VCMIEDITOR(1)

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version 1.7.3 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 vcmieditor 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the vcmieditor manual page ✨ she lives in the User Commands section of the manual (section 1, iykyk), and she is literally a free reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine 🏰👑

✨ NAME ✨

vcmieditor — a free reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vcmieditor [options]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

bestie. listen. this is the editor program. that's the vibe. that's the whole vibe. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — shows you the help for the commandline options 🫶
  • --help-all — same energy but it also includes the Qt-specific options, so you get the whole menu, no cap ✨
  • -e — extracts the original H3 archives into a separate folder 📦
  • -s — from an extracted archive, it splits TwCrPort, CPRSMALL, FlagPort, ITPA, ITPt, Un32 and Un44 into individual PNG's 🖼️
  • -c — from an extracted archive, converts single Images (the ones chillin' in the Images folder) from .pcx to png 🔄
  • -d — deletes the original files, specifically the ones that got split / converted 🗑️ (yes it's giving destructive, be normal about it)

🧚 Arguments:

  • map — filepath of the map to open 🗺️

💜 FILES 💜

  • user data: $HOME/.local/share/vcmi
  • user saves: $HOME/.local/share/vcmi/Saves
  • user cache: $HOME/.cache/vcmi
  • user config: $HOME/.config/vcmi

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't gatekeep, report it to http://bugs.debian.org/vcmi or vcmieditor... ok wait no, it's vcmi@packages.qa.debian.org 📧 periodt.

this page is for vcmieditor version 1.7.3, dated March 2026 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie, thanks for reading, mwah 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶

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