Reincarnating Heroes Mac OS
| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Expansion | |
| Publishers | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | October 1, 1996 |
| Windows | October 1, 1996 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | October 1, 1996 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | August 20, 2009 |
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing and published in 1996 by the 3DO Company.The game is the second installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series and is typically credited as the breakout game for the series. Heroes II was voted the sixth-best PC game of all time by PC Gamer in. Don’t buy a Windows license, don’t reboot or use a virtual machine until you try CrossOver for Mac, Linux, or ChromeOS. Download a free 14 day trial now and get your Windows apps running on Mac and Linux. I can’t believe I haven’t given MAC Careblends Pressed Powders the Unsung Heroes treatment before. I realized this morning that I’ve hit the pan not once, but twice on a Careblends before, and considering how often I change products, that says something about how much I love this stuff. Open script/macos or script/linux directory depending on your OS and run installsdl2.sh (default setup) or installsdl1.sh file. For MacOS we do not recommend to run SDL 1 as latest versions of MacOS do not support it fully. Open script/demo directory and run.
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Subseries of Might and Magic | |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest | 1995 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars | 1996 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia | 1999 |
| Heroes Chronicles | 2001 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic IV | 2002 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V | 2006 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East | 2007 |
| Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes | 2011 |
| Might & Magic Heroes VI | 2011 |
| Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness | 2013 |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition | 2015 |
| Might & Magic Heroes VII | 2015 |
| Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire | 2016 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Celestial Heavens forums for game series
Key points
- ddraw.dll is recommended to make the game playable on Windows 8 and 10.
- winevdm is also useful as well if you need to install a game that uses a 16 bit installer
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | While the Windows version of the game is 32 bit you will still need Winevdm because the Installer is 16 bit | |||
| GOG.com | Comes with multiple bonuses, including the expansion 'The Price of Loyalty'. Includes the native Windows version as well as the DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[1] | |||
| Ubisoft Store | Gold Edition is included with Ubisoft+. |
DLC and expansion packs
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game>GAMES[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video[edit]
| Graphics feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | ||
| Multi-monitor | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | ||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox). | |
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | ||
Input[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Russian | Unofficial localization by «PC Boheme/Fargus» |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Local play | Hot seat | |
| LAN play | ||
| Online play | ||
Issues fixed[edit]
Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows[edit]
- The original disc release uses a 16-bit installer.
- Insert the CD
- Download Winevdm.
- Extract it Somewhere
- Click on otvdmw.exe then look for SETUP.EXE
- You may get a 'SEGV' error and if that's the case just click on continue
- Follow the Prompts
Playing the game on Windows 8 and 10[edit]
- Download ddraw.
- Extract it somewhere
- Copy ddraw.dll to your installation folder (where you installed the game at)
- Right click on HEROES2W.exe and go to properties
- On Compatibility Mode Select Windows 98 / Windows ME
- Click on Reduced colour mode and set it to '16-Bit (65536) Colour'
- Also Click on 'Run this Program as an Administrator
- Click Apply and OK
- Run the game
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| WinG | [5] | |
| DOS video modes |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 64-bit requires the fheroes2 source port[2] | |||
| macOS (OS X) | Requires the fheroes2 source port[3] | |||
| Linux | Requires the fheroes2 source port[4] |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑version 0.9.1 - last accessed on 2021-04-05
- ↑version 0.9.1 - last accessed on 2021-04-05
- ↑Debian -- Details of package fheroes2-pkg in sid - last accessed on 2021-04-05
- ↑WinG - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2020-03-19
Free implementation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.
Download
You can download a compiled version of the game for your operating system at Github releases of this project.
Copyright
All rights for the original game and its resources belong to former The 3DO Company. These rights were transferred to Ubisoft. We do not encourage and do not support any form of illegal usage of the original game. We strongly advise to purchase the original game on GOG or Ubisoft Store platforms. Alternatively, you can download a free demo version of the game.
Requirements
You are required to have at least a demo version of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game to be able to play it. Please use one of our scripts to download the demo version of the original game. A script comes with the compiled game.
Mac OS
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Please go to script/macos and run install_sdl_1.sh or install_sdl_2.sh file. For MacOS we highly recommend to use SDL 2 as latest versions of MacOS do not fully support SDL 1.
Debian-based
Please go to script/linux directory and run install_sdl_1.sh or install_sdl_2.sh file.
Arch
For Arch based Linux distributions use the command sudo pacman -S sdl sdl_mixer.
RedHat-based
RPM based distributions like Fedora/Red Hat use the commands sudo yum install SDL* or sudo dnf install SDL*.
OpenSUSE
openSUSE supports the One-Click-Install via SDL_mixer.ymp file in script/linux.
Gentoo
If you have Gentoo, in addition to basic distribution you need to run following command emerge --ask media-libs/sdl2-mixer media-libs/sdl2-ttf.
Compilation
Please follow below instructions to be able to compile the project:
Windows
- Optional step: Install 7-zip archiver at its default location as
C:Program Files7-Zip7z.exeor otherwise, you will need to manually extract each downloaded package (follow the instructions shown by batch scripts mentioned below). - open
script/windowsdirectory and run install_packages.bat file. It installs necessary packages for Visual Studio build. - open
script/demodirectory and run demo_windows.bat file. It downloads a demo version of the game which is needed for minimum development. - open fheroes2-vs2015.vcxproj or fheroes2-vs2019.vcxproj file depending on your Visual Studio and compile the project.
MacOS and Linux
- open
script/macosorscript/linuxdirectory depending on your OS and run install_sdl_2.sh (default setup) or install_sdl_1.sh file. For MacOS we do not recommend to run SDL 1 as latest versions of MacOS do not support it fully. - open
script/demodirectory and run demo_macos.sh or demo_linux.sh file depending on your OS. It downloads a demo version of the game which is needed for minimum development. - run
makecommand in root directory of the project. For SDL 1 compilation please runexport FHEROES2_SDL1='ON'command before compiling the project.
Compilation with CMake
If you would like to build the project using CMake please follow the instructions on this page.
Contribution
We welcome and appreciate any help, even if it is a tiny text or code change. Please read contribution page before starting work on a pull request. Not sure what to start with? Feel free to refer to good first issue or help wanted tags.
License
This project is under GNU General Public License v2.0. Please refer to file LICENSE for more details.
The original project had been developed at sourceforge.
Donation
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We accept donations via Patreon or PayPal. All donations will be used only for the future project development as we do not consider this project as a source of income by any means.