Warcraft III TFT patch 1.21 released

[scaR]

Blizzard has released an update to their popular RTS, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

The 1.21 patch provides better Mac support and fixes for dual-core PCs. Multiplayer issues were also fixed. Luckily not many additions were made to the default maps so the patch size hasn't gone up drastically. An upgrade patch is also available.

The latest patch compatible with the latest stable version of DotA Allstars will be used at the "TriniGamers: DotA Allstars Tournament 2007 (http://trinigamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=43046)" on March 18th.

PATCH
- 1.21a English Full Patch (http://www.fileshack.com/file_download_limited.x?fid=3317) (50.57MB) (Fileshack, 3 Mirrors)
- 1.21a English Full Patch (http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/warcraft3/Missions/war3tft_121a_english.exe.html) (50.57MB) (3DGamers, 3 Mirrors)
- 1.20e > 1.21a English Upgrade Patch (http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/warcraft3/Missions/war3tft_120e_121a_english.exe.html) (2.5MB) (3DGamers, 3 Mirrors)

No-CD
- 1.21a War3 RoC + FT No-CD Patch (http://www.trinigamers.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=17)

Patch 1.21

FEATURES

- The game now runs natively on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs.
- Player can now view frames per second using the "/fps" chat command.

FIXES

- Fixed a timing problem with the game on PCs with dual-core CPUs.
- Fixed a crash that could occur with the Frost Breath ability.
- Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.
- Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.

Important Note on Patching for Mac Players: The file layout inside the game folder is changed significantly by Patch 1.21. As a result, in order to be able to install the Frozen Throne expansion from CD, you must install Reign of Chaos first, then install Frozen Throne from CD, and then patch to version 1.21, in that order. If you patch to v1.21 and then attempt to install Frozen Throne after that, it will not install correctly.

MAPS

- New maps:
- (2)SecretValley
- (6)BomberCommand
- (4)LostTemple (RoC)
- The 4 Forest Troll Berserkers by the natural expansions now drop Level 2 Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items
- (4)TurtleRock
- The 4 Ogre Warriors along the outer pathways now drop Level 2 Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items
- (6)GnollWood
- The 4 Gnoll Brutes by the central Item Shops now drop Level 2 Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items

[bill]

Will this affect playing on the server in any way?

[scaR]

Of course bill. Everyone needs to be on the same patch to play.

I would suggest that everyone copy the 1.20e version they currently have to a new folder and use it with the no-cd.

Then they can safely upgrade their main installation to 1.21a without fear of missing games. Check the Downloads section for the 1.21a no-cd, it should be out later today.

[Paradoxxx]

Keep note that you can join games of different versions but when the game starts you get bumped out. So don't be fooled by think you bypassed the version thingy.

Version 1.20a,b,c,d,e were compatible because they were all 1.20 and had few changes between them.

Eventually we will all have the same version of warcraft and there will be no need for announcing the GN in the channel!! woot.

[mojo]

i got 1.21a working with the nocd scar posted to wrok on bnet, but no such luck with our local server.

w3l.exe seems like it does nothing when i run it :(

[Paradoxxx]

This no-cd keeps your original war3.exe intact should you need to upgrade later on by not using the .cmd file you wouldn't rename the appropiate files to get the no-cd to work and thus when you use w3l.exe it does nothing.

NB When you run w3l.exe and nothing happens its usually due to a no-cd.

What I did was just copy the war3.exe (from the rar) to my FT directory and everything worked fine. Make a backup of your war3.exe before doing this.

Hint: use mini Iso's :p to never have these problems

[Paradoxxx]

Did it work for you mojo?

[mojo]

mini iso did not help sorry...
w3l.exe still does nothing.

do i need to change my game.dll or is there something else that i am missing?

I have done this regfix, patch, nocd crack thing lots of times and this is the first time i'm getting problems.

[soldier]

i was experiencing the same problem as mojo . the acid was not loading..

I just followed para instructions there and boom!

PFFFT. Mini iso's is for n00bs.:)

What I did was just copy the war3.exe (from the rar) to my FT directory and everything worked fine. Make a backup of your war3.exe before doing this.

[mojo]

i got my stuff fixed...
after looking at the NT script i was using to load the game to play on bnet, i used a process of elimination to find the right file and rename it appropriately.


FOR /F "skip=2 usebackq tokens=3 delims= " %%i IN (`reg query "HKCU\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III" /v InstallPathX`) DO set InstallPathX=%%i
cd "%InstallPathX%"
ren "Frozen Throne.exe" Frozen_Throne.exe
ren war3.exe war3.121
ren war3_exe war3.exe
start /w Frozen_Throne.exe
ren war3.exe war3_exe
ren war3.121 war3.exe
ren Frozen_Throne.exe "Frozen Throne.exe"


as u can see from the above script, many things can go wrong when renaming files. I just had to figure out which of the files renamed was the one i wanted and I just happened to be lucky in that I was able to retrieve the correct war3.exe and it wasn't lost in the renaming matrix..

[Paradoxxx]

I reviewed the script as well and found that it was unncessary using the backup technique.

A lil tech tip, as good practice before you run a .bat/.cmd edit it to see what it is doing.

[phoenix31tt]

my update went of without a hitch, no-cd and all...
except for 1 little problem...
when i ran the patch i got an error saying it cannot open the registry key "InstallPath"

jus had to edit the registry and add in that little value with my war3 location... and i was up and running 1.21 in under 5 mins.

oh and take paras advice (always make a backup)