Heroes 3 on MacAir M1 ?[SOLVED]

[u/MaGaSi]

I tried almost everything from the cheaper / free options to run Heroes 3 on Mac M1. 2024

Here are the steps worked for me:

• get GOG acc https://www.gog.com/en/games
• buy HoMM3 (I was lucky, it was on a huuuuge sale)
• get Porting Kit and acc https://www.portingkit.com/
• literally follow the instruction for HoMM3 https://www.portingkit.com/game/236
• profit

What did not work not just for me: .PlayOnMac: couldn’t dowload Windows part .Wineskin: crashes every minute .those compiling stuff..

Note: After playing the way in the description, you do not need to run PortingKit every time, just run you HoMM wrap from the library it installed (I put it in Mac/Users/my username)

Keywords, to save some time in search coz it took me a day to find relevant posts: MAC Heroes 3 MacAir M1 Portingkit Winery Wineskin Apple Play PlayOnMac crashes

[u/BorisPulemet]

when playing heroes on macbook air, the mac gets very hot, how can I fix this problem?

[u/MaGaSi → u/BorisPulemet]

For me too. I am not expert, but I understand that to do that, the Mac needs to emulate a Win environment inside a Unix, with its own file sys and memo, etc, so… yeah. But I played multiplayer for 4 hours with hosting server and nothing happened.

[u/ClearHold337 → u/MaGaSi]

See advice https://www.reddit.com/r/heroes3/comments/1akyf5d/comment/lwniagw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button