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Posted October 18, 2017
Hi,

So I bought and downloaded Heroes IV a few days ago and was really looking forward to beating the campaigns because I never managed it as a kid.

The game has a real tendency to crash during battles though. I mean every session ends in a crash and it's always during a battle. I could be playing for 10 minutes or an hour but during one battle or another it will just freeze completely and I won't be able to return to desk top either. There's also no way to force stop the programme so the only fix is to restart the PC.

Not currently at my PC so I can't post specs yet but I'm running W8.1, the programme is running in XP service pack 2 and as administrator.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted October 18, 2017
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16Castles: Hi,

So I bought and downloaded Heroes IV a few days ago and was really looking forward to beating the campaigns because I never managed it as a kid.

The game has a real tendency to crash during battles though. I mean every session ends in a crash and it's always during a battle. I could be playing for 10 minutes or an hour but during one battle or another it will just freeze completely and I won't be able to return to desk top either. There's also no way to force stop the programme so the only fix is to restart the PC.

Not currently at my PC so I can't post specs yet but I'm running W8.1, the programme is running in XP service pack 2 and as administrator.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Could you try the suggestion mentioned in this post?
https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_might_and_magic_series/homm_4_crash_during_battle_windows_8/post2

It relates to a problem of crashing during battles on Windows 8. And from the looks of it, the solution did work for the person who had the problem.

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If you read the rest of the thread, there are other suggestions too.

Also, you could try my suggestion here. Though not specifically for freezing during battles, I had performance problems on highest resolution till I used DxWnd.
https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_might_and_magic_series/heroes_4_freezing/post2

HoMM4 seems to have the biggest performance issues on modern systems from all the games in the series.
Post edited October 18, 2017 by ZFR
Posted October 22, 2017
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16Castles: Hi,

So I bought and downloaded Heroes IV a few days ago and was really looking forward to beating the campaigns because I never managed it as a kid.

The game has a real tendency to crash during battles though. I mean every session ends in a crash and it's always during a battle. I could be playing for 10 minutes or an hour but during one battle or another it will just freeze completely and I won't be able to return to desk top either. There's also no way to force stop the programme so the only fix is to restart the PC.

Not currently at my PC so I can't post specs yet but I'm running W8.1, the programme is running in XP service pack 2 and as administrator.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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ZFR: Could you try the suggestion mentioned in this post?
https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_might_and_magic_series/homm_4_crash_during_battle_windows_8/post2

It relates to a problem of crashing during battles on Windows 8. And from the looks of it, the solution did work for the person who had the problem.

EDIT:
If you read the rest of the thread, there are other suggestions too.

Also, you could try my suggestion here. Though not specifically for freezing during battles, I had performance problems on highest resolution till I used DxWnd.
https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_might_and_magic_series/heroes_4_freezing/post2

HoMM4 seems to have the biggest performance issues on modern systems from all the games in the series.
Thanks a lot mate! It's been working flawlessly since that single CPU fix! I never would have found that thread if not for your link, you've been a massive help
Posted December 28, 2018
Have you tried running the game on one processor core? (Start the game ---> Alt + Ctrl + Del to go into task manager ---> Right click on the Heroes 4 .exe in the processes list ---> click set affinity ---> have only one box ticked) You'll have to do that every time you start the game. Heroes 3&4 are know to crash on multi-core CPU's it's a shame GOG still haven't made run on one core out of the box. Although Heroes 4 seems to have more issues with crashing.

This helps me too (on WIN10). Thank you for thread!
Posted December 28, 2018
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Stall1: Have you tried running the game on one processor core? (Start the game ---> Alt + Ctrl + Del to go into task manager ---> Right click on the Heroes 4 .exe in the processes list ---> click set affinity ---> have only one box ticked) You'll have to do that every time you start the game. Heroes 3&4 are know to crash on multi-core CPU's it's a shame GOG still haven't made run on one core out of the box. Although Heroes 4 seems to have more issues with crashing.

This helps me too (on WIN10). Thank you for thread!
There is already fix for this: Graphic GL Wrapper. Just extract dll in the game folder. CPU usage is already fixed nad it is better then set affinity for one core.
Posted July 04, 2019
i restared my PC i went into a battle it crashed again maybe my PC cannot run it or they have a problem and cant fix i mean gog.com
Posted July 04, 2019
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jimant: i restared my PC i went into a battle it crashed again maybe my PC cannot run it or they have a problem and cant fix i mean gog.com
Why don't you read the post above yours?
Posted July 11, 2019
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jimant: i restared my PC i went into a battle it crashed again maybe my PC cannot run it or they have a problem and cant fix i mean gog.com
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Plokite_Wolf: Why don't you read the post above yours?
i found why cuz if you download it from other way it will crash again you need the heroes iv CD but you cant buy it anymore
Posted July 11, 2019
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Plokite_Wolf: Why don't you read the post above yours?
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jimant: i found why cuz if you download it from other way it will crash again you need the heroes iv CD but you cant buy it anymore
No it has nothing to do with the CD. Heroes IV has problems running on modern machines. Download the graphic GL wrapper.

https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_might_and_magic_series/graphic_gl_wrapper_for_all_heroes_heroes_of_might_and_magic_1_2_3_4_and_chronicles_for_better_wo
Posted May 29, 2021
I´ve tried most of recommanded tips for solving the issue, that the game crashes when having a battle.
All those downloads and patches and other tips doesent work on Windows 10 for me.

Truely what realy helped, was to shut dow all the other processor cores to only one.
Try it like it was described here, or in other Forums before. It realy works!
You only have to do it every time when you´ve started the game again.
But so you can enjoy the game!
Posted May 28, 2023
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Stall1: Have you tried running the game on one processor core? (Start the game ---> Alt + Ctrl + Del to go into task manager ---> Right click on the Heroes 4 .exe in the processes list ---> click set affinity ---> have only one box ticked) You'll have to do that every time you start the game. Heroes 3&4 are know to crash on multi-core CPU's it's a shame GOG still haven't made run on one core out of the box. Although Heroes 4 seems to have more issues with crashing.

This helps me too (on WIN10). Thank you for thread!
This solution works like a charm! Thank you!
Posted May 31, 2023
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Stall1: Have you tried running the game on one processor core? (Start the game ---> Alt + Ctrl + Del to go into task manager ---> Right click on the Heroes 4 .exe in the processes list ---> click set affinity ---> have only one box ticked) You'll have to do that every time you start the game. Heroes 3&4 are know to crash on multi-core CPU's it's a shame GOG still haven't made run on one core out of the box. Although Heroes 4 seems to have more issues with crashing.

This helps me too (on WIN10). Thank you for thread!
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otto.gebb: This solution works like a charm! Thank you!
Note that the GL Wrapper suggested above has, among many other features, a menu shortcut to set CPU affinity directly and permanently on start, without having to popen the task manager every time

Just switch temporarly to windowed mode (F4) and look under the 'Options' menu
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