I would be surprised if the GOG version gave you any problems in that regard (that doesn't also appear in non-GOG versions), but I don't know much about HoMM3 online gaming unfortunately. If you want to be sure, you could check the HoMM3 forum here at GOG, or ask a community that is still active in HoMM3 multiplayer, like Heroes' Community.

No, you don't get a CD key because you don't need one. The version on GOG has no copy protection. If GOG passes away, you can still use your local backup, for as long as you want.

What I do is this: I buy a game on GOG, download it (and all the extras), and burn it on a DVD. After that, I'm totally independent from GOG. I can re-install from my backup DVD and play the game whenever I want to - no CD key required, no authentication required, no internet connection required, no existence of GOG required - and all that is actually legal. This is one of the reasons why I'm buying my games here. :)

I'm not using such a "sturdy" method, but I am backing up. These past few days I've downloaded all the games I like (about 15 of the 20 I have), and am working on the extras, and am saving the installers, etc. to my external hard drive. Better than nothing, at least. :)

You don't need a cd key for the GOG version.

There is a bug that under some circumstances the game might ask you to put the cd in. It's no reason to panic, though, since it's fixed by running the game as administrator, so it's nothing serious.

If you want to check out how the installation and whatnot work, you should have a bunch of free games in your "My Account" page, and you can use those for testing. Heroes will work pretty much the same way.

The game works perfectly out of the box on either or [url=http://www.codeweavers.com/products/]CrossOver. It runs so well in fact, that HoMM3 is the primary game I use for compatibility testing with either new versions of CrossOver or new versions of WINE in Wineskin.

The game also runs awesome with the excellent HoMM3 HD patch, which allows for widescreen resolutions.

Multiplayer should work through GameRanger by emulating network play, though I've never tested this myself. I did see many games ongoing there when I last checked.

Edit: Selam (?)

Hello and Welcome,

Rampancy maybe doesn't like linking to his own thread, but here is a very useful thread on playing gog games on a mac, created by the very helpful Mr Rampancy:

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/gog_games_on_mac_os_x_a_how_to

Hello im french and just a bigbig fan of homm 3. Actually im interested to buy the gog version for my pc but i saw that i could install it on my samsung s3 with the application vcmi. My question is: does it worth? Someone tried it too? If yes is it playable?. I spend 2hours in a train each day, you can imagine how i dream to play homm3 during this time...thanks for answers.