Thanks a lot! =)

But stumbled upon another issue: after running a command 'sh ./play...' it says

Error:
identify not found. Install it before running this script.

I'm on Ubuntu 18.04. Was trying to find this package to install, but no success.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

The package name on Ubuntu is "imagemagick".
We probably need to find a way to make this more explicit, you’re not the first one who got stuck looking for this package ;)

PS: I opened an issue on our bug tracker to be sure not to forget to improve this error message:
https://framagit.org/vv221/play.it/issues/153

Thanks again, works like a charm!

Just one more question, I hope: where is that magic button that allows skipping the intro?

Pressing "Esc" during the intro movie should be enough to skip it, even if it’s the first time you run the game.
If it doesn’t work for you, please give me the return of the following command and I’ll investigate the issue:

Oh, sorry, I didn't mention that I'm running HoMM 1, so there's DOSBox under the hood, not Wine.

Oops, I tend to assume people having issues with intro movies are all trying to play HoMM 3 ;)

For HoMM 1, I haven't found a way to skip the intro yet.

Oh, no problem! =) For me, the first part of the saga is just my favorite. Was trying it on Mac, bit didn't manage slow animations during the battle...

Upd: checked, everything is just great!

Thanks anyway for the great work! =)

Hello there!
THanks for the links and you effort. I am trying to run HOMM V in LInux Mint 19.1 however when I am trying it there is error with Hashum mismatch. If i use flag to ignore it after 3rd step there is not deb package created. DO you know where the problem would be?
Thanks in advance

What are the installers you're trying the ./play.it script on?
The latest ones, currently downloadable from GOG, are not supported yet.

Hi, I have installed HoMM3 with your script (on elementaryOS Juno) and it works fine!

Do you have another script to install the HoMM 3 HD mod?

Thanks!

No, I've never used it so I can't say how easy or hard it would be to add on a ./play.it installation.

It appears that the newest installers are not in the script. :( I am using LinuxMint


rob@hyabusa:~/Downloads$ sh ~/Downloads/play-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3.sh

Error:
None of the following files could be found:
setup_homm_3_complete_4.0_(10665).exe — The website
setup_homm_3_complete_french_4.0_(10665).exe — The website
setup_homm3_complete_2.0.0.16.exe
setup_homm3_complete_french_2.1.0.20.exe

rob@hyabusa:~/Downloads$ ls
GOG_Galaxy_Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_3_Complete.exe
homm3_manuals.zip
libplayit2.sh
play-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3.sh
'setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(3.2)_(25024)-1.bin'
'setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(3.2)_(25024).exe'



My apologies for "The website". I can't post the error verbatim because GOG thinks I am posting a link.

Sadly you're right, we do not support them yet because GOG changed their packaging system, and the new one is not supported yet by stable versions of the third-party tools we use.

You should be able to request download links for the previous installer from GOG support:
setup_homm_3_complete_4.0_(10665).exe

We might spend some time to add experimental support fot he new installers format, but this is pretty low in my priority list so we would need to find another contributor wanting to do it first.

Update

Heroes of Might and Magic III

* Fix issue with default settings not being set due to the tweak used to bypass unskippable intro movie
* Add missing dependency on glx, required to run the game without a virtual desktop

⚠ Following instructions are no longer useful, current ./play.it script has support for innoextract 1.8

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The latest GOG installer for Heroes of Might and Magic III is not officially supported by ./play.it yet, but it already works on our development version.
The process is a bit trickier than with our usual scripts, as we don't have support for InnoSetup 5.6.2 (the packaging format currently used for HoMM3 GOG latest installer).

Here is a small guide to get it working.

1. Install innoextract 1.8 development version

Install innoextract build dependencies, then:  
2. Install the patched ./play.it library allowing to use the development version of innoextract + the development version of the ./play.it script for HoMM3  
3. Run the ./play.it script

Open a terminal in the directory including the HoMM3 installer, then:  
4. Follow the instructions given by the script to install the game

5. Enjoy ;)