Posted March 29, 2013
After I have installed the game, a small loading circle appears and then after five seconds windows 8 tells me that "Heroes of Might and Magic 3 has stopped working."
I've tried many different compatibility settings; all of them fail.
when i ran the directx diag this was the problem
+++ WER9 +++:
Fault bucket 309617017, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature: P1: Heroes3.exe P2: 4.0.0.0 P3: 39b83835 P4: Heroes3.exe P5: 4.0.0.0 P6: 39b83835 P7: c0000005 P8: 001ffec0
heres some information regarding the computer
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130108-1504)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: h9-1320t
BIOS: 8.11
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 10240MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 10180MB RAM
Page File: 1463MB used, 10187MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode
here's the graphic card
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 660
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1185&SUBSYS_6889103C&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4044 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1484 MB
Shared Memory: 2559 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: S24B300
Monitor Id: SAM08CC
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.1090 (English)
Driver Version:
DDI Version: 11
Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.2
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
just let me know if more information is needed
I've tried many different compatibility settings; all of them fail.
when i ran the directx diag this was the problem
+++ WER9 +++:
Fault bucket 309617017, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature: P1: Heroes3.exe P2: 4.0.0.0 P3: 39b83835 P4: Heroes3.exe P5: 4.0.0.0 P6: 39b83835 P7: c0000005 P8: 001ffec0
heres some information regarding the computer
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130108-1504)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: h9-1320t
BIOS: 8.11
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 10240MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 10180MB RAM
Page File: 1463MB used, 10187MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode
here's the graphic card
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 660
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1185&SUBSYS_6889103C&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4044 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1484 MB
Shared Memory: 2559 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: S24B300
Monitor Id: SAM08CC
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.1090 (English)
Driver Version:
DDI Version: 11
Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.2
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
just let me know if more information is needed
Post edited March 29, 2013 by norsanar
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