My brother-in-law mentioned that they apparently was doing a board game of Heroes of Might and Magic III, and as I wrote before, I like that game. So I got a craving to play it again as I put in some cash to get the whole package when it releases in October 2023 (all 11 kilos of it). Couldn't get the old workarounds to boot the game so I had to check around a bit. My MacBook is now so old that they don't support it with updates anymore and I was on the verge to look into getting a new one (and have to choose if I'm getting a PC or Mac and what kind and so on), but I was able to crack it open. First I had to get a Heroes III Complete version from Gog.com. Then get a program called Osu (that they also have discontinued for this computer). And a side program to just update the version to allow it to run. Then pick the files from that installation within the wineskin and then use another program called VCMI to actually be able to run it. And it run fantastic as well with modded content. Some monster have changed appearance and others are new, different heroes appear, you know have a commander unit that levels up with the hero, there's a threat indicator for monsters on the map so that you can gauge if you stand a chance and I think they also added a quick way to see combiner artefacts so you know which to put together. And a lot of new maps.
So I played around a bit and satisfied my cravings for the game. It's been a while as well and this time the computer doesn't sound like it's powering a car while trying to get the game running. Small hassle is that I don't seem to be able to get sound to the intro or voices to the cutscenes (at least for Shadow of Death). But at least all campaigns are open without need to play through them all (some are really tiresome).
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