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Warcraft does not have widescreen resolutions in the list of default resolutions. However, warcraft 3 does support widescreen resolutions. You need to go into the registry to manually set the game resolution.
The discussion page may contain useful suggestions. Key points Proper Intel Mac and modern Windows support was added in Patch v. Runs well on low- end PCs. General information. Official Blizzard Site. Battle. net Warcraft III Support.
Warcraft3 does not support widescreen monitors but we found a way to force Warcraft 3 to work in widescreen mode by changing a few values in the registry. Warcraft III on a Widescreen: Working. Only for people with Widescreen monitors. but I dislike it when i play Warcraft III because the max resolution is 1024x768 and it stretches out and makes it look like ****. Note2: Tested on XP & Vista, both working perfectly! Note3: I wrote this a little fast, I will update the grammar when i get some time. Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne widescreen support. By darthpickle Leave a Comment. Categories. Widescreen is achieved through a registry hack: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video. Edit: reswidth = xxxx (Make sure you change the default hex value to decimal value) resheight = yyyy. Vista, Ubuntu; TweakXP; Useless, but fun information; Windows 5 Support; Windows Troubleshooting & Resource Guide; Windows XP Tweaks; Windows XP: MVPS.
Running Warcraft 3 in Widescreen Misc. Tutorials : Wc3C.net > Tutorials > Misc. Tutorials: Running Warcraft 3 in. START --> run --> regedit --> HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Software --> Blizzard Entertainment --> Warcraft III --> Video 4) Make below change in decimal format: (Right click --> Change. 1680x1050 16:10 Widescreen 1920x1200 16:10 Widescreen In Vista: type regedit in search on start menu, it'll be right up 5) If something went wrong reset your registry START --> Run --> regedit. 3/13/2011 Update: This registry edit is no longer needed as the new patch, V1.25, adds widescreen resolutions to the video options in the game. Warcraft 3 by todays.
Wowpedia - A huge wiki for everything Warcraft universe related. Mojo Storm. Stout's Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Strategy Guide - Strategy and Game Guide by Blizzard Epicwar - Biggest Warcraft III Map Database. The Hive Workshop - Community Site with focus on modding & Map database. Availability[edit]Source. DRMNotes. Keys. OSRetail.
Developer website. Amazon. com Warcraft III Battle Chest. Includes the base game, along with the expansion and strategy guides for both games. If a retail copy is already owned, digital versions can be downloaded for free by entering the serial key on Battle. The digital version is not automatically patched to the latest version. See the Patches section for details. Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions.
Name. Notes Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Essential improvements[edit]Patches[edit]Click on "Battle. Main- Menu to automatically patch the game to the latest version. Patches are also available as separate download (English, other languages). The current patch is 1.
Game data[edit]In- game general settings. Configuration file(s) location[edit]System. Location. Windows. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Mac OSOS XSave game data location[edit]Video settings[edit]In- game graphics settings.
It is highly recommended to install the latest patch instead for official support. As of patch 1. 2.
Warcraft III contains native Widescreen support. To change resolutions, simply open the video options. If you do not wish to install the patch, do the following. Alternate widescreen resolution fix Navigate to the Start menu and click on "Run". Type "regedit". Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video. Right click and modify "reswidth" and "resheight" Change the "value data" to match the resolution of your monitor (make sure to change the base to decimal) *ex.
P (1. 92. 0*1. 08. Restart Warcraft 3 Have Fun Although Widescreen is now supported, it is stretched widescreen, causing the UI to look somewhat misshapen. Input settings[edit]Audio settings[edit]In- game audio settings.
Audio options. Native. Notes. Separate volume controls. Surround sound. Subtitles. Closed captions. Mute on focus lost.
EAX support. EAX 2. Network[edit]Multiplayer types. Ports. Protocol. Port(s) and/or port range(s)TCP (outbound)6. UPNP support status is unknown. Issues fixed[edit]Running the game on Intel- based Macs[edit] Even with the patch, the map editor will not be compatible with Intel Macs.
As of Patch v. 1. Intel Macs without requiring Power. PC application support. Windows NT Is Not Supported[edit]Install the latest patch (v. Windows Vista/Windows 7+ Compatibility[edit] Official support for Vista and above was added in Patch v. It has not been confirmed if the following issues are still present.
The game will run on Vista, Windows 7, 8. Windows 9. 8. There might be a few issues with the game, however. If you have any problems, set the Compatibility Mode to "Windows 9. Windows ME". You may get the following error message in Windows 7 and upwards when connecting to Battle. There was an error writing to your hard drive while trying to download a file from Battle. You may need to free some space. Please check your hard drive and try again." The game is trying to write to the "Program Files"/"Program Files (x.
You can evade this by running the game as administrator (Strg + Shift + Enter when icon is selected) or adding write access rights to the game directory. If you can't connect to Battle. Windows Vista and upwards adds security features to the Windows Firewall to block certain types of network connectivity by default.
Press Alt+Tab to switch to your desktop to acknowledge any Firewall popups. Cinematics may have artifacts or other corruption on Windows 7. Right- click the executable. On the Compatibility tab, check Disable desktop composition and click OK.
What can be done if Warcraft III is slow in Wine[edit]The game may run faster for you if you configure Warcraft III to use Open. GL instead of Direct. X. To default the game to use Open. GL, see the registry import below.
This creates HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III with new DWORD value called "Gfx Open. GL" with the value set to 1. So you may create a file using the text, or use regedit to do the same, or launch with - opengl parameter. The game might run faster in windowed mode. To do this, launch with the parameter - window. It has been reported that it works well on older Intel integrated cards.
System requirements[edit]Windows. Minimum. Recommended.
Operating system (OS)9. XP or greater. Processor (CPU)4. MHz Pentium II or equivalent. MHz. System memory (RAM)1. MB2. 56 MBHard disk drive (HDD)7. MBVideo card (GPU) TNTVoodoo 3 i. Rage 1. 28 8 MB of VRAM Direct.
X 8. 1 compatible. MB of VRAM OS XMinimum. Recommended. Operating system (OS)1. Processor (CPU)4. MHz G3 processor. MHz. System memory (RAM)1. MB2. 56 MBHard disk drive (HDD)7.
MBVideo card (GPU) ATI Technologies or Nvidia chipset 3. D video card 1. 6 MB of VRAM. MB of VRAM References.