League of Legends
League of Legends is an action RTS video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows, inspired by the popular DotA All-Stars map for Warcraft III. It was first announced on October 7, 2008, and released on October 27, 2009. The game was in a closed beta from April 10, 2009, to October 22, 2009. It then transitioned to open beta until release.
Software Requirements
- Microsoft .NET framework 3 or higher
- Adobe AIR
Bugs
If you are experiencing mouse problems, you can try reload League or tabbing back in and out.
There is currently a bug with the client launching after pressing play on the updater. The "League of Legends" emblem will flash a few times, which isn't unusual, but then the client itself will not open. The only known fix, currently, is to completely clear League of Legends from the computer and do a re-install from scratch. There is some debate on the reason this bug exists.
There is a bug wherein the space bar will randomly stop auto-centering back on the player's champion. Alt-Tabbing doesn't seem to immediately fix this problem, but it usually doesn't persist for long enough to become a major nuisance in-game.
There is a bug on Dominion which causes the mouse cursor to disappear or corrupt, and appear as a vertical line. This problem persists through the game client and into the OS, until a restart occurs. The problem fixes itself at random intervals whilst in-game. This problem is believed to be caused by the use of an ATI graphics card, and no reliable fix has been found. One common suggested fix is to turn off cursor trails, and uncheck the "Hide Cursor While Typing" option in Mouse Options, however this fix has been known to not fix the problem for everybody. Another fix is to put the computer into sleep mode; the sleep/wake cycle clears the problem.
Bug Splat on Game Start 01-31-2012 onwards
Since the Ziggs patch (01-31-2012), older versions of LoL Recorder will cause the game to bug splat. If you have been experiencing this issue, update LoL Recorder, or turn it off.
Other Stuff
The game installer by default uses the BitTorrent protocol to download patches and other content. To disable this and download only from the Riot servers, uninstall Pando Media Booster. Uninstalling LoL will actually leave Pando installed on your hard drive and running in the background. You should uninstall this if you're uninstalling the game.