OS X: Help - Can't install Warcraft 3 in on my MBP

[orangeslemon]

Hi all Mac gurus, I seriously need some good advice.

I recently bought a legit warcraft III cd set, to be installed in my new macbook pro. When I tried to insert Reign of Chaos CD, I run the icon and key in the CD keys as instructed. Then, once I proceed, I got the message "Couldn't create destination folder "warcraft III folder". (-50).

What I can do? Please help

[Xavier]

Enter your CD key on the Blizzard site and download the digital forms of Warcraft 3.

[orangeslemon]

Wow, you are fast, TQ. Would it help? What is the problem actually?

[Xavier]

Try here.

Others have had problems with installing Warcraft 3. I assume that you are trying to install on Mac OS X, and on Snow Leopard?

Downloading the native Mac OS X installer, or using the digital forms of the Warcraft 3 CD's tend to solve installation issues. Both of which can be found on Blizzards website.

[orangeslemon]

Yes Xavier, I am installing on OS X snow eloped. I will try to download from blizzard and see what will happen.

appreciate your quick help

[orangeslemon]

Hm… A stupid question I guess… how to enter CD key in the blizzard website? I can't find any, or do you mean give it to the blizzard support

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by orangeslemon

Hm… A stupid question I guess… how to enter CD key in the blizzard website? I can't find any, or do you mean give it to the blizzard support

Create a Blizzard account. If you click 'Store' you will see an option in the upper right to register. After you have registered and verified your account through email, go into 'account management'. There you will see an option call 'Add or Upgrade a Game'. Here you will be presented with an option to enter a CD key. Enter both the Warcraft 3 RoC CD Key and then the FT CD Key, and you will be allowed to download both in their digital forms.

It should be easier to find the blizzard Mac OS X installer.

[orangeslemon]

It's downloading now, finally something is working here!! Thanks a lot. I will try again once downloading complete. Look at the speed, it might take hours…

Peace my friend

[thezerox]

Is your WC III volume case-sensitive?

[orangeslemon]

Originally Posted by thezerox

Is your WC III volume case-sensitive?

I don't quite understand your question. Do you mean whether the CD key is case-sensitive?

I am downloading the mac installer to try out Xavier's solution, it is very slow and I have to continue to download again tonight.

[Hasissues]

Hi all mac guru's

i noticed your reply's to this post and i need your help as well!
I want to play my Warcraft 3 Roc and TFT on my

Mac OS X 10.5.8
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

However i have a problem, 2 weeks after installing my ROC and TFT CD's I did my weekly apple software update download i have been unable to launch Warcraft TFT ever since!

I deleted all the files thinking i should try again by reinstalling, but now when i put the ROC, CD in double Click on the icon/ORC face icon it will not recognize and begin the installation process.

If i download the CD;s from the Battle net store all i get is a Cd and it still will not do the same thing. There is nothing wrong with CD's! Brand NEW

What is wrong with my computer? Please Help me!

-Hasissues

[thezerox]

Originally Posted by orangeslemon

I don't quite understand your question. Do you mean whether the CD key is case-sensitive?

I am downloading the mac installer to try out Xavier's solution, it is very slow and I have to continue to download again tonight.

I meant if is your HFS+ partition as case-sensitive formatted.

[orangeslemon]

Originally Posted by thezerox

I meant if is your HFS+ partition as case-sensitive formatted.

I do not know this. I never touch anything on my OS X, it come one piece from Apple untouched. So, does it mean mine is not a case-sensitive formattted?

[orangeslemon]

It's working!!

I registered with Blizzard and downloaded the Mac installer (ROC) using my CD-keys. Then I installed using the installer... Whoala, everything is like a breeze afterwards.

Now, I am downloading the Mac installer for TFT, take long time but I am a happyman

Thanks Xavier!

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by orangeslemon

I do not know this. I never touch anything on my OS X, it come one piece from Apple untouched. So, does it mean mine is not a case-sensitive formattted?

If you have not messed with it, then it is HFS+. That is the standard for a Mac OS X installation.

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by orangeslemon

It's working!!

I registered with Blizzard and downloaded the Mac installer (ROC) using my CD-keys. Then I installed using the installer... Whoala, everything is like a breeze afterwards.

Now, I am downloading the Mac installer for TFT, take long time but I am a happyman

Thanks Xavier!

Interestingly enough, I posted at the same time you posted this.

Anywho, glad you got it working. Once you get everything up and running you don't need to save the dmg's. Warcraft 3 will run without a CD present. Also if you ever run into further problem, you can redownload.

I love Warcraft 3, enjoy!

[orangeslemon]

Originally Posted by Xavier

Interestingly enough, I posted at the same time you posted this.

Anywho, glad you got it working. Once you get everything up and running you don't need to save the dmg's. Warcraft 3 will run without a CD present. Also if you ever run into further problem, you can redownload.

I love Warcraft 3, enjoy!

Tonight I downloaded the TFT Mac installer from Blizzard, and no surprise this time, everything was smooth and I am able to install TFT and even update the 1.24 patch. To complete my night, I test run Dota ai and it was perfect!

You really gives me a great favor Xavier. Warcraft is my all time fav game

[halbouni]

i got this new MBP with retina display and i cant install WOC or TFT :S i got an account on battle.net and i bought the game but every time i try to download it from battle.net it say file is broken or some **** like this :S can u help meeee with this one plzz ???

Originally Posted by Xavier

Interestingly enough, I posted at the same time you posted this.

Anywho, glad you got it working. Once you get everything up and running you don't need to save the dmg's. Warcraft 3 will run without a CD present. Also if you ever run into further problem, you can redownload.

I love Warcraft 3, enjoy!

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Originally Posted by halbouni

i got this new MBP with retina display and i cant install WOC or TFT :S i got an account on battle.net and i bought the game but every time i try to download it from battle.net it say file is broken or some **** like this :S can u help meeee with this one plzz ???

[Nermal]

WC3/TFT won't run on an OS newer than 10.6.8, which is not compatible with any of the "retina" models

Edit: There's mention of a universal update below so I may be mixing it up with Starcraft.

[halbouni]

thanks for the fast reply should i downgrade my software or something ??
or maybe i heard something of installing windows on mac :/ but i really dnt get it :S

Originally Posted by Nermal

WC3/TFT won't run on an OS newer than 10.6.8, which is not compatible with any of the "retina" models

[Canaan]

The game installer and updater require Rosetta which has been discontinued since Lion. The software emulated Power PC based apps and while the game itself has received a universal update, it is only attainable if you download and install the game on a computer running snow leopard or before, with Rosetta installed. So unless you can find an older machine, install it on there and update it, then transfer it to the new one... you are kind of out of luck. I was lucky enough to have the updated version on mine and backed up when I upgraded to Lion.

[Yebubbleman]

For those with machines that came preloaded with either Lion or Mountain Lion, if you install Warcraft III using the Blizzard installers, all it does is create the folder in your applications folder as literally every other file created (i.e. preferences files) are generated once the program runs). Similarly, all the Frozen Throne installer does is update that same folder. Similarly, all the Frozen Throne 1.26a patch does is further update that folder. The only specific data that folder has are your CD keys. You can otherwise copy that folder into any Applications folder and the game will run perfectly.

So, what I did (given that the MacBook Pro in my signature came preloaded with Mountain Lion) was I installed WC3 on my old Snow Leopard machine, installed Frozen Throne on top of it, and then installed the patcher, and I force-quit before the patcher could load WC3, then I copied the folder to the applications folder of my MacBook Pro, and lo and behold, it runs flawlessly on my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion.

[Skoundrell]

hi all,

having problems installing warcraft 3 on imac 4 running 10.6.8. so far as i can tell, it's been used on a pc up until now (bought 2nd hand via e-bay). i'm giving crossover a whirl, which installs w3 fine, but then can't recognise the disk in the drive. is there any way to get the game up and running without forking out for a new disk? key works fine so far...

thanks in advance.