How to play original Warcraft 3 (No Battle.Net)

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You’re welcome.

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It’s like we’re back in 1996 and explaining to people how to install applications on their computer.

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Reminds me of danoct1 and his videos showcasing old DOS viruses. Ahh, those were the days

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In another post, someone put forth the option to install and play through the Warcraft 3 PTR. Though, I imagine this will be the most fool-proof option in that the PTR is still tied to Battlenet.

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Yep, this is the issue. Any version of War 3 that is linked to battle.net will automatically get shafted. Hence it is necessary to go with such an early patch.

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very nice simple video :+1:

theres also a written guide with a slightly different approach for those who may want more details here: For those who want to play Classic Warcraft 3

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To avoid any communication with Battlenet. I disconnected from the internet during installation of RoC and FT. I then created a Windows firewall rule to prevent the game from communicating outside my home network

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Good idea.

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I installed the game the way that guy said , but i have another question , how do i unlock the fps ? if there’s a way . can you share it ?

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Hmmm. I DON’T think you can unlock that, but I am not 100% sure. I did not create this video, just sharing it.

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-Go to Downloads on [battle.net ](http://battle.net). https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/download/
-Download Warcraft® III: Public Test Realm
-After download it, Install it, then Click on Warcraft® III Public Test Icon on your destop. Launch it!
Now you are back to Classic TFT :smiley: :slight_smile:
Now you can make a new account. I think blizzard combined all 4 world servers into 1now. everyone is in here now. add your old friends back and we play.

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When you connect to Battle Net, it doesn’t automatically try to download the Reforged client?

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It does, so 1) uninstall the Battle net client and ALSO 2) when launching the classic WC3 client be sure to go directly to the exe.

My 1.31 still works but I have to do the above. It nags me to upgrade in the game but it can be canceled, just can never multiplayer again.

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The public test version of the client does have the classic battlenet that still works.

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For now …