Heroes of Might & Magic V
Patch version 1.6

October 2007

Contents of Readme
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1. System Requirements
2. Installation
3. Changes included in the patch
4. Known issues
5. Troubleshooting
6. Technical Support
7. Legal information

1. System Requirements
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Minimum
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- OS: Windows 2000/XP, DirectX 9.0C 
- CPU: Pentium 4 / Athlon 1.5 GHz or higher
- RAM: 512 MB or higher
- Video: 128 MB AGP GeForce4 Ti4200 / RADEON 8500 or higher video card 
- CD/DVD-ROM speed: 32x
- Sound: DirectX compatible PCI 16-bit sound card


Recommended
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- OS: Windows 2000/XP, DirectX 9.0C 
- CPU: Pentium 4 / Athlon 2,4 GHz or higher 
- RAM: 1024MB or higher
- Video: 256 MB AGP 8x GeForceFX 6600 / RADEON x800 or higher video card
- CD/DVD-ROM speed: 32x 
- Dolby Surround 5.1 sound processor

2. Installation
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Please make sure that you are installing the right patch for your game version. 

1. Make sure you have already installed patch 1.5 before trying to install Patch 1.6. 

2. Before installing Heroes of Might & Magic V patch 1.6 please close all other programs.

3. Run the patch 1.6 installation file.

4. Follow the instructions.

After installation you can run the game either from the Windows start menu ('Start' -> 'All Programs' -> 'Ubisoft' -> 'Heroes of Might and Magic V' -> 'Heroes of Might and Magic V') or use the 'H5_Game.exe' file from the "..\bin" directory (By default, the game will be installed in "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic V").

Note: When loading a saved game from an older version, some fixes will only take effect after a map restart.


3. Changes included in the patch
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Note: Some fixes will only be visible in the game after creating a new profile only.

Attention: If you want to save your old profile and add new features to it, you need to copy Input.cfg file from default profile game directory (profiles\default_profile) to directory, where your active profile can be found (My Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\You_Profile_Name).

Patch 1.6
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Features added
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Kingdom overview window
(Allows to view information about player towns and heroes)

Extended "number of turns" indicator
(Add new cursors 3, 4, 5, 5+ that tell the player how many days will that march take)

Mana bar on strategy map
(Allows mana bar indicator near move bar side to heroes icons at the bottom of strategic map) 
!Not  show permanently! Activate by pressing a hotkey ("M")

"Wait" button in combat ATB bar
(Allows dropped ATB bar of current stack of creatures (or a war machine, or a hero) to 0.5 (halved), and then give turn to the next stack of creature on the ATB conveyor)

Sleep mode for heroes
(Allow the players to turn on/off the end of turn notification system for the selected heroes)
Activate and deactivate by pressing a hotkey ("Z")

Map Editor. Option to deactivate animations
(Allows switching off all the object animation on the map for the time of its design)

Danger Status
(Allows inform the player how dangerous is the stack of neutral creatures or the enemy hero whose information tooltip they are reviewing)
Danger Types: 	Very Low (less than 1\2 power of player selected hero)
		Low (1\2 power)
		Normal (= equal power)
		Hard (1.5 power)
		No Chance (More than 2 power)

Dark Energy Displaying (Adventure Screen)
(Allows showing special necromantic resource Dark Energy at the adventure screen interface. It shows in the extra bar in the top of the adventure interface)

Mouse cursor map coordinates
(Allows showing the coordinates of the tile onto which the cursor is aimed currently. This function only works on the adventure maps)
Activate by pressing a hotkey ("CTRL")

Option "Autocombat without magic use"
(Allows switch on/off a player hero use magic in autocombat)

Option "Flying camera mode" at city
(Allows switch on/off the flying-around camera mode that invoked every time when the player enters a town)

Ability to set time for creature turn in combat
(Allows customizing creatures' turn time in dynamic battles both in single and multiplayers modes).

Info messages pop-ups (team actions alerts).
(Message pop-ups appear to inform the player about certain actions of their allies, if these actions touch upon this player’s interests, as well as to tell about the allies’ successes or failures. They will appear in the beginning of the player’s turn in the usual information pop-ups in the top of the screen.)

Icon to indicate that the town development is complete.
(This option provides for the player to see which of their towns are completely developed and in which more buildings can be erected.)

Icon to indicate that there is not enough resources to build anything that turn.
(This option provides for the player to see whether they can build anything in the town with the amount of resources they currently have.)

Option to show/hide already going multiplayer games (in lobby)
(Added checkbox responsible for showing/hiding the currently played games over the games list. When checked in, it show the complete list; when checked out, 
it will provide for hiding the games that are already being played. The checkbox will be checked out by default.)


Bugs repaired and changes made:
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Stability:
- Game no longer crashes when loading a map that has a hero placed on the edge.


Camera, graphics, interfaces:

- Dialog replays are now stored in a chronological order
- In duel 3v3 session the spectator now see correct hero icons
- Added error message when the player tries to play a campaign without maps
- Fixed Phoenixes textures
- Fixed object same Rock textures in the adventure map

Gameplay, Mechanics, Balance:

- Fixed: Same spell is revealed upon building library in the Academy town, plus 2 extra spells for level 4 and 5
- Fixed: The 'Secrets of Destruction' skill does not give a random damaging spell of the 1st to 3rd circle
- Fixed: The corpses of the units from which the Pit Lords were summoned remain on the battle field
- Now Pillar of Bones give correct number of dark energy.
 

Map Editor:

- Duel Preset Editor. The "Arcane Excellence" now doesn't exist anymore
- Fixed: The "War machines" are not granted during the game even though there are all selected in "Properties hero"
- Fixed same error message in duel preset editor interface


 
4. Known issues
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Switching off the 'V-Sync' option in your video driver options may cause twitchy animation in Towns if you rotate the camera manually.

Loading a save from a version in another language may cause font and textual interface problems.

Yahoo Messenger may conflict with multiplayer. Please make sure it is inactive when playing the game on ubi.com

Any changes made in replay via Movie Maker are not present in the save loaded with the Combat Replay. Movie maker should be used to view edited replays now.  

A number of maps created in the Map Editor via the Save As command from the single map will have the same names in the User Campaigns Editor and in the Custom Game Menu irrespective of the names that were entered during the save procedure.
To correct it you will need to change the names of these maps via the Map Editor in the ordinary way (View menu -> Map Properties, General Map Properties tab, a Map Name field).    

To use new hotkeys in moviemaker, add the following lines to the input.cfg file located in your current profiles folder (My Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles folder). 
 
bindsection replay_battle_screen
bind skip_scene 'ESC'
bind set_pause 'SPACE'
bind step_forward 'RIGHT'
bind step_backward 'LEFT'
bind step_to_start 'CTRL' + 'LEFT'
bind step_to_end 'CTRL' + 'RIGHT'
bind speed_up 'UP'
bind speed_down 'DOWN'


5. Troubleshooting
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5.1 Outdated or incorrect video drivers may cause some issues. Before contacting support, please check you have the latest versions of video drivers and the correct DirectX 9.0c version for you system. You should find the latest version of the drivers here:

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp for nVIDIA graphics cards
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27 for ATI Technologies graphics cards

DirectX 9.0c version can be found on the game installation disc.

5.2 Also, before launching the game, make sure that no other programs are running.

5.3 The game does not support playing through http proxy. The player needs a direct (real IP) or NATed (most intranets) internet connection. With a firewall, the player needs to open the following ports:

6668 TCP (IRC servers(chat in lobby)) 
40000 to 42999 TCP (Various ubi.com servers) 
44000 UDP (CDKey servers) 
45000 UDP (NAT server) 
42500 UDP (CDKey local port, can be configured by the player by using the game config files, "setvar net_ubi_cdkey_port = <desired port>")

8888 UDP (The game itself can be configured by player by using the game config files, "setvar net_game_port = <desired port>")

 
6. Technical Support
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Before contacting Ubisoft Entertainment's Technical Support Department, please browse through our FAQ listings or search our support database at our 
website: 
http://support.ubi.com. 
Here you will find the most recently updated information ever since the game’s release.

Also please make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements, 
as our support representatives will be unable to assist customers whose 
computers do not meet these criteria.

Whenever you contact the Technical Support Department, please include the 
following information or have it available if you are calling:

-Complete product title (including version number)
-Exact error message reported (if applicable) and a brief description of the 
 problem you're encountering
-Processor speed and manufacturer 
-Amount of RAM 
-Operating system
-Video card that you are using and amount of RAM it has
-Maker and speed of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
-Type of sound card you are using

Contact Us Over the Internet
This is the best way to contact us. Our website is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it contains the most up to date Technical Support information available 
including patches that can be downloaded free of charge. We update the Support pages on a daily basis so please check here first for solutions to your problems
http://support.ubi.com/.

Contact Us by E-mail
For fastest response via e-mail, please visit our website at:

http://support.ubi.com/

7. Legal Information
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Copyright Information
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This software product and the manual are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Ubisoft and Nival Interactive and are protected by the copyright laws 
that pertain to computer software.  You may copy this software for back-up and casual distribution. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer or 
derive source code from all or any portion of the software or anything incorporated therein, permit, or encourage any third party to do so.
  
Heroes of Might and Magic is a registered trademark of Ubisoft. Pentium, Microsoft Windows, Athlon, GeForce, Radeon, SoundBlaster, DirectX are trademarks 
of their respective owners.

Limitations of Warranty 
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Nival Interactive and Ubisoft expressly disclaim any warranty for the game and Readme file. 
The program and Readme file are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the Program and Readme file remains with the User.

Limitations of Liability
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Neither Nival Interactive nor Ubisoft, or their parent, subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable in any way for loss or damage of any kind resulting 
from the use of the program.
