Patch 1.27a - Patch Notes

[A Void]

Today we will be deploying 1.27a for Warcraft III. As with Diablo II, this patch focuses on modern system compatibility. It’s exciting to bring some additional support to another core Blizzard game, and we thank you for your encouragement and patience as we continue working behind the scenes on these types of updates.

Please be aware that while we are working on a balance change and new map pool, that work is still in progress and is not part of this patch. We’ll have further details on that as development progresses.

Patch 1.27a has been released, you can download it here. Or you can click on the Battle.Net button to update your client automatically.

1.27a Patch Notes

Download Patch 1.27a (Reign of Chaos)
Download Patch 1.27a (The Frozen Throne)

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Patch 1.27
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Specific Changes & Improvements
- Throw away that old PowerPC Mac in the closet, we’ve created a new installer to support Mac 10.10 and 10.11
- Improved compatibility with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10
- Fixed a crash caused by Chain Lightning

Known Issues

- Windows 8.1 and 10 saved games are still stored in a location that requires running as system admin
- Some graphical issues with the cinematics are still occurring
- Changes to gamma settings will not take effect in windowed mode
- Cyrillic characters are still not displaying
- Disabled ambient sound while a MIDI issue is being resolved
- Mac 10.9 and earlier are not supported
- Mac build does not support the editor

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[bhusta]

Yeay
It's only a fraction of the wanted changes but it was expected to be a small patch.

Please be aware that while we are working on a balance change and new map pool, that work is still in progress and is not part of this patch. We’ll have further details on that as development progresses.

I'm loving it.

 

[Roland]

That's great! Now I can patch all the workstations here in my grandfather's computer shop hurrah! Good thing we upgraded from Win XP to 7.

 

[Bribe]

- Mac build does not support the editor

I came here to bitch about this after wasting my time installing it on my Mac.

 

[Dr Super Good]

BattleNet is not auto updating it?

 

[A Void]

BattleNet is not auto updating it?

Too early for that. This patch was not officially released yet.

 

[Chaosy]

Windows 10 support, maybe this will prevent my editor from being slow af.

edit: nope, it did not. Sadface

 

[DracoL1ch]

ffs. so they broke the older mac support, didn't fix bunch of known bugs, didn't touch anything else but still pushed that as a patch. W H Y?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Screenshots still ignore gamma setting although gamma and performance is back in what one assumes is "D3D" mode. This is annoying since the in-game gamma should be more accurate than post-processing gamma.

W H Y?

They fixed D3D support (no -opengl flag) on Windows 10. Gamma now works on it and it performs well. They also added support for newer Mac computers, which are a considerably larger share of Mac computers than the old PowerPC ones.

 

[DracoL1ch]

Screenshots still ignore gamma setting although gamma and performance is back in what one assumes is "D3D" mode. This is annoying since the in-game gamma should be more accurate than post-processing gamma.


They fixed D3D support (no -opengl flag) on Windows 10. Gamma now works on it and it performs well. They also added support for newer Mac computers, which are a considerably larger share of Mac computers than the old PowerPC ones.

well, if they did, maybe it's true. I can't see how many top tier PCs with win10/mac around WC3.

 

[water_Knight]

so much for the big hype aha

 

[kamyflex]

Well ... Honestly, I'm disappointed ...

 

[Shar Dundred]

Welp, expected nothing, got nothing.
Still, good they're working on the game again - even if it's just a tiny bit.

Gonna stick with 1.26a until they change something I actually care about (or until they put it into battle.net and I'm forced to). ^^

 

[The_Silent]

Disappointing but exactly what I expected.

 

[DD_legionTN]

As expected, but I'm pretty happy at least war3 is still getting update. I would still love to see if they could add some new natives into war3 though.

 

[Noctosphere]

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Patch 1.27
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Specific Changes & Improvements
- Throw away that old PowerPC Mac in the closet, we’ve created a new installer to support Mac 10.10 and 10.11
- Improved compatibility with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10
- Fixed a crash caused by Chain Lightning

Known Issues

- Windows 8.1 and 10 saved games are still stored in a location that requires running as system admin
- Some graphical issues with the cinematics are still occurring
- Changes to gamma settings will not take effect in windowed mode
- Cyrillic characters are still not displaying
- Disabled ambient sound while a MIDI issue is being resolved
- Mac 10.9 and earlier are not supported
- Mac build does not support the editor

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you forgot to say : prevent bots from working

 

[DracoL1ch]

you forgot to say : prevent bots from working

bots?

 

[Noctosphere]

bots?

Well, I can get the official THW bot to log in since the update
Also, most of GHost from makemehost/Entgaming don't work anymore. Games are shown, but you can't get in

 

[Nightmare2077]

It's nice that they don't forget us, but.. I'm kind of underwhelmed. So many things that can be improved (8 mb limit plz) and yet all we get is this? Is it really worth forcing everyone to transition to new version for those infinitesimal changes?

 

[Bribe]

They can get people playing DotA on new Macs this way.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Guys, guys, reeeee-laaax. It's only halftime.

 

[Avahor]

Well, this update isn't all of the main pack.
just read Ralle's post about cool stuffs on the way, people just need to be patient.
the worst scene is If they release all the pack in one shot, Just imagine the chaos in our hands, it's like to get a medieval knight, dress off his armor, put him a smoking and order him to drive in a modern way, all without warns or advices.

 

[DracoL1ch]

the worst scene is If they release all the pack in one shot, Just imagine the chaos in our hands, it's like to get a medieval knight, dress off his armor, put him a smoking and order him to drive in a modern way, all without warns or advices.

wtf are you talking about.

 

[Kam]

Enjoy guys. You had a hand in this.

 

[Avahor]

wtf are you talking about.

xD
I've read lots of posts about people complaining about this update and errors generated.
I just tried to figure a parody about they launching in one pack modern compatibility and all changes requested. how many problems not prevented would appear?

 

[DracoL1ch]

xD
I've read lots of posts about people complaining about this update and errors generated.
I just tried to figure a parody about they launching in one pack modern compatibility and all changes requested. how many problems not prevented would appear?

thats why companies have Quality Assurance section. Blizz did search for a QA team lead, indeed.

 

[Warseeker]

Haha, I knew it from the beginning...
Hopefully. I didn't have too much hope upon this new Patch.

 

[water_Knight]

I was hoping for some balance to melee maps even a super small one would of been nice aha

 

[Valandil]

Thanks God this patch didnt wrecked my map. Thank you blizzard for updating WC3.

 

[PurgeandFire]

I was hoping for some balance to melee maps even a super small one would of been nice aha

Don't worry, as they've mentioned before, this is just step 1. You have to get the nitty gritty out of the way before you can move on to bigger and better things. Compatibility is a natural first choice.

Blizzard already acknowledged balance changes--but that is a work in progress:
http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20742874519

So let's look forward to more in the future!

 

[CanFight]

Well, I can get the official THW bot to log in since the update
Also, most of GHost from makemehost/Entgaming don't work anymore. Games are shown, but you can't get in

Hey I just tested with my own. This is an easy fix.
Go into your bots config, and upg the VERSION to "27.052240".
Start the bot and enjoy <3

PS:
If you use dynamic configurator it should be under Battle.net tab, remember to do it for every single server.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

So they are working on balance changes next instead of changes for mappers?

Why? It's not like WC3 is still a thing in the e.sports scene...

Priorities should be at the mapping community.

 

[DracoL1ch]

So they are working on balance changes next instead of changes for mappers?

Why? It's not like WC3 is still a thing in the e.sports scene...

it is, on WCA. so blizz trying to earn respect there. GTA3 fans for live.

 

[Avahor]

So they are working on balance changes next instead of changes for mappers?

Why? It's not like WC3 is still a thing in the e.sports scene...

Priorities should be at the mapping community.

that's the NetEase effect

 

[Zwiebelchen]

I mean; I'm not complaining, I just fear that in the end, they might set the wrong priorities again.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Wish they would finally ban all the bad robots, the people abusing them such as ENT keep 15-20 empty lobbies open at all times for no apparent reason but to waste their money and annoy people.

The priority for WC3 is balance updates for the professional scene in China. Although not that big, it still earns money unlike anything else Warcraft III related.

That said it would be nice to squish several bugs and crashes with the engine just to improve robustness.

 

[SanKakU]

Windows 10 support, maybe this will prevent my editor from being slow af.

edit: nope, it did not. Sadface

Are you using a Solid State Drive? After I got one I noticed a huge improvement in v/cJASS compilation times.

 

[DeMons]

So.. a bad patch.. Why not this? Good idea with loading screen/mds/blp2/more MB on the f... maps
Blizzard, same company.. like all.. with same support.. GG
One friend, is amused about oficial changelog from Blizzard.. if was like down: Better!

 

[Ezekiel12]

People who are unthankful about this patch are seeing things too shortsighted.

Yes the hype was huge and Blizzard should have foreseen that and at least given the community a little something that feels new and shiny or even come out with a bang. But

a) be happy that there is still support for the game, Blizzard is next to the only company that does this.
b) there are even more patches coming

 

[Warseeker]

I didn't know Chain lighting cause crash before? Since when this accure?

 

[PurgeandFire]

So they are working on balance changes next instead of changes for mappers?

Why? It's not like WC3 is still a thing in the e.sports scene...

It is still a thing in the eSports scene, but mostly in Asia (and it is supposedly bigger than I imagined).

I believe they specifically made that statement to address the feedback that came in from China & the competitive players. But that doesn't mean that there won't be more to come within the next patch.

 

[BloodSoul]

I believe they specifically made that statement to address the feedback that came in from China & the competitive players. But that doesn't mean that there won't be more to come within the next patch.

Indeed.

--

The good thing for me is that my game now opens really fast. I hated all that time needed to load the game whenever I tried to test my maps.

 

[Bribe]

Don't get me wrong, this patch is a good one, overall. I simply feel it was a cop-out to disclude World Editor support from Macs. That's what I was looking forward to the most. At least I can take better in-game video captures, I guess.

 

[DracoL1ch]

People who are unthankful about this patch are seeing things too shortsighted.
b) there are even more patches coming

when? tell us the date, it would be much better. we dont wanna wait for another 6 years. that's the main point - hype is temporal, shame is timeless.

 

[jonhysone]

This is a good patch for Windows 10 users in particular. I am foreseeing more patches coming (inner hunches). I am so happy the heart of Warcraft is still beating, or rather, rumbling...?

 

[Error]

you forgot to say : prevent bots from working

I hope this isn't the case, as I, and probably others with me have to rely on makemehost to actually host games at all. :/

Judging by the makemehost site, it seems that at least THEIR bots do not work, currently.

But i assume this could be an isolated issue, or that they may or may not work in the future?
I mean i am aware of that blizzard are not particularly fond of bots, but it would still be a shame to see makemehost in particular go,
as some of us have to rely on their bots to be able to host games at all. :S

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

For everyone concerned about many bots being down:
https://entgaming.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=83111

They just need to be patched. Added that link on our host games link too.

 

[DeMons]

Feedback, from us.. was a petition for bigger maps, from BS DON group and a forum. 2-3 years ago. And blizzard gives a f*** about feedback from players.

 

[Bannar]

Soon™

- The way of Blizzard.

The whispers are there, keeping the hope alive, though time is not on our side.

 

[Ezekiel12]

when? tell us the date, it would be much better.

Probably half a year to a year until any meaningful changes are released.
I don't mean this as a discouragement, as I think it's great what you do, but imo your expectations are too high. Wc3 will never (at least not from Blizzard) be patched to a point where you can do everything you currently require.

As for modders, I think we're lucky if we get higher mapsize limit, some bug fixes, some more UI modification possibilities and 5-10 new natives which make life easier. Of course I would be happy if my expectations are surpased by Blizzard.