Back to the past! Playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with latest Horn of the Abyss on Linux or OS X!
Recently I've seen that there are championships in my favorite game from the childhood Heroes of Might and Magic 3, also I and my girlfriend are big fans of that game so why don't play it and feel like a child again, right?
The problem was that I'm not having a Windows machine... I have only the MacBook which runs on OS X and Thinkpad powered by Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and that was a time when I started reading and using a wine.
Almost precisely a year after launching the Mac conversion of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, 3DO has followed it up with the ‘Complete’ version of the game, which includes not only the full original game but also the two newer expansion packs from the PC: Armageddon’s Blade and The Shadow of Death.
- For Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete on the PC, GameFAQs has 42 cheat codes and secrets.
- Heroes of Might and Magic is part war game, part adventure, and part sim, blending the 3 elements seamlessly. This game is a triple threat, but the controls are easy for new players to get the hang of.
Also... I found that there is a cool unofficial extension Horn of the Abyss built by fans. So why not try it as well?
- Download Heroes 3 .exe file. I recommend to buy a Game from GOG: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete (it worked for me). I heard that the Steam version is not working.
- If you are using the GOG version, go to your account and click on the bought game.
- Download game (2 parts) from offline backup game installers
Install wine (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)
Go to wine tutorial and install wine.
I used WineHQ packages commands and it worked without any issue.
Install wine (macOS Mojave 10.14.2)
Install wine on machine
Run setup
- Go to terminal and run wine and exe file
- Proceed the wizard
HoMM3 HD+ extension
This extension is required to run Horn of the Abyss.
- Go to HoMM3 HD+ and download exe file
- Install it using wine
- Make sure that extension will be installed in the same directory as the base game
Horn of the Abyss (HotA)
- Go to HotA page and download exe file (do not be afraid of Polish language, the file is working and it supports English language as well)
- Install it using wine
- Make sure that extension will be installed in the same directory as the base game
Play a game
Heroes Might And Magic 3 For Mac Os X 10.7
- Go to the wine directory on your unix machine. In most cases it will be ~/.wine
- Enter Heroes 3 directory and run HoMM3 HD+ mode exe file
- Enjoy the game
Heroes Might And Magic 3 For Mac Os X 10.8
Murdered by traitors, resurrected by Necromancers as an undead lich, Erathia's deceased king commands its neighboring enemies to seize his former kingdom. His progress is halted when his daughter Catherine, Queen of Enroth, returns to the shores of her homeland. In the service of Erathia, beset by enemies external and internal, you command the land's greates heroes and fiercest creatures, in Queen Catherine's war to restore her homeland, discover her father's killer and free him from the prison of his undead body.