Heroes of Might and Magic III Version 1.3.1 PPC March 7th, 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 System Requirements 2 Installation 3 Playing The Game 4 Troubleshooting 5 PPC Notes 6 Contacting Loki Entertainment Software ----------------------- (1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ----------------------- Linux capable computer, PowerPC class processor or better Linux kernel version 2.2.x 32 MB RAM 4x CD-ROM drive Video card capable of 800x600 resolution XFree86 version 3.2 or newer at 16 bpp. /dev/dsp sound device for audio (the Enlightenment Sound Daemon is supported as well). 150 MB free hard disk space ------------------ (2) INSTALLATION ------------------ To install the PowerPC version of Heroes III, you need the original Linux/Intel CDROM of the game. Before launching the installation program, please mount the Heroes III CD. e.g. Log in as root: mount /mnt/cdrom sh heroes3-1.3.1-ppc.run -------------------- (3) PLAYING THE GAME -------------------- Run 'heroes3' to start the game. The first time you run Heroes III it will create a .loki/heroes3 directory in your home directory. Saved games and preferences will be stored here. The following arguments may be given to Heroes III: [-h | --help] Display this help message [-v | --version] Display the game version [-f | --fullscreen] Run the game fullscreen (default) [-w | --windowed] Run the game in a window [-s | --nosound] Do not access the soundcard [-c | --nocdrom] Do not access the CD-ROM [-x | --x11cursor] Use the X11 hardware mouse cursor Use Ctrl-G to toggle mouse grabbing. Use Ctrl-Z to iconify the game when it is run in a window. Use Alt-Enter to switch between fullscreen and windowed modes. The Print Screen key will save the current screen to the ~/.loki/heroes3 directory. If the Print Screen, Pause, or Alt-# keys are not working, make sure your window manager is not overriding them. String widgets have standard UNIX keybindings. Ctrl-A - Move to beginning of line Ctrl-E - Move to end of line Ctrl-B - Move backwards Ctrl-F - Move forwards Ctrl-U - Erase line Ctrl-D - Delete character Ctrl-C - Copy to X11 clipboard Ctrl-V - Paste from X11 clipboard Dragging the middle mouse button will move the playfield. ------------------- (4) TROUBLESHOOTING ------------------- The following are some of the more common problems you might have, and recommended solutions: A) There is no game sound. First, check all your connections between your speakers and your computer. Make sure your speakers are turned on and receiving power. Make sure the volume is not turned down all the way. You can change sound and music volume in the 'Game Options' window. If none of the above suggestions works, try producing sound in another program. If that does not work, make sure you have the sound driver enabled in your kernel. Finally, go to http://www.opensound.com/ to see whether a commercial driver is available for your sound card. B) Networking behind a firewall. Networking behind a masqueraded network works only for two players. If more than two players try to form a game, and one or more of them are on different masqueraded networks, then the game will drop all players but the host. Heroes III uses TCP port 4269 for it's networking connections. ------------- (5) PPC NOTES ------------- This patch upgrades the Linux / Intel 1.2 version of the game to the PPC 1.3.1 version. Here are the changes from the 1.2 version of the game (which was never released on PowerPC) : - Many game-related bugfixes from the Windows version - Defaults to fullscreen by default; the new fullscreen code does not require root privileges anymore, and should work on any XFree86 and compatible X11 server with at least the 800x600 video mode defined in the XF86Config file. Use the Alt-Enter hotkey at any time to switch between fullscreen and windowed modes. - Y2K bugfix - Fixed minor bug in the tavern videos - Proper CDROM detection on systems using supermount (Mandrake) - New command-line option: -x. Enables the X11 mouse cursor in the game, instead of the fancy colorful software cursor. This may improve drastically the game performance on some systems, but it makes it look much less pretty too. - AAlib target (play Heroes III in ASCII art!). Use it on the console, or enable it explicitly by setting the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable to 'aalib'. - DMA sound from the latest SDL (better performance). If your card supports this (most SB compatible cards do), you can enable it by setting the SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable to 'dma', i.e. : export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dma As of version 1.3.1, the PPC version of Heroes III has the following limitations : - Networking compatibility with Linux/PPC version only. Network play between Linux PPC and i386 versions is not supported. - Saved games are not compatible with the Linux i386 version. ------------------------------------------ (6) CONTACTING LOKI ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ------------------------------------------ Technical Support Support for Heroes of Might and Magic III is available from Loki Entertainment Software at: Bug Tracking System: http://fenris.lokigames.com/ Website: http://www.lokigames.com/ Follow the links for support. Email: support@lokigames.com Phone: 801-356-7629. Telephone support is available between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. Mountain Standard Time. You can also communicate with other Heroes III enthusiasts at: Usenet: news://news.lokigames.com/loki.games.heroes3