Warcraft 3

I encourage you to do a search to learn more about DOTA on a mac. It is very unstable at the moment and prone to crashing.

But, I believe that the number next to your name, it should be counting up to 100, is the percentage done when you are downloading a custom map.

really..? because i play DotA all the time on my macbook pro and it has never crashed once.

i think there could be a correlation between the "number beside your name when you join a game" and being booted... since having that number there means you don't have the map installed, and most hosts will kick you on sight for that. perhaps you don't have the latest version, or haven't put it in the right folder?

brodeur said:

i think there could be a correlation between the "number beside your name when you join a game" and being booted... since having that number there means you don't have the map installed, and most hosts will kick you on sight for that. perhaps you don't have the latest version, or haven't put it in the right folder?

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This is exactly correct. I went through a brief DotA phase, and literally was unable to play it - until I downloaded the map from a website. Once I had the map (and put it in the correct folder - I think it's just titled "Maps") I was able to play and not get booted.

Google around and find the map that everyone's playing (make sure it's the right version!) and you'll stop getting booted. People who play DotA are pretty serious, and don't like "noobs".

You can grab the latest version from
http://www.getdota.com

Extract the file and place it in your maps/download folder in your Warcraft folder.

Actually it doesn't have to be in the Download folder. War3/OS X is clever and it finds the map on your hard drive. Because I have joined a game where someone was hosting an RPG, and loads of people where downloading it infront of me, so I did a search on google, while I was waiting for them to download, and found the map, it downloaded, then my 0 beside my name (waiting to download) disappeared, and the map was on my Desktop still.

Pretty neat, huh?



Edit: Hey imassents - It's me Chewits =] Didn't realise you posted here ^^

Well

well that's one of the reasons why I keep my old PC on so that I can play Dota

Didn't realise you posted here ^^

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I knew I recognised the name. That's the one you use on the DotA forums isn't it (I post there in tech support too - not hard to see who I am there lol)?

I just joined to spread the Diablo 2/Starcraft 256 colour fix and help people get it running. But I figured I could help out in other areas too