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Warcraft III v1.21 - Intel Mac native

I have a 5.1 speaker system connected via optical audio, and maybe that is the cause of the problem, but... Has anyone else been noticing kind of weird sound since the latest patch? Some things are way quieter than they used to be, some sounds don't play at all, and sometimes when music is playing it cuts in and out.
 
KilGil27 said:
ah, is that new? Because last time I tried it, it wasn't actually widescreen, it just stretched the pixels out to fill the extra screen space, and made everything look streched
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Even with the patch, WCIII does not support true widescreen. I wouldn't hold your breath for any updates to make it so, either.
 
I still think it's pretty damn cool that someone from Blizzard takes the time to be a part of the community here.
 
I have a strange problem with the new patch. After like 40minutes of playing my interconnection dies and i have to restart the router. This only happens with wc3, never for example when i download and upload at 1,2mb/s.

I reset the router to its factory settings but that did not help.

Any suggestions?
 
Chaszmyr said:
I have a 5.1 speaker system connected via optical audio, and maybe that is the cause of the problem, but... Has anyone else been noticing kind of weird sound since the latest patch? Some things are way quieter than they used to be, some sounds don't play at all, and sometimes when music is playing it cuts in and out.
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Yup, I mentioned it earlier. Some of the sounds seem softer.
 
Why is there virtually no chance of a widescreen patch? Stretched out graphics make me sad :(
 
Some weird stuff in my console:

Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\Dominating.mp3, 7210 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\Double_Kill.mp3, 8046 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\firstblood.mp3, 6269 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\GodLike.mp3, 7314 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\Killing_Spree.mp3, 9509 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\MegaKill.mp3, 10449 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\Ownage.mp3, 10344 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\triple_kill.mp3, 7628 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\Unstoppable.mp3, 8150 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\WhickedSick.mp3, 10449 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\MonsterKill.mp3, 13375 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\HolyShit.mp3, 9300 bytes, -2048).
Couldn't MovieImportDataRef (Sounds\Animality.mp3, 2821 bytes, -2048).
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Units\Creeps\HeroFlameLord\FireLordMissileDeath1.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Abilities\Weapons\LordofFlameMissile\HeroFlameLordMissileImpact.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Units\Creeps\HeroFlameLord\FireLordMissileDeath1.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Abilities\Weapons\LordofFlameMissile\HeroFlameLordMissileImpact.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Units\Creeps\HeroFlameLord\FireLordMissileDeath1.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Abilities\Weapons\LordofFlameMissile\HeroFlameLordMissileImpact.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Units\Creeps\HeroFlameLord\FireLordMissileDeath1.wav]
WAVPlayer::SetWAVSourceImmediate: Failed to open [Units\Creeps\HeroFlameLord\FireLordMissileDeath1.wav]
 
rbarris probably thinks: "They can't never get enough", or something along the lines. I'm really happy for the UB patch, because you shouldn't be forced to boot Win XP if you want to play Warcraft III on your brand new Macbook Pro. Thank you for 1.21!

However, I'm also curious why the problem with the stretched gfx on widescreen notebooks can't be fixed. Sad to hear.

With 1.21, you made Warcraft III playable on my Macbook Pro, now it's time to make it enjoyable by un-stretching the pic :)
 
Pretty sure Rbarris only meant that true widescreen will never be supported. It would provide players with an advantage over others since they could see more horizontally.

I think a fix to remove stretching with bars on the side of the screen is still possible. Also, you can play in windowed mode with apple key + m, it removes stretching but I havent been able to get used to it.
 
I have the new UB patch and am still noticing lag on games that arent on the internet. I am currently running it on a Mac Pro with the ATI card and 4 gigs of ram.
 
Jopling said:
I have the new UB patch and am still noticing lag on games that arent on the internet. I am currently running it on a Mac Pro with the ATI card and 4 gigs of ram.
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That's really strange... With your system, you shouldn't have been noticing poor performance even before it was universal. Are you sure everything else is running at proper speed (ie, other applications)?
 
Jopling said:
I have the new UB patch and am still noticing lag on games that arent on the internet. I am currently running it on a Mac Pro with the ATI card and 4 gigs of ram.
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that's very strange. On my macbook it now runs at low 30's fps in pitched battles with every setting cranked. On a core duo imac it runs mid 60's to mid 90's, everything on high. your comp should eat it for breakfast twice over.
 
problems to install WarCraft 3

Hi!

I´m Christian and I´ve a problem with my new Intel Mac! I don´t know how to install WarCraft Reign of Chaos on my Mac. It does not open if I put it in my CD/DVD drive. The CD of WarCraft FrozenThrone opens directly but I cann´t install it without to install the main Game. I loaded patch v1.21 but it does not whant to install. It would be great if you could help me with this problem.

Greatings from Christian :apple:
 
WarCraftFan said:
Hi!

I´m Christian and I´ve a problem with my new Intel Mac! I don´t know how to install WarCraft Reign of Chaos on my Mac. It does not open if I put it in my CD/DVD drive. The CD of WarCraft FrozenThrone opens directly but I cann´t install it without to install the main Game. I loaded patch v1.21 but it does not whant to install. It would be great if you could help me with this problem.

Greatings from Christian :apple:
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As mentioned in the patch notes for 1.21, the TFT CD installer can't handle the new file layout on the hard drive for the universal application. So, you have to finish the TFT installation before applying Patch 1.21.

Try this approach

Install War3 from CD, do not patch it up
Install TFT from CD
Then log on and patch up to 1.21.
 
external monitor

Hello. This is my first post.

Does playing war 3 (dota) on an external monitor (22" wide) actually decrease preformance?
 
i cant get w3 to install

hey all,

how come i cant get w3 to install on my mbp? on attempting an install i get an error message while the installer is transferring the really large files (forget what they are called right now).

it installs fine on my laptop so i dont think the cd is damaged.

any help much appreciated,

arv
 
Binford said:
Hello. This is my first post.

Does playing war 3 (dota) on an external monitor (22" wide) actually decrease preformance?
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The higher the resolution you run it at, the more it taxes the video card. I run the game at 1280x800 on my 20" cinema display and it runs as well as at the same resolution on the macbook's internal screen. If I upped the resolution to the max of the display, then yes, the gameplay would suffer dramatically.
 
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