

On the wine selection window, select 1.7.6 and click next. Select "Use another version of Wine", "Configure Wine" and "Install some libraries" before you click next Name the the virtual drive "Heroes4" and click next Select 'Install a program in a new virtual drive' and click next Back at the main PlayOnLinux window, select 'Install' If you have a 64-bits system, make sure you have selected the 'Wine versions (x86)' tab above In the new window that appears, scroll through the 'Available Wine versions' box to find '1.7.6' and click on the right pointing arrow to install it, now it will be visible under 'Installed Wine versions' on the right side Launch PlayOnLinux and select 'Tools' and 'Manage Wine versions' L gogdownloader -download -game heroes_of_might_and_magic_4_complete -no-extras -no-cover -directory /path/to/folder To download Heroes 4 with no extras and no cover artwork, just the actual installer:

If you only want to see specific games you own, for example any games with 'heroes' in the name, then type: You will be prompted for your gog.com account email and password, which you must type in correctly before you can use lgogdownloader to download games. On first use, you must log in by opening a terminal and using the command: Installation and usage instructions are located here: lgogdownloader There is no graphical interface for it, but it is very fast and provides error free downloads.įor some Linux distros it may be found in community repositories or similar community provided packages. It is a very useful program for downloading GOG games. Or you can use the lgogdownloader, which is my personal preferred choice. GOG games can be downloaded on Linux by using a web browser, just make sure the "GOG.com Downloader mode" is OFF To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux explained This guide will explain how to install the digital edition of the game available on GOG.com It is different from the other Heroes games in several ways, perhaps the most notable is that your heroes participate directly in combat. Despite numerous bugs in the initial release, later patches fixed the game and two expansions provided a few more units and several new campaigns. This is the last game developed by New World Computing, not too long before their parent company, 3DO, went bankrupt.
