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Is there any way to install Warcraft 3 in Lion?
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denaliOnDubs
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Has anyone found a solution to this problem yet? I made the mistake of purchasing this game and can't load it to my Mac!
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That's why I haven't done so at all despite PM's etc. In addition, there's no guarantee that method will work. I can say the game runs wonderful on Lion, those of us with high resolution displays really make the game shine (but show its age as well)
Even on my Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with my ACD, the game runs full native 2650x1440 without a single issue.
I wish there was an easy fix for all of us as I plan on moving up to a SSD meaning I will need to reinstall WC3 again sooner or later. We can only hope Blizzard would make a simple packaged .app from the Mac App Store with many games I've noticed that I have on physical media have been moved to the App Store
denaliOnDubs
macrumors regular
I would never expect someone to upload their game files or anything like that. I just thought being that Blizzard has always been a pretty good company that they would keep up with the latest Apple OS... I mean if there was a trick... I guess my only option is to find someone with snow Leopard and see if I can get it done that way. The game is really old so I guess it's to be suspected that at some point it will no longer be compatible... It's just annoying because I purchased the game with out doing the proper research to make sure it would work. Lesson learned!
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macrumors 6502a
The same game discs etc. do work on Windows with your product key. So if you do run Bootcamp or otherwise, all hope is not lost. I ran WC3 on Windows 7 in Parallels and while the Windows app does not support native widescreen, it's better than nothing and it runs rather well since it's such an old game.
denaliOnDubs
macrumors regular
Yes that seems to be the best solution. I never thought about that. I knew I setup windows 7 for a reason!
stuart2102
macrumors regular
Speaking of Wineskin doh123 uhmm i try this game wrapper of PC games to played in mac but i wonder after i've done anything still my game is not working, is it because my windows on bootcamp is not already active? do you have any suggestion how to work this thing happen?
I know I'm a "0 Post Wonder" and what not, but I've frequented these forums quite often in the past.
Like so many other people in this thread, I wished to play Warcraft 3 TFT on (Mountain) Lion. Fortunately, it is possible!
This method is extremely simple, but does require two computers; one of which is running OS 10.6 or older. You follow the instructions previously, where you install (through either CD or from us.battle.net -> Account -> Game Clients) AND PATCH both Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne by connecting to Battle.net at least once.
----To make things more simple later, please copy/paste the Warcraft lll file in your Applications folder to your Desktop.-----
After that, you can go to Apple->System Preferences -> Sharing. Once there, enable fire sharing on both the Mac with Lion and the one with and older OS.
Shot at 2012-07-27
Now, go to finder, then to the right side there should be an option under SHARED, listing the name of the Mac you plan on transferring from. In the upper Right, there will be a box named "Connect As..."
Manually enter the name and the password of the !Mac with the Warcraft lll file! This is important, as entering the information for the computer you plan to switch to accomplishes nothing. After that, hit the connect option.
In Finder, you should be able to view all files of the User. Either use the search bar or navigate to the file with the Username of the User (usually just "xxxxx"), where x is the User's name.
In that file, choose desktop and in that window, choose the file named Warcraft lll. Drag that file into the applications folder of your Main computer and wait for it to copy. The file is around 2.3gb and should take 10 or so seconds to a minute to copy, depending on your Internet connection.
(Note, it is important to not have a copy of WC3 installed before you do this transfer. I did this the first time I attempted and after working it went back to having the white crossed out circle logo). After repeating everything and connecting to Battle.Net on the new account on the new computer it worked fine. I also saved a game, just to make sure.
Just some proof, so help validate my claim.
Shot at 2012-07-27
(There is no Windowed mode that I'm aware of, so please forgive me for not having a more direct way of showing you I'm playing.
Like so many other people in this thread, I wished to play Warcraft 3 TFT on (Mountain) Lion. Fortunately, it is possible!
This method is extremely simple, but does require two computers; one of which is running OS 10.6 or older. You follow the instructions previously, where you install (through either CD or from us.battle.net -> Account -> Game Clients) AND PATCH both Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne by connecting to Battle.net at least once.
----To make things more simple later, please copy/paste the Warcraft lll file in your Applications folder to your Desktop.-----
After that, you can go to Apple->System Preferences -> Sharing. Once there, enable fire sharing on both the Mac with Lion and the one with and older OS.
Shot at 2012-07-27
Now, go to finder, then to the right side there should be an option under SHARED, listing the name of the Mac you plan on transferring from. In the upper Right, there will be a box named "Connect As..."
Manually enter the name and the password of the !Mac with the Warcraft lll file! This is important, as entering the information for the computer you plan to switch to accomplishes nothing. After that, hit the connect option.
In Finder, you should be able to view all files of the User. Either use the search bar or navigate to the file with the Username of the User (usually just "xxxxx"), where x is the User's name.
In that file, choose desktop and in that window, choose the file named Warcraft lll. Drag that file into the applications folder of your Main computer and wait for it to copy. The file is around 2.3gb and should take 10 or so seconds to a minute to copy, depending on your Internet connection.
(Note, it is important to not have a copy of WC3 installed before you do this transfer. I did this the first time I attempted and after working it went back to having the white crossed out circle logo). After repeating everything and connecting to Battle.Net on the new account on the new computer it worked fine. I also saved a game, just to make sure.
Just some proof, so help validate my claim.
Shot at 2012-07-27
(There is no Windowed mode that I'm aware of, so please forgive me for not having a more direct way of showing you I'm playing.
It starts at 640x480x16 and goes down to 1280x1024x32.
Edit, I found out it's like other Blizzard games i,e CMD+M is minimize/maximize.
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Not to advertise, but I just made a video on this method and put it on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPOtHI7vBQ
Edit, I found out it's like other Blizzard games i,e CMD+M is minimize/maximize.
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Not to advertise, but I just made a video on this method and put it on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPOtHI7vBQ
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iMacFarlane
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Okay, but what kind of research should you have to do? Besides looking at the bottom of the box, that says "Mac OS X 10.5.x and higher". Your system meets those requirements. Blizzard needs to spend the miniscule amount of effort needed in order to fix the binaries at Battle.net, or recall boxed software to adjust the system requirements to reflect reality: "Mac OS X 10.5.x through 10.6.8"
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iMacFarlane
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It's possible to run WC3 in any resolution you want, including widescreen native. I run it at native on my 21.5" iMac and my 13" MBP.
Edit your windows registry in bootcamp/parallels/WINEskin and change resheight/reswidth as you see fit. Keep in mind, if you ever open up the video options in-game, you'll need to do this again to go back to your custom res.
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denaliOnDubs
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I bought the boxed version because it was a better deal so I looked at the box and saw the requirements and thought it would be a great game to play on my MacBook air... Then I find that the installer requires Rosetta which was stripped in lion... but YES, I was pretty annoyed and couldn't agree with you more.
Duouk2000
macrumors newbie
Meh, why is it such a pain to get Snow Leopard woking in VMs 😛 I ended up just creating a new partition, installing Snow Leopard and then Warcraft 3/TFT like most other people. Copied everything over after updating and it seems to work for the most part, won't connect to Battle.net for some reason but I only want to play through the campaign anyway.
TFT is like my favourite game... I finally grabbed a Retina and now Im frustrated.
I also have a imac27 that is running 10.6.8 and do have it installed. I copied the entire folder to thumb drive and pasted to desktop on the retina and i cant get it to start.. same error whatever its called. A few of the icons are crossed out in the pasted folder too :/
ANy help is appreciated ... im going to sell this retina if I cant get tft to run because its the best game ever !!
I also have a imac27 that is running 10.6.8 and do have it installed. I copied the entire folder to thumb drive and pasted to desktop on the retina and i cant get it to start.. same error whatever its called. A few of the icons are crossed out in the pasted folder too :/
ANy help is appreciated ... im going to sell this retina if I cant get tft to run because its the best game ever !!
Pakaku
macrumors 68040
Or just... run Snow Leopard off another partition
Bootcampers use Windows to run non-OSX games, this would be the same idea
ybz90
macrumors 6502a
Use a VM or other partition to install SL or earlier so you can load the PPC version. Then update to 1.26a or later, which is Universal. Or as others have mentioned, find a friend with a copy that is updated or another computer. TFT is Universal now, I actually just installed it the other day so I could play vintage DotA with my younger brother.
Problem solved!
Finally, here is a very nice solution. No need to go back to Snow Leopard, and you can just perfectly run it in under Lion.
1. Get a properly installed PC-version warcraft 3 on your MAC. If you have warcraft 3 installed on a PC, just copy the entire folder to your MAC.
Otherwise, you need to install the PC-version warcraft 3 through CrossOver http://www.codeweavers.com/products/ , or WineBottler. http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
2. Download the PC-version 1.26 patch https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/warcraft-iii-patch-download.
Unzip the patch under the warcraft folder
3. Download the first attached file in this webpage
http://bbs.weiphone.com/read-htm-tid-3081382.html
unzip it under the warcraft folder.
You will be able to run warcraft 1.26 just by clicking the Frozen Throne icon now.
Finally, here is a very nice solution. No need to go back to Snow Leopard, and you can just perfectly run it in under Lion.
1. Get a properly installed PC-version warcraft 3 on your MAC. If you have warcraft 3 installed on a PC, just copy the entire folder to your MAC.
Otherwise, you need to install the PC-version warcraft 3 through CrossOver http://www.codeweavers.com/products/ , or WineBottler. http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
2. Download the PC-version 1.26 patch https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/warcraft-iii-patch-download.
Unzip the patch under the warcraft folder
3. Download the first attached file in this webpage
http://bbs.weiphone.com/read-htm-tid-3081382.html
unzip it under the warcraft folder.
You will be able to run warcraft 1.26 just by clicking the Frozen Throne icon now.
Brilliant! aidmony's solution works! Just to clarify a little bit on how I did it -
1. I downloaded the official v1.26 patch and applied it to a PC version of Frozen Throne on a friend's PC.
2. I copied the entire Warcraft 3 folder from the PC to the Applications folder my mac running OS Lion.
3. I downloaded the file from Step 3 in aidmony's post and copied the files in it to the Warcraft 3 folder.
Works like a charm!!! No hassle, no dual boot, no need to install Snow Leopard etc.!!!
1. I downloaded the official v1.26 patch and applied it to a PC version of Frozen Throne on a friend's PC.
2. I copied the entire Warcraft 3 folder from the PC to the Applications folder my mac running OS Lion.
3. I downloaded the file from Step 3 in aidmony's post and copied the files in it to the Warcraft 3 folder.
Works like a charm!!! No hassle, no dual boot, no need to install Snow Leopard etc.!!!
Warcraft III: Years Later and Still no Updated Installer
This is pretty ridiculous. It's clear at this point they have no intention of updating the installer. The thing is, they still sell the game at stores, system requirements say 10.3.9 or later. A lot of us don't have multiple Macs that we can use, or have any that have not been upgraded past 10.6.8. Just as many of us don't wan't to install Windows either via Bootcamp or a virtualization software. Most likely, people decided to play Blizzard games because they ran natively on Mac OS, that's my situation anyway. Of course wine is an option, but it's wonky and doesn't run nearly as well as it should. IMO there is nothing wrong with posting the updated game files, so long as you don't post Serial Numbers. Without a SN, they game can't be installed, that's why that failsafe exists. If a person already owns the game, and may even have the non-functional installer sitting desperately in their downloads folder, what possible harm could come from posting the files? I have looked around the web, and have not been able to find them anywhere, yet you can find every other software, and every type if niche pornography that exists... What a pain in the ass. Not that it will matter to them, by I am not giving Blizzard another cent of my money. Not supporting older software is one thing, but not supporting software that you STILL sell, is completely unacceptable.
P.S. Blizzard Killed the link to that patch. I don't understand, why would they do this? They are going out of their way to make this game NOT work!
This is pretty ridiculous. It's clear at this point they have no intention of updating the installer. The thing is, they still sell the game at stores, system requirements say 10.3.9 or later. A lot of us don't have multiple Macs that we can use, or have any that have not been upgraded past 10.6.8. Just as many of us don't wan't to install Windows either via Bootcamp or a virtualization software. Most likely, people decided to play Blizzard games because they ran natively on Mac OS, that's my situation anyway. Of course wine is an option, but it's wonky and doesn't run nearly as well as it should. IMO there is nothing wrong with posting the updated game files, so long as you don't post Serial Numbers. Without a SN, they game can't be installed, that's why that failsafe exists. If a person already owns the game, and may even have the non-functional installer sitting desperately in their downloads folder, what possible harm could come from posting the files? I have looked around the web, and have not been able to find them anywhere, yet you can find every other software, and every type if niche pornography that exists... What a pain in the ass. Not that it will matter to them, by I am not giving Blizzard another cent of my money. Not supporting older software is one thing, but not supporting software that you STILL sell, is completely unacceptable.
P.S. Blizzard Killed the link to that patch. I don't understand, why would they do this? They are going out of their way to make this game NOT work!
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iMacFarlane
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Amen and an Amen!
I would love to know the number of Starcraft (I), Diablo II, and Warcraft III Battle Chests that have been sold to people who then find out they should have set their money on fire instead. At least then they would have gotten a little heat and/or light from their money, which would have been more useful than Blizzard's abandoned-on-the-shelf deadware.