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Revision as of 13:59, 22 April 2023
This page is for the original game client up to and including the v1.31.1 patch. For the v1.32.0 patch and above, see the 2020 reimagining Warcraft III: Reforged.
Key points
- With the release of Warcraft III: Reforged, Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne were updated to the classic mode of Reforged, with a merged Battle.net online multiplayer.
General information
- Official Blizzard Store Page For Warcraft III
- Official Battle.net "Classic" Games Support
- Mojo StormStout's Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Strategy Guide - Strategy and Game Guide by Blizzard
- maps.w3reforged.com - Warcraft III & Warcraft III: Reforged Map Database
- Epicwar - Large Warcraft III Map Database
- HIVE - A Warcraft III community site with a focus on modding, and a map database.
- WarCraft III section on Liquipedia
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SecuROM 4 DRM on Windows; removed as of patch 1.21b, retaining only serial key requirement. Most copies pre-2007 install on all three operating systems. |
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- The original version is no longer sold digitally as of November 2018 in favor of the remaster.
- If a retail copy is already owned, access to the classic version of Warcraft III: Reforged (which allows access to the original Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne campaign content as well as Reforged multiplayer) can be gained for free by entering the serial key here on Battle.net and then downloading the installer from here.
- With patch 1.21b, the game no longer requires the CD to play.
- A free demo version is available from GameFront: Windows, OS X. While its missions were added in the full version of The Frozen Throne expansion, the voiceovers were not migrated.
Version differences
- The Warcraft Battle Chest retail release includes Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne, and is patched to 1.21b.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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The Frozen Throne |
Product key needed for install. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
List of 1.27b patches
- Version 1.27b is the most up-to-date standalone installer version for the retail release, as well as the the Czech release.[citation needed].
- Official support for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 as well as Mac 10.10 and 10.11 was added with version 1.27a, though Mac 10.9 remains unsupported.
- The 1.27b patches for a specific language can be downloaded from Blizzard's FTP server using the links below, or from the PCGW download mirrors (Windows, Mac).
- Install the Reign of Chaos patch only if The Frozen Throne is not installed.
Patch Language
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Reign of Chaos
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The Frozen Throne
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Spanish
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Czech
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Chinese - Simplified
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Chinese - Traditional
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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German
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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English
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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French
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Italian
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Japanese
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Korean
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Polish
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Russian
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Windows, Mac
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Windows, Mac
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Conversion to Reforged build
Updating to the latest 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."
- This requires the Battle.net App to be installed.
- Versions above 1.28 will automatically update to Warcraft III: Reforged "classic" the next time the game is launched. Versions at or below 1.28 will automatically update the next time Battle.net is chosen from the main menu. "Reforged" visuals will only be available if the user's account has that version of the game purchased.
- As of version 1.28, support for the Czech version of the game has been dropped,[citation needed] and new standalone patch installers are no longer provided by Blizzard.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\ |
Mac OS (Classic) |
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macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.blizzard.Warcraft III.plist $HOME/Library/Preferences/com.blizzard.WarcraftIII.plist |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Warcraft III\ |
Mac OS (Classic) |
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macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Library/Application Support/Blizzard/Warcraft III/Save/ |
- Saved games were migrated from
<path-to-game>\Save
in patch 1.28.[1]
Video
In-game graphics settings.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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EAX 2, Support removed with 1.30 update and replaced with software. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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American English and British English available. |
Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Retail only up to 1.27b; 1.28 and higher not supported.[citation needed] |
French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan-made localization, supports 1.27b; download. |
Italian |
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Japanese |
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Japanese release. |
Korean |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Supports the Patch 1.26, 1.27b and 1.29.2. Link to the creator's topic. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
6112, 6113-6119 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created game profile, (DGVoodoo2) see requirements in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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
- Only early builds of Reign of Chaos did not officially support the NT line of Windows operating systems.
- The related warning when running the installer from pre-2007 discs can be ignored.
Windows Vista, 7, 8.1, and 10 compatibility
- Official support for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 was added in patch v1.27a.
- It has not been confirmed if the following issue(s) are still present.
The Frozen Throne installer does not recognize a Reign of Chaos installation
This may occur if the Reign of Chaos installer fails to deploy its uninstaller in %WINDIR%
, which is the case with the 2007 BestSeller Series re-release, which has an altered setup. The Frozen Throne checks for Reign of Chaos by querying the existence of the uninstaller file and will refuse to proceed until those files are present.
Place dummy files in the Windows directory[3]
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- Create blank files named
War3Uninst.dat and War3Uninst.exe
- Place them in
%WINDIR%
- Reattempt installing The Frozen Throne
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Black screen with audio for in-game cinematics
Blizzard's video codec does not get properly registered during installation on newer operating systems.
Manually registering the codecs[4]
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- Run the Command Prompt as administrator.
- Type
regsvr32 "<path-to-game>\blizzard.ax"
- To manually unregister it, run the same command but with the
/u parameter before the file path.
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Low performance in Wine
Force the game to run with OpenGL rendering[citation needed]
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- See the API table for details.
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Run the game in Windowed mode[citation needed]
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Notes
- This fix has reportedly worked well on older Intel integrated GPUs.[citation needed]
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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[6]
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- Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video .
- Double-click on
refreshrate and select Decimal.
- Change
60 to the screen refresh rate and click OK.
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Set screen refresh rate with Special K[6]
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- Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
- Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
- Open
<path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Warcraft III.exe\SpecialK.ini , depending on the used installation method.
- Change
RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate] .
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Microstutter on modern machines
Use RivaTuner to limit the FPS to 64[7]
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Enabling V-sync For exclusive full-screen mode
Change the v-sync registry key
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- Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video .
- Double-click on
vsync and select Decimal.
- Change the value to
1 and click OK.
- Run the game with the
-nativefullscr parameter.
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- As of version 1.29.2, V-sync seems to be active by default, also setting
vsync=0
does not disable vsync, which probably implies the switch has been deprecated altogether.
The Frozen Throne installer stuck on "Waiting for files to close"
This may occur if Reign of Chaos was installed and opened just prior, as the executable will still be active in the background even after exiting the game.
Open the task manager and end the war3.exe process
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8, 9, 11 |
Version 1.26a and older use Direct3D 8 |
OpenGL |
2 |
Use the -opengl or -graphicsapi OpenGL2 command line argument to force OpenGL rendering in Windows. |
Shader Model support |
2 |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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Support for later versions of Windows after XP was added in 2007. |
macOS (OS X) | | | |
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Initially PowerPC-only until patch 1.21, which converted the game to a universal binary, but dropped Classic support in the process.
Later on in patch 1.27a, the game's app was made 64-bit to support 10.10+. |
Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
FMOD |
Dolby Surround, Miles Emulated 3D and Creative Labs EAX2before patch 1.30. |
Multiplayer |
Battle.net Classic |
Retail release users that wish to use Battle.net online multiplayer must update to the classic version of Reforged. |
Command[8] |
Description
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-window |
Runs the game in windowed mode
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-fullscreen |
Runs the game in borderless windowed mode
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-nativefullscr |
Runs the game in fulscreen mode
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-nowfpause |
Prevents the game from pausing upon losing focus
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-d3d |
Runs the game using Direct3D (obsolete as of 1.29)
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-opengl |
Runs the game using OpenGL (obsolete as of 1.29)
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-swtnl |
Runs the game using Software T&L (obsolete as of 1.29)
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-graphicsapi [option] |
Runs the game using selected graphics API (as of 1.29): OpenGL2 , Direct3D9 . Using other options is reported to crash the game.
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-classic |
Runs the base game (Reign of Chaos) instead of The Frozen Throne.
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-loadfile [filename] |
Immediately runs the game from the specified save file. When applied to the map editor executable, it applies the same functionality to the specified map file
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-datadir [path] |
Forces the game to load all files from the specified folder (useful for mods)
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-crash |
Intentionally crashes the game to test the crash log output
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-locale [locale] |
Switches the game's language
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System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
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