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Revision as of 05:01, 24 August 2018
Developers | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Retail | SecuROM 4 DRM. | |||
Battle.net |
- 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 | |
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Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne |
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
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\ |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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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
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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 | |
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LAN play | 12 | |||
Online play | 24 |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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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] |
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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] |
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Alternative fix -
Download and install the LAVFilters[2] |
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Disable blizzard codec : regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\blizzard.ax"[citation needed] |
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Low performance in Wine
Force the game to run with OpenGL rendering[citation needed] |
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Run the game in Windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Notes
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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] |
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Set screen refresh rate with Special K[3] |
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Microstutter on modern machines
Use RivaTuner to limit the FPS to 64[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2 | Use the -opengl command line argument to force OpenGL rendering in Windows. |
Shader Model support | 2 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Multiplayer | Battle.net |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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) | ||
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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
- ↑ https://wow.gamepedia.com/Warcraft_III_patch_information#1.28
- ↑ Battle.net Forums - Warcraft 3: Cinematics are black
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-19