Give back Classic

[Gentleman-1894]

Yes u r playing devils advocat.

Look at StarCraft Remaster, they didnt cut any of classic features. And Remastered and CLassic options work fine, LAN work Fine, ladder work FINE! I have bought SC @ may 1998… And can play it today, as it was 22 years ago, bro! I didnt purchase remaster, so i have classic graph, but everything what was with SC and SC:BW still is. They didnt cut anything. I dont care about new launcher, if i have everything what i did have already in day of purchase.

[Ichor-1386]

@Kaivax

Another area of concern we’re seeing is regarding online features such as leaderboards and clans, which applies to all Warcraft III players, including those who haven’t purchased Reforged. At BlizzCon we talked a lot about how the team is actively working on standing up the back-end to ensure a smooth transition to this new MMR system, much like we did with StarCraft: Remastered. As with Remastered, these and other features will be included in a major patch for Reforged, which will also address the issue for players of the original game. We’ll share release plans as work progresses in the coming weeks—please be assured that the team is hard at work on standing these features up.

The new MMP servers are coming. Classic will still be supported.

[Jarrot-2396]

@StrangeHero-11478

You can still play the game with the old client. Simply install the game from the original media or an archived copy of the installation files you downloaded from Blizzard.

If you were careless with your CD keys, you can log into your Blizzard account and look them up. Make sure to write down (or type) the codes in a safe place. You can then use those codes during the Install process.

You can even apply updates to that installation up to 1.29.

Now, since BatlleNet is deprecated for these earlier versions of WC3, you are going to be restricted to LAN play if you want to play games with friends. In the past, and maybe again in the near future, there are ways of configuring WC3 such that you can play the game online using an alternative matchmaking server. For example, a lot of players used W3Arena or NetEase to play ladder matches.

If you do a google or YouTube Search for HowTo you will find a lot of information regarding these set up going back many years.

Good Luck & Have Fun

explain how i can update up to 1.29 because i can update with old patch 1.27n but no find any ways to update my client to 1.29 for widescreen support

[Pesticide-2458]

bring back classic that is not 30 gb big ! NOW!

[StrangeHero-11478]

@Jarrot-2396

explain how i can update up to 1.29 because i can update with old patch 1.27n but no find any ways to update my client to 1.29 for widescreen support

For those who want to play Classic Warcraft 3

Hello and salutations! Due to some oversight on Blizzards part, it now falls upon the end user to fix their mistakes! In this post I will explain how to download and setup the classic Warcraft 3 client so you can all revert and play with your friends again as well as some options for playing LAN over the internet. (Note: this guide is not for playing on battlenet, only LAN.) Before I get into it, for those who do not understand the motivation for wanting to play on the old Wc3 Client, I will …

There is enough info in this thread to get you going in the right direction.

[Jarrot-2396]

yes but unfortunally in the 1.27 there is no switch for the campaign and widescreen

[lly-2527]

Yes, go play on underpopulated pirated servers instead of the server that has been the most active one for years on end that got randomly shut down for absolutely no reason.

[mogadishu-11779]

Blizzard Downloads

scroll down to Warcraft® III: Public Test Realm

that is what you are looking for

you need tft/roc cd key and there is no one on the bnet there but it is the pre-reforged client with widescreen support

does not even require the battle.net launcher

[dumdedum-11821]

Blizzard shut down PTR yesterday. If anybody from Blizzard is listening, can you PLEASE allow us to revert back to wc3 before the reforged update? You’re killing the custom game community.

[Coldfusionst-2912]

Maps you have changed does not work in older versions of the game. If you have changed the game with reforged it won’t work in anything below 1.30. And there is currently no Custom Battle dot net server available. Just a warning to take care of your maps. Hopefully you still have backups.

[yaC-1341]

Very true. Came back to wc3 after years and it is so sad to see what blizzard have done to this great game…

[Holbart-2471]

I remember being able to play with great friends while being alt tapped in wow heck even playing both wow and starcraft 2 and warcraft 3 at the same time. But now i can barelly even play wow and warcraft 3 anymore