tried typing "CD HEROES"?

Guest

03-03-2006, 03:54 PM

big thanks to justinnelson. finally got it after you wrote it out like that.

does anyone know how to make it lag less?

Guest_Gabriel

06-03-2006, 04:05 AM

Music was recorded as audio tracks on the original CD. You'll have to obtain a copy of the full CD version to get it.

Someone with the original cd should rip it and encode to mp3 (loses some quality, but i think it's worth it), so that audio could be distributed with a cue file and later burnt on a disc! In home of the underdogs they used to have the audio for Loom along with the vga update pack. I remember it worked!

Guest

06-03-2006, 12:03 PM

Originally posted by Guest_Gabriel@Mar 6 2006, 05:05 AM
Music was recorded as audio tracks on the original CD. You'll have to obtain a copy of the full CD version to get it.

Someone with the original cd should rip it and encode to mp3 (loses some quality, but i think it's worth it), so that audio could be distributed with a cue file and later burnt on a disc! In home of the underdogs they used to have the audio for Loom along with the vga update pack. I remember it worked!
Same for the mapeditor!!! :help:

The Fifth Horseman

06-03-2006, 05:55 PM

There was no map editor for HOM&M, as far as I know.

Guest

07-03-2006, 01:56 AM

Say, has anyone here actually tested dosbox ipx emulation capabilities? Wouldnt it be cool to play this game against an online human opponent? Anyone had any success? Speak up, folks!

velik_m

07-03-2006, 06:30 AM

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Mar 6 2006, 06:55 PM
There was no map editor for HOM&M, as far as I know.
There IS an editor for HOMM!

Guest_Gabriel

07-03-2006, 12:42 PM

A tip for the lazy bastards such as me: I made a file in notepad with the following text:

mount d e:\ -t cdrom
heroes

Than I saved it as heroes.bat in the game directory, and I also copied the dosbox shortcut to it. That means i only have to drag heroes.bat to the dosbox shortcut and the games mounts the cd and starts automatically. And i actually mounted my second hard disk (e:\) as the cdrom, you can do that. The game just wants you to have a drive, it doesnt care about the content so you can even mount an empty folder as the cdrom if you want.

I'm also curious about the dosbox multiplayer thingie, i hope someone shows up and says it works great.

The Fifth Horseman

07-03-2006, 01:28 PM

There IS an editor for HOMM!
..."Included in the Windows version", right? Well, I've got that one. No editor there.

Guest

07-03-2006, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Mar 7 2006, 02:28 PM
There IS an editor for HOMM!
..."Included in the Windows version", right? Well, I've got that one. No editor there.
did you get the win version from "homm:compendium" or from "homm2:gold"?

gregor

07-03-2006, 08:15 PM

Compendium.

http://home.amis.net/gorjanma/gregor/edit1b.jpg

http://home.amis.net/gorjanma/gregor/edit2.jpg

velik_m

08-03-2006, 07:10 AM

Originally posted by gregor@Mar 7 2006, 09:15 PM
Compendium.

thank you, i couldn't find the box, or i would show him myself...

The Fifth Horseman

08-03-2006, 08:57 AM

Was a bundle pack of HOM&M,HOM&MII,HOM&MII:POL.

gregor

08-03-2006, 09:42 AM

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Mar 8 2006, 09:57 AM
Was a bundle pack of HOM&M,HOM&MII,HOM&MII:POL.
exactly. and each CD has it's own editor.

except from these 3 (HOMM1 & HOMM2 + HOOM2 extension POL) there was also King's bounty on one of the CD's which i found out accidentally. :D
only the last one doesn't have any editor.

Guest_Gabriel

08-03-2006, 12:14 PM

Gregor, you're such a tease!!! If anyone guided you, would you be willing to rip that first game cd with the music tracks? I'm not sure of how to do it, but we can find out, i suppose.

The Fifth Horseman

08-03-2006, 01:27 PM

You can do it even with Winamp, if you feel like that.

Suggested method is using CDEX.

Guest_Gabriel

08-03-2006, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Mar 8 2006, 02:27 PM
You can do it even with Winamp, if you feel like that.
The thing is, does the game detect if the cd is somewhat different from the original? If he just ripped the music with winamp, for instance, maybe we would still have to know how the structure of the original disc was, that was why a .cue file was suggested. At least we would have to know which track had the game binary data. Is it a rule for the data always to be in the first track, and the music on the subsequent ones?

Guest

08-03-2006, 04:24 PM

Gregor, cant u put the editor on the site so we can download it? :max:

gregor

09-03-2006, 05:40 AM

which files belong to mapeditor (aside from the .exe)?

Why do you need the music ripped? :blink: does it take long to rip it?

i will have access to my computer this weekend. hopefully i will also have time to use it :D

The Fifth Horseman

09-03-2006, 10:05 AM

Is it a rule for the data always to be in the first track, and the music on the subsequent ones?
Yes.
The thing is, does the game detect if the cd is somewhat different from the original?
AFAIK, it shouldn't. The cd-checks weren't too popular back then. Usually, if there was a CD in the drive that contained the game files, it was allright.

Guest_Gabriel

09-03-2006, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by gregor@Mar 9 2006, 06:40 AM
Why do you need the music ripped? :blink: does it take long to rip it?
Because the music is so damn beautiful! No, it wouldn't take long to rip. Do you use windows? Do you have winamp installed? Maybe one of us could guide you along the process.

Abandonia folks, would you host the music? If not I guess we can use rapidshare or something.
So it would probably work if we burned the game data on a cd and the mp3s as audio tracks, right?

Romano

09-03-2006, 01:13 PM

Abandonia host THE MUSIC (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=music_list). :max:

If you have something to submit PM any Admin here.

gregor

10-03-2006, 07:48 AM

i have Win98 and some older version of winamp. would have to chek which one is it. if i understand i woudl change music into MP3. that's fine with me. you can PM me the procedure and i will see what i can do.

since i already have some of the game music in MP3 does aynone maybe know how to change it to audio CD files? i would like to listen in in my car and it is older model and has only audio CD, but not MP3 player. so if oyu have any procedure on that yoou can also let me know in PM. would love to listen to golden axe while driving down the highway :D

anyway i will arrive home late at night today, because i have some things to do. but maybe tomorrow afternoon i will have some time for ripping.

you can also send me an email.

The Fifth Horseman

10-03-2006, 02:47 PM

Use CDEX if you can, it tends to give better results. The program is free, just google it up.

As for MP3 -> Audio CD... almost any CD burning program will do that. Just select an option to record Audio CD.

gregor

11-03-2006, 11:37 AM

OK i ripped the music. Problem is that music that is in adventure map is mixed with sound effects (birds, waves...) but Music within towns and on the battle field is just music.

here is some interesting data i came across.

- if i zip the full CD (which doesn't have any codes) and this would inlcude directx folder, kingsbounty and manual (windows help file) for KB and HOMM1 the filesize would be about 82MB.

- if i exclude the directX directory i get roughly about 76MB

- music (inlcuding adventure screen one) makes up about 22MB

- only music (only within towns, on battle fields etc.) take us about 15 MB

Which one should get published?

Edit: I blieve that what i have is a WIndows version as i can run normally it from WIN98.

Guest_Gabriel

11-03-2006, 10:08 PM

gregor, cool that you did it before we even had the time to 'help' you. Well, before I, anyway.
I suppose the best one would be the second option (cd and music minus directx).
Unless, of course, it's possible to burn the data available right here in abandonia to a cd plus the music files. As opposed to the data of your cd. But if you say your version has directX, you must be right, it's probably a windows version! Which is even better, because not anyone can run dosbox smoothly, it requires quite a powerful machine.
So yeah, the best option seem the second one, as everyone can get directX on the web.
Anyone disagree?

gregor

12-03-2006, 11:46 AM

well size is an issue here. so maybe only mp3 music from HOMM1 - the smaller version.

Strange how servers are so expencive, even if hard sdisks are relativelly cheap nowadays... But there is nothing we can do about it.

junior

12-03-2006, 01:16 PM

Dood, at least temporarily we could put it on http://rapidshare.de/
This way size wouldn't be much of an issue. Well, it would be a drag to put it there if your ineternet connection is slow.

Guest

13-03-2006, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by junior@Mar 12 2006, 02:16 PM
Dood, at least temporarily we could put it on http://rapidshare.de/
This way size wouldn't be much of an issue. Well, it would be a drag to put it there if your ineternet connection is slow.
Well, if 100mb is allowed, why not put the whole game on internet :w00t:

That way, some people can get their music and I can finally get my mapeditor :ok:

That is, if gregor is willing to do that :bye:

Well, back to daydreaming about the maps that i would make :zzzzz:

Sebatianos

13-03-2006, 12:24 PM

Gregor is willing to do that and he alredady contacted me about it, but it's not only up to me (I'm writing Kosta - the site's owner about it as we speak).

Guest

13-03-2006, 10:28 PM

Gregor, you're my hero!

Guest

16-03-2006, 02:22 PM

Yay, please tell us when you guys decide something!!

guessed

17-03-2006, 03:28 PM

This game is unplayably hard. I've got the settings on easy opponent, playing easy scenario. I've researched and built everything available, and replenished soldiers as fast as I can. I beat the neutral creatures on the map, but as soon as the enemy turn up their army and Hero are so far better its game over.

I admit I don't own the manual but come on, on the easiest setting you should be able to at least finish the easy map with an easy opponent. Not fun. It looks like a good game but its way too hard. Think I'll go back to Lords of Chaos and Shining Force.

Guest

17-03-2006, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by guessed@Mar 17 2006, 04:28 PM
This game is unplayably hard. I've got the settings on easy opponent, playing easy scenario. I've researched and built everything available, and replenished soldiers as fast as I can. I beat the neutral creatures on the map, but as soon as the enemy turn up their army and Hero are so far better its game over.

I admit I don't own the manual but come on, on the easiest setting you should be able to at least finish the easy map with an easy opponent. Not fun. It looks like a good game but its way too hard. Think I'll go back to Lords of Chaos and Shining Force.
:blink:

Hihi, that is probably because you wait to long! :zzzzz:

You are probably using the strategy wich I was using in the beginning, back when I was still a little boy :whistle:
I used to build a perfect army with one castle and limited recourses, wich takes a long time. Most of the time when i finally decided to come out, one opponent already defeated the others and had aquired multiple castles and a lot of recourses, wich lead to strong armys with only strong units in it.

If you want to create huge army(s) wich are stronger then the army's of your opponent, you got to be fast and get as many resources as quick as possible, not to mention more villages/castles.

Also, sometimes it is better to have to have several small armys instead of one strong army. This way, collecting resources will take less time. Well, it works for me! It would be a shame if you let this game go because of your lack of experience!

Or at least wait till the mapeditor becomes available, then you can create your own map where it is impossible to lose :wub:

Dude

18-03-2006, 12:23 AM

gregor

18-03-2006, 04:11 PM

that is correct. it is a difficult game. but only if you don't have the manual.

the first tip was already given: spread fast, aquire as many resources as possible. steal resources already take by computer player.

the second tip is: use right click to know the strength of opponent or beasts. also during battel use the button to see opponents strenght and strenght of his specific armies (for example dragons).

third tip is use many heroes. if nexessacry exchage armies, objects and spells between them so your best hero also has best equipment.

tip 4: if you have problems with specific map tell use which map it is so we might give you some good advice on it.

tip 5: to have a first go in the battle you need to have fast units. the one with fastest unit starts first. and the fastest unit has to be on top (i.e first in your army). that way you alsways cast your spell first and have a first strike at the enemy. this offers you to sometimes end a combat without even giving opportunity to the opponent. and without loosing a single soldier in your army.

and finnaly... i mainly played Heroes 2. and in that game the only mission that was too hard (even on easy) was the very last one (all previous ones were easy peasy). so i used the cheats to reequip the hero. :tomato: the problem there was that somehow you have two castles and two herroes on beiginning and they should be like your spine. but immediatelly you loose them. :tai: weird.

as for HOMM1 beware of the dragons ;)

Hommer

19-03-2006, 08:16 PM

Where i can download FREE Homm1 what needn`t disk? :ranting:

Sebatianos

19-03-2006, 08:24 PM

What are you trying to say Hommer? You can get the game right here!

Master MC

19-03-2006, 08:24 PM

?
This version is free. Just follow the instructions.

Guest

20-03-2006, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by gregor@Mar 18 2006, 05:11 PM
as for HOMM1 beware of the dragons ;)
Oh, another tip, dont attack ghost with an army wich contains weak units!!!

I've done that once, and wont do it twice :wall: :tai:

But, eum.... when is the full version of our man gregor available, i am really eager to create my own maps :Tom: ?

gregor

20-03-2006, 11:46 AM

oh that's right ghost are powerfull units. if you manage to control some it's so cool (or is that possible only in HOMM2?). i think you need high leadership for them otherwise they turn on you. once i used them to attack some poor peasants and their numbers increased too much. my morale and leadership was not high enough so they turned on me.

the version is being tested i believe. as already mentioned the problem is it's size (83MB).

velik_m

20-03-2006, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by gregor@Mar 20 2006, 12:46 PM
oh that's right ghost are powerfull units. if you manage to control some it's so cool (or is that possible only in HOMM2?). i think you need high leadership for them otherwise they turn on you. once i used them to attack some poor peasants and their numbers increased too much. my morale and leadership was not high enough so they turned on me.

you are thinking of king's bounty (your units were limited by your leadership)

you can only get/control ghosts in homm2:pol (expansion) not in homm1&homm2, i think and units are always loyal regadles of your leadership/morale. (except for spells)

gregor

20-03-2006, 07:53 PM

well they can join if you have high leadership. no?

velik_m

20-03-2006, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by gregor@Mar 20 2006, 08:53 PM
well they can join if you have high leadership. no?
i don't think u can negotiate with ghosts (even if u are expert in diplomacy)

Guest

21-03-2006, 02:09 PM

Okay everybody, thanks for the tips. Tried a few different things and did beat one of the opposing heroes, but they recruited others quickly and had others, so I could not finish them off. Its probably a good game but I still find it just too difficult.

Had the same trouble with Fantasy General, I won the first six battles or so but the later maps just kill you. So both of these will now be freeing up space on my hard drive. Have just downloaded Master of Magic, and am still not dead! Just signed a treaty with the opposing wizard and payed a small tribute. So far so good.

gregor

21-03-2006, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by Guest@Mar 21 2006, 03:09 PM
Okay everybody, thanks for the tips. Tried a few different things and did beat one of the opposing heroes, but they recruited others quickly and had others, so I could not finish them off. Its probably a good game but I still find it just too difficult.

ehm you did have it on the easy setting, right?

Junior

30-03-2006, 01:57 PM

I can't believe it, its been on the front page for six days and no one told us here!!! Thanks you Greg and Abandonia crew!

Jeeps

30-03-2006, 03:19 PM

The window version is great news. I got a problem here in that for some reason the games accuses an error in reading cd music and forces it to change to 8 bit mono music. I'll try to figure it out, but if it happens to someone else I'd like to know.

Jeeps

31-03-2006, 06:50 PM

Ok, for those who had the same problem as me: I tried installing the dos version through dosbox. The thing is, by doing that it will only have 8 bit mono music, it doesnt matter what sound card i pick. So it's better to stay with the windows version, i guess, since i won't get 16 bit stereo music anyway. At least it's faster than dosbox.

Droopinho

05-04-2006, 03:01 PM

I have a crc error when i unzip the zip file... Please help me!

another_guest

05-04-2006, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by Droopinho@Apr 5 2006, 03:01 PM
I have a crc error when i unzip the zip file... Please help me!
Have you tried downloading it again? Sometimes something goes wrong during the download, breaking the archive, causing a CRC error.

Droopinho

05-04-2006, 04:35 PM

Yes... I tried and i tried to open it with winrar... Always the same msg saying there was a CRC error... :angry:

Guest

05-04-2006, 04:56 PM

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet..but there is a HOMM 5 being released this year..I was in the beta for it...I loved it. Completely 3d.

seanp

14-05-2006, 05:17 PM

Well i'm having some issues with this download. I am running a windows 98 and have successfully installed the game. When I open it up, it seems to run fine. I can veiw in the castle area and move around my hero and everything. But as soon as I do anything, such as get a scroll or buy a building, the game just freezes up. Anyone know what is going on here? I would really love to get this game going.

gregor

14-05-2006, 06:20 PM

use the windows version if you have a good enough download speed.

Biges

15-05-2006, 04:42 PM

Biges

15-05-2006, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by Biges+May 15 2006, 04:42 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biges @ May 15 2006, 04:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Guest_Gabriel@Mar 6 2006, 05:05 AM
Music was recorded as audio tracks on the original CD. You'll have to obtain a copy of the full CD version to get it.

Someone with the original cd should rip it and encode to mp3 (loses some quality, but i think it's worth it), so that audio could be distributed with a cue file and later burnt on a disc! In home of the underdogs they used to have the audio for Loom along with the vga update pack. I remember it worked!
That would be really great!

So, please, one of these lucky people who own the CD, please do it, thanks :) [/b][/quote]
Sorry, I noticed the music is avalaible.
I'll try to make a working CD image with it.

Guest

12-07-2006, 02:44 AM

pls can some body send me a copy of this classic , game , i realy want it , i havent tried it since i'm a kid back then, any kind heart :(

sharon .

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Abi79

12-07-2006, 05:58 AM

No! It is still sold, so no one can give it to you.

Goss

28-07-2006, 02:54 AM

I have the platinum edition of HOMM, it contains:

- HOMM 1 Dos Edition (1 cd)
- HOMM 2 Dos/win95 + Expansion (1 cd)
- HOMM 3 Win + Expansions (2 cds)

Really fun game... I started playing HOMM 2 when my cousin got it in 1998 and I played a hotseat with him. That's when I also discovered carmageddon 1!!!!

Jonas

28-07-2006, 05:47 PM

maan.. Im glad that I downloaded this while it was not protected .. cannot live without it now. :sneaky:

bonus that the Ultima series got their protection removed..
as for others who didnt get Heroes 1... be faster when you see a game is downloadable here and now.

JimmyJ

28-07-2006, 06:17 PM

I am glad i have homm 3 + expantions + wog.

BTW do NOT get homm 4, it is horrible :X

vin

03-09-2006, 11:15 PM

is there any chance at all that the game will change back to downloadable?

The Fifth Horseman

04-09-2006, 11:54 AM

Yes, when CD-Access runs out of stock.

...

...waitamoment...

...

Sold Out, 3 in stock[/b]

Sounds like it's your lucky day...

Guest

12-10-2006, 12:44 PM

Hmmm...can't get any music to work. I've got sound effects, just not the awesome music. Help?

Guest

12-10-2006, 12:46 PM

Disregard the last post. Apparently I was having trouble reading the previous comments. Sorry!

gregor

12-10-2006, 12:51 PM

use the windows version found here: http://www.abandonia.com/games/797/downloa...owsVersion).htm (http://www.abandonia.com/games/797/download/HeroesofMightMagic(WindowsVersion).htm)

it's better.

Rossco

19-10-2006, 10:22 PM

Yay and of course we all know by now that contrary to the review HoMM 5 has been released and is TOTALLY AWESOME :D

rossco

19-10-2006, 10:34 PM

...also whats the deal with HoMM 4 bashing? What is it you people dont like about it? I think its the best. the 3rd one was pretty cool too. :sneaky:

The Fifth Horseman

20-10-2006, 12:18 PM

Some people apparently don't like the approach taken by the authors.
Can't say I blame them, can't say I don't.

CorruptMylar

16-11-2006, 11:24 PM

When I first saw screen shots of this game in game mags, I was skeptical of all the raves about it. Then I tried it because it came bundled with Xcom in a pack I bought. Turns out, it's addicting in the same way as Civilization (and eats hours like Civ too). You just can't stop playing...one...more...turn! :tai: The graphics are kind of cutesy, but I guess it's part of its charm. Makes me want to check out the MaM series.

Thank you/Damn you Abandonia for putting it up here. :ok:

I don't really feel like I'm very good at the game. I'm pretty bad at strategy because I get too focused on one thing. Are there any strategy guides or walkthroughs out there? I checked Gamefaqs.com but they didn't have one and they are usually pretty good. Maybe just some tips to share? Thanks.

gregor

17-11-2006, 06:25 AM

For homm 1 as well as homm 2 it is very important to own as much castles as possible. also i advise to use many heroes. one will do battle (the most experenced), some will carry the armies to the "battle heroes" and others will just move arround fast to take over the mines.

faster units make your hero move farther, so be sure to check thier speed.

Dragons are the most powerfull unit - they cause inbalance in this first part. later they fixed it a bit.

be aggressive and attack quite soon in game to get more castles - they bring you money.

when attacking a castle use flying units. they can prevent the archers from shooting (also a usefull feature in other battles).

if the oponent is too strong try to weaken it first (do as much damage as possible) with a more crappy hero and then attack with the main one.

sometimes it's good to let the opponent take over the castle. he might divide his army into two parts which it would make it easier to beat him.

all in all this first part in series is quite a difficult game. so be sure to save often.

velik_m

17-11-2006, 07:55 AM

1. In combat , the fastest creature present is allowed to move first, with a tie going to the attacker, starting from top and going to the bottom unit. If mutliple creatures have the same speed, then the order alternates.

you cannot cast a spell until your first unit is ready to move

so: be sure to have at least one fast unit (and place it at the top/first) so you can strike first - and also be the first to cast spell. with carefull planning (and spells like paralyze/blind/slow/haste) the enemy might never even be able to strike back.
order in which the units move is important for planing the sequence of attacks and timing of spells.
2. numbers DO matter. creature will do (number_of_creature*damage) damage, with every point of attack rating over defense adding 10% and every point of defense rating over attack taking 5%. Sometimes curse/bless or protection are better than lightning.

3. don't just plan your next move - plan the moves after that too.

4. having a cheap/weak hero with a fast unit taking mines in enemy teritory is a great disruption tactic, and low risk.

5. know your units - especially their special abilities, like dragon's imunnity to magic. (using dragons as the sole unit and casting armageddons is a useful tactics)

6. you can only have as big of army as there are soldiers to recruit - so be sure to build unit dwellings as soon as possible - don't wory if you can't recruit them yet (because of founds) - the time will come when you will be.

7. if you're going to lose - retreat. Better rehire him in the castle then see him defeated and lose all the time and money you invested in buiding his stats/skill and all the artifacts.

8. conquer castle at the end of the week (if possible day 7) - that way you will have new army sooner rather than later. If the town will fall buy all the available units inside - no need to give the enemy anything.

Guest

18-11-2006, 12:05 AM

Whats the diffrence between homm1 and homm1 cd?

Guest

18-11-2006, 12:06 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Nov 18 2006, 01:05 AM) 267430</div>
Whats the diffrence between homm1 and homm1 cd?
[/b]

sorry not cd windows version

velik_m

18-11-2006, 08:53 AM

one runs under windows and the other doesn't?

also the windows version has editor.

arlesya

24-05-2007, 02:25 AM

I love this series and the only I haven't played yet was this one. I can't wait to be able to run it and see how it goes

Master MC

27-05-2007, 11:50 AM

This HoMM was my very first... and still my best memories to it. You really should get to it.

daria

24-06-2007, 01:26 AM

hello. I've got the game and everything is working perfectly :D
i would like to ask you though about the manual :huh: ... i thought it was possible to get it from abandonia but the link is incorrect :unsure: ... replacements docs version seems to be broken. there's is even a comment someone wrote "it doesnt function" but i tryed anyway ... error ocurred. Please help if you know where else i can get manual from.
i really don't like playing strategy games without looking through manual first. I played one of the homm before when i visited my friend .. long time ago :P i can't really remember how to play and i would like to know a bit more of a world it is set in and the general story.. i really liked it but didn't get my hands on it since then. from some reason i just don't like playing games in wrong order, it's good to start from first one :) (i have king's bounty as well :)) thanks
regards

Guest

24-06-2007, 01:30 AM

hmm ... king's bounty link don't seems to be working as well ... please help

sienna

01-08-2007, 08:41 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Belegorm @ Sep 14 2004, 07:40 PM) 13655</div>
I got the game, on our slow, old computer (with Windows XP, strangely enough). Our computer still has MS-DOS (not DOSbox), and every other DOS game I've gotten has worked. But Heroes I didn't. Maybe I do need to mount it (I don't quite understand stuff of that sort yet), but can I do it on MS-DOS? If so, how?
[/b]

weird that it isnt.. i dunno i installed it on win xp media edition and its playing just fine, sound and music and all without dosbox... i had to burn the iso to a cd, but otherwise...

the only question i have is how to get the cheats to work LOL.. they say type in number combinations, bt they dont really say where or how.. oh wells

Guest

05-08-2007, 12:37 AM

A great game.....
I used no manual just my keen brain and have almost beat the game. However, that last level I have deemed impossible by honest means. I have sped through the map several times and have found I am able to take out one enemy but by the time I meet the second it is far too powerful for me to front on. any ideas or options I am missing please advise.
I have been addicted to the game and have cleverly been able to attain dragons when I needed them on the other levels but this last level leaves you very limited on resources and money.

I'm gonna go cheat now to at least beat this damn level

-Le bon

Guest

11-08-2007, 09:08 AM

The music doesn't play! I have the sound effects though. I'm playing it in DOSBox...do I need to download the music files separately?

The Fifth Horseman

11-08-2007, 10:50 AM

Are you sure you configured the game to use the right sound hardware?

Daniel

14-08-2007, 05:26 PM

Hey, I was wondering if anyone has any experience running this game on Mac OS X. I've finally gotten to a point where I can run the game and save. But now it crashes whenever I recruit a hero and it does the fade-in at the bottom of the castle view for the newly recruited troops. Do I need to have a special autoexec file for this game (speaking of which, where is the autoexec file in OS X)? Thanks

Mighty Midget

14-08-2007, 05:38 PM

Have you tried to run it in DOSBox? You can find a Mac version here
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1

Daniel

15-08-2007, 06:09 PM

Sorry, didn't explain. I am running it on DOSBox from the hard drive with a fake cd also mounted from the same place. The error is "DOS/4GW error (2001)" and has to do with "cycles" and what look like color codes. It also cites "page granulation" and "byte granulation," which sounds like it relates to the fade-in effect that causes the crash. Thanks again.

The Fifth Horseman

16-08-2007, 06:32 AM

For starters, let's change Core to normal in dosbox.conf.

Daniel

16-08-2007, 04:21 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Aug 16 2007, 07:32 AM) 304801</div>
For starters, let's change Core to normal in dosbox.conf.
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I don't really understand how to use dosbox.conf ("DOSBox Preferences" on OS X). When I make changes to this file, they are not executed. I'm guessing I should be using the terminal window, but I don't really know where to start.

The Fifth Horseman

17-08-2007, 09:16 AM

When you make changes to dosbox.conf, you need to restart DOSBox for them to have any effect.

Jonas

07-10-2007, 11:11 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Daniel @ Aug 14 2007, 06:26 PM) 304615</div>
Hey, I was wondering if anyone has any experience running this game on Mac OS X. I've finally gotten to a point where I can run the game and save. But now it crashes whenever I recruit a hero and it does the fade-in at the bottom of the castle view for the newly recruited troops. Do I need to have a special autoexec file for this game (speaking of which, where is the autoexec file in OS X)? Thanks
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How did you get the game running?! =O
All I get is "canÂ´t open file:" but it doesnÂ´t tell me which file. I have mounted a harddrive as cdrom. (I actually donÂ´t have a cd-rom drive since mac os x changes the name of the volume depending on whatÂ´s on it, for example, if I have a dvd I can mount /volumes/dvdvolume/ If I have an audio cd I have to mount /volumes/audio-cd/) Anyway, if I donÂ´t mount a cdrom at all I get the other message that it canÂ´t find the cdrom.

btw. I Unpacked the game in dosbox using pkunzip, since the filenames get strange if I pack it up in stuffit expander.