fheroes2 is a recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine
Heroes of Might and Magic II has just reached version 1.0 and as many would expect that the jump to this version would come with a long list of changes, the reality is that there are few changes and new features that we can find in the new version, but they are still important, and perhaps one of them It is the preparation of a version for Android, as well as changes that improve the user experience.
For those unaware of Heroes of Might and Magic II, they should know what it is a turn-based tactical strategy game developed in 1996. The history of the title continues with the canonical ending of its predecessor, culminating in the victory of Lord Morglin Ironfist.
Main new features of Heroes of Might and Magic II 1.0
In this new version of the game Heroes of Might and Magic II 1.0 that is presented, it stands out that a lot of work was done on the Improvements and optimizations made to the adventure map rendering.
Another novelty that accompanies this new release is that a version has been prepared for the Android platform with touch screen control and that does not require anything from the desktop version, since it has all the full gaming capabilities. In addition to this, it is also worth mentioning that an ARM version for Ubuntu has been prepared.
In addition to that, we can also find that implemented the original rainbow lucky animation and adjusted the animation of the catapult and the creatures in battle, as well as the addition of a scout role for the AI heroes and some bugs in the behavior of the adventure map.
On the other hand, it is mentioned that the list of buttons in the game interface available for translations into other languages not compatible with the original version of the game was expanded, in addition to adding the ability to move the visible area of the adventure map while maintaining pressed the left mouse button.
Of the other changes that stand out from the new version:
- New full screen game mode fixes issues when running on dual monitors.
- Fixed incorrect resource locations on certain maps
- Adjust the vertical position of "battlefield battles"
- Fix bridge logic after morale event
- Enable instant battle by default
- Optimize rendering in multiple places
- Update Norwegian translation
- Correction of the representation of an additional empty line for specific texts
- Fixed monster idle animation during battle
- Enable touch support for all devices
- Make separate hotkeys for casting battle and adventure spells
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it on the release of this new version. You can check the details In the following link.
How to install Heroes of Might and Magic II on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested to be able to install this game on your system, must have at least a demo version of the game Heroes of Might and Magic II to be able to play it.
To do this, simply use one of the downloadable scripts offered to obtain the demo version of the original game.
So that for Linux an explicit installation of SDL is required and for this, just script / Linux according to the package of your operating system and execute the file.
It is worth mentioning that the recommendation is made to use the SDL2 version for newer operating systems, while SDL1 is preferable for older systems.
install_sdl_1.sh
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install_sdl_2.sh
After the script has to be executed found in / script
demo_linux.sh
To be able to download the demo of the game that is needed for a minimum development.
Once this is done, just execute make in the root directory of the project. For SDL 2 compilation, the command has to be run before compiling the project.
export WITH_SDL2="ON"
The project code is written in C ++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. If you want to know more about the project or consult its source code, you can do it from the link below.