Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East
Release version 3.0

October, 2007

Contents of Readme
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1. System Requirements
2. Installation
3. Controls and hotkeys
4. Game Saves
5. Troubleshooting
6. Known Issues
7. Technical Support
8. Legal information


1. System Requirements
======================

Minimum
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- OS: Windows 2000/XP SP2/XP64 Pro, DirectX 9.0C 
- CPU: Pentium 4 / Athlon 1.5 GHz or higher
- RAM: 1024 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
- 3Gb of available hard-disk space 


Recommended
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- OS: Windows 2000 sp4/XP sp2/XP64 Pro, DirectX 9.0C 
- CPU: Core 2 Duo / Athlon 64 X2 or higher 
- RAM: 2048MB or higher
- Video: 256 MB AGP 8x GeForce 7600 / RADEON x1600 or higher video card
- CD/DVD-ROM speed: 32x 
- Dolby Surround 5.1 sound processor
- At least 3 Gb of available hard-disk space 


2. Installation
===============

(!)Before installing Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East, please 
verify that your computer meets the minimum requirements. Close all other 
programs.

1. Place game installation disc into disc drive and wait for autorun program to 
launch (or double click on disc drive icon), then choose 'Install' button on the 
autorun screen. Also you may do it by performing following instructions:

"My Computer" -> right click on your disc drive icon -> choose 'Open' in 
floating menu -> run Setup.exe; 

or:

use Windows "Start" button -> "Run..." -> enter in command line "disc drive 
letter:\setup" -> press 'OK' button.

2. Choose your language.

3. Follow the Install Shield instructions.

(!)DirectX 9.0c must be installed.

(!)It's not recommended to install Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the 
East to the Windows folder or to the root of the system drive.

Upon installation you can run the game either from the Windows start menu 
('Start' -> 'All Programs' -> 'Ubisoft' -> 'Heroes of Might & Magic V - Tribes 
of the East' -> 'Heroes of Might & Magic V - Tribes of the East) or use the 
'H5_Game.exe' file from the ‘bin’ directory inside the game installation  
directory (by default, the game will be installed into "C:\Program 
Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East").

3. controls and hotkeys
=======================

	CAMERA

camera zoom -			'PG_DOWN'or mouse wheel
camera zoom +			'PG_UP' or mouse wheel
camera forward			'UP'
camera backward			'DOWN' 	 	 	  	 
camera strafe right 	'RIGHT'       	 	
camera strafe left		'LEFT' 	 		 	
camera pitch up			'CTRL' + 'UP'
camera pitch down		'CTRL' + 'DOWN'
camera rotate right		'CTRL' + 'RIGHT' or 'DELETE'
camera_rotate left		'CTRL' + 'LEFT' or 'INSERT'
Camera default 			'HOME'


	GENERAL

Cancel action/close window	'ESC'
Confirmation				'ENTER' or 'NUM_ENTER'
Pause						'PAUSE'
Screenshot 					'PrintScreen'


	Save/Load

Save 			'F6'
Quick Save 		'F5'
Load 			'F9'
Quick Load 		'F8'


	ADVENTURE

game options 		'F4'
esc menu 			'ESC' or 'F10'
Move Hero 			'SPACE'
Next Hero 			'N' OR 'TAB'
Sleep/Wake		'Z'
select hero 1-8 	'1' - '8'
Dig 				'G' or 'D'
SpellBook			'C'
End of Turn			'ENTER' or 'NUM_ENTER' or 'E'
Hero attributes 	'A'
Hero equipment 		'I'
Hero skills 		'S'
Hero abilities 		'V'
Hero mana		'M'
Kingdom Overview	'K'
Hero biography 		'H'
Surface/Undeground 	'T' or 'U'
Objectives 			'O' or 'Q'
Objectives log 		'L'
Puzzle map 			'P'
Chat 				'BACKSPACE' or 'CTRL' + 'ENTER' or 'CTRL' + 'NUM_ENTER'
Chat to all 		'CTRL' + 'A'
Chat to team 		'CTRL' + 'T'
Chat to race 		'CTRL' + 'R'


	TOWN

Town Hall 			'B'
Fort 				'R'
Magic Guild 		'G'
Tavern 				'T'
Market 				'M'
Racial building		'Q'
Blacksmith 			'X'
Buy artifacts 		'Y'
Shipyard 			'Z'
Next town 			'N'
Prev town 			'P'
Upgrade creatures 	'U'
Split creatures		drag creature + 'SHIFT'


	COMBAT

Defend 			'D'
Wait 			'W'
Auto Combat 	'A' or 'V'
Retreat 		'R'
Cast 			'C' or 'S'
Switch ATB/log 	'TAB'
autoplace army 	'A' or 'V'


4. Game Saves
=============

Saved games are stored in a special folder within the current user's "My 
Documents" folder. This folder can be found at the following path: 
"My Documents" -> "My Games" -> "Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the 
East" -> "Profiles" -> folder with user profile name -> "Saves".


5. Troubleshooting
==================

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 
correct DirectX 9.0c version for you system. You may find lastest version 
drivers at:

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp for nVIDIA graphics cards
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html for AMD/ATI Technologies graphics cards

DirectX 9.0c version may 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 
direct (real IP) or NATed (most intranets) internet connection. In case a 
firewall is present, the player needs to open some ports. Here they are:

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 player through game config 
files, "setvar net_ubi_cdkey_port = <desired port>", defaults to 42500)
8888,8889 UDP UDP (The Game itself, can be configured by player through game 
config files, "setvar net_game_port = <desired port>" defaults to 8888; "setvar 
net_lan_match_maker_port = <desired port>", defaults to 8889 ) 

5.4 To read the game manual you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. There are two english 
versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader available on the disk in "Support\Adobe\" : for 
Win2k, and for WinXP. You can download other versions from 
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
 

6. Known issues
===============

Video
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Switched off 'V-Sync' option in your video driver options may cause twitched 
animations in Town if you rotate camera manually.

Compatibility with Windows Vista
--------------------------------
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East is not 100% Vista Compliant.



Running game on Crossfire AMD/ATI cards
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The users may also experience flickering graphics when having a configuration 
based on an ATI Crossfire solutions under Windows Vista. 
Disable the Crossfire fuctions to solve this issue




7. Technical Support
====================

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 since the games 
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/

8. Legal Information
====================

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.
