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Warcraft III and leopard

QCassidy352

QCassidy352

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Since upgrading to leopard I've had War3 crash on me twice. I mean total crash - screen locks up, everything totally unresponsive. Force quit is the only option. Happens with no warning, seemingly at random. Anyone else having problems since upgrading? (this is on a core duo macbook, btw)
 
Sorry, I haven't had any problems as of yet. I have noticed better performance when playing Dota though. :) Have you checked the console logs? When does this occur? Upon launch, during a game, or a certain map?
 
This occurs during the game, randomly, in DotA games. And I haven't noticed any improved performance. :(
 
lol Edot, what's up man? You still playing on your Edot account or do you have a new one? I'm still playing... but I try to stay away from those awful custom games... :p True skill ftw :D


Try re-installing WC3
 
I've played several Frozen Throne games with a couple buddies of mine. We chat on Skype during the game, haven't had any problems at all. Did you remember to patch to 1.21?
 
haiggy said:
lol Edot, what's up man? You still playing on your Edot account or do you have a new one? I'm still playing... but I try to stay away from those awful custom games... :p True skill ftw :D


Try re-installing WC3
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I haven't played on my edot account for a few months. But yes I am still playing, mostly custom, but I am up for a standard game anytime!:cool:
 
Just played again for 2.5 hours, not a single issue. This is on 10.5, an erase and install on my Mac Pro with 2gigs of RAM and the ATI 1900XT.
 
I have not tried reinstalling yet because my Reign of Chaos CD is in Boston, and I am in DC. I only play TFT, so haven't kept the ROC CD handy for a long time. I can reinstall when I'm in Boston in a month.

On the plus side, the game has not crashed the last 2 times I've played, so that's something. :)
 
so it's just me... guess that means any fix is going to have to be by me (rather than by blizzard or apple). :-/ Oh well, won't have much time to play until december anyway (when I can get that ROC CD to reinstall).
 
just crashed again, after playing longer than I usually do. Maybe the GMA 950 gets overtaxed after a while?
 
While you are waiting to reinstall you can try removing any preference files from:

~/Library/Preferences/

Check here for any crash logs:

~/Library/Logs

Try opening console.app and see if you can find any error messages

Otherwise, reinstalling it should fix the problem.
 
well, I removed the preference files, and still had a crash the next time I played. As far as the crash logs go... I have a ridiculously long crash log. I don't know what to make of it, but it goes on, and on, and on. There are tons of errors over a really long period of time. I think at least some of the errors relate to the problems that DotA has on the mac (doesn't play some sounds, for example). Should I look for anything in particular?

Do you think it's possible the game is crashing because of something with the video card (GMA 950)? I know that it's under more strain in leopard... and the computer does get ridiculously hot playing war3... maybe the crappy, crappy GMA 950 just can't keep up?
 
QCassidy352 said:
well, I removed the preference files, and still had a crash the next time I played. As far as the crash logs go... I have a ridiculously long crash log. I don't know what to make of it, but it goes on, and on, and on. There are tons of errors over a really long period of time. I think at least some of the errors relate to the problems that DotA has on the mac (doesn't play some sounds, for example). Should I look for anything in particular?

Do you think it's possible the game is crashing because of something with the video card (GMA 950)? I know that it's under more strain in leopard... and the computer does get ridiculously hot playing war3... maybe the crappy, crappy GMA 950 just can't keep up?
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I'm not sure why that would be the case. My iBook G4 with an ATi Radeon 9200 w/ 32 MB of VRAM ran the game with like 18 fps... no crashes. Probably a software problem, unless the GMA950 overheats unlike the 9200 I had. Still don't know, sorry...
 
haiggy said:
I'm not sure why that would be the case. My iBook G4 with an ATi Radeon 9200 w/ 32 MB of VRAM ran the game with like 18 fps... no crashes. Probably a software problem, unless the GMA950 overheats unlike the 9200 I had. Still don't know, sorry...
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yeah, I think it's more likely to be a software problem too. But I'm just running a standard install of leopard and war3 with TFT... I don't have other programs running at the same time... so how could I be the only one with a software conflict? (then again, how could I be the only one with the problem if it's a GMA 950 problem... :( )
 
The only issue I have encountered is playing Defense of the Ancients. The Unreal Tournament sounds such as, "first blood" and "double kill" are no longer audible. :confused:
 
Edot said:
Check here for any crash logs:

~/Library/Logs

Try opening console.app and see if you can find any error messages
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My War 3 crash log is 223 pages when put in to a word doc. :eek:

The last date is 7/15/07. It's all very unintelligible for me. :( But since the last date is well before these crashes started... what can I make of that? :confused:
 
Just bought the WC3 Battle Chest. Installed WC3, then Immediatly Installed The Frozen Throne, Then Upgraded to 1.21 and launched. I have been GTG since. Not a Single Issue.
 
Time Machine??

Anyone think it's possible that TM syncing could cause this?? Since I've started disconnecting my TM drive when I play it hasn't happened once. It's a bus powered usb 2 drive FWIW.

Is there anyone who plays with a TM drive and has no problems?
 
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