Installation on Linux
VCMI requires data from original Heroes 3: Shadow of Death or Complete editions. Data from native Linux version made by LOKI will not work.
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Binaries installation
Ubuntu
VCMI can be installed from PPA:
- stable version (recommended): https://launchpad.net/~saven-ivan/+archive/vcmi
- daily builds (for testing only): https://launchpad.net/~vcmi/+archive/ppa
To use it type in Terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:saven-ivan/vcmi sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vcmi
Debian
Download and install package for your distribution. Install can be done using any GUI managers or using command line:
sudo dpkg -i downloaded_package.deb sudo apt-get -f install
Note: First command most probably will result in errors - this is normal behavior, all of them should be fixed by second one.
| Debian Wheezy (VCMI 0.95) | 32 bit | 64 bit |
Fedora
Fedora packages are no longer supported officially. The last release is VCMI 0.95 for Fedora 20. The .SPEC file for generating the .RPM package resides in the VCMI repository on Github. If you are interested in providing RPM builds, please let us know.
Download and install package for your distribution. There are two ways to install package along with all dependencies:
Option A) Double-click the package. A package management window should appear with instructions to guide you through the process.
Option B) Open a terminal window, and type
sudo rpm -i package_location_and_name(e.g. vcmi-0.9.5-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm)
| Fedora 20 (VCMI 0.95) | 32 bit | 64 bit |
Other distributions
For other distributions, VCMI can be installed from 3rd-party repositories listed below.
- Gentoo https://github.com/qdii/qdiilay/tree/master/games-strategy/vcmi
- Archlinux vcmi vcmi-git
Compiling from source
- Packaged source for latest version
- Alternative download links on github
- Readme (available as README.linux in source package)
Installing Heroes III data files
To install VCMI you will need:
- Heroes III: Shadow of Death or Complete edition
- Unnoficial WoG addon: http://download.vcmi.eu/WoG/wog.zip
- VCMI data files: http://download.vcmi.eu/core.zip
Automated install
To install Heroes 3 data using automated script you need any of:
- One or two CD's or CD images
- gog.com installer
- Directory with installed game
Run the script using options appropriate to your input files:
vcmibuilder --cd1 /path/to/iso/or/cd --cd2 /path/to/second/cd --download vcmibuilder --gog /path/to/gog.com/installer --download vcmibuilder --data /path/to/h3/data --download
You should use only one of these commands.
Offline install
Normally vcmibuilder script will autodownload WoG and VCMI data packages. For offline install you need to download this packages manually and replace download switch with this:
vcmibuilder <h3 data commands> --wog /path/to/wog/archive --vcmi /path/to/vcmi/package
Where h3 data commands stands for described earlier option(s) needed to install H3 data (path to data, Install CD or gog.com installer)
Fedora music support
To have Music support on Fedora it is required to perform a additional step. Fedora doesn't provide Mp3 playback support natively due to patents applied on the Mp3 technique. The SDL_mixer package from the official Fedora repo is compiled without Mp3 support.
To make music work it must be converted into ogg format. This can be done either manually or using vcmibuilder:
vcmibuilder --convertMP3
This command can be run separately after install or as additional switch during initial vcmibuilder launch
Manual install
- Install Heroes III
- Extract WoG addon http://download.vcmi.eu/WoG/wog.zip
- Extract VCMI data files: http://download.vcmi.eu/core.zip
Launch vcmiclient to determine data directory (output may differ)
$vcmiclient -v Starting... VCMI 0.91 data directory: /usr/share/vcmi library directory: /usr/lib/vcmi binary directory: /usr/games
Copy your data to data directory. This should result in directory structure similar to this:
/usr/share/vcmi/config/ /usr/share/vcmi/Data/ /usr/share/vcmi/Maps/ /usr/share/vcmi/Mods/WoG/ /usr/share/vcmi/Mods/vcmi/ /usr/share/vcmi/Mp3/
Launching game
To start the game type in console:
vcmiclient
VCMI should be also available via desktop environment menu or launcher (Games/Strategy/VCMI)
Reporting bugs
Report any issues with packages on our bugtracker or post a message on VCMI forums In report please post:
- used distributive, version and architecture (for example "Ubuntu 11.10 32 bit"). For distributives that use rolling releases please post versions of all used libraries (boost, ffmpeg, SDL)
- console log as well as log files from ~/.vcmi
- steps to reproduce bug
