Author Topic: [GAMES] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)  (Read 4851 times)

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HOMM3 is one of the best turn-based strategy game of the 90s! Its artwork and gameplay is so unique. It has captivated the interests of gamers for many generations. And now in 2020, we are still playing it!

The last known Linux port was by Loki Software for the x86 Linux, unfortunately Loki went out of business and did not port the title to PowerPC. The community has been working hard on an alternative solution, introducing the VCMI project, a free/open source HOMM3 engine for multi-platforms, it sought to re-create the original experience of the game yet at the same time offering new extension for the community to develop new game on top of it.

I've managed to get the software compiled on Fedora 32 though there are some quirks with video/graphic which seems to be only related to Fedora.

Video URL: https://youtu.be/bD5F4gQznLY
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Re: [GAME] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2023, 10:11:56 am »
I've revisited this awesome game recently. The version 1.2.1 has addressed all quirky video issue. The rewritten graphic engine has help increased the FPS.

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Re: [GAME] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2023, 10:55:44 pm »
New PR https://github.com/rpmfusion/vcmi/pull/1 to bump RPMFusion's RPM to 1.3.0

FYI RPMFusion does not have ppc64le RPM because luajit-devel package (from official Fedora tree) does not support ppc64le
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Re: [GAME] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2023, 01:27:29 am »
VCMI 1.3.0 is out and running perfectly on Fedora 38!

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Re: [GAME] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2023, 12:35:05 pm »
Excellent!

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Re: [GAME] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2023, 08:45:09 pm »
Okay, time to revive ppc64le RPM build in RPMFusion repo

https://github.com/rpmfusion/vcmi/pull/2
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Re: [GAME] Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete edition (VCMI client)
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2023, 05:36:57 pm »
Yay! PPC64 RPM is back Fedorans!

I also bump the package to 1.3.1.
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