Warcraft 3 Legacy 1.29 version now available!

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A new update has brought good news for fans of classic RTS games. The Warcraft III launcher on Battle.net now includes a legacy version of the game based on patch 1.29. This was the last version before Warcraft III: Reforged development began.

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Patch 1.29 is important because it improved the original game without changing its core feel. It added widescreen support, better performance, and updates to the map editor. Many players see it as the most complete version of the classic game.

When Reforged launched, it replaced the original client and changed parts of the experience. Not everyone liked those changes. Since then, some players have wanted a way to go back to the older version.

Now they can. The legacy version lets players enjoy Warcraft III as it was before Reforged. This is great for people who play custom maps, create mods, or just want the original gameplay.

It is a small update, but for longtime fans, it matters a lot.

What could this mean? Blizzard has made no mention about this. It was brought to our attention by the Hive community.
 
Seems to not be available unless you have specifically bought Reforged on your account.
At least all the people using RoC keys to play that I have talked to cannot access this.

Anyway, if this is just a download to play for single player, then not much was gained since you could already get it from the Hive Archive etc.

And if this is meant to have working online then 1.29 was a comically bad choice. Timer windows break multiboards on that patch. WFE doesn't support it and GHost is complicated to set up on it. Any pick from 1.26, 1.27 or 1.28.5 would have been reasonable in that regard...
 
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ShadiHD said:
The Warcraft 3 community gaping schism can be finally be put to rest, as of now, people can choose freely which version they prefer.
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I was thinking this would divide people even more... But then again, it doesn't really matter where people get their versions from... Mapmakers iust have to make sure they let players know what version to use.

But why 1.29 and not 1.31?
 
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Wow, this could be pretty cool! I still mod on v1.26 but having a nice official launcher/stable source for the last pre-Reforged patch ( @OutsiderXE ) is a very cool concession.

It's very interesting to me that they did finally make such a concession; this seems a pretty straightforward admission that Reforged wasn't all it was cracked it to be & not the end-all solution they wanted for the community. Stuff like the Hive Archive arguably should never have existed (according to them) so for a lot of people this may be the only way to access preForged Warcraft.
 
This version is broken btw, 1.28.5 is only reasonable choice, simply because 1.29 has gamebreaking bugs, like audio not working (only general sound are playing, but any scripts that call for audio on unit or location position won't work), ui and board interfaces broken. Like community edition was based on it and still has many issues after years of patching.
 
isn't the campaign ungodly broken in 1.29 because some heroes have their inventories locked

OutsiderXE said:
I was thinking this would divide people even more... But then again, it doesn't really matter where people get their versions from... Mapmakers iust have to make sure they let players know what version to use.

But why 1.29 and not 1.31?
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Because 1.29 = MPQ support
1.31 is CASC, is pre reforged and is even broken AF
 
AngelCraft said:
If it's a legacy version, what does that mean? Will there be servers, and what will happen to the W3CE mod? 🤔
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Warcraft III: Legacy (The Frozen Throne 1.29) Now Available
Kaivax said:
All players who own Warcraft 3 now have access to the original 1.29 client from the Battle.net App. To install it, click the Game Version dropdown on the bottom left corner of your Battle.net Warcraft III playscreen and select Warcraft III - Legacy TFT 1.29.

Please note: The Legacy client supports offline and LAN play only.
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Why is it so many GBs?

1.27b was under 2gb, so what made 1.29 to 6.25GB?
 
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SharSash said:
it's locked in 60 fps for me for some reason. Hope they add 1.31 as well since it's the one I still worldedit in.
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OutsiderXE said:
But why 1.29 and not 1.31?
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BaiyuGalan said:
I think version 1.31 or 1.30 would be better. From what I know, most campaign maps are concentrated on these two versions.
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wasn't 1.31 really unstable?
MasterBlaster said:
WARNING!
This version has a couple of significant bugs, one of which is particularly annoying - after playing a map, the game may freeze when trying to exit the score screen. Based on various reports (thanks @Ravager16829, @Daffa, @OutsiderXE) and personal testing, this seems connected to the map containing a lot of leaks, but it doesn't appear to impede the ability to play or progress through custom campaigns.

That said, as there is no known solution to this issue other than force-exiting the game (or editing maps to remove leaks, which can be cumbersome and requires some map editing knowledge, which not everyone has), I'd generally recommend using another version such as 1.30.4 or 1.29.2 (LINK) and reserving 1.31.1 only for playing maps or campaigns that were made specifically for it.
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BaiyuGalan said:
True. :peasant-sad:

It’s just that there are quite a few 1.31 campaign maps in my country. But most are still 1.27 or 1.30.
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ah, do you not use the reforged version for those campaigns?

I myself use 1.27b for map editing.

bobyteal said:
This version is broken btw, 1.28.5 is only reasonable choice, simply because 1.29 has gamebreaking bugs, like audio not working (only general sound are playing, but any scripts that call for audio on unit or location position won't work), ui and board interfaces broken. Like community edition was based on it and still has many issues after years of patching.
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I tend to disagree, and isn't the Warcraft III: Community Edition based on the exact same version?
Warcraft III: Community Edition is a launcher designed specifically for Warcraft III, version 1.29.2.9231, nothing more, nothing less. The goal is to make a stable modding platform compatible with retail. A platform where we can add our own carefully considered features and thrive.
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wTc[JediMaster] said:
You play on 1.27 too or just make map there and then bump it all the way up to 2.0.4? :P
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I use reforged to play on Battle.net or w3champions.

When my kids visit we use 1.27b via LAN play. we test maps we are making, and play against each other.


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LongbowMan said:
I hope they'll make it possible to install for people with CD keys who never bought Reforged (like me)
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Did anyone else notice this:
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When you open them in notepad they are CD Keys!

when deleted it just re-downloads them so i think its like universal for everyone now.
 
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JCarrill0 said:
I use reforged to play on Battle.net or w3champions.

When my kids visit we use 1.27b via LAN play. we test maps we are making, and play against each other.


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Did anyone else notice this:
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When you open them in notepad they are CD Keys!

when deleted it just re-downloads them so i think its like universal for everyone now.
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Nice nice :)

ahh yeah noticed those but didnt check em until now, those are indeed not the ones I have on my profile :P
Wanna tell what you have on yours to see if we have the same? xD
 
Archian said:
Blizzard has made no mention about this. It was brought to our attention by the Hive community.
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HAHAHAHA! So they made something and did not inform anyone about this :cgrin:
I wonder what type of people are running that company.

Anyway, I have reforged as well, patched up, but still use old 1.21 separately! :cgrin:
It works without installation even on new PC, I copied it via flash from old PC, and just like that, it works. Good old days where things were in less technology but still more stable, now you have too many patches, versions, clients, everything, yet the result is ,,half ass execution" haha!
 
this is classic blizzard W

btw i been playing this game for over 15+ years and i still stuck with 1.27a since i can't afford for Reforged (unless Blizzard can implement regional pricing for outside the U.S.), and i was so happy because now everyone can now play the legacy versions of wc3 for real since some people can't play current Reforged, i think this one is a massive win for the fans

I was wondering if they would going to bring back the OG Battle.net edition of Warcraft 2?
if this could happened someday then it's gonna be another absolute W right there
 
I don't think this legacy version of Warcraft III is currently abandoned, especially after Blizzard purged the upgrade option with the old CD Key redemption, which gives you the latest patch with only Classic graphics enabled. Most people like me needs that for stability, both game and editor. I used 1.29 since November 2019, back when Blizzard announced that they will push the Reforged release in the original date in December 2019 (which was eventually pushed back to January 28, 2020). I also make my own altered melee maps with that version, and still worked as of today. 1.26 is also considered a stable patches, which was the last version to be developed under the original 2002 team. Some people said that they should bring the 1.31 client back to this wishlist since most maps and campaigns can only be playable on later patches, but again, it's quite unstable (JCarrill0 had even hinted about this in one of his post above).

UPDATE:
Two important things you should notice about the legacy 1.29 client:
1.Blizzard fixed the problems regarding the different versions of World Editor with the latest hotfix (thanks @deepstrasz), so you don't need to remove the "Tool Windows" stuff from Regedit. This also applies to other legacy versions of Warcraft III (not just the legacy 1.29 client you got from the Battle.net app).
Edit: If you don't understand how, I have one tip: the "Tool Windows Reforged" in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\WorldEdit" key is the new DWORD value for the latest patch's WE. It won't conflict with the old "Tool Windows" one.

2.There's a small issue with this version: Custom Game list doesn't show all maps as expected, while FMVs don't work as intended. It turns out that the installation puts a wrong folder structure by adding the language prefixes (enUS) on both "Maps" and "Movies". To fix that, you can simply remove those prefixes or move the maps to the "Documents\Warcraft III".
Thread related to this problem: Maps are not showing up in Custom Game on Legacy 1.29
Edit: New hotfix patch for 1.29 apparently solved this issue.
 
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Homor said:
For the first time in a long, long time, I have absolutely nothing to complain about. It feels so... alien. They actually managed to shut me up 😲
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Hmm... but what's the net impact of this? You can't play it online with friends so no new technology is provided. Downloading 1.29 from BNET instead of from Hive is scarcely a difference.

What this will do is incentivize a ton of people to download 1.29, realize it has no online multiplayer, and then go get something like W3CE for the multiplayer. It's a potentially golden opportunity for W3CE and private servers. I would've thought the guys at Microsoft Activision would've spun up a server for the older client so that they could continue to tell everyone for computer security's sake to only play the official version.
 
Retera said:
Hmm... but what's the net impact of this? You can't play it online with friends so no new technology is provided. Downloading 1.29 from BNET instead of from Hive is scarcely a difference.

What this will do is incentivize a ton of people to download 1.29, realize it has no online multiplayer, and then go get something like W3CE for the multiplayer. It's a potentially golden opportunity for W3CE and private servers. I would've thought the guys at Microsoft Activision would've spun up a server for the older client so that they could continue to tell everyone for computer security's sake to only play the official version.
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I think Blizz might see W3CE as mutually beneficial because they don't have to pay for it.
 
This is quite nice news. I'm happy, because official current WC3 client now allows to play campaign/custom with stylish, climatic Classic RoC/TFT voices in Polish edition.
It still has some bugs:
  • Menu not show in 1920x1080 (but game works properly),
  • There are no cinematics.
But fortunately these are not big problems. The game runs nicely.

What I would wish (but it's not required) is to play also WC3 (Reforged client) multiplayer with classic Polish voices.
 
Hope they do this for 1.31.1. as well. That would be great. Also I think that 1.29. isn't the greatest Warcraft 3 classic version. Because I have already written on hive that when I tested my map to see if the ai will attack. It feezes when ai wants to attack on bigger maps so... This is not just a 1.29. problem its 1.29.2 , 1.3.0.4. and 1.31.1 problem so I had to adjust. So there is that. Bassicly they are all unstable. But this is good news anyways.
 
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Someone asked me what the meaning of all this is?

I answered:

In some regions, computers are not essential items, and people do not spend money to buy them.
They can only make do with old, discarded machines from their workplace or home, some over ten years old, barely able to start up, effectively electronic waste used as cheap entertainment.
Old machines running Windows XP, paired with yellowed monitors, and installing some outdated old games to pass the time.
They really need a 1.29 download channel (Battle.net would definitely be faster than cloud storage).

For a large number of 'low-version players,' having version 1.29 available on Battle.net can at least encourage them in the following ways:
1. Download Blizzard Battle.net
2. Use legitimate download channels instead of cloud storage
3. Use the true widescreen 1.29 version more instead of 1.27a/1.26

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By the way:
  • This version introduces true widescreen and 24 players.
  • This is the last version that supports Windows XP.
  • In this version, the Blade Master's critical strike does not benefit from item bonuses.
 
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Pekisa7 said:
Not just patch 1.31.1. all of them.
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I don’t think they need more then one Legacy Edition…and have no idea why they would think they need more then one either.

I’m happy they gave us one at all! Asking for more then one version when we can download any version from here… doesn’t make sense
 
JCarrill0 said:
I don’t think they need more then one Legacy Edition…and have no idea why they would think they need more then one either.

I’m happy they gave us one at all! Asking for more then one version when we can download any version from here… when the point
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I am happy that the legacy version is back. It will be cool for them to add 1.31.1 to the rooster . Cause I use that one for my map. What do you mean by another Legacy Edition? Like Blizzard wants their own Legcay Edition for the Comunnity?
 
What does this mean for those who are still on patch 1.27 and/or have the game installed from the discs? Can they connect to battle.net without having to upgrade to reforged?
 
Pekisa7 said:
I am happy that the legacy version is back. It will be cool for them to add 1.31.1 to the rooster . Cause I use that one for my map.
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I just mentioned this to you, wasn't 1.31 really unstable?
MasterBlaster said:
WARNING!
This version has a couple of significant bugs, one of which is particularly annoying - after playing a map, the game may freeze when trying to exit the score screen. Based on various reports (thanks @Ravager16829, @Daffa, @OutsiderXE) and personal testing, this seems connected to the map containing a lot of leaks, but it doesn't appear to impede the ability to play or progress through custom campaigns.

That said, as there is no known solution to this issue other than force-exiting the game (or editing maps to remove leaks, which can be cumbersome and requires some map editing knowledge, which not everyone has), I'd generally recommend using another version such as 1.30.4 or 1.29.2 (LINK) and reserving 1.31.1 only for playing maps or campaigns that were made specifically for it.
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JCarrill0 said:
I just mentioned this to you, wasn't 1.31 really unstable?
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I play and make maps for 1.31.1 and its completly fine on my computer no leaks no black screen everything is fine. As I said I made a post on Hive some time ago that I tried downgrading to patch 1.30.4. or 1.29.2. when the ai wanted to attack the screen froze and I had to exit the game. That was with suicide on player. Suicide on point works. So I had to adjust to the situation. So my conclusion is again the patche 1.31.1 to 1.29.2. are all unstable.
 
Robert Szacki said:
As a drawback, I noticed that the Reforged Classic 1.29 client collides with the game installed from CD-ROM drive. Both executables work, but there's a settings and installation path interference.
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I noticed that too, my settings reset when launching 1.27b, and when I set them where i like them, but run Legacy (1.29) those settings get reset.
I think its because of the Limited video settings in Legacy.
 
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