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11 years ago
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Hello, dear gamers! I decided to ask for your help. Here's my problem: I have a disc with the collector's edition, and recently I wanted to replay all the "Heroes" games, but the fourth part doesn't load completely. It just reaches 100% and that's it! There's no completion of the installation! And it freezes at 100%. Before, everything was fine, but now it doesn't work! I tried restarting the computer at the 100% loading stage, but when I click on the "Heroes" shortcut (after restarting the computer, of course), it displays the message: Unable to open x2 h4r! What should I do?
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11 years ago
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Silferon
I have a disc with the collector's edition, and recently I wanted to replay all the "Heroes" games, but the fourth part doesn't load completely. It just reaches 100% and that's it! There's no completion of the installation! And it freezes at 100%.
I don't understand what "fourth part" means (they've created many editions and copies - try to figure out what's where):confused:
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11 years ago
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I'm talking about Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
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I'm talking about Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
I understand. The thing is, the fourth installment has 3 official releases (like the third one), and there are also pirated compilations. However, I haven't found (or heard of) a complete collection in one release, like the one for the third game.
As for what I would recommend, try installing the game on another computer (where it installs and runs properly) and then copy that installed game to your computer. However, if you have an operating system like Vista, 7, or 8, I can't guarantee that it will work – the game is designed for XP.
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I installed the fourth game on my new laptop. The operating system is Windows 8. I tinkered with the compatibility settings and got everything working. Then I tried to launch the game. It displayed the following message: "Failed to install the driver." By the way, the map editor launched normally. So, I decided to install the game through VirtualBox on an XP system. After the installation was complete, I was automatically redirected to a browser, where I was informed that a certain page could not be found. When I click on the game shortcut on the virtual machine's desktop, the virtual machine freezes, the screen shrinks, and turns black. If I launch it through the disk menu, a funny sound plays, and nothing else happens. It seems that the problem is that the game has an outdated link to the required driver. What should I do in this situation?
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dnaop-wr
I understand. The thing is that the fourth game has 3 official releases (like the third game) and there are also pirated compilations. However, I haven't found (or heard of) a complete collection in one release, like the third game.
I would suggest this: install the game on another computer (where it will install and run properly) and then copy that installed game to your computer. However, if you have an operating system like Vista, 7, or 8, I can't guarantee that it will work – the game is designed for XP.
It worked! It turns out the problem was with the disc drive! It couldn't load all the files from the disc because it was clogged with dust, and that's why the game wouldn't start! But thanks for the answer anyway!
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11 years ago
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I installed the fourth game on my new laptop. The operating system is 8. I fiddled with compatibility settings and got everything working. Then I tried to launch it. It says: "Failed to install the driver." By the way, the map editor launched normally. So, I decided to install the game through VirtualBox on an XP system. After the installation was complete, it automatically kicked me out to the browser, where it said that a certain page could not be found. When I click on the game shortcut on the virtual machine's desktop, the virtual machine freezes, the screen shrinks, and turns black. If I launch it through the disk menu, a funny sound plays, and nothing else happens. It seems that the problem is that the game has an outdated link to the necessary driver. What should I do in this situation?
I just described a similar situation – install the game not on a virtual system, but on a normally installed system with its own drivers, and then copy it to the laptop. And don't be lazy to install DirectX 9 (hopefully it doesn't conflict with newer versions of DirectX).
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11 years ago
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dnaop-wr
I just described a similar situation – install the game not on a virtual system, but on a normally installed one, with its own drivers, and then copy it to your laptop. And don't be lazy and install DirectX 9 (hopefully it doesn't conflict with newer DirectX versions).
I did exactly that six months ago. Now I regret not even trying to install it on Windows 8. The game freezes once every two to three hours. It's not very convenient for online play.
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11 years ago
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CTPAHHuK
I did exactly that six months ago. Now I regret not even trying to install it on Windows 8. The game freezes every two to three hours. It's not very convenient for online play.
I can't say anything about online play and Windows 8 – I'm still using Windows XP, and it suits me just fine. I don't plan to change it without a good reason.
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11 years ago
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I'm playing on Windows 7, and I copied the game from a flash drive. I don't notice any difference compared to playing on Windows XP. Moreover, it even runs without compatibility mode, which means there are no obstacles to playing it on this system.
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11 years ago
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I always thought that the game runs slowly on the 7th installment, especially on the adventure map when the hero moves. I have to turn off the animation to make it a little better, but the feeling of lag still remains. Moreover, I'm not the only one who has encountered this issue.
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The problem is that the game itself has a certain slowdown. Although it was removed in later versions, it still manifests itself a little – if you play for a long time, the game starts to lag slightly – as if fatigue accumulates. And no amount of memory clearing helps – you have to restart the game. However, on the other hand, there is a certain advantage to this (although I hadn't thought about it before) – the computer reminds you that it's time to stop playing and take a break.
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The problem is that the game itself has a certain lag. Although it was removed in later versions, it still manifests itself to some extent - if you play for a long time, the game starts to slow down slightly - as if fatigue accumulates. And no memory cleanup helps - you have to restart the game.
Although, on the other hand, there is a certain plus to this (although I didn't think about it before) - the computer kind of reminds you that it's time to stop playing and take a break.
Also, this lag is present at the beginning if you play for a long time; it's clear that it will slow down...
11 years ago
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Hey everyone, I have a question. I upgraded to Windows 10. Yesterday, I was playing Heroes of Might and Magic IV and encountered an issue where the autosave feature isn't working. After each turn, I get a message saying that the autosave failed. The game is a licensed copy, as is Windows. Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a solution?
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11 years ago
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elizbar1967
Hey everyone, I have a question. I updated Windows to 10. Yesterday, I was playing Heroes 4 and encountered an issue where the autosave feature isn't working. After each turn, I get a message saying that the autosave failed. The game is a licensed version, as is Windows. Has anyone else encountered and solved this problem?

Windows 10 has different paths to the user profile; I think I saw a solution for this on an English-language forum!

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