argh help! MBP with Warcraft III

JackSpearo · Jul 12, 2008, 12:27 PM

I just bought Warcraft III battle chest and installed both CDs..

when I try to play it, it always has a system error, and lets me have the option of relaunching or reporting to apple...

I always click on the icon, it starts running, the screen turns black, and then bam, it fails

any ideas ? :-(

Mac Player · Jul 12, 2008, 12:51 PM

Did you try to download the patches from blizzard and install them?

JackSpearo · Jul 12, 2008, 01:20 PM

yes, I managed to get Chaos to work, but Throne still doesn't, I downloaded the 1xx_122a frozen throne patch, installed it, and it says "Sorry, Warcraft III could not be opened."

Mac Player · Jul 12, 2008, 01:51 PM

So lets recap

You installed RoC from the CD
You installed TFT from the CD
You downloaded this updater: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...2a_English.zip
You ran the updater and now RoC works but TFT doens't.

Is this correct?

JackSpearo · Jul 12, 2008, 02:54 PM

yea, and i uninstalled and reinstalled and it works! thanks!

wenfuu · Jul 18, 2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Player

So lets recap

You installed RoC from the CD
You installed TFT from the CD
You downloaded this updater: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...2a_English.zip
You ran the updater and now RoC works but TFT doens't.

Is this correct?

ROC installed, check
TFT installed, check
downloaded the latest patch (1.22a) and ran it, check
very annoyed and pissed off after reinstalling for the second time because of the error message "Sorry, Warcraft III could not be open" while launching TFT, check

Additional details-

Macbook 2.1GHz C2D 4Gb Ram

tYsopz · Jul 19, 2008, 04:26 AM

go to blizzard.com, register an account, add your roc/tft cdkeys and download the installer tome to the newest version.

coppertrial · Jul 20, 2008, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackSpearo

yea, and i uninstalled and reinstalled and it works! thanks!

Really, when I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and then patching to 1.22a, it failed for me, and I tried this several times. What did work for me was to patch to 1.21b first, and then to 1.22a.

jonnos · 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tYsopz

go to blizzard.com, register an account, add your roc/tft cdkeys and download the installer tome to the newest version.

NICE!
does this mean i can download the game that i have registered and not need to use the CD? coz i lost my D2 cd's just got my D2 LOD game and also i only have a PC version of starcraft & broodwar and i want to play it on OS X.

??

TJJ · Jul 23, 2008, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coppertrial

Really, when I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and then patching to 1.22a, it failed for me, and I tried this several times. What did work for me was to patch to 1.21b first, and then to 1.22a.

Same problem here. Where did you find the 1.21 patch? I can only find the 1.22 and it doensn't work for me (10.5.4)

macsmister · Jul 23, 2008, 09:03 AM

Coppertrial's workaround is the only one that works for now due to a glitch in the latest patch when you apply it from a fresh install.

Here is the link to the 1.21b patch: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...1b_English.zip
Apply this first and then apply the newest 1.22a patch found right here:
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...2a_English.zip

Hope it helps!

TJJ · Jul 23, 2008, 09:32 AM

Thanks for the link, Frozen Throne now running

d0bBy · 03:22 AM

Can someone share the 1.21b patch on RapidShare or a similar site? The Blizzard FTP site isn't working properly and I can't download that patch from there or find somewhere else to get it from.

Edit- Nevermind, it worked at last

sisipanda · Dec 15, 2008, 06:13 PM

Worked for me too! Thanks so much!

Jul 12, 2008, 12:27 PM	#1
JackSpearo macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	argh help! MBP with Warcraft III I just bought Warcraft III battle chest and installed both CDs.. when I try to play it, it always has a system error, and lets me have the option of relaunching or reporting to apple... I always click on the icon, it starts running, the screen turns black, and then bam, it fails any ideas ? :-(

Jul 23, 2008, 09:32 AM	#12
TJJ macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bern, CH	Thanks for the link, Frozen Throne now running __________________ "They have the internet on computers now?!" (H. J. Simpson)

Jul 25, 2008, 03:20 AM	#13
d0bBy macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Africa	Can someone share the 1.21b patch on RapidShare or a similar site? The Blizzard FTP site isn't working properly and I can't download that patch from there or find somewhere else to get it from. Edit- Nevermind, it worked at last Last edited by d0bBy : Jul 25, 2008 at 03:22 AM. Reason: The FTP site worked eventually

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Jul 12, 2008, 12:51 PM	#2
Mac Player macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2006	Did you try to download the patches from blizzard and install them?

Jul 12, 2008, 01:20 PM	#3
JackSpearo Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	yes, I managed to get Chaos to work, but Throne still doesn't, I downloaded the 1xx_122a frozen throne patch, installed it, and it says "Sorry, Warcraft III could not be opened."

Jul 12, 2008, 01:51 PM	#4
Mac Player macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2006	So lets recap You installed RoC from the CD You installed TFT from the CD You downloaded this updater: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...2a_English.zip You ran the updater and now RoC works but TFT doens't. Is this correct?

Jul 12, 2008, 02:54 PM	#5
JackSpearo Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	yea, and i uninstalled and reinstalled and it works! thanks!

Jul 19, 2008, 04:26 AM	#7
tYsopz macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Norway	go to blizzard.com, register an account, add your roc/tft cdkeys and download the installer tome to the newest version.

Jul 23, 2008, 09:03 AM	#11
macsmister macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN	Coppertrial's workaround is the only one that works for now due to a glitch in the latest patch when you apply it from a fresh install. Here is the link to the 1.21b patch: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...1b_English.zip Apply this first and then apply the newest 1.22a patch found right here: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/pa...2a_English.zip Hope it helps!

Dec 15, 2008, 06:13 PM	#14
sisipanda macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2008	Worked for me too! Thanks so much!