![]() Thanks to u/Vahron and u/fightinbed for pointing this out.įirst of all, back up your backup. Remember, this may stop working at some point! If you want to back it up, back up the installed game directory, not the installer (which is just a downloader and may stop working). If you don't have a backup (or your backup is an older version than 1.31), you can apparently still get 1.31 by downloading the public test client, as explained in this post, or direct links here: Windows, macOS. I happened to make a backup of 1.31 (because I kinda thought this might happen )). However, if you happened to have made a backup of the installed game directory (not the installer), you can still run it without updating. ![]() Unfortunately, if you have previously downloaded the installers or patches for these, they are useless because they are tiny programs that connect to Blizzard servers and download the latest version (now Reforged). Unfortunately, I didn't end up liking this because it predates the widescreen support. The in-mission saves may be incompatible, but the campaign progress should work. Back it up first, then move the contents of that folder into a folder called "Save" in the Warcraft III install directory, and they should appear in the game. Go to the folder "%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Warcraft III". Note: If you had previously played 1.28 and above, your saved games will not be found because they were moved in that version. In the game, don't click the button (which will update it to Reforged). I renamed "Warcraft III" to "W3R", "Warcraft III Classic" to "Warcraft III", running the patcher, then renaming everything back again.) (For example, I had Reforged in "Warcraft III" and classic in "Warcraft III Classic". I don't know why, but I fixed it by temporarily renaming the classic directory to the reforged one. When I ran the patcher, it failed because it was looking in the Reforged directory. I'm sure the older patches can be found online, legally for free. You can get the 1.27b patch direct from Blizzard or mirrored from PC Gaming Wiki. Patch it up to the desired version (up to 1.27b). You can simply install them into a different folder and they will work. These installers ignore Reforged (for example, the CD installers think the game is not installed if you have Reforged installed). Run the installer from the download or the CD. This may stop working at some point! Thanks u/beforan and u/Eldr1ch. ![]() You will still need a CD key or to have previously purchased the game digitally. You can apparently still access the old standalone installer for 1.27 from the Blizzard website if you know the URL (I haven't tried it). If you have the original RoC and TFT CDs, install both of those. If you have ever downloaded a standalone installer for one of these versions, install that. Note that older saved games are incompatible. Full DRM.ġ.28: Saved game location moved from the game directory to your app data directory.ġ.28.3: Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne are now combined into a single executable, with a switcher button in the menu.ġ.29: Proper widescreen support now supports 24 players.ġ.32: Reforged. Installed and updated through the client. ![]() Other than the launcher, they have no DRM.ġ.32 and up: "Reforged". They auto-update at launch and there is no way to install or patch to them any more. All of these versions install and update themselves through a launcher app (not the client). These versions auto-update when connecting to .ġ.28–1.31: "Launcher" versions. exe installers that you could download from the Blizzard website, if you legally owned the game, to install the game without connecting to a server. Also each of these, from a certain point onwards (1.21b?) had stand-alone. exes that can patch the game without connecting to a server. All of these versions have freely available patch. The major version milestones are as follows:ġ.00: The original Reign of Chaos CD release.ġ.07: The Frozen Throne CD auto-patches to this version.ġ.00–1.27b: "Standalone" versions. How to do it depends on which version you want. It tells you how to run things if you own the original retail CDs or have previously downloaded versions from Blizzard. So I've been playing around with how to run pre-Reforged versions of the game, for posterity, whilst still having Reforged installed. I'm having fun with it, but I do acknowledge that a tonne of things have been removed, and more things aren't working yet. First of all, I am not on the Reforged hate wagon.
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