Might And Magic Mods

HoMM 3 HD - a non-official fan made addon (multifunction patch) for Heroes of Might and Magic 3. Initially, the addon was created to change the original game resolution 800x600 to a bigger but now it has even more features. HoMM 3 HD does not affect the original gameplay and improves the interface functionality, makes it more comfortable to play and fixes a some original game bugs. The game is written in C# using the graphics engine Unity3D. At the moment, the main assembly does not obfuscate, allowing without any difficulty to study their code and make changes. In addition, modmakers will be able to edit the data describing the game objects and events, allowing you to add new items to the game, characters, change the AI monsters and more. All libraries written in C#.

Contents

  • GrayFace MM6 Patch v2.4
  • Links

GrayFace MM6 Patch v2.4

GrayFace MM6 Patch is an unofficial patch for MM6. It includes Mok's patch and Angel's patch. In addition to features like 'Always Run' and 'Flip On Exit' it adds quick saves, changing controls, playing MP3 tracks, double speed mode, mouse look and so on. It should run on new Windows versions without any problems (no need to set compatibility with Win 9x).
Full list of changes
  • Patch for English version of the game
    Install on any version of the game. All changes are included.
  • Patch for Russian localization by Buka
    Устанавливайте на любую версию от Буки. Включает в себя изменения всех патчей.
  • Patch for other localized versions of the game
    In this case it's recommended that you install official patches 1.1 and 1.2 first due to changes they make in TXT files.
  • Mouse Look keys settings
    The settings I use for mouse look.

MM6 Controls v1.1

MM6 Controls is a tool to set up keys for MM6. It changes [Controls] section in mm6.ini of my patch. It also shows key codes which you can use to configure the patches.

GrayFace MM7 Patch v2.4

GrayFace MM7 Patch is an unofficial patch for MM7. Is includes Mok's patch. Adds quick saves, playing MP3 tracks, double speed mode, mouse look and so on. It should run on new Windows versions without any problems (no need to set compatibility with Win 9x).
Full list of changes
  • Patch for English version of the game
    Install on any version of the game. All changes are included.
  • Patch for Russian localization by Buka
    Устанавливайте на любую версию от Буки. Включает в себя изменения всех патчей.
  • Patch for other localized versions of the game
    In this case it's recommended that you install official patch 1.1 firstdue to changes it makes in TXT files.
  • Mouse Look keys settings
    The settings I use for mouse look.

GrayFace MM8 Patch v2.4.1

GrayFace MM8 Patch is an unofficial patch for MM8. Is includes Mok'spatch. Adds quick saves, playing MP3 tracks, double speed mode, mouse look and so on. It should run on new Windows versions without any problems (no need to set compatibility with Win 9x).
Full list of changes
  • Patch for any version of the game
    Install on any version of the game. All changes are included.
  • Mouse Look keys settings
    The settings I use for mouse look.

Skill Teachers Patch for MM8

This patch makes skill teachers list in Autonotes more functional. If you have GrayFace MM8 Patch installed, just extract archive contents into your MM8 directory. Otherwise, add autonotes.txt from the archive into your EnglishT.lod using MMArchive.
English version
Russian version by SVShu
Polish version by majaczek

MM8 Choose Party

These scripts let you choose your party on game start. You can choose party of any size and it can include dragons, too. Requires MMExtension and my patch for MM8. Screenshot

MM6 Upscaled Textures

Upscaled x2 sprites and textures for MM6 and a script to make it work. Requires MMExtension. Screenshots: before, after

Game Mechanics

Some unobvious aspects of game mechanics are described here.

MMExtension v2.2 + MMEditor v2.1

MMExtension is a rich modding environment for MM6-8. It features a complete level editor, uses Lua scripting language, lets you useall commands of internal M&M scripts language (evt commands) andlets you do a lot of other things. Must have for modders! After the first run of an MM game you can also edit some tables in DataTables folder. For example, you can change stats and available skills of classes.
Fully-featured M&M and Heroes 3 archives editor. Supports all archive types except '.hwl'.

LodCompare v1.3.1

Obsolete, fully incorporated into MMArchive. Lets you compare two lod/vid/snd archives and see which files have changed. Lets you create a new archive containing only those files. Thus you can minimize size of a mod by distributing only this archive as a custom LOD to be loaded by my patch or by merging it with user's archive using LodMerge. Source code (Delphi 2006)Might And Magic Mods

LodMerge v1.1.1

Lets you merge two lod/vid/snd archives together. Source code (Delphi 2006)
Txt tables editor for Heroes 3 and M&M.

RSBinkPlayer v1.2.5

Convenient .bik and .smk player. Can show Heroes 3 videos.

Fnt Editor

An old program for editing Heroes 3 and M&M fonts.

Links

The Chaos Conspiracy mod for MM6

The Chaos Conspiracy (TCC) is a huge mod for MM6 in two parts. It has its own new story, monsters and even outdoor maps (in part 2). Made by BDJ, Vladimir-Maestro, Jeff and Hodge Podge. I also took a small part.

MM7Rev4Mod

MM7Rev4Mod is a big mod for MM7 made by BDJ before TCC. It changes characteristics of monsters and items, adds a lot of new quests, but still keeps many old ones. Pascal aka Asterix15 contributed graphics of some items. To install, extract the contents of this archive into your Data folder and delete new.lod file. This version requires my patch.

Maestro Mod for MM7

Based on Rev4 Mod. The game is rebalanced, there are many changes in graphics and a few in quests.

Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 merge based on MM8 engine

Start on any continent with a party of corresponding classes, travel to other continents and face monsters with boosted strenght on them. In particular, it's a great way to play through MM6 story with HD resolution. I only briefly tried it out though.

Files from BDJ's site

Since Big Daddy Jim's site no longer exists, here are some files that I've saved from it.

Modding Tools

Classic M&M editing tools are mm8leveleditor and MM7View. With MM Map Viewer you can view M&M maps and properties of their elements.

Sites

The most important English site about classic M&M is Celestial Heavens. telp.org is also good, but there's a bug in the forums configuration – if you post a link, you're likely to be banned by spam filter, so be careful. You can find links to many other MM projects on Celestial Heavens forum.

RaizuX has released the Dark Messiah Enhanced Mod for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Dark Messiah Enhanced is basically a HD Texture Pack for Arkane’s title that aims to overhaul most of its textures.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a first-person action RPG that is powered by an enhanced version of the Source Engine and was created by Arkane Studios. Set in the Might & Magic universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment.

According to the modder, the mod does not improve the textures for fx, particles, water stuff and spells. Moreover, RaizuX claims that visual improvements is minor. Still, and in order to showcase the new HD textures, the modder released the following screenshots.

As we can see in these screenshots, the game’s lighting is really dated and makes the environments feel flat. Thus, I’m pretty sure that this game would greatly benefit from Reshade Ray Tracing. Matlab free download with crack torrent.

In case you receive a crash when loading new game or saved game, apply large address aware to mm.exe.

You can download Dark Messiah Enhanced from here.

Have fun!