Hi.
This thread is dedicated to all the issues that will occur with the instalation and running of the 1.2 patch that is due to be out today.
From the start i will remind all of you how to properly download and install the correct patch.
If your game version is 1.1 in the game menu then you can use the autoupdater that can be ran from 1)Start-Programs-Ubi-Heroes Of Might And Magic V - Your Version - Check for updates
2)Homm5_install_dir\bin\UpgradeLauncher.exe

If your game version is 1.0 then you will have to manualy download and install the patch.
How to identify your game version.
Extracted from ubi tech-suport:
"The easiest way to know which version of the game you have, is to check the technical support information listed in the back of the game manual. If the address is a UK address, you have the European version of the game. If the address is a US address, you have the US version of the game." etc.

Another method (in case you lost the manual or this solution doesn't work):
Go to start-run type regedit and press enter.
In that program go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft and there look at your Heroes V key.
It may be one of these.
Heroes of Might and Magic V Collector Edition
Heroes of Might and Magic V (standard).
Heroes of Might and Magic V Limited.
etc.
So check this key and download the apropiate patch.

Links to dl : http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1851065692/m/1011022464

Any issues related with the fabled "game not installed" will be solved on this thread.
Don't open new threads on this matter as they will be closed.

A small reminder to all. If you in any way modified the basic files of the game. That means H5_Game.exe, the dll's in the din directory, the files in the data dir, or any files the game came d install or the 1.1 patch installed you may have issues while patching.
In the worst case you will have to reinstall the game and delete the homm5 install folder from the hard drive.
Mods should be compatible as they don't modify any of the files i'm refering to.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: unreal_az,

Thanks, ive been waiting for this.

Well, I did the auto installer thing, and that worked fine. I’m just hopping in here to mention something you probably already know. Once patch 2 is installed the cheat menu doesn’t work anymore. I assume that the code lines have been rewritten. I assume (still have to check) that the way that I got it the work in the first place will work again now. But I just wanted to mention that little detail; After installing the patch, cheat has to be enabled again.

H.W.

Also to add here. The load/save/wait mod button doesn't work properly in 1.2 and should be removed since Nival already added the load option.
For those of you who used the 1.1 auto-update feature the patch is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\"curent usename"\Local Settings\Temp under the name ubi391.tmp.exe or something. Just order the files by size you will notice it beeing in the bigest.
You can copy it from there for later use.

This is what happens when I try autoupdating:

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Trying to download version file from http://patches.ubi.com/all_products_cab_files/heroes_might_magic_5.cab to C:\DOCUME~1\Petri\LOCALS~1\Temp\ubi43.tmp.
Succesfully downloaded version file.
Found update for targets (Heroes5, European Collector, p0)
Trying to download update file from http://patches.ubi.com/heroes_might_magic_5/heroes_migh....02_eu_collector.exe to C:\DOCUME~1\Petri\LOCALS~1\Temp\ubi45.tmp.exe.
Succesfully downloaded update file.
Verifying downloaded file's CRC: e3b9a41c vs expected 6974aebd.
The downloaded file CRC does not match the CRC specified in the version file.
The downloaded file had an error.

Did you alter the 1.1 exe in any way?
Try to manualy download this file and install it.
http://patches.ubi.com/heroes_might_magic_5/heroes_migh....02_eu_collector.exe

I did not, but the SecuRom support may have...

They sent you a new exe?.

Indeed. Twice. Did not help much, but at least they tried

Well you have to reinstall the game and apply the 1.2 patch again.
What you should do before uninstalling & reinstalling.
Back-up your profile located in \My Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V and after uninstalling the game delete the heroes install folder (where you placed the exe).
Also in case something goes wrong you can back-up that exe too.
Btw so you don't have to re-download the whole thing again go here after installing heroes and run this file :
C:\DOCUME~1\Petri\LOCALS~1\Temp\ubi45.tmp.exe.
(your folder view has to allow you to see the hidden files).

Well, the good thing is that the old way does open up cheat again. The bad news is that some cheats don’t work anymore. The ones I tried;

add_all_spells
add_money
add_army 5, 0 (and I tried other faction army numbers as well of course.)


None of which work.

You can type help, but then you see a little but of like five codes and the mentioning that four-hundred-something things can be typed (paraphrasing the exact words, obviously.)

I have no idea how you can actually see the entire list so it might be that the known cheats are still there, just changed a little. Or that I am doing something wrong. Fact is, before it worked, now they no longer work.

H.W.

My Problam is that i still cant install the first patch i read the thread on this matter but it never really worked out for me.I am not using a fixed ese and i have not edited the game in any other way.so can anybody help??

Manual install seemed to work. Now to see if it helped...

Patch 1.2 STILL DOES NOT fix a problem with ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M.

Why ??

Not sure if this is the right topic, but I've had a couple problems after installing the 1.2 update.

Firstly, there seem to be additional lengthy pauses before and after loading screens where the game just makes me wait doing nothing. Doesn't affect gameplay, but causes me some concern.

Secondly, and far more annoying, 3.0x battle speed totally doesn't work. All battles in the game are almost normal speed now. It's a little slower and more consistently slow if I explicitly set it back to normal, but not by much. Battles take forever!

@Sin-Free-Killer have you tried reinstalling the game before patching?
After uninstall manualy delete the heroes5_folder if it's still there.
Default path c:\program files\ubisoft\
@LoneIgadzra try going to My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\"profile name" and delete the user.cfg.
The game default settings should be reversed and this may help with the speed of the battles.
As for the issue with the pausing i have no ideea. :|
@alias-hw you tried with the @add_all_spells right?

I used the autopatcher. After the download it went through the motions of installing, but then it got to the percentage completed it jumped from 0% to 100% then finished and closed. I launch the game and it still says version 1.1 not 1.2.

So if they can't support Windows Xp Media Center then they should have told us they still aren't doing so. Or they should have learned from all the problems with the first patch to fix this BS problem.

As far as I'm concerned all the programmers at Nival should be banished to Siberia.

Have you tried to manualy apply it?
Oh and i well aware of the xp media center issue :|.
Nival doesn't seem to be.

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Originally posted by unreal_az:
@alias-hw you tried with the @add_all_spells right?

I typed exactly this:

add_all_spells

It’s a no-go.
I actually started off with the add_army (also a no-go) because I wanted to see if the mods for the creatures still worked. It is then that I noticed that one not working, so I tried the add_money and the add_all_spells All no-go. I didn’t try any other ones since I never used any other one. In fact, I normally don’t even use the spells one. Just the army and money ones.

They worked just fine before patch 2

H.W.

As I suspected, the manual attempt said patch 1.2 is already installed. Why, because the morons have it put in the registry entry before it actually adds the files and have the patch check for the registry entry instead of checking the exe file to see if it was in fact the most recent version. in other words, instead of using the tried and true method they took a shortcut that doesn't work for a large number of players, because of the increasing number of computers coming with Media Center edition by default.