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I just tried to connect to Battle.net and it downloaded the latest update, 1.21 and I opened the patch.txt file and it showed this.

 

Patch 1.21

 

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FEATURES

 

 

 

- The game now runs natively on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs.

 

- Player can now view frames per second using the "/fps" chat command.

 

 

 

FIXES

 

 

 

- Fixed a timing problem with the game on PCs with dual-core CPUs.

 

- Fixed a crash that could occur with the Frost Breath ability.

 

- Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.

 

- Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.

 

 

 

Important Note on Patching for Mac Players: The file layout inside the

 

game folder is changed significantly by Patch 1.21. As a result, in order

 

to be able to install the Frozen Throne expansion from CD, you must

 

install Reign of Chaos first, then install Frozen Throne from CD, and then

 

patch to version 1.21, in that order. If you patch to v1.21 and then

 

attempt to install Frozen Throne after that, it will not install

 

correctly.

 

This is good news for Intel owners like myself. I shall try this on my MBP in a little bit :angel:.

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NICE.

 

Having to run it in Rosetta was pissing me off. Everything I run in Rosetta sends my MBP's fans into overdrive, regardless of the CPU temp. UniBins FTW!

 

EDIT: Cool, new maps. :thumbsdown_anim:

 

EDIT2: Holy GOD it's fast. I didn't think Rosetta was slowing it down until I used the new Universal version.

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It's damn fast, as fast as in Windows... Rosetta really sucks !

 

At least its there so people can run PPC apps, even if there a performance hit :( .

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I looked into the Warcraft 3 folder and the Warcraft 3 application is now a '.app' program, but the Frozen Throne application confuses me. It still has the no extension name, and when you get info on it all it says is Kind: Application, when you launch it it loads translated and says its PowerPC in Process viewer.

 

I switched to the desktop while it was running and killed translated to see if you needed it and the game didnt crash, still confused on how the game is structured :-/.

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Frozen Throne is an expansion, not a seperate game- in all likelihood the Frozen Throne executable simply launches the Warcraft 3 executable (sorry, Application :whistle:) with extra arguments added to the command line for the additional content. This is how UT2k4 mods work; for Red Orchestra I launch the RO app (which is PPC) and that app immediately calls to the (Universal) UT2k4 app with the mod data. Just like a batch file in DOS or Windows.

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OMX-Knuckles is correct. I have the Frozen Throne app in my dock. When I click it, it bounces a few times, as if it's going to open. Then it stops bouncing and the Warcraft III.app icon comes up in the right end of the dock. At first, it's the RoC icon, but switches to the TFT icon. Then TFT launches full screen.

 

This means the TFT app in the WCIII folder is simply a reference to Warcraft III.app with extra options to make it boot TFT. It's the same way in Windows; you open Frozen Throne.exe, then WC3.exe loads in Frozen Throne mode.

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Guys,

 

Leopard completely locks up when I try connecting to battle.net. Could not force quit, had to hard reboot. I turned the firewall off, thinking that would solve the problem, but the issue still remains. Any thoughts? Specs below:

 

Kalyway Leopard + 10.5.2 combo update/graphics update + pc_efi_v8

ToH kernel 9.2.2

Intel C2D 6700

Asus P5E WS Pro

Sapphire Radeon HD3870 512 MB

6GB DDR2

Seagate SATA 160GB

WD SATA 250 GB

Asus DVD-R/RW DL SATA

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