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This thread was created in the hope that no one will now keep spawning threads like "how to play without a key" or "I can't connect to ubi.com."
With a key, the game can be played on the ubi.com server. How do you achieve this?
Step one:
Creating an account on ubi.com.
a) Enter Heroes, click Multiplayer, then ubi.com. You will be asked to enter a key. The key is written inside the box, on a piece of paper attached under the disc. (Note! Not on the disc. But under the disc, inside the box). Sometimes it happens that it is located elsewhere inside the box, but in any case, it has the format:
Heroes 5 (original) - HM5-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where X represents the characters on the paper)
Heroes 5 - Hammers of Fate - H5A-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where X represents the characters on the paper)
Heroes 5 - Tribes of the East - H5B-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where X represents the characters on the paper). Enter the key very carefully.
b) After a short wait (depending on your internet connection speed), you will reach a screen with two empty lines (Network profile and password), and three buttons at the bottom, two of which are currently active: profile and cancel (clicking cancel returns you to the menu). You click on profile, and the game automatically minimizes, and a link opens in your default browser where you need to click the button labeled "Create an account." Clicking it takes you to the account creation screen where you need to enter:
Username (the nick you want to play under), but the following conditions apply:
1) It must be unique, i.e., not match any existing one on ubi.com.
2) It must start with a letter
3) It can contain letters, a period (.), a hyphen (-), or an underscore (_), letters, numbers.
4) Its length must be from 3 to 15 characters.
5) It must not contain the sequence of letters "ubi", for example Scrubi
6) It must not contain vulgar or obscene language.
Password, the requirements are as follows:
1) Contain from 6 to 16 characters
2) Cannot contain symbols used in the nick
3) Can contain only numbers and letters
4) Must be unique, so if you entered everything according to the rules but the password is not accepted—try another one.
Confirm password: enter the same thing here as in the password line.
email (Email address): enter a WORKING email address here. Otherwise, password recovery will be impossible.
Date of Birth: I think everything is clear here.)
ZIP/Postal Code: enter any 3 digits here. No need to remember them.
Country - enter your country of residence here
The last item is a checkbox; it affects whether you want Ubisoft to provide you with content regarding the Might and Magic universe. I don't recommend checking it, as you won't get anything valuable anyway.
After all data is entered, click submit.
If you didn't move to the next page, something was entered incorrectly—this item will be highlighted in red—make sure you haven't violated the filling rules mentioned above.
If everything is done correctly, you will reach the next page where you need to agree to ubi.com's rules. To agree, click accept.
Then you will be thrown back to the main page of the site. You can close the browser and maximize the game. In the top line, enter your nick. In the bottom one, the password. To avoid various situations—it's better to write down the password and nick somewhere, as it happens that people forget)
Step two. ubi.com servers
After entering the password and nick, you reach the main server screen. There are 6 channels on it. 4 rated (2 duel and 2 standard). Training channels differ from rated ones in that you do not earn experience points for winning on them.
Step three. Playing on a duel server.
a) Creating a game. To create a game, click create—a small window pops up. You can enter the game name, a password for a closed game, turn 3v3 mode on or off (three heroes per side), set the dynamic battle value (slow, fast, medium, disabled). The "custom parameters" option is used if you are playing with your own created heroes (it determines how many points the created heroes will have). After entering all options, click create and the window for the created game appears. In it, you can choose a hero, battlefield, as well as change some options. To view the hero's characteristics, double-click their portrait. The cancel button is used to exit the created game. The "start game" button is for starting the game.
b) Joining a game. If you want to join a game created by another player, simply double-click the line with the desired game to enter it.
c) Watching as a spectator. To watch a game as a spectator, check the box at the top opposite the filled games and double-click any of the appearing games to enter as a spectator.
d) Gaining experience. Experience is gained over time. This is known for certain. I personally do not know how the rating calculation system works. But I suspect that the more you win, the higher the rating will be. Also, in my opinion, successful streaks of many victories add to the rating. What no one knows for sure is exactly how many wins are needed for a specific image and title to be placed in the profile.
e) Viewing a duel profile (your own and other players') is done by double-clicking the player's nick in the list.
f) All duels are conducted on versions 3.0 (Tribes of the East expansion). Players offering to play on versions 2.1 (Hammers of Fate), 1.6 (original Heroes V) are rarely encountered. Where to get patches for these versions will be mentioned below.
g) Possible problems.
1) Cannot connect to a duel channel.
Solution: Restart Heroes. Reset your internet connection. Or just wait a while if the server is overloaded.
2) Cannot connect to a game.
Solution:
a) Check which version of the game you are connecting to. If you try to connect to a 3.0 version game while having version 2.1—the server will throw an error.
b) If a message appears saying that you have some mods installed, either disable them using the Mod Manager program or remove them from the folder where they are located. Mods are small modifications in the game, whether it's replacing an Emerald Dragon with a Phoenix, interface modifications, etc.
c) There is another tricky error that you sometimes get when connecting to a game. Its code is: . The meaning of this error is still unclear to me. But it definitely means that playing with the player you are trying to join will not be possible(
Step four. Playing on a standard server.
a) Creating a game. Clicking the create button takes you to the game creation window. There you can choose a map, set the time per turn, turn dynamic battle on or off, enable or disable autosaves, turn ghost mode on or off, enable a protected (closed) game with a password or disable it, set animation speed (movement speed of creatures and hero), and set difficulty. Then click create again and you reach the race selection screen.
There you can leave a player slot open (brain icon), meaning open for players joining the game; you can set the computer to play instead of one or more players (monitor icon); you can close the slot for incoming players (lock icon). To remove a joined player, simply click once either left or right and confirm deletion.
a1) Creating a random map. Click create. There choose "create map." Then set all necessary options and generate. Done. Enjoy)
b) Joining a game. If you want to join a game created by another player, simply double-click the line with the desired game to enter it.
c) Gaining experience. Experience is gained over time. This is known for certain. I personally do not know how the rating calculation system works. But I suspect that the more you win, the higher the rating will be. Also, in my opinion, successful streaks of many victories add to the rating. What no one knows for sure is exactly how many wins are needed for a specific image and title to be placed in the profile.
d) Viewing a profile (your own and other players') on the standard channel is done by double-clicking the player's nick in the list
e) All games are conducted on versions 3.0 (Tribes of the East expansion). Players offering to play on versions 2.1 (Hammers of Fate), 1.6 (original Heroes V) are encountered quite often. Where to get patches for these versions will be mentioned below.
In both versions (duel and standard), you can add a player to your friends list. This is done by right-clicking the player's nick in the list and then confirming the choice. Now, friends who are currently on the site will be highlighted in white in your list.
IMPORTANT!!! For everyone having problems connecting to ubi.com:
- Make sure you have the latest version of Heroes. Currently, it is 1.6 for original, 2.1 for Hammers of Fate expansion, and 3.1 for Tribes of the East expansion.
- And try logging in with account - Testacc2007, password - test123. If login is successful, you registered your account incorrectly. See above for errors you might have made.
Traffic: An average-length duel consumes no more than 800kb. No more than 3mb are used per hour. In a game on a larger map, it's something around 5-6mb per hour.
Playing using the Hamachi program (you can download it from the attachments.)
Step one. Install Hamachi. Download Hamachi from attachments, unzip. Double-click to start installation, click next. Check the agreement box, click next (optionally check: Create desktop shortcut and Launch automatically on computer startup.), specify the folder where the program will be installed, its folder in the start menu, click next, check the square box, click next, select "Use basic version," click next, click install, wait for installation to finish, click next, click finish.
Step two. Create a network.
Launch Hamachi. You will be asked to enter a name. Enter any name. No need to remember it. This is just what your Hamachi account will be called. The Hamachi interface consists of 5 buttons:
1) Two small buttons at the top are for closing and minimizing the program
2) Three buttons at the bottom.
The leftmost button is for disconnecting and connecting to the network. You don't really need it, only for resetting the network
The rightmost button is also not used very often. You can click it and see what's there.
The second button from the right is your main helper in this difficult task. Clicking it opens a window with options to create a new network or join an existing network. Click on "create a new network."
In the top line, enter any game name (not too trivial). In the bottom—the game password (any password). Be sure to remember all this, and even better, write it down somewhere. Send this information to the friend you want to play with, and they click the same button (second from left), but choose the "join an existing network" option. And enter the game name and password you gave them. All set. Launch Heroes. There, click Multiplayer, then Local Network, and create a game. The same conditions for creating and joining games apply as when playing on ubi.
Step three. Joining a network.
Repeat step two in reverse. That is, your friend creates according to the rules described in step two, and you perform their actions from step two (connect to the game)
Possible problems. See the instructions in the attachments, but most often errors (such as not seeing the game created by a friend) are solved as follows:
Go to Start - Control Panel - Network Connections. In the top line, click Advanced, then Additional Settings, then drag Hamachi to the top with the green arrow.
Patches for original Heroes V-/topic/460/
Patch 1.6 for original Heroes V-http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes5/patch_1_2_rus.php, installation instructions are also there.
Patch for Hammers of Fate expansion-/topic/3069/
Patch for Tribes of the East expansion - http://www.heroesworld.ru/files/data/409/411/heroes_might_magic_5_3.01_russian.exe
That seems to be all. I believe I've answered all questions from closed and deleted threads. All questions about playing via ubi can be asked here, and for playing via Hamachi here
With a key, the game can be played on the ubi.com server. How do you achieve this?
Step one:
Creating an account on ubi.com.
a) Enter Heroes, click Multiplayer, then ubi.com. You will be asked to enter a key. The key is written inside the box, on a piece of paper attached under the disc. (Note! Not on the disc. But under the disc, inside the box). Sometimes it happens that it is located elsewhere inside the box, but in any case, it has the format:
Heroes 5 (original) - HM5-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where X represents the characters on the paper)
Heroes 5 - Hammers of Fate - H5A-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where X represents the characters on the paper)
Heroes 5 - Tribes of the East - H5B-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where X represents the characters on the paper). Enter the key very carefully.
b) After a short wait (depending on your internet connection speed), you will reach a screen with two empty lines (Network profile and password), and three buttons at the bottom, two of which are currently active: profile and cancel (clicking cancel returns you to the menu). You click on profile, and the game automatically minimizes, and a link opens in your default browser where you need to click the button labeled "Create an account." Clicking it takes you to the account creation screen where you need to enter:
Username (the nick you want to play under), but the following conditions apply:
1) It must be unique, i.e., not match any existing one on ubi.com.
2) It must start with a letter
3) It can contain letters, a period (.), a hyphen (-), or an underscore (_), letters, numbers.
4) Its length must be from 3 to 15 characters.
5) It must not contain the sequence of letters "ubi", for example Scrubi
6) It must not contain vulgar or obscene language.
Password, the requirements are as follows:
1) Contain from 6 to 16 characters
2) Cannot contain symbols used in the nick
3) Can contain only numbers and letters
4) Must be unique, so if you entered everything according to the rules but the password is not accepted—try another one.
Confirm password: enter the same thing here as in the password line.
email (Email address): enter a WORKING email address here. Otherwise, password recovery will be impossible.
Date of Birth: I think everything is clear here.)
ZIP/Postal Code: enter any 3 digits here. No need to remember them.
Country - enter your country of residence here
The last item is a checkbox; it affects whether you want Ubisoft to provide you with content regarding the Might and Magic universe. I don't recommend checking it, as you won't get anything valuable anyway.
After all data is entered, click submit.
If you didn't move to the next page, something was entered incorrectly—this item will be highlighted in red—make sure you haven't violated the filling rules mentioned above.
If everything is done correctly, you will reach the next page where you need to agree to ubi.com's rules. To agree, click accept.
Then you will be thrown back to the main page of the site. You can close the browser and maximize the game. In the top line, enter your nick. In the bottom one, the password. To avoid various situations—it's better to write down the password and nick somewhere, as it happens that people forget)
Step two. ubi.com servers
After entering the password and nick, you reach the main server screen. There are 6 channels on it. 4 rated (2 duel and 2 standard). Training channels differ from rated ones in that you do not earn experience points for winning on them.
Step three. Playing on a duel server.
a) Creating a game. To create a game, click create—a small window pops up. You can enter the game name, a password for a closed game, turn 3v3 mode on or off (three heroes per side), set the dynamic battle value (slow, fast, medium, disabled). The "custom parameters" option is used if you are playing with your own created heroes (it determines how many points the created heroes will have). After entering all options, click create and the window for the created game appears. In it, you can choose a hero, battlefield, as well as change some options. To view the hero's characteristics, double-click their portrait. The cancel button is used to exit the created game. The "start game" button is for starting the game.
b) Joining a game. If you want to join a game created by another player, simply double-click the line with the desired game to enter it.
c) Watching as a spectator. To watch a game as a spectator, check the box at the top opposite the filled games and double-click any of the appearing games to enter as a spectator.
d) Gaining experience. Experience is gained over time. This is known for certain. I personally do not know how the rating calculation system works. But I suspect that the more you win, the higher the rating will be. Also, in my opinion, successful streaks of many victories add to the rating. What no one knows for sure is exactly how many wins are needed for a specific image and title to be placed in the profile.
e) Viewing a duel profile (your own and other players') is done by double-clicking the player's nick in the list.
f) All duels are conducted on versions 3.0 (Tribes of the East expansion). Players offering to play on versions 2.1 (Hammers of Fate), 1.6 (original Heroes V) are rarely encountered. Where to get patches for these versions will be mentioned below.
g) Possible problems.
1) Cannot connect to a duel channel.
Solution: Restart Heroes. Reset your internet connection. Or just wait a while if the server is overloaded.
2) Cannot connect to a game.
Solution:
a) Check which version of the game you are connecting to. If you try to connect to a 3.0 version game while having version 2.1—the server will throw an error.
b) If a message appears saying that you have some mods installed, either disable them using the Mod Manager program or remove them from the folder where they are located. Mods are small modifications in the game, whether it's replacing an Emerald Dragon with a Phoenix, interface modifications, etc.
c) There is another tricky error that you sometimes get when connecting to a game. Its code is: . The meaning of this error is still unclear to me. But it definitely means that playing with the player you are trying to join will not be possible(
Step four. Playing on a standard server.
a) Creating a game. Clicking the create button takes you to the game creation window. There you can choose a map, set the time per turn, turn dynamic battle on or off, enable or disable autosaves, turn ghost mode on or off, enable a protected (closed) game with a password or disable it, set animation speed (movement speed of creatures and hero), and set difficulty. Then click create again and you reach the race selection screen.
There you can leave a player slot open (brain icon), meaning open for players joining the game; you can set the computer to play instead of one or more players (monitor icon); you can close the slot for incoming players (lock icon). To remove a joined player, simply click once either left or right and confirm deletion.
a1) Creating a random map. Click create. There choose "create map." Then set all necessary options and generate. Done. Enjoy)
b) Joining a game. If you want to join a game created by another player, simply double-click the line with the desired game to enter it.
c) Gaining experience. Experience is gained over time. This is known for certain. I personally do not know how the rating calculation system works. But I suspect that the more you win, the higher the rating will be. Also, in my opinion, successful streaks of many victories add to the rating. What no one knows for sure is exactly how many wins are needed for a specific image and title to be placed in the profile.
d) Viewing a profile (your own and other players') on the standard channel is done by double-clicking the player's nick in the list
e) All games are conducted on versions 3.0 (Tribes of the East expansion). Players offering to play on versions 2.1 (Hammers of Fate), 1.6 (original Heroes V) are encountered quite often. Where to get patches for these versions will be mentioned below.
In both versions (duel and standard), you can add a player to your friends list. This is done by right-clicking the player's nick in the list and then confirming the choice. Now, friends who are currently on the site will be highlighted in white in your list.
IMPORTANT!!! For everyone having problems connecting to ubi.com:
- Make sure you have the latest version of Heroes. Currently, it is 1.6 for original, 2.1 for Hammers of Fate expansion, and 3.1 for Tribes of the East expansion.
- And try logging in with account - Testacc2007, password - test123. If login is successful, you registered your account incorrectly. See above for errors you might have made.
Traffic: An average-length duel consumes no more than 800kb. No more than 3mb are used per hour. In a game on a larger map, it's something around 5-6mb per hour.
Playing using the Hamachi program (you can download it from the attachments.)
Step one. Install Hamachi. Download Hamachi from attachments, unzip. Double-click to start installation, click next. Check the agreement box, click next (optionally check: Create desktop shortcut and Launch automatically on computer startup.), specify the folder where the program will be installed, its folder in the start menu, click next, check the square box, click next, select "Use basic version," click next, click install, wait for installation to finish, click next, click finish.
Step two. Create a network.
Launch Hamachi. You will be asked to enter a name. Enter any name. No need to remember it. This is just what your Hamachi account will be called. The Hamachi interface consists of 5 buttons:
1) Two small buttons at the top are for closing and minimizing the program
2) Three buttons at the bottom.
The leftmost button is for disconnecting and connecting to the network. You don't really need it, only for resetting the network
The rightmost button is also not used very often. You can click it and see what's there.
The second button from the right is your main helper in this difficult task. Clicking it opens a window with options to create a new network or join an existing network. Click on "create a new network."
In the top line, enter any game name (not too trivial). In the bottom—the game password (any password). Be sure to remember all this, and even better, write it down somewhere. Send this information to the friend you want to play with, and they click the same button (second from left), but choose the "join an existing network" option. And enter the game name and password you gave them. All set. Launch Heroes. There, click Multiplayer, then Local Network, and create a game. The same conditions for creating and joining games apply as when playing on ubi.
Step three. Joining a network.
Repeat step two in reverse. That is, your friend creates according to the rules described in step two, and you perform their actions from step two (connect to the game)
Possible problems. See the instructions in the attachments, but most often errors (such as not seeing the game created by a friend) are solved as follows:
Go to Start - Control Panel - Network Connections. In the top line, click Advanced, then Additional Settings, then drag Hamachi to the top with the green arrow.
Patches for original Heroes V-/topic/460/
Patch 1.6 for original Heroes V-http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes5/patch_1_2_rus.php, installation instructions are also there.
Patch for Hammers of Fate expansion-/topic/3069/
Patch for Tribes of the East expansion - http://www.heroesworld.ru/files/data/409/411/heroes_might_magic_5_3.01_russian.exe
That seems to be all. I believe I've answered all questions from closed and deleted threads. All questions about playing via ubi can be asked here, and for playing via Hamachi here
