Update

Heroes of Might and Magic III

* Allow to use VCMI instead of WINE

Update

Heroes of Might and Magic III

* New installers supported:
  - setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe
    + setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740)-1.bin
  - setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(french)_(28740).exe
    + setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(french)_(28740)-1.bin

Hi there,

I am following the instruction to run the latest 28740 installer on arch linux and everything seems fine with install, but when running the game the wine window opens blue and goes off after few seconds. The map and campaign editors though run fine.

Below is the output when running in terminal:
[ananchev@arch]$ heroes-of-might-and-magic-3
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 130 (MIT-SHM)
Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage)
Serial number of failed request: 355
Current serial number in output stream: 356


Any advice how to further troubleshoot?

I’m on my way to give it a try and see if I reproduce your issue.

Here are some infos that would help me to understand your setup:
- WINE version
- GPU
- graphics driver (and version)
- screen resolution
- are you using multiple monitors? (dual-screen or similar setup)

Thank you very much. It's a dream to play HOMM3 on linux. (Ubuntu 18.0.4)

I'm still new to linux and I documented my installation steps (for Ubuntu 18.0.4). Maybe It will help someone.

HOMM3 Complete Edition on Linux

1. Buy Game on gog
2. Put Gamefiles (setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe & setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740)-1.bin) in the same folder.
3. Download Installer Scripts (play-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3.sh | libplayit2.sh ) and place them into the same folder as the game files.
4. Install Wine OR VMCI
4. a) Wine install: sudo apt-get install wine-stable (i chose wine, because vmci didnt work for some unknown reason)
4. b) VMCI Install: To add PPA type in Terminal: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:vcmi/ppa & To install VCMI from repository: sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get install vcmi
(Note: VMCI did not work for me for some reason. That's why I installed wine.)
5. Install dependencies: sudo apt-get install fakeroot icoutils imagemagick innoextract
6. chmod +x play-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3.sh
7. Start the script to build the package: sh ./play-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3.sh
8. Error: Available innoextract version is too old to extract data from the following archive: setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe
9. Install newer Version of innoextract: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:arx/release | sudo apt-get update | sudo apt-get install innoextract
10. Try again: Start the script to build the package: sh ./play-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3.sh

Using setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe
Checking integrity of setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe OK
Using setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740)-1.bin
Checking integrity of setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740)-1.bin OK
Extracting data from setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(28740).exe
Building heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-vcmi_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_all.deb OK
Building heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-wine-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_i386.deb OK
Building heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-data-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_all.deb OK

VCMI:
Install "Heroes of Might and Magic III" by running the following commands as root:
sudo apt install <yourfoldername>/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-data-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_all.deb [i]<yourfoldername>/HOMM3_Linux/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-vcmi_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_all.deb

WINE:
Install "Heroes of Might and Magic III" by running the following commands as root:
apt install [i]<yourfoldername>/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-data-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_all.deb [i]<yourfoldername>/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-wine-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_i386.deb

12. Install "Heroes of Might and Magic III" by running the following commands as root:
sudo apt install [i]<yourfoldername>/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-data-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_all.deb [i]<yourfoldername>/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-wine-en_4.0-gog28740+20190729.1_i386.deb

13. Start HOMM3 :)

14. To Start HOMM3 in Fullscreen u can use the following fullscreen
[i]#!/bin/sh
set +e

xrandr --size 800x600
/usr/local/games/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3
xrandr --size 0

exit 0[/i]

Thanks for your feedback, it’s really informative to get a full scenario like the one you wrote ;)

Based on your explanation, I wrote a bit of documentation to explain the "Available innoextract version is too old…" error: Common issues on Ubuntu - Innoextract version is too old

Hi.

Just for the record, HoMM3 runs just fine on stock wine on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. I have wine-stable (3.0-1ubuntu1), setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(polish)_(28740)-1.bin, setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_4.0_(polish)_(28740).exe, 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64. Installer runs smooth and shortcut is available in xfce4-appfinder (Xubuntu).

Thanks!

Thanks for the report ;)

You used a direct installation using WINE on the GOG installer, right?
I mean, this is not a report of a ./play.it installation? I do not think we added support for the Polish installers yet.

Update

Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅴ + Hammer of Fate

New supported installers
• setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_v2_(28567).exe
    + setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_v2_(28567)-1.bin
• setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_v2_(french)_(28567).exe
    + setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_v2_(french)_(28567)-1.bin
• setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_(25025).exe
    + setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_(25025)-1.bin
• setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_(french)_(25025).exe
    + setup_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v_2.1_(french)_(25025)-1.bin

Experimental support for Heroes of Might and Magic latest installers has been added to ./play.it and is ready for testing. Test instructions can be found on our forge: Game update: Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest - Add support for new archives

Experimental support for Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅱ latest installers has been added to ./play.it and is ready for testing. Test instructions can be found on our forge: Game update: Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅱ: The Price of Loyalty - Add support for new archives

Experimental support for Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅳ latest installers has been added to ./play.it and is ready for testing. Test instructions can be found on our forge: Game update: Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅳ - Add support for new archives

Experimental support for Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅴ - Tribes of the East latest installers has been added to ./play.it and is ready for testing. Test instructions can be found on our forge: Game update: Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅴ - Tribes of the East &mdash; Add support for new archives

Branch "checkout dev-2.x/games/update/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3/new-archives" does not exist. For me everything worked on master branch. Thanks.

BTW, in the end I had to reinstall wine as was offered by pkg mngr (Mint).