VCMIBUILDER(1)

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version 1.7.3 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ VCMIBUILDER(1) ✨

okay bestie, you found vcmibuilder in the User Commands section and honestly? iconic. this is the little tool that goes and pulls all the shiny proprietary bits out of your Heroes of Might and Magic 3 copy so VCMI can actually run 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

vcmibuilder — Extract bitmaps, animations, text, music and video from Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

like literally everything you need. bitmaps, animations, text, music, video. the whole aesthetic 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

vcmibuilder [options]

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

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.

no cap, you gotta own the game, bestie. this tool doesn't hand you the assets, it just does the extraction girl math on assets you already have 🫶

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
heads up girlypop: --cd1 needs unshield, --gog needs innoextract, and --convertMP3 needs ffmpeg or avconv. no dependency, no slay 😭

🌈 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
pick your fighter: GOG installer, the CDs, or a plain install dir. all three are valid, all three eat 💅

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Report bugs to http://bugs.debian.org/vcmi or vcmi@packages.qa.debian.org

found a bug? don't suffer in silence bestie, tell the Debian folks 🙈

and that's the whole vibe check, fr fr. this was vcmibuilder version 1.7.3, dated March 2026 — go extract your little heart out, you got this 👑💖

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