README

VCMI - Open Heroes 3







VCMI is an open-source recreation of Heroes of Might & Magic III engine, giving it new and extended possibilities.


  
  
  
  


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 Latest release

Latest release can be found in Github Releases page. As of right now we plan to have major releases around 3 times per year. Daily builds are still available at builds.vcmi.download but they are not guaranteed to be stable. So we encourage everybody to use them and report found bugs so that we can fix them.
Loading saves made with different major version of VCMI is usually not supported, so you may want to finish your ongoing games before updating.
Please see corresponding installation guide articles for details for your platform.  

 Installation guides

- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Android
- iOS

See also installation guide for Heroes Chronicles.


  
  
  
  


 Documentation and guidelines for players

- Frequently asked questions (external link)
- Game mechanics
- Bug reporting guidelines
- Cheat codes
- Privacy Policy

 Documentation and guidelines for translators

- Translations

 Current translation status



 Documentation and guidelines for game modders

- Modding Guidelines
- Mod File Format
- Bonus Format
- Map Editor
- Campaign Format
- Configurable Widgets

 Documentation and guidelines for developers

- Contribution Guidelines

Development environment setup instructions:

- Building VCMI for Android
- Building VCMI for iOS
- Building VCMI for Linux
- Building VCMI for macOS
- Building VCMI for Windows
- Conan

Engine documentation: (NOTE: may be outdated)

- Development with Qt Creator
- Coding Guidelines
- Bonus System
- Code Structure
- Logging API
- Lua Scripting System
- Serialization

 Documentation and guidelines for maintainers

- Project Infrastructure
- Release Process
- Ubuntu PPA

 Copyright and license

VCMI Project source code is licensed under GPL version 2 or later.
VCMI Project assets are licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Assets sources and information about contributors are available under following link: 

Copyright (C) 2007-2026  VCMI Team (check AUTHORS file for the contributors list)