Moving WoW from Mac OS to Windows

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7254278

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Oct 23, 2008

• #1

I wan to play WoW on my bootcamp partition and not on OS X. Is there any way of doing that with out re installing?

 

soberbrain

macrumors 65816

• Oct 23, 2008

• #2

No.

Like any other applications/programs. You need to install it in the appropriate OS before you can use it.

 

7on

macrumors 601

• Oct 23, 2008

• #3

What are the perks of not reinstalling? Doesn't all your characters, etc. live on Blizzard's servers?

 

soberbrain

macrumors 65816

• Oct 23, 2008

• #4

7on said:

What are the perks of not reinstalling? Doesn't all your characters, etc. live on Blizzard's servers?

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That is true. I had uninstalled WoW a while back and my account was frozen. Months later I installed it again and re-opened my account. Everything was there.

I've uninstalled it again since.

 

quackattack

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 23, 2008

• #5

Is there an advantage to running this on the Windows partition instead of the OSX partition?

 

TDM21

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 23, 2008

• #6

While the characters and all of their gear is stored on the servers, the UI settings, macros, and key bindings are stored on your computer. There is a folder named "WTF" where all this information is saved and should be able to be copied between Windows and OS X. I know I've copied it between my Macs before to keep from writing my macros again.

 

palebluedot

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 23, 2008

• #7

quackattack said:

Is there an advantage to running this on the Windows partition instead of the OSX partition?

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No in fact running it on the Windows parittion is worse. WoW is one of the few games that runs equally well on both. On some systems people CLAIM to get a 5-10FPS increase but these have never been proven and with the new WoW engine I think it is moot anyway.

In fact, running WoW in OS X gives you EXTRA options that the Windows client doesn't have. There is a whole "Mac Options" tab but there is no "Windows Options" tab in the Windows client. It is a little gift from Blizzard to OS X users since Blizzard uses Mac's to code the game itself. These options include things like built in iTunes controls and a built in video capturing system.

Why someone would want to put a game that one plays off an on in Windows is beyond me. Windows is better for TF2 and stuff but any game that I can run decently in OS X I will because dual-booting is a PITA.

 

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motoxpress

macrumors 6502

• Oct 23, 2008

• #8

palebluedot said:

No in fact running it on the Windows parittion is worse.

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This is not my experience with the MBP. It runs slower in OS X by 20%. I have seen the same thing in other MBPs as well. Just what I have observed.

-mx

 

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tYsopz

macrumors member

• Oct 25, 2008

• #9

Just copy your "Interface" and "WTF" folders from your mac to the corresponding directory in windows and addons and such shouldn't be a problem. I've done this multiple times when on LAN.