Heroes 3 complete linux

Installation on Linux

VCMI requires data from original Heroes 3: Shadow of Death or Complete editions. Data from native Linux version made by LOKI will not work.

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Binaries installation

Ubuntu

From Ubuntu repository

VCMI stable builds available in «multiverse» repository. Learn how to enable it in Ubuntu wiki.

Once enabled, you can install VCMI using following commands:

sudo apt update sudo apt install vcmi

Latest stable build from PPA

More up-to-date releases can be found in our PPA here: https://launchpad.net/~vcmi/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

To install VCMI from PPA use:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:vcmi/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install vcmi

Unstable testing build from PPA

We also provide latest, unstable builds mostly suitable for testing here: https://launchpad.net/~vcmi/+archive/ubuntu/vcmi-latest

In order to install from this PPA use:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vcmi/vcmi-latest sudo apt update sudo apt install vcmi

Debian

Stable VCMI version is available in «contrib» repository. Learn how to enable it in Debian wiki.

To install VCMI from repository:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vcmi

Flatpak (distribution-agnostic)

Latest public release build can be installed via Flatpak.

Depending on your distribution, you may need to install flatpak itself. You can find guide for your distribution here: https://www.flatpak.org/setup/

Once you have flatpak, you can install VCMI package which can be found here: https://flathub.org/apps/details/eu.vcmi.VCMI

Other distributions

For other distributions, VCMI can be installed from 3rd-party repositories listed below.
Note that these repositories are not supported by vcmi team and may not be up to date.

If you are interested in providing builds for other distributions, please let us know.

Compiling from source

Please check following developer guide: How to build VCMI (Linux)

Installing Heroes III data files

To install VCMI you will need Heroes III: Shadow of Death or Complete edition.

Install data using vcmibuilder script (recommended for non-Flatpak installs)

To install Heroes 3 data using automated script you need any of:

• Offline Installer downloaded from gog.com (both .exe and .bin files are required)
• Directory with preinstalled game
• One or two CD’s or CD images

Run the script using options appropriate to your input files:

vcmibuilder --cd1 /path/to/iso/or/cd --cd2 /path/to/second/cd vcmibuilder --gog /path/to/gog.com/installer.exe vcmibuilder --data /path/to/h3/data

You should use only one of these commands.

On flatpak install, it’s also possible to run the script, but any path seems to be interpreted from within the Flatpak sandbox:

flatpak run --command=vcmibuilder eu.vcmi.VCMI --data /path/to/h3/data`

Install data using gog.com offline installer

Download both files for the «offline backup game installers» and extract them using innoextract tool

innoextract --output-dir=~/Downloads/HoMM3 "setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe"

(note that installer file name might be different)

Once innoextract completes, start VCMI Launcher and choose to copy existing files. Select the ~/Downloads/HoMM3 directory. Once copy is complete, you can delete both offline installer files as well as ~/Downloads/HoMM3.

Install using existing Heroes III data

Copy «Data», «Maps» and «Mp3» from Heroes III to:

Or, in case of flatpak install to

$HOME/.var/app/eu.vcmi.VCMI/data/vcmi/

On some distributions $XDG_DATA_HOME could differ so instead you may need to use:

Launching game

To start the game type in console:

Or, to start game directly avoiding Launcher:

VCMI should be also available via desktop environment menu or launcher (Games/Strategy/VCMI)

Reporting bugs

Please report any issues with packages according to Bug reporting guidelines

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Arch Linux User Repository

Package Details: gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition 4.0.28740-7

Package Actions

Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition
Description:	Heroes of Might & Magic III and its expansions: Armageddon’s Blade and The Shadow of Death (with optional HD patch)
Upstream URL:	https://www.gog.com/game/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_edition
Keywords:	gog homm3
Licenses:	custom
Submitter:	bwrsandman
Maintainer:	bwrsandman
Last Packager:	bwrsandman
Votes:	5
Popularity:	0.000000
First Submitted:	2015-08-17 21:42 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2023-01-22 15:30 (UTC)

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Pinned Comments

bwrsandman commented on 2019-03-02 17:50 (UTC)

Make sure to set ‘user_allow_other’ in /etc/fuse.conf

# echo user_allow_other >> /etc/fuse.conf" 

Latest Comments

jtraulle commented on 2022-12-23 10:23 (UTC)

Some checksums does not validates since the last update of the package

gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition . ÉCHEC gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition-campaign-editor . ÉCHEC gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition-map-editor . ÉCHEC 

pix3l commented on 2022-12-17 08:59 (UTC) (edited on 2022-12-17 12:01 (UTC) by pix3l)

#install: cannot stat ‘/mnt/magazyn/archlinux/gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition/src/icons/HD_Launcher.exe*16x16x32.png’: No such file or directory

I don’t know, maybe something’s wrong on my side, but otherwise it packages (I know that shortcuts are created in ‘Programs Menu’ from log.

adamruss commented on 2022-11-03 21:21 (UTC)

anyone got this working and can give a step by step guide? I finally got it downloaded, but no launch

dark-saber commented on 2022-10-09 01:49 (UTC)

After updating to unionfs-fuse 3.2-1, I get the following error:

fuse: unknown option(s): `-o use_ino,nonempty' Failed to mount unionfs 

Removing these options from /usr/bin/gog-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-complete-edition fixes the issue, but I’m not sure if this won’t affect anything.

ooo commented on 2021-01-16 00:23 (UTC)

In order to get the HD patch installed (http://h3hota.com/HD/HoMM3_HD_Latest_setup.exe, thanks @rashkov from the link), I had to change

msg "Installing HD patch" wine "$/$" /verysilent 

msg "Installing HD patch" wine "$/$" /Dir="$/$" /verysilent 

bwrsandman commented on 2020-09-28 23:51 (UTC) (edited on 2020-09-28 23:56 (UTC) by bwrsandman)

@budRich icoutils is in the makedepends, is there a reason for it to be a full dependency? is wrestool used after installation?

edit: I see now, it was being overwritten on another line.

budRich commented on 2020-09-25 08:54 (UTC)

Missing dependency: wrestool, available in icoutils package.

rashkov commented on 2020-04-08 16:15 (UTC) (edited on 2020-04-08 16:20 (UTC) by rashkov)

Make sure that you’re using a recently built lgogdownloader-git. Regular lgogdownloader (the non-git package) is out of date and won’t work anymore.

dfroger commented on 2020-03-07 18:56 (UTC) (edited on 2020-03-07 19:05 (UTC) by dfroger)

The game starts, but I have no mouse nor keyboard, seems it is not «focused». Tried on i3 and lxde, I tried to press «Alt+Tab». Any idea? Thanks

Edit: It now works but. no idea why! Edit2: Maybe I just waited the cinematic ends.

Eiffel commented on 2019-12-29 22:23 (UTC)

I had an issue with wrestool missing. I had to install icoutils for the build to complete.

Afterwards, I also had to install lib32-mpg123 and lib32-libpulse to have everything working.

lib32-mpg123 was necessary to have the mouse working properly lib32-libpulse was necessary to get the sound working.

Now, the game seems to be freezing my comp after some time, time to see what happens

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Heroes of Might and Magic III

The installer is for Heroes III: Complete, 2 CD Version (includes Heroes III: The Restoration of Erathia, Heroes III: Armageddon’s Blade, and Heroes III: Shadow of Death).
The 2 CDs are part of Heroes of Might and Magic: Platinum Edition

1. Rip both CDs (CDs 3 and 4 from Heroes of Might and Magic: Platinum Edition)
2. Mount both CDs
3. Proceed with installation. Do not install DirectX when asked.

On game first run, it will skip the intro and say it can not find the CD. That’s ok, just exit the game and start it again.

Note: The downloaded nocd patch (1KB) is applied using bspatch. The patch will modify the installed HEROES3.EXE to match the GoG nocd version (resulting HEROES3.EXE sha256: b067f3c24467e8cd77f875f3cae4ebc9610d7989514261cbac0785f5c08ca751).

The first time is not possible to skip the cgi introduction. This is the installer issue, but game design — native Windows installation presents same behavior.

Using the GOG windows version and HoMM3 HD Mod to support modern screen resolutions and many UI improvements.

Using the GOG windows version with Horn of the Abyss expansion. Comes pre-installed with HD mod.

To run the Complete Edition campaigns, in the launcher window: select «Heroes3.exe» and press «Create HD exe» button.

Murder, treachery, resurrection, savage battles and ultimately-freedom!
When Erathia’s King Gryphonheart is murdered by traitors he is resurrected as an undead warlord who leads a ruthless invasion of his former Kingdom. Little resistance is met until his daughter Catherine, Queen of Enroth, returns to her homeland commanding an army of elite Enrothian warriors. Meanwhile the Necromancers raise large hordes of undead and advance towards the Erathian capitol. Queen Catherine receives the aid of her father’s survived generals and embarks on a crusade to reclaim her lost land.
You control the greatest heroes and fiercest creatures in a conflict of epic proportions, as Cathereine fights to restore her family’s rightful reign, uncover her father’s killers and free him from the dark prison of his undead body!

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How to install Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on Ubuntu 16.04

Make sure you have proprietary producer’s graphic card drivers installed. For example for NVIDIA required version is minimum 375.26 (it was tested by author). Here is how to achieve this: NVIDIA GTX GeForce drivers installation

Below there is a step by step instruction how to install and run Heroes 3 on Ubuntu:

1. env WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-heroes3 WINEARCH=win32 /opt/wine-staging/bin/winecfg In a popup window in Applications tab select Windows 7 option. Next switch to Graphics tab, check Virtual Desktop Emulation checkbox and fill in your desktop’s resolution in use, for example 1366×768.
2. cd [directory that contains the installation file Heroes_3/setup.exe (on the game’s CDROM HEROES 1-4 Golden Edition) or file downloaded from GOG.com]

   env WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-heroes3 WINEARCH=win32 /opt/wine-staging/bin/wine setup.exe
   It will launch installation process that installs the game. When installator installs the game it ask you if you want to install DirectX and Adobe Reader- skip installation of this apps. After successful installation it will create shortcut on your Desktop that allow you to run the game.

3. If the shortucut don’t do its work for some reason and game could not be run you can always run it by hand:
   cd ~/.wine32-heroes3/dosdevices/c\:/Program\ Files/Ubisoft/Heroes\ of\ Might\ and\ Magic\ III\ -\ Zlota\ Edycja
   env WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-heroes3 WINEARCH=win32 /opt/wine-staging/bin/wine Heroes3.exe

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