Did anyone encounter this problem? HOMM3 installs and runs fine, except that I can't skip the intro movie - every time I start the game, I must endure the whole movie before I can play. I thought perhaps a firewall is blocking the game from polling keyboard, but that is not the case - I get the same behavior on a completely different computer with no firewall installed. The older versions of the game (with copy protection - that's why I bought GOG version) are able to skip intro easily.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\New World Computing\Heroes of Might and Magic® III\1.0\First Time (1) => (0)

On my Windows 10 64 bit computer, I found two registries, but the only one that worked after changing the value was found in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\New World Computing\Heroes of Might and Magic® III\1.0

I have the exact same problem, im in windows 8.1 64

I have the same problem. I can't find \New World Computing under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\. I found it under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software but in the \New World Computing folder there are only 2 folders for the Campaign and Map editor respectively.

The simplest solution is to not use the GOG shortcut. Just go in to the directiory where HOMM is installed and run Heroes3.exe. This lets you skip the intro.

I know it's a very old post, but the problem is still there.

I changed all the registry entries regarding the First Time run and Show Intro to 0. Still the problem persisted.

I noticed in my HOMM 3 installation folder a script file: goggame-1207658787.script (maybe those numbers could differ from user to user, I don't know). There I found these lines:


{
"install": {
"action": "setRegistry",
"arguments": {
"root": "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE",
"subkey": "Software\\New World Computing\\Heroes of Might and Magic\u00ae III\\1.0",
"valueData": "0",
"valueName": "Show Intro",
"valueType": "dword"
}
},
"languages": [
"*"
],
"name": "registryKey1"
},
{
"install": {
"action": "setRegistry",
"arguments": {
"root": "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE",
"subkey": "Software\\New World Computing\\Heroes of Might and Magic\u00ae III\\1.0",
"valueData": "0",
"valueName": "First Time",
"valueType": "dword"
}
},


Make sure to change the value data to "0" here, using wordpad (easier to follow the lines). The "First Time" entry was set to 1 in the first place and it somehow overwrote the registry entry. This solved the problem, in my case.

I noticed that after each GoG Galaxy update, HOMM3 always resets this value. Maybe someone from development check this thing and make sure it doesn't appear anymore. After 20 years of playing HOMM3 we all know every single word from that movie :). This script is changing the registry entry every time.

Thank you! This worked for me when the other posts in this topic did not.

This didn't help me at first. But after I went to properties of "Launch Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete.lnk" and set "Run as administrator" in compatibility options, it worked at least.

I know it's kinda old and stuff, but non of the above worked for me when running the game from GOG galaxy and from shortcut on my desktop.
So I just changed the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\.........\New World Computing\Heroes of Might and Magic® III\1.0

First Time -> First Time_2
Show Intro -> Show Intro_2
All of them where changed to 0, but that didn't help me.
Thanks to that idea HoMM3 couldn't find them and allowed me to skip all the intros with 1 click of my mouse :D

Hope that will help all the others that had the same problem as me.
Cheers!

That don't work :( I try this, remove registry and many other things... Someone know how to fix this really annoying problem?

Simple fix - Install HOMM3 Community HD patch. It will allow you to change the game resolution and so much more. Has no effect on any aspect of the gameplay, yet its just a better quality (hd) and there is no issue with intro.

I was skeptical about the patch but I installed it and ran it anyway... and holy crap is it a thing of beauty. I highly recommend anyone who's still playing HoMM3 to install it. (And then run the game through the patch executable, not the standard game one.)

Not all heroes wear capes. You fine sir are a genius. None of the other solutions worked for me but this.

Just found this! Thanks so much! still works.

[GERMAN]Oh ja eine Mod Verwenden die mit dem Deutschpatch nicht zurecht kommt.
Sonst noch Dumme Ideen? [GERMAN]Hat ja auch viel gebracht.
NÄMLICH NICHTS!!!
[GERMAN]Und wieder eine Lüge genauso wie die anderen hier!