Posts from Running Might & Magic 7 on modern computers.
Wouldn't it be easier to download from the internet? There are many places where you can download games for free.
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In the 7th part, they forgot to add manticores to the game, and you can only encounter them in the arena.
And in the 8th part, set compatibility mode, remove the HP menu, and disable hardware acceleration.
P.S. I have the collector's edition of "Heroes".
Many versions of Might and Magic VII don't work under WinXP; I had the same issue. I read many different articles about Compatibility Toolkits, reducing the number of screen colors to 16-bit, making changes in dxdiag, and other strange things, but none of them worked. I was already thinking about installing Win98, but then I came across the "Unofficial Patch v1.21 by Mok."
Here are the patch's features:
-Ability to play on Win2k/XP
-Support for modern graphics and sound
-A whole bunch of bugs that were still present in the official patch 1.1 have been fixed
As a result, by downloading just over 1MB, all problems are solved, plus you get excellent graphics and sound. I highly recommend it!
Link (1.34MB)
P.S.: Since links to websites are prohibited by the rules, I uploaded the patch to narod.ru, which is reliable and stable, plus a copy on the forum, so you can choose whichever is most convenient.
This helped me!
I'm specifying the path to the game folder: C:\Program Files\Buka\MMCollection\MM_VII\Might & Magic VII, and it says the game wasn't found in the folder. Could it be that this patch is only for the regular version of the game, and not for the Buka version?
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My old computer had Windows XP, just like this one. It had a Pentium 4, and I upgraded to a Core 2 Duo. When I try to launch the game, it gives me a Microsoft error asking if I want to send an error report or not.
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Hooray!!! I got it working! Compatibility settings with 98/ME helped.
Hehe, but on my disk, it's not a collection, not a licensed copy, not a pirated version, everything works fine, everything is visible. In general, as I noticed, the pirated version has many bugs; I haven't played it myself, but I've heard about them from others...
Yes, the pirated Collector's Edition runs perfectly on Windows XP without any issues. But the Fargo version and other localizations simply won't launch without some tweaking.
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the video showing the departure from Emerald Island cannot be skipped, and because of that, I can't progress further. :( :mad:


