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/zyrquix]

Hi thank you for the right up. What is acc?

[u/MaGaSi → u/zyrquix]

Account

[u/zyrquix → u/MaGaSi]

Of course.

Thank you so much for posting these instructions. I bought Heroes of Might and Magic II back in 1996. Nostalgia led me back to it a couple years ago and I’ve been playing it with my son since.  I never played 3 but had read it was the pinnacle of the series. So happy to be able to play it on my Mac.  Is the HD version the only one that is playable on portingkit?  The play button for the non-HD version is greyed out for me. 

[u/MaGaSi → u/zyrquix]

I am not really sure, but HD will gove the same feeling