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I bought a licensed copy of "HoMM V Gold Edition", installed it, and everything seemed to be working fine, all three parts. Then, in the campaign for the Dark Elves, in the last mission, a script error occurred, and I was kicked out. After some time, I logged in again and saw square shadows. When I entered the town, the picture lagged and slowed down. I exchanged the disc, and the same thing happened again:confused:. I downloaded the latest DirectX, updated my video card drivers, and installed patches, but nothing helps:mad:. Specs: Vista Home Basic Intel Core 2Duo nVidia 7900 512MB 2 GB of RAM Please help, even if it's just with advice; I don't know what to do anymore!!!

The same situation!
Only, I didn't have any errors. When loading the game, everything looks great, but as soon as I enter the Castle, all the objects become smoothed out, as if they are just 3D models with approximate proportions, as if you are playing a game in its very early stages of development. After exiting and reloading, everything looks great again until the next time I enter the Castle.
What could this be?

System: Vista Home Basic
Video: GeForce 9600m GS
Drivers: Nvidia ForceWare for Vista 32-Bit 177.83 WHQL
DirectX 9.0c installed

Help, I'm tired of playing with constant reloads :smile41:

I downloaded the latest DirectX, updated my video card drivers, and installed the patches, but nothing helps.

Try changing the resolution and disabling anti-aliasing in the settings. There's also an option called "simplified image" – try checking that box. You can also try running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP – to do this, you need to set the compatibility in the game's shortcut properties. If that doesn't help, we'll think of something else.

I tried, but it doesn't help.

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Maybe the problem is with the video card, because videos in games are running with lag (I noticed this recently, but there definitely wasn't such a glitch in Heroes before).

DirectX, as I understand it, doesn't always update properly – it says that everything is installed and ready, but that's not actually the case. I can't tell you how to uninstall DirectX, but you can search the forums. Try reinstalling your video card driver, and it's best if you have several different ones. Next, is your sound installed correctly? Check if there are any unidentified devices – I've encountered a problem where the sound doesn't work properly (AC97) without the motherboard drivers, and Heroes won't run. In general, the ideal solution is to install XP alongside your current OS and not worry about it. If you need help, contact me on ICQ: 375572427.

I can't install Heroes of Might and Magic (my parents won't allow it). Deleting system files is risky, but it's worth a try. I'll try it on Friday and then I'll write about how it went.

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I don't have any unrecognized devices, and I don't have any sound problems either.

I bought the gold edition of Heroes 5, installed the main game and the Hammers of Fate expansion, but when installing Tribes of the East, it always gives an error at 88%: File name or extension is too long!
Component: Common game files
File group: Common data
Thank you in advance for your help!

I won't create a new thread; I'll ask here since the question isn't urgent. When I change the resolution in the game on my ASUS laptop (Intel Pentium D, Radeon Mobile 3770), it reverts to the old resolution after saving (OS Vista x64). Can you suggest how to fix this? Thanks.