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Heroes of Might and Magic seriesRunning HoMM3 on a Netbook(18 posts)solved(18 posts)solved
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Posted August 26, 2009
Anyone else having problems running Heroes 3 on a Netbook? I can't get it to run at all, pretty sure its something to do with the native resolution on my netbook (1024x576).
Any suggestions?
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Posted August 26, 2009
Thats a really odd resolution, is that standard for netbooks? The game is meant to run at 800x600 I believe so I can see the problem, have you tried using the compatibility settings to force it to run at 640x480?
Posted August 26, 2009
I've got a Compaq Mini 702EA, and its the only resolution I can run on it. HoMM2 works fine on it, however I think thats more due to it running through DOSBox. I had problems running Diablo 2, however forcing it to run in a window solved it.
I tried forcing 640x480 and it still crashed on start-up. Is there any way to force Heroes 3 to run in a window?
Posted August 26, 2009
Pressing F4 will send the game into windowed mode. I think you need to have your desktop set at 16bit for that to work though, which I don't think is possible in win7 or vista.
Posted August 27, 2009
Hmm I play on an ASUS 1000HE 10" that's 1024x600 and I can honestly say I've never experienced any issues with the game. Try lowering your desktop resolution to either 640x480 or 800x600
Posted August 27, 2009
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FlyingScotsman: I've got a Compaq Mini 702EA, and its the only resolution I can run on it. HoMM2 works fine on it, however I think thats more due to it running through DOSBox. I had problems running Diablo 2, however forcing it to run in a window solved it.
I tried forcing 640x480 and it still crashed on start-up. Is there any way to force Heroes 3 to run in a window?

According to this the resolution of your notebook should be 1024x600.
Why / How is your resolution set at 1024x576 ?
EDIT: Nevermind, just saw a couple of them with that resolution. Same designation, different models i guess...
Post edited August 27, 2009 by Namur
Posted August 27, 2009
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Ralackk: I think you need to have your desktop set at 16bit for that to work though, which I don't think is possible in win7 or vista.

Control Panel -> Display -> (Adjust) Screen Resolution -> Advanced settings -> Monitor (tab) -> Colors(:) -> High color (16 bit)
Posted August 27, 2009
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Vestin: Control Panel -> Display -> (Adjust) Screen Resolution -> Advanced settings -> Monitor (tab) -> Colors(:) -> High color (16 bit)

I didn't think win 7 or vista was capable of emulating 16bit colours, is that on a vista or win7 machine?
Posted August 27, 2009
Thanks for the replies, however I still can't seem to fix the problem.
Im running XP, I can't set the resolution at anything else than 1024x576 or set the colour depth to 16-bit, only option available is 32. And since I can't start up the game, I can't use F4 to set it to windowed mode. :(
Posted August 27, 2009
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FlyingScotsman: Thanks for the replies, however I still can't seem to fix the problem.
Im running XP, I can't set the resolution at anything else than 1024x576 or set the colour depth to 16-bit, only option available is 32. And since I can't start up the game, I can't use F4 to set it to windowed mode. :(

Have you tried right clicking the shortcut and under compatibility ticking the "Run in 640X480 screen resolution" box ? Try to tick the "Run in 256 colors" aswell to see if it makes any difference.
You can also try to ask in this thread on the general discussion board.
I wish i could be more help but i'm really not in the know when it comes to notebooks...
Post edited August 27, 2009 by Namur
Posted August 27, 2009
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FlyingScotsman: Thanks for the replies, however I still can't seem to fix the problem.
Im running XP, I can't set the resolution at anything else than 1024x576 or set the colour depth to 16-bit, only option available is 32. And since I can't start up the game, I can't use F4 to set it to windowed mode. :(

Well you could try going to the heroes 3 shortcut and right click on it, go to properties. Then at the end of the target line put -w with a space between the last part and the -w. Still not sure it will work without setting your desktop to 16bit, which I also don't understand why you can't do that on XP, those netbooks are crazy.
Posted August 27, 2009
I'm pretty sure you have to have a minimum resolution of 800x600 for HoMM3 to work.
I have a Lenovo S10 netbook and HoMM3 works flawlessly. My screen is 1024x600.
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FlyingScotsman: Anyone else having problems running Heroes 3 on a Netbook? I can't get it to run at all, pretty sure its something to do with the native resolution on my netbook (1024x576).
Any suggestions?
Posted August 28, 2009
You're going to HAVE to get to a screen resolution of at least 800x600. Bittmapped games are handcrafted, and don't (generally) resize, and definitely don't resize down.
Every notebook I've seen uses the Intel GMA video chip, and that chip can run higher resolutions than the panel can physically display. Try:
right click on desktop / Graphic Properties / Display Settings
That should take you to the Intel display driver panel instead of the normal XP display control panel. If not, try:
right click on desktop / Properties / Settings tab / Advanced button / Intel Graphics Media tab / Graphics Properties button
On mine, which is physically 1024x600, I can use this panel to set it to 1024x768. I believe you will have to pan the screen when you turn this on, though. (Since mine is an Asus Eee PC, I can also use the EeePC Systray utility to switch it to 1024x768 and even to enable "LCD Compress" mode which makes it all fit at once. I'm not sure if you could get that utility from Asus and install it on your Compaq or not -- probably not, as I would consider it a selling advantage to be able to support a very widely used screen resolution)
If you still can't get this to work, instead of looking at the driver settings, look at youf Monitor settings (right click / Properties / Settings tab / Advanced button / Monitor tab). On my Eee, it is configured with a monitor of type "Digital Flat Panel (1024x768)". If your monitor is configured to not allow higher resolutions, that may limit what the driver will allow.
For anybody who cares, 1024x576 is a 16:9 ratio, compared to the 16:10 ratio of 1024x600. I still consider it unacceptable, since 800x600 is the lowest resolution that XP officiially supports, so any display that is limited to 1024x576 is going to have problems with certain XP dialogs anyway. I strongly suspect that, while the marketing reason is 16:9 displays, the actual financial reason is because it lets them use LCD panels that failed QA passes with dead pixels along the bottom, which they can hide behind the panel -- but that's purely cynical speculation on my part.
Post edited August 28, 2009 by MacReiter
Posted August 29, 2009
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Vestin: Control Panel -> Display -> (Adjust) Screen Resolution -> Advanced settings -> Monitor (tab) -> Colors(:) -> High color (16 bit)
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Ralackk: I didn't think win 7 or vista was capable of emulating 16bit colours, is that on a vista or win7 machine?

Win 7.
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Ralackk: -w

I'm pretty sure this (or something similar) should do the trick.
If it doesn't, however, you can always try some external program.
Posted August 29, 2009
Thanks for the replies again guys, however this little thing is starting to annoy me. Through the Intel Graphics options, I can only set the resolution to either its current at 1024x576 or 600x480, none of which help, and I can't find any way to unlock it.
I'm really starting to wonder why the engineers at Compaq actually thought this was a good idea.
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