Heroes of Might & Magic V

Release version 1.0

May, 2006
Contents of Readme
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System Requirements
Installation
Controls and hotkeys
Game Saves
Troubleshooting
Known Issues
Technical Support
Legal information

1. System Requirements
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Minimum
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OS: Windows 2000/XP, SP2, DirectX 9.0C

CPU: Pentium 4 / Athlon 1.5 GHz or higher
RAM: 512 MB or higher
Video: 128 MB AGP GeForce4 Ti4200 / RADEON 8500 or higher video card
CD/DVD-ROM speed: 32x
Sound: DirectX compatible PCI 16-bit sound card

Recommended
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OS: Windows 2000/XP, SP2, DirectX 9.0C

CPU: Pentium 4 / Athlon 2,4 GHz or higher
RAM: 1024MB or higher
Video: 256 MB AGP 8x GeForceFX 6600 / RADEON x800 or higher video card
CD/DVD-ROM speed: 32x
Dolby Surround 5.1 sound processor

2. Installation
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Before installing Heroes of Might & Magic V, please verify that your computer me
ets the minimum requirements. Close all other programs.
1. Place game installation disc into disc drive (or double click on disc drive i
con), and wait for autorun program to launch, then choose 'Install' button on au
torun screen. Also you may do it by performing following instructions:
"My Computer" -> right click on you disc drive icon -> choose 'Open' in floating
menu -> run Setup.exe;
or:
use Windows "Start" button -> "Run..." -> enter in command line "disc drive lett
er:\setup" -> press 'OK' button.

2. Choose your language.

3. Following install shield instructions.
DirectX 9.0c must be installed.
Upon installation you can run game either from windows start menu ('Start' -> 'A
ll Programs' -> 'Ubisoft' -> 'Heroes of Might and Magic V' -> 'Heroes
of Might and Magic V') or use 'Heroes.exe' file from the game installation dire
ctory (By default, the game will be installed into
"C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic V").
3. controls and hotkeys
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CAMERA
camera zoom camera zoom +
camera forward
camera backward
camera strafe right
camera strafe left
camera pitch up
camera pitch down
camera rotate right
camera_rotate left
Camera default

'PG_DOWN'or mouse wheel

'PG_UP' or mouse wheel
'UP'
'DOWN'
'RIGHT'
'LEFT'
'CTRL'
'CTRL'
'CTRL'
'CTRL'
'HOME'

+
+
+
+

'UP'
'DOWN'
'RIGHT' or 'DELETE'
'LEFT' or 'INSERT'

GENERAL
Cancel action/close window
Confirmation
Pause
Screenshot

'ESC'
'ENTER' or 'NUM_ENTER'
'PAUSE'
'PrintScreen'

Save/Load
Save
Quick Save
Load
Quick Load

'F6'
'F5'
'F9'
'F8'

ADVENTURE
game options
esc menu
Move Hero
Next Hero
select hero 1-8
Dig
SpellBook
End of Turn
Hero attributes
Hero equipment

'F4'
'ESC' or 'F10'
'M' or 'SPACE'
'N' OR 'TAB'
'1' - '8'
'G' or 'D'
'C'
'ENTER' or 'NUM_ENTER' or 'E'
'A'
'I'

Hero skills
Hero abilities
Hero biography
Surface/Undeground
Objectives
Objectives log
Puzzle map
Chat
_ENTER'
Chat to all
Chat to team
Chat to race

'K'
'V'
'H'
'T' or 'U'
'O' or 'Q'
'L'
'P'
'BACKSPACE' or 'CTRL' + 'ENTER' or 'CTRL' + 'NUM
'CTRL' + 'A'
'CTRL' + 'T'
'CTRL' + 'R'

TOWN
Town Hall
Fort
Magic Guild
Tavern
Market
Racial building
Blacksmith
Buy artifacts
Shipyard
Next town
Prev town
Upgrade creatures
Split creatures

'B'
'R'
'G'
'T'
'M'
'Q'
'X'
'Y'
'Z'
'N'
'P'
'U'
drag creature + 'SHIFT'

COMBAT
Defend
Wait
Auto Combat
'A' or
Retreat
Cast
Switch ATB/log 'TAB'
autoplace army 'A' or

'D'
'W'
'V'
'R'
'C' or 'S'
'V'

4. Game Saves
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Saved games are stored in a special folder within the current user's "My Documen
ts" folder. This folder can be found by following path:
"My Documents" -> "My Games" -> "Heroes of Might and Magic V" -> "Profiles" -> f
older with user profile name -> "Saves".
5. Troubleshooting
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5.1 Outdated or incorrect video drivers may cause some issues. Before contacting
support, please check you have the latest versions of video drivers and
correct DirectX 9.0c version for you system. Lastest version drivers you may tak
e at:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp for nVIDIA graphics cards

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folder
ID=27 for ATI Technologies graphics cards
DirectX 9.0c version may be found on the game installation disc.
5.2 Also, before launching the game, make sure what no other programs are runnin
g.
5.3 The game does not support playing through http proxy. The player needs direc
t (real IP) or NATed (most intranets) internet connection. In case of
firewall the player needs to open some ports. Here are they:
6668 TCP (IRC servers(chat in lobby))
40000 to 42999 TCP (Various Ubi.com servers)
44000 UDP (CDKey servers)
45000 UDP (NAT server)
42500 UDP ( CDKey local port, can be configured by player through game config fi
les, "setvar net_ubi_cdkey_port = <desired port>", defaults to 42500)
8888,8889 UDP UDP (The Game itself, can be configured by player through game con
fig files, "setvar net_game_port = <desired port>" defaults to 8888; "setvar net
_lan_match_maker_port = <desired port>", defaults to 8889 )
5.4 To read the game manual you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. There are two english
versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader available on the disk in "Extras\Adobe\" : for
Win2k, and for WinXP. You can download other versions from http://www.adobe.com
/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
6. Known issues
===============
Video
----Switched off 'V-Sync' option in your video driver options may cause twitched ani
mations in Town if you rotate camera manually.

7. Technical Support
====================
Before contacting Ubisoft Entertainment's Technical Support Department, please b
rowse through our FAQ listings or search our support database at our
website:
http://support.ubi.com.
Here you will find the most recently updated information since the games release
.
Also please make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements,
as our support representatives will be unable to assist customers whose
computers do not meet these criteria.
Whenever you contact the Technical Support Department, please include the
following information or have it available if you are calling:
-Complete product title (including version number)
-Exact error message reported (if applicable) and a brief description of the
problem you're encountering
-Processor speed and manufacturer
-Amount of RAM

-Operating system
-Video card that you are using and amount of RAM it has
-Maker and speed of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
-Type of sound card you are using
Contact Us Over the Internet
This is the best way to contact us. Our website is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week and it contains the most up to date Technical Support information available
including patches that can be downloaded free of charge. We update the Support
pages on a daily basis so please check here first for solutions to your problems
http://support.ubi.com/.
Contact Us by E-mail
For fastest response via e-mail, please visit our website at:
http://support.ubi.com/
8. Legal Information
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Heroes of Might and Magic is a registered trademark of Ubisoft. Pentium, Microso
ft Windows, Athlon, GeForce, Radeon, SoundBlaster, DirectX are trademarks
of their respective owners.