Heroes III "WoG" (Mod)

This guide explains how to play Heroes III In the Wake of Gods over Steam

Introduction

Why i make this Guide? Because of the "missing items" like the "garniture sets",
and for comfortable game start through Steam.

Installation Section

⚠️To prevent confusion: Heroes HD (Steam Version) and Heroes HD Mod are not the same⚠️

►1) Run this Heroes HD Installer
--> Download here <-- [rb.gy]
❓What it does? It installs Heroes HD (Steam Version) directly without downloading.

►2) Run this Heroes HD Folder Cleaner (Comming Soon)
❓What it does? It empty the Heroes HD folder to make place for WOG.

►3) Run this Steam Direct Installer:
--> Download here <-- [drive.google.com]
❓What it does? Quick launch WoG (non hd) over Library→ HD Edition → Play

Contains:
• WoG non-hd version launcher
  
• Complete Edition+ HD Mod in folder

Here are two alternative launcher:

►a) Run this Installer for the Complete Edition launcher (Comming soon)
❓What it does? Quick launch Complete Edition over Library→ HD Edition → Play

►b) Run this Installer for the WoG + HD Mod launcher (Comming soon)
❓What it does? Quick launch WoG + HD Mod over Library→ HD Edition → Play

Manual Setup

1) Download WoG from Google Drive below, and save the files where you can easily find them
(If you already own WoG from before, then you can just skip this step)

2) Download + Install Heroes HD over Steam

method one: Install normally over Library

method two: [Windows]+[R]
steam://install/297000

3) Navigate to the folder where Heroes HD is installed. In my case it's this path:

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition

4) Delete all files inside this folder, so that it remains empty

5) Copy all files from your WoG folder into this Steam folder

6) Depending on preferences: Rename either the exe file h3wog.exe, HD_Launcher.exe or Heroes3.exe into HOMM3Launcher

Conclusion Note: This way you fool Steam into thinking you play Heroes HD while you actually play Heroes WoG

Note: I suggest this method for Heroes Online, since the game is down, but can still be used as start objects through the Steam side panel

Other Links

Full Game Download (preinstalled) --> click here <--[drive.google.com] 
(Contains Full Version of Complete Edition, preinstalled WoG + removed Intro video)

Heroes 3 HD Mod (Manual Setup) --> click here <-- [sites.google.com] 
(This Mod gives the ability to play Heroes 3 with HD without playing Heroes 3 HD)

WoG Standalone Installer (Manual Setup) --> click here <-- Requirement: Complete Edition
(It's a bit tricky and require change timezone and clocks settings to USA to make it work)

WoG Official Website --> click here <--[heroes3wog.net]
(Here you can stay updated about all new Creatures Mods and Castle Mods)

Link for Mac users: --> click here <-- 

WoG Feautures --> click here <-- [h3maparchives.celestialheavens.com]

[-=|Markus|=-]

Hi Jacob!


I'm the author of https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=503993419 guide;

..so firstly, I have to say that when I wanted to quickly find something I've mentioned there and searchged for "did you know heroes 3 steam" via duckduckgo, I have found your guide instead

Anyhow; fooling Steam into thinking that I play Heroes HD while I'm actually playing HoTA or WoG is a cool trick; thanks for the info :)

[Jacob]

@Riftvalley No, that not affect the achievements. But maybe i make an guide about it too.

[Riftvalley]

Can i get the scenario achievement using this method?

[Drake Lyon]

There is no official WoG website anymore as WoG has been deprecated and typically comes with Era as the core.
As for the downloads, you should direct your audience to
Era Latest [yadi.sk]
+
WoG Scripts [github.com]
+HoMM3 HD Mod you already have the link for.

Additionally, there is a community-driven Era assembly that has the latest Era, WoG Scripts and the HD Mod integrated together with a nice, pre-configured selection of great mods.
Era HD [yadi.sk]

Anyway, do what you can with that information. You'll really want to be sure to replace or delete those links to WoG so other people can keep up with the Heroes mod development.

[Drake Lyon]

I like what you did with this guide. Some people need to know these things.

I'd suggest though, instead of WoG 3.58f as it has been long outdated and terrible, change your link to Era 3 or Era 2. We've been far ahead of WoG and WoG is included with Era. Era is what WoG became when development was initially abandoned.

A lot of our mod work for the Heroes Community can be found at heroescommunity.com , wforum.heroes35.net (Mostly Russian forum) and our Discord server at https://discord.gg/UjWxpPEtR4