Appreciate the effort but it doesn't work.
I get a "Sorry, could not launch Warcraft III" error.
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Warcraft III on 10.8
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Appreciate the effort but it doesn't work.
I get a "Sorry, could not launch Warcraft III" error.
you need move <Frozen Throne.app> to your warcraft III directory
warcraft III location must be </Applications/Warcraft III/>
not <Warcraft III Folder or else>
Ok let me try that.
EDIT: Yes, it worked. Seems like I let the installer install to "Warcraft III Folder" where as you have it in "Warcraft III". Thanks.
UPDATE:Game works...but can't connect to Battle.net. Any ideas with that?
UPDATE 2: had to delete all the plists in Preferences folder. Now everything works.
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It should work when tou've installed the game on snow leopard (32 bit installer) and have upgraded all the way to Mountain Lion (maybe with the help of some modified files as posted before in this thread). If Blizzard just updates the installer to 64 bit and will put some effort in bug hunting it would be nice...ah well, Mac users..
It should work when tou've installed the game on snow leopard (32 bit installer) and have upgraded all the way to Mountain Lion (maybe with the help of some modified files as posted before in this thread). If Blizzard just updates the installer to 64 bit and will put some effort in bug hunting it would be nice...ah well, Mac users..
I've just tried the linked download but not got it to work on the ML release despite being in /Applications/Warcraft III. Not sure what else might be amiss. Anyone else tried this?
It worked great for me. I installed the game back on Leopard on a 2008 MacBook. That MacBook has been upgraded to Lion since then. I copied the game files from that machine over to my 2011 MacBook Air running Mountain Lion. Using the linked zip file and renaming my game folder to /Applications/Warcraft III got it running perfectly!
Damn. Oddly after trying that and then later restarting, it did load once, just using the original frozen throne launcher ... but just once. Very curious error, hopefully an official fix comes. Can't get the linked one to work at all 
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.The linked file didn't work for me either. I deleted the preference files, the path is Applications/Warcraft III, but The Frozen Throne app still crashes when it is launched.
SiDVacant could you possibly tell us what you modified so we can do it our selves? Maybe it's because of different macs.
Small problem I found is while trying to connect to Battle.net, it won't work unless you re-select the region and then try to connect again.
confirmed this works. i think i will play and wait for a official patch - assuming that comes one day haha
Found how add this from /macOS to Dock: rename it to frozenthrone.app, add it into dock & then get info it and delete .app extension. Works! Hooray! And you don't notice it isn't normal app if you give it frozen throne icon if you don't know how to do that, write me PM .
PS: C&C:Generals works too! More game tesst later
if you don't know how to do that, write me PM .PS: C&C:Generals works too! More game tesst later
Alright guys, i found the solution for my case because i tried everything everyone has said so far and nothing worked for me.
In the Frozen Throne application there was a problem with a "broken" alias file. Click Show Package Contens -> Contents -> Resources -> The Frozen Throne (not the .icns file, but the one with no extension). That file was a broken alias for some reason, so i copied this file from my Snow Leopard macbook Warcraft installation and now everything works fine. I don't need to force open the Frozen Throne exec or anything.
Thanks to all for the solutions you posted and i hope i helped too!
In the Frozen Throne application there was a problem with a "broken" alias file. Click Show Package Contens -> Contents -> Resources -> The Frozen Throne (not the .icns file, but the one with no extension). That file was a broken alias for some reason, so i copied this file from my Snow Leopard macbook Warcraft installation and now everything works fine. I don't need to force open the Frozen Throne exec or anything.
Thanks to all for the solutions you posted and i hope i helped too!
Not sure why everyone is having issues...
I upgraded from Lion --> ML
Warcraft III Frozen Throne still opens without any issues and can connect to Battle.net
My set-up:
OS X 10.8
Optibay HDD containing Warcraft III Application folder from a Snow Leopard install
Fully updated W3
I upgraded from Lion --> ML
Warcraft III Frozen Throne still opens without any issues and can connect to Battle.net
My set-up:
OS X 10.8
Optibay HDD containing Warcraft III Application folder from a Snow Leopard install
Fully updated W3
Yes! This fixed it for me. Thank you!
Just FYI: When I launched TFT from my dock, it would attempt to open then "quit unexpectedly." When I selected to "reopen" it, ROC would launch (successfully) instead.
When I initially upgraded to ML, TFT still worked without a hitch. A few resets later seems to have broken that.
Man, so ML has caused some curious issues launching things, and it is not consistent ><. The force open binary file didn't work for me . This is a 2011 iMac fwiw.
I'm trying to get it working for my cousins to do LAN play with a Windows machine. Boot camp may be the best option in the end, especially for other games as well.
Also found that Littlewing's pinball games don't work on this ML install - they just open with a black screen. You can still control it but pinball kind of relies on sight. And you never could do windowed mode or get into the background with their games.
. This is a 2011 iMac fwiw.I'm trying to get it working for my cousins to do LAN play with a Windows machine. Boot camp may be the best option in the end, especially for other games as well.
Also found that Littlewing's pinball games don't work on this ML install - they just open with a black screen. You can still control it but pinball kind of relies on sight
. And you never could do windowed mode or get into the background with their games.We need yor help
Tried to force open through Contents/... Same thing occurs. Fail to open.
At first I downloaded your file and my Frozen Throne worked again. It's been flawless couple of days and now I restarted my laptop and it does not work again!(( man, u gotta do something about it.
Tried to force open through Contents/... Same thing occurs. Fail to open.
Stoped working for me too. It worked two random times, i quit the app and then the same error. If a fix doesn't come, i don't think i'll be able to play.