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'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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{{++}} Proper Intel Mac and modern Windows support was added in Patch v1.27a
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{{++}} Official support for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 was added with version 1.27a.
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{{++}} Official support for Mac 10.10 and 10.11 was added with version 1.27a.
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{{ii}} Support for Mac 10.9 and earlier was not added with version 1.27a.
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/war3/index.html Official Blizzard Site]
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{{mm}} [http://blizzard.com/games/war3/ Official Blizzard Site]
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{{mm}} [https://us.battle.net/support/en/games/warcraft3 Battle.net Warcraft III Support]
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{{mm}} [https://shop.battle.net/family/warcraft-iii Official Blizzard Store Page For Warcraft III]
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{{mm}} [https://battle.net/support/games/legacy Battle.net Warcraft III Support]
 
{{mm}} [http://wow.gamepedia.com/Portal:Main Wowpedia] - A huge wiki for everything Warcraft universe related.
 
{{mm}} [http://wow.gamepedia.com/Portal:Main Wowpedia] - A huge wiki for everything Warcraft universe related.
 
{{mm}} [http://classic.battle.net/war3/ Mojo StormStout's Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Strategy Guide] - Strategy and Game Guide by Blizzard  
 
{{mm}} [http://classic.battle.net/war3/ Mojo StormStout's Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Strategy Guide] - Strategy and Game Guide by Blizzard  
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{{ii}} With patch 1.21 the game no longer requires the CD to play.
 
{{ii}} With patch 1.21 the game no longer requires the CD to play.
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{{++}} If a retail copy is already owned, digital versions can be downloaded for free by entering the serial key on Battle.net.
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{{++}} If a retail copy is already owned, digital versions can be downloaded for free by entering the serial key [https://battle.net/account/management/claim-code.html here] on Battle.net then downloading the installer from [https://battle.net/account/download/?show=classic here.]
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{{--}} The most recent version of the installer requires product keys for both "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" and the "Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne" expansion in order to be installed.{{cn}}
  
 
{{DLC|
 
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==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
 
===Patches===
 
===Patches===
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Click on "Battle.net" in the Main-Menu to automatically patch the game to the latest version. Patches are also available as separate download ([http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/warcraft-iii-patch-downloads English],  [http://eu.battle.net/support/de/article/aktuelle-patch-informationen-302016 other languages]).
 
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The current patch is 1.28.2.
 
  
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The patch 1.28.x does not support the Czech version of the game.
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The most recent version (as of 2018-08-09) is 1.30.0, build 9922.
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Updating to the most recent version requires the use of the "Warcraft III Launcher" program.
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Clicking on "Battle.net" in the Main-Menu will automatically attempt to patch the game to the latest version, and will download and run the "Warcraft III Launcher."
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{{ii}} As of version 1.28, support for the Czech version of the game has been dropped.{{cn}}
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{{ii}} As of version 1.28, new standalone patch installers are no longer provided by Blizzard.
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{{ii}} Updating to or installing the most recent version requires the Battle.net App to be installed.{{cn}}
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The most up-to-date standalone installer patch for the retail release is 1.27b.
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{{ii}} The English update to 1.27b (without "The Frozen Throne" installed) is available [http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/patches/pc/War3RoC_127b_English.exe here.]
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{{ii}}The English update to 1.27b (with "The Frozen Throne" installed) is available [http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/patches/pc/War3TFT_127b_English.exe here.]
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==

Revision as of 04:51, 24 August 2018

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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos cover
Developers
Blizzard Entertainment
Publishers
Blizzard Entertainment
Europe Sierra Entertainment
Japan Capcom
Release dates
Windows July 3, 2002
Mac OS (Classic) July 3, 2002
macOS (OS X) July 3, 2002
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos guide on StrategyWiki
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos on Wikipedia
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Warcraft
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans 1994
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1995
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans Cancelled
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition 1999
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 2002
World of Warcraft 2004
Hearthstone 2014
Warcraft III: Reforged 2020

Key points

Official support for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 was added with version 1.27a.
Official support for Mac 10.10 and 10.11 was added with version 1.27a.
Support for Mac 10.9 and earlier was not added with version 1.27a.

General information

Official Blizzard Site
Official Blizzard Store Page For Warcraft III
Battle.net Warcraft III Support
Wowpedia - A huge wiki for everything Warcraft universe related.
Mojo StormStout's Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Strategy Guide - Strategy and Game Guide by Blizzard
Epicwar - Biggest Warcraft III Map Database
The Hive Workshop - Community Site with focus on modding & Map database

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 SecuROM 4 DRM.
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Windows
Battle.net
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
With patch 1.21 the game no longer requires the CD to play.
If a retail copy is already owned, digital versions can be downloaded for free by entering the serial key here on Battle.net then downloading the installer from here.
The most recent version of the installer requires product keys for both "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" and the "Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne" expansion in order to be installed.[citation needed]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Patches

The most recent version (as of 2018-08-09) is 1.30.0, build 9922.

Updating to the most recent version requires the use of the "Warcraft III Launcher" program. Clicking on "Battle.net" in the Main-Menu will automatically attempt to patch the game to the latest version, and will download and run the "Warcraft III Launcher."

As of version 1.28, support for the Czech version of the game has been dropped.[citation needed]
As of version 1.28, new standalone patch installers are no longer provided by Blizzard.
Updating to or installing the most recent version requires the Battle.net App to be installed.[citation needed]

The most up-to-date standalone installer patch for the retail release is 1.27b.

The English update to 1.27b (without "The Frozen Throne" installed) is available here.
The English update to 1.27b (with "The Frozen Throne" installed) is available here.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Warcraft III\
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Saved games were migrated from <path-to-game>\Save in patch 1.28.[1]

Video settings

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

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Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
American English and British English available.
Czech
Retail only, Patch 1.28 is not supported.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
12
Online play
12

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 6112, 6113-6119
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Running the game on Intel-based Macs

Even with the patch, the map editor will not be compatible with Intel Macs

As of Patch v1.27a, the game can now be installed natively on Intel Macs without requiring PowerPC application support.

Windows NT Is Not Supported

Install the latest patch (v1.27a and above)[citation needed]

Windows Vista/Windows 7+ Compatibility

Official support for Vista and above was added in Patch v1.27a. It has not been confirmed if the following issues are still present

The game will run on Vista, Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, even though it was intended for Windows 98. There might be a few issues with the game, however. If you have any problems, set the Compatibility Mode to "Windows 98 / Windows ME".

You may get the following error message in Windows 7 and upwards when connecting to Battle.net: "There was an error writing to your hard drive while trying to download a file from Battle.net. You may need to free some space. Please check your hard drive and try again." The game is trying to write to the "Program Files"/"Program Files (x86)" directory which is write protected for security reasons and multiuser compatibility. You can evade this by running the game as administrator (Strg + Shift + Enter when icon is selected) or adding write access rights to the game directory.

If you can't connect to Battle.net, make sure that you have configured your firewall. Windows Vista and upwards adds security features to the Windows Firewall to block certain types of network connectivity by default. Press Alt+Tab to switch to your desktop to acknowledge any Firewall popups.

Cinematics may have artifacts or other corruption on Windows 7. Right-click the executable. On the Compatibility tab, check Disable desktop composition and click OK.

Black screen with audio for in-game cinematics

This problem is easily fixed on Windows 10, tested on 1.29. The problem is that blizzards video codec does not get properly registered during install, you can just register it yourself and it works fine. There is no need to download codec packs etc like other fixes suggest. Simply type open cmd as administrator and type the following in, change the directory if you installed it somewhere other than the default location or it won't work!

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\blizzard.ax"[citation needed]

Alternative fix -

Download and install the LAVFilters[2]
Disable blizzard codec : regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\blizzard.ax"[citation needed]

Low performance in Wine

Force the game to run with OpenGL rendering[citation needed]
  • See the API table for details.
Run the game in Windowed mode[citation needed]

Notes

This fix has reportedly worked well on older Intel integrated GPUs.[citation needed]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate in registry[3]
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video.
  2. Double-click on refreshrate and select Decimal.
  3. Change 60 to the screen refresh rate and click OK.
Set screen refresh rate with Special K[3]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Warcraft III.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Microstutter on modern machines

Use RivaTuner to limit the FPS to 64[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2 Use the -opengl command line argument to force OpenGL rendering in Windows.
Shader Model support 2
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer Battle.net

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia RIVA TNT
3dfx Voodoo 3
Intel i810
ATI Rage 128
8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.3.9 to 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3 400 MHz 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM 32 MB of VRAM

References