PS Vita Launch: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (HoMM3HD) 1.1.0

Developer Northfear has launched model 1.1.0 of his Vita port of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. One particularity of this port is that it’s primarily based on the Android SO Loader, which means it runs at a a lot greater pace than if it was emulated. For all intents and functions, it’s a native port of the Android model. Version 1.1.0 provides the next:

• Added gamepad controls (cursor motion with left analog stick, map scroll with the best one)

What is HoMM3HD (Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD) for PS Vita

From the readme:

This is a loader of the Android launch of Heroes of Might and Magic III HD Edition, primarily based on the Android SO Loader by TheFloW. The loader supplies a tailor-made, minimalistic Android-like atmosphere to run the official ARMv7 recreation executables on PS Vita.

At the time of scripting this readme, the Heroes of Might and Magic III HD Edition was delisted from the main Android storefronts. This loader (“port”) is meant for use solely by these individuals who purchased the sport previous to the delisting and nonetheless can legally entry their very own copy by means of the Purchased Apps record on Google Play.

With the unique recreation delisted from storefronts (allegedly as a result of it didn’t make sufficient cash to justify upkeep prices), the audience of this launch is perhaps restricted, however right here’s hoping that the sport would possibly come again ultimately.

While you’re right here, you may additionally wish to try Northfear’s port of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 for the PS Vita, and a few of his many different ports. If you’ve grown up within the nineties there’s definitely one thing for you in there (Fallout 2, System Shock, Warcraft 2, X-Com…)

Download and run HoMM3HD

You can get the sport from the mission’s github web page right here.

Setup

The port has been examined solely with the newest obtainable model of the sport (which is v1.1.6)

In order to correctly set up the sport, you’ll need to observe these steps exactly:

• Install kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (often ur0:tai) and including two entries to your config.txt below *KERNEL:  

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

Note Don’t set up fd_fix.skprx for those who’re utilizing the rePatch plugin!

Note 2 You not want to put in libgpu_es4_kernel_ext.skprx with model 1.0.1 or greater (because it’s already bundled with the sport).

• Legally acquire your copy of Heroes of Might and Magic III HD Edition for Android in type of an .apk file and .obb information (predominant.1113.com.ubisoft.mightandmagic.heroesiii.obb and patch.1110.com.ubisoft.mightandmagic.heroesiii.obb are positioned contained in the /sdcard/android/obb/com.ubisoft.mightandmagic.heroesiii/) folder. You can get all of the required information instantly out of your cellphone or through the use of any APK extractor you could find on Google Play.
• Open the .apk with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract it. Copy libhomm3.so file (positioned within the lib/armeabi-v7a folder contained in the apk) into ux0:information/homm3hd/.
• Open the predominant.1113.com.ubisoft.mightandmagic.heroesiii.obb along with your zip explorer (.obb information are zip information similar to .apk information so simply rename the .obb to .zip) and extract the contents to ux0:information/homm3hd/.
• Same as earlier than, open the patch.1110.com.ubisoft.mightandmagic.heroesiii.obb with the zip explorer and extract the contents contained in the zip to ux0:information/homm3hd/.
• Install HOMM3.vpk (from Releases).