Fheroes2 Vita

Free Heroes of Might and Magic II (Fheroes2)
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General
Author	Northfear, ihhub, fheroes2 Team
Type	Strategy
Version	0.9.21
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2022/11/12
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Free Heroes of Might and Magic II (Fheroes2) is a recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.

This open source multiplatform project, written from scratch, is designed to reproduce the original game with significant improvements in gameplay, graphics and logic (including support for high-resolution graphics, improved AI, numerous fixes and user interface improvements), breathing new life into one of the most addictive turn-based strategy games.

You can find a complete list of all of our changes and enhancements in its own wiki page.

Description

Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing and published in 1996 by the 3DO Company. The game is the second installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series and is typically credited as the breakout game for the series. Heroes II was voted the sixth-best PC game of all time by PC Gamer in May 1997.

An expansion pack, The Price of Loyalty, was released in 1997. Later, 3DO bundled Heroes II and its expansion pack in one box, released as Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold in 1998.

Requirements

• fd_fix.skprx OR repatch_ex.skprx
• Game Data Files: PC

How To Install Fheroes2

Install fheroes2.vpk to your Vita.

fheroes2 requires data files from the original Heroes of Might and Magic II.

Copy HEROES2.AGG and HEROES2X.AGG (if you own Price of Loyalty expansion) from the original games "DATA" folder into "ux0:data/fheroes2/data" and everything from "MAPS" folder into "ux0:data/fheroes2/maps".

Music files in OGG format (from GoG release of the game) should be placed into the "ux0:data/fheroes2/music/" folder.

fheroes2 supports ingame cinematics. To play into and/or other videos, make sure that all of "*.SMK" files are placed inside "ux0:data/fheroes2/heroes2/anim/" folder.

• fd_fix.skprx OR repatch_ex.skprx plugin is required for proper suspend/resume support (only use one at a time).

Controls

• Left analog stick - Pointer movement
• Right analog stick - Map scrolling
• × - Left mouse button
• ○ - Right mouse button
• □ - End turn
• △ - Open spellbook
• L1 - Next hero
• R1 - Next castle
• SELECT - System menu
• START - Enter
• D-Pad down - re-visit the field that hero stands on

Text input is done with D-Pad.

• Left - Remove character
• Right - Add new character
• Down - Next character (alphabetically)
• Up - Previous character
• R1, L1 - Switch current character between uppercase/lowercase

Screenshots

Vita specific options

Pointer movement speed can be changed with 'gamepad_pointer_speed' parameter in "ux0:data/fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg".

Use "fullscreen = on" option to scale game area to native Vita resolution or "fullscreen = off" to keep the game area at the center of the screen.

Native resolution is supported (set "videomode = 960x544" option in config file or just click on the left door in main menu and select resolution manually).

Changelog

Full list of changes can be found here.

version 0.9.21 (12 November 2022)

• improve AI logic for army distribution and object's priority evaluation
• add initial support of Android devices
• generate proper UI elements which support translations
• add Dutch, Hungarian, Czech languages and update multiple existing translations
• fix multiple issues with logic: missed alliance conditions for campaigns, handicap income formula and etc.
• add UI options to switch between fullscreen and windowed modes and enabling V-sync for monitors
• Over 40 bugs are fixed since 0.9.20 release

version 0.9.20 (10 October 2022)

• AI logic was greatly improved, including fixes for incorrect behavior and related game's logic to population growth
• Expanded the list of translation with Turkish, Dutch and Romanian translations together with updating existing languages
• Added new button's font to support new as well as add translation for existing buttons in the game
• Add new proper icons for Petrification spell
• Add Handicap mode not only for multiplayer games but for single-player as well
• Over 30 bugs are fixed since 0.9.19 release

version 0.9.19 (11 September 2022)

• Polish rendering of objects on Adventure Map
• Introduce instant finishing of battles and enhanced army exchange mechanics
• Improve AI to avoid endlessly wandering on one place, correct start resources for them and artifact evaluation
• Add Campaign difficulty
• Over 30 bugs are fixed since 0.9.18 release

'version 0.9.18 (10 August 2022)

• Fix many issues related to music MIDI playback on Windows
• MIDI playback on all devices will sound the same since the engine uses custom sound font (Windows OS only)
• Rework of Adventure Map rendering to fix many issues with heroes, boats and objects on the Map, their order of rendering and conditions
• Fix logical issues related to number of monsters in objects and their distribution in battles
• Over 50 bugs are fixed since 0.9.17 release

version 0.9.17 (11 July 2022)

• Further audio improvements: add a sound for Freeman's Foundry, fix delays in MIDI music, fix many issues and crashes related to audio
• Expand initial Evil Interface to another in-game dialogs and elements
• Add huge AI improvements: add Courier role for heroes, AI defend castles more aggressively and hires heroes efficiently
• Add ability to change hotkeys within the game
• Improve Polish, Ukrainian, French and Norwegian translations
• Fix several places related to logic on Adventure Map
• Over 40 bugs are fixed since 0.9.16 release

External links

• Official Website - https://sourceforge.net/projects/fheroes2/
• Github - https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
• VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/354
• Github (Northfear) - https://github.com/Northfear/fheroes2-vita