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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
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Developers
Blizzard Entertainment
Publishers
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
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

Proper Intel Mac and modern Windows support was added in Patch v1.27a

General information

Official Blizzard Site
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
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Windows
Developer website
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Warcraft III Battle Chest. Includes the base game, along with the expansion and strategy guides for both games.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
If a retail copy is already owned, digital versions can be downloaded for free by entering the serial key on Battle.net.

DLC and expansion packs

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

Essential improvements

Patches

Click on "Battle.net" in the Main-Menu to automatically patch the game to the latest version. Patches are also available as separate download (English, other languages). The current patch is 1.27a.

Game data

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

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Video settings

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

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Official patches added in support for common resolutions in the in-game options.
By default, the game stretches everything from 4:3. Use RenderEdge to fix this.
Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

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
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

Instructions

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

Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.x 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

Low performance in Wine

Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 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
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.3.9 to 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM

References