1.31.0 FPS/Crash fix.

General Discussion
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For some reason ( ̶W̶C̶3̶ ̶R̶e̶f̶o̶r̶g̶e̶r̶e̶d̶) warcraft 3 using Directx11 by default. That absolutely does not make sense and causes a bunch of problems, especially on old devices.

So to fix 5fps problem or crashes, we need to switch back to DX9 or OpenGL

  1. Open your game folder (D:\Games\Warcraft III)
  2. Open x86_64 folder (D:\Games\Warcraft III\x86_64)
  3. Click right mosue button on Warcraft III.exe and press “create shortcut”.
  4. Right mouse button on shortcut > Properties
  5. Add " -graphicsapi Direct3D9" do the object field, so u will get smth like

“D:\Games\Warcraft III\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe” -graphicsapi Direct3D9

  1. Launch game from this shortcut
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Didn’t work for me. Unit animations seem very low FPS still for some reason.

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I’m running this on my 8 year old desktop under Linux with Vulkan via DX11 and DXKV.

I’m getting about 170 to 200 FPS and it is very smooth.

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it works thank you <3

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same problem, not working for me - i have about 30 fps, i had about 60 - 70 … now unplayable :frowning:

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worked for my friend thank you very much. pls share and bump

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Thanks man! I appreciate!

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Unfortunately, blizzard might drop support for Direct3D 9 like they did for their other games. check patch notes

I hope this will never happen. This is the only way I fixed FPS problem in this patch.

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Worked perfectly, i was fps 6 now im 120 fps. and before patch i was 60!

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when you say add -graphicsapi Direct3D9 to the object field, which one is the object field, i don’t see something that says object field on the shortcut properties

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There is another option. Dual booting Linux is easy and the game runs great under Linux.

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After I put this in the target field, it does not allow me to save it. Doesn’t recognize it as a legitimate entry. Dunno what I’m doing wrong, seems straightforward. Game keeps crashing on every load screen. Can someone clarify or suggest another solution?

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you need to place it at the end of the command line, after the "

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i try to put it like this: “C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe”-graphicsapi Direct3D9 and i cant save it. it says that its invalid. What am i doing wrong? i could previously (pre patch) play perfectly fine on my laptop and now it doesnt work…

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it must be “C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe” -graphicsapi Direct3D9

a space after the ”

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Thanks man, that fixed my problem.

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Maybe they’ll fix the fps problem then patch it to make people to use Dx11 as they seems to have planned ?

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They already have added Dx11 support. They dropped the support for Dx9, Dx9 used to give better framerates on classic (250 FPS vs 90 FPS for me.) I hope they fix the FPS problem.

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tengo el mismo problema con la nueva actualizacion. AYUDA

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tengo el mismo problema con la nueva actualización. AYUDA