vcmibuilder1

Usage

Overview

Vcmi is a re-implementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine. To play the game you need to own the proprietary assets like graphics, music and campaigns and scenarios. This information can be extracted from either the Good Old Games installer, the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 installation CDs or from a directory where Heroes of Might and Magic 3 was installed.

VCMI data builder utility

Options

--cd1 DIRECTORY

Path to mounted first CD with Heroes 3 install files Requires unshield

--cd2 DIRECTORY

Path to second CD with Heroes 3 data files.

--gog EXECUTABLE

Path to gog.com executable Requires innoextract ( http://constexpr.org/innoextract/ )

--data DIRECTORY

Path to installed Heroes 3 data

--convertMP3

Convert all mp3 files into ogg/vorbis Requires ffmpeg or avconv

--dest DIRECTORY

Path where resulting data will be placed. Default is ~/.local/share/vcmi

--validate

Run basic validness checks

Examples

Using the Good Old Games installer:

vcmibuilder --gog /path/to/gog.com/installer

Using the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 installation CDs:

vcmibuilder --cd1 /path/to/iso/or/cd --cd2 /path/to/second/cd

Using a directory in which Heroes of Might and Magic 3 was installed:

vcmibuilder --data /path/to/h3/data