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New World Computing Heroes of Might and Magic (TM) 2/12/99 Thank you for purchasing Heroes of Might and Magic. We hope you have as much fun playing Heroes (TM) as we had making it. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) New Features 2) Manual errata 3) Hard drive space required 4) Mplayer. com 5) Heat. net 6) MSN Gaming Zone 7) Windows (R), Virtual Memory, and Hard Disk Space 8) Miscellaneous 9) Troubleshooting 10) Purchasing 3 DO Software 11) Contacting Customer Support 1) New Features: After the manual was printed, the following features were added to the game: The 'T' hot key cycles through each town button on the adventure map. The 'S' hot key brings up the save screen from the adventure map.

The 'L' hot key brings up the load screen from the adventure map. The 'I' hot key displays Scenario Info from the adventure map. The 'P' hot key displays the Puzzle Map from the adventure map. The 'V' hot key shows the View World display from the adventure map. The 'D' hot key tells the current hero to dig for the grail. You may delete a save game from the load game screen by selecting the file and pressing the Del key.

You may delete a save game from the save game screen by selecting the file and pressing the Ctrl-Del keys. 2) Manual errata: Page 8 Back. 'Menu Menu's should be 'Main Menu'. Page 35 Armorer secondary skill. Damage reduced by this skill is 5% at Basic, 10% at Advanced and 15% at Expert skill level. Page 38 Offense secondary skill.

Offense increases the amount of damage in hand to hand combat only. Page 42 Tactics Formation Table. If a hero has one higher degree of the tactics skill, troop placement is within the first 3 hex columns. Two higher degrees of tactics skill allows placement within the first 5 hex columns and three degrees is 7 hexes. Page 44 Luck. A positive luck score gives creatures the chance of inflicting double damage instead of maximum damage.

Page 74 Berserk Spell. The duration for this spell is one attack, not one round. Page 78 Frost Ring Spell. The duration for this spell is instant, not one round per Power. Page 82 Hall Structures, Capitol. You may only have one capitol.

If you take an enemy capitol, it is downgraded to a City Hall. Page 89 Harpies & Harpy Hags. The first sentence should read: 'Harpies have a swooping attack that returns them to the hex they started from'. Page 94 Gorgons & Mighty Gorgons.

The second sentence should read: 'The mighty gorgon has a death stare with a 10% chance per attack of killing 1 creature per 10 mighty gorgons outright. ' Page 98 Efteet & Efreet Sultans. Efteet and Efreet Sultans have Fly movement, not Ground movement. Efteet Sultans have a natural fire shield defense, similar to the fire shield spell. Page 119 Barbarians. Jabarkas is an ogre, not a goblin.

Page 120 Battle Mages. Dessa in an ogre, not a goblin. He also starts with Basic Logistics, not Basic Ballistics. Gird starts with Basic Wisdom and Basic Sorcery instead of Advanced Wisdom.

Oris starts with Basic Eagle Eye instead of Basic Learning. Vey is an ogre, not a goblin. Page 121 Beast masters. Tazar's secondary skill should be Advanced Armorer, not Advanced Defense. Page 122 Clerics. Rion starts with Basic First Aid instead of Basic Leadership.

Sanya starts with Basic Eagle Eye, not Basic Scholar. Page 124 All Demoniacs's tarting abilities are: Attack 2, Defense 2, Power 1, Knowledge 1. Page 125 Druids. Elle shar starts with Basic Intelligence, not Basic Mysticism. Gem starts with the Basic First Aid secondary skill instead of Basic Diplomacy. Melodia is an Elf not a Human.

Page 126 Heretics. Aden starts with Basic Wisdom and Basic Intelligence instead of Advanced Wisdom. Page 127 Knights. Sylvia starts with Basic Navigation, not Basic Logistics. Christian starts with Basic Artillery instead of Basic Tactics. Page 128 Thant's unique ability allows him to cast Animate Dead at a greater effect, instead of Resurrection.

Page 129 Gunnar starts with Basic Logistics, not Basic Offense. Page 130 Kyrre's unique ability gives her a logistics bonus instead of bonus. Page 131 Jeddite's unique ability allows him to cast Resurrection at a greater effect, instead of Animate Dead. Page 132 Ver dish starts with Basic First Aid, not Basic Scholar.

3) Hard Drive Space: Heroes requires approximately 200 megabytes of hard drive space for installation. 4) Mplayer. com: To install m player. com software on your computer you must start the Heroes auto run program. On most computers, inserting your Heroes CD into your CD ROM drive will start the auto run program. Once the auto run program screen has appeared, click the MORE button.

The Multiplayer Online screen should appear. Select the MPLAYER. COM button to launch the m player. com install program. If you have disabled the auto run feature on your computer, you can launch the auto run program by clicking the Window (R)'s Start button, selecting Programs, then Heroes of Might and Magic (R) , then Online Services. Select the MPLAYER. If you " re having trouble installing m player. com or have any questions or technical problems with m player. com, please contact m player. com technical support by e-mailing or by calling (650) 429-3100 between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m.

(PST) Tues. - Sat. 5) Heat. net: To install heat. net software on your computer you must start the Heroes auto run program. Select the HEAT. NET button to launch the heat. net install program.

Select the HEAT. If you have any comments or questions regarding the Heat software, Heat registration, or any other aspect of the Heat site, please contact Heat via e-mail at or via phone between 11: 00 a.m. and 11: 00 p.m. PST at (415) 437-1674. Heat can also be reached online via Heat's Online Consultation between the hours of 8: 00 a.m. and 1: 00 a.m. PST. To get to chat, simply go to web then click the NEED HELP link, and choose Online Consultation.

6) MSN Gaming Zone: To install man gaming zone software on your computer you must start the Heroes auto run program. Select the man Gaming ZONE button to launch the man gaming zone install program. For technical support or more information about the man gaming zone, go to web on the internet and click Help. 7) Windows (R), Virtual Memory, and Hard Disk Space: The Windows (R) operating system requires a certain amount of virtual memory to function properly. The amount of virtual memory required by Windows (R) varies depending on how much of your computer's resources are required by an application. Heroes of Might and Magic, like most other games, requires the use of most of your computer's resources to run properly.

Therefore, for a Windows (R) application like Heroes to run properly there must be sufficient free space on the hard disk with your Windows system folder. As a general rule of thumb, you should keep enough free hard disk space equal to the larger of: two times the total amount of RAM your computer has; or, 10% of the space on the hard drive with Windows (R). 8) Miscellaneous: The Official strategy guide for Heroes is available from Prima Publishing. To order call (800) 531-2343. Also available at bookstores and multimedia outlets nationwide. The Official Heroes website is located at: web feel free to stop by and check out our site.

If any patches are released for Heroes or any other New World Computing or 3 DO game, Game Update can automatically download the most recent patch and patch your game for you. You must have the game currently installed on your computer and have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to use Game Update. To run Game Update, first connect to the internet. Next click on your Windows Start button and select Programs, then Heroes of Might and Magic, then Game Update. The Game Update utility will then download the latest patch available and run the patch for you. If you already have the latest patch, Game Update will tell you are up to date.

As a convenience to you, Game Update checks any other recent New World Computing or 3 DO products installed on your computer also. You can choose to update them or not, as you wish. 9) Troubleshooting Installation Problem: The CD is in the CD-ROM drive, but the computer is not recognizing it. Answers: The CD may be dirty or scratched. Solutions: 1.

Make sure that the data side of the CD (shiny side) is not dirty or scratched. If it is dirty, take a lint free non-abrasive cloth and wipe gently to clean it (always wipe from the inside of the CD to the outside edges). If the data side of the CD appears to be scratched, return the game to the store that you bought it from, and exchange it for a new copy. If you are unable to exchange the game at the store that you bought it from, please call Customer Support for information on our exchange policy. Problem: The computer freezes during install, or you receive an error message (such as ' ins error' or 'An error has occurred during the move data process') during install.

Answers: Your computer may be using an older 16-bit CD-ROM driver; or there may not be enough space on your hard drive for temporary files to expand; or the CD-ROM drive might be having problems with how it buffers information. Or, the Autorun or DMA settings on your CD-ROM drive could be interfering with the game installation. To check and see if your computer is using an older 16-bit CD-ROM driver: 1. Right-click on the 'My Computer' icon and select 'Properties'. 2.

Click on the 'Performance' tab. 3. In the Performance status box, if the File System line says 'Some drivers are using MS-DOS compatibility', you are using a 16-bit CD-ROM driver. Solutions: 1. For 16-bit CD-ROM drivers: Contact the manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive or the manufacturer of your computer for an updated 32-bit CD-ROM driver.

2. For 32-bit CD-ROM drivers: 1. Close all unnecessary programs running in the Background. Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys at the same time to open the Close Program window, select a program, and press the End Task button. Repeat this process until all programs except 'Explorer' and 'Systray' are closed.

2. Delete all files in your C: Windows Temp folder, then empty the Recycle Bin. 3. Turn off read-ahead on the CD-ROM drive: 1. Click on the 'File System' button. 4.

Choose the 'CD-ROM' tab at the top 5. Change the 'Optimize access pattern for' field to 'No read-ahead' 6. Click on Apply, then OK and finally click Close (you will be prompted to restart your system). 4.

Turn off the Autorun and DMA settings on your CD-ROM drive: 1. Right click on the 'My Computer' icon and choose 'Properties'. 2. Click on the 'Device Manager' tab. 3. Click on the '+'s ign next to the CD-ROM line so that it becomes a '-'s ign.

4. Click on the line that appears under the CD-ROM line so that it is highlighted, then click on the 'Properties' button. 5. Click on the 'Settings' tab. 6. Look for the Auto-insert Notification and DMA lines.

If there is a check mark in the boxes next to either of these lines, click on the box to remove the check mark. 7. Click on the 'Apply' button, and then click on the 'OK' button. 8. When you are asked if you want to restart your system, choose 'Yes'. You can restore all of the CD-ROM settings back to normal after the game has been successfully installed.

Launching the Game Problem: After launching the game from the Start menu or Desktop icon, you get a blank screen, a black box that surrounds the mouse cursor, blurring or choppy graphics, vertical lines on the screen, choppy sound, or no sound. Answer: There is probably a conflict between your video or sound card and Microsoft's DirectX. Solution: For Windows 95 and 98 users: 1. Press the 'Start' button on the Windows 95/98-task bar and select 'Run'.

2. Type 'c: Program Filesdirectxsetupdxdiag. eye' then click on the 'OK' button. This will run the DirectX Diagnostics Tool. 3.

Make sure all your files are DirectX 6 compatible. Select the 'DirectXFiles' tab make sure there are no exclamation points next to the file names. If you find exclamation points under this tab you will need to reinstall DirectX 6 by going to the 'START' Button on the Windows 95 task bar then select 'RUN' and type your CD-ROM drive letter followed by ': DirectXdxsetup. eye' and click on the 'Reinstall DirectX' button. This will reinstall DirectX 6.4. Make sure all of your drivers are DirectX 6 compatible. Select the 'DirectX Drivers' tab and make sure there are no exclamation points next to any of the file names.

If you find exclamation points under this tab you will need to update your drivers by contacting the manufacturer of the hardware through their Phone Support or through their web site. 3 DO has a listing of manufactures sites available at: web Test your hardware with the DirectX 6 Diagnostics tool. Run the tests that are available on the 'Display', 'Sound', and 'Input' tabs. If one or more tests fail, this could be due to driver incompatibility. Installing the newest drivers available for your sound and video card hardware can usually resolve this.

For Windows 98 users: 1. Press the Start button on the Windows 98 task bar and select 'Help'2. Select the Search tab, type 'DirectX Troubleshooter' in the text box, and then press the List Topics button. Select 'DirectX Troubleshooter " in the Topics window, click the Display Button, and then follow the instructions to troubleshoot your DirectX issue.

Launching the Game II Problem: You try to start the game and the screen flashes briefly, and you are returned to the desktop without an error message. Answer: There are probably miscellaneous programs running in the background that are interfering with the game and causing it to crash. Solution: For Windows 95 users: 1. Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys at the same time to open the Close Program window. 2.

Click on a program so that it is highlighted, then click on the 'End Task' button. 3. Repeat this process until only 'Explorer' and 'Systray' are left in the Close Program list, then try running the game. For Windows 98 users: 1.

Click on the Windows Start button, then choose Run. 2. In the Run line type in: ', then push the 'Enter' key. (This will bring up the System Configuration Utility.) 3. Select the 'Startup' tab, and turn all of the check boxes off, except for the one next to 'Systray'. 4.

Press 'OK'. When you are prompted to restart your system, click 'Yes'. 5. Once your machine has restarted try running the program again.

Video and Sound card manufacturers regularly update their software drivers to enhance performance and stability, and to improve compatibility with DirectX. You can find links to many of these manufacturers's ites by going to the Driver Updates section of our support web site, which is located at web You may obtain a list of Microsoft-certified video and audio drivers for your hardware by going to web Drivers listed here are confirmed to be compatibility with Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. Microsoft updates DirectX and its components regularly and posts them for download off of their web site at web.