r/heroes3 • u/MaGaSi • Feb 07 '24
Question - Solved Heroes 3 on MacAir M1 ?[SOLVED]
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
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u/BirdLooter Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24
[2024 Macbook Air M3] THANK YOU!! This works, even with HOTA, as u/snugglelove described! You HAVE TO closely observe the video for installation paths and it will work flawlessly!! Man I was struggling with wine and everything, I should have gone this route far earlier. To me it sounded like I need an account, as OP described it, but the only account you need is one on gog.com.
Thank you thank you thank you!
The best thing about this is: The game runs even faster on my air, than on my Windows gaming computer with a 3080 TI GPU. Wtf. Loading times are way quicker on the air.