Posts from Technical issues in Heroes IV.

I've encountered a problem. My monitor broke, and I have to use an old 15-inch one. It supports a resolution of 800x600 and a refresh rate of 60 Hz. However, in Heroes 4, the default refresh rate is higher. The game runs, but glitches appear. Which files can I modify to change the refresh rate? Please help. Thanks in advance.

Actually, Heroes supports 800x600 resolution. Go to the options on the starting screen and change it; everything should be fine!

In this thread, you can ask questions regarding technical issues related to Heroes of Might & Magic IV.

Here's the problem we're facing.

We were playing with Antoxic on S-sized maps, and everything was fine; the turn-based gameplay was even quite fast.
Then we decided to try an L-sized map and played for about two weeks. After that, my computer started giving me an error, and Windows closed the application. When we tried to resume the game, if I tried to load it, the game would give an error. If Antoxic tried, I couldn't find the game. Eventually, we decided to give up on that game and start a new one.

We started a new game on an M-sized map (Showdown), and it seemed to be going well. Two months passed, and then problems started: both I and my opponent started getting disconnection messages. At first, we thought it was just Antoxic having internet lag, but then the disconnections started happening almost every day until we reached a "critical" state where we couldn't resume the game (no matter who loaded the save, the other player couldn't find the game).
Today, maybe even by chance, we tried to resume the game again. I created the game, Antoxic connected, and it seemed like everything was fine. But when my game starts, my opponent is stuck in a state of "Waiting for the server to transmit data" (we waited for 5-7 minutes). We tried restarting, but the result was the same.
Then we restarted Hamachi, and now my opponent can't connect at all; he can't find the game.
In short, we're out of ideas and don't know what to do. We need help.

Game version?

Whirlwinds
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The fourth game doesn't run on my new computer. The third and fifth games run fine, but the fourth one doesn't even get to the menu; I've tried running it in different compatibility modes, and it gives me a driver error. Can anyone explain what's going on?:smile32:

I'm not very good at Heroes 4, but the first thing that comes to mind is to try reinstalling your video drivers (download them from the official website), try reinstalling DirectX, and make sure the problem is actually with your computer and not with a pirated disc, for example. You can also try playing around with the sound settings if nothing else helps.

Could it be because of Vista?

I have Heroes of Might and Magic. But thanks for the advice! I'll try it out and see.

I switched operating systems. Now I'm using Vista. I can't launch Heroes. It displays a blue screen and restarts the computer. Can you suggest how to solve this problem?

Seriously, everyone seems to be having problems with Vista! Mine works fine. What version of Vista are you using, and is it 64-bit or 32-bit? Have you tried using compatibility modes, specifically 256 colors and disabling visual effects? What graphics card do you have? Have you tried tweaking the system? Try disabling Aero. Try disabling User Account Control and the firewall; I don't know, but they monitor executables, and maybe they're causing problems.

I tried running the Vista Business Edition x64 in compatibility mode with XP Pro SP2, but it still didn't work. I haven't tried the other versions yet.

Maybe it’s because of the 64-bit version? Have you tried it on the 32-bit version?

On a 32-bit Vista, the fourth installment runs perfectly, but not on a 64-bit system (if anyone has managed to play it, please share their secrets). I think the issue lies in the fact that Heroes 4 has always had buggy interactions with RAM, which explains the cases of it constantly consuming all the memory and getting stuck in an endless swap, even on powerful computers. And in Vista 64, there are significant changes in how RAM is managed.