• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King ¹⁾
• Patch 3.3.5a

• Windows 10

• This is for private server use

• World-of-Warcraft-3.3.5a.12340-enUS.zip

• Extract to C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\

C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe

• Start WoW at least once prior to running this and configure in-game Settings
• Sound_EnableOpenAL requires openal32.dll system-wide (Creative), or renamed from OpenAL Soft's win32 soft_oal.dll and placed next to Wow.exe

• 2024/05/27: Highest settings, minus 1 notch on Shadow Quality, lowest Texture Filtering on Intel UHD 630 @ 1080p@75Hz
• Vsync + Triple Buffering is a huge performance benefit and can maintain 75Hz, vs getting cut to half with just Vsync and without Vsync

notepad++ "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\WTF\Config.wtf"

SET environmentDetail "2"
SET gxApi "d3d9"
SET textureCacheSize "64"
SET violenceLevel "5"
SET SmallCull "0"
SET spellEffectLevel "250"
SET basemip "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "3"
SET componentCompress "0"
SET heapAllocTracking "0"
SET timingMethod "2"
SET Sound_EnableOpenAL "1"
SET Sound_EnableHardware "1"

• This seems to use localhost with nothing by-default set, but setting it doesn't hurt

notepad "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Data\enUS\realmlist.wtf"

set realmlist 127.0.0.1

• https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hide-clock-on-df-minimap/1685525/2
• Hides the time on the minimap along with the hiding the time being shown on Calendar-button hover
• Interface → Display → [x] Show Clock needs to be enabled in order for this macro to hide both it and the Calendar hover ²⁾

/run TimeManagerClockButton:Hide() TimeManagerClockButton:HookScript("OnShow", function(self) self:Hide() end) GameTimeFrame:HookScript("OnEnter", function() GameTooltip:SetOwner(UIParent) end)

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" -console -d3d9

RMDIR /S /Q "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Cache\" "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Cameras\" "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Interface\" "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Logs\" "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\WTF\"

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" -console -d3d9

• Default when no API is specified on command-line nor Config.wtf

-d3d9

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" -console -d3d9

notepad++ "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Logs\gx.log"

CGxDeviceD3d

• 3.3.0 - d3d9ex mode, ATI, and 134 crashes
• Might be better for windowed-mode and Alt + Tab with DWM

-d3d9ex

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" -console -d3d9ex

notepad++ "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Logs\gx.log"

CGxDeviceD3d9Ex

• Disables the in-game Video → Hardware Cursor option
• Limits Shadow Quality to blobs and no dynamic options

-opengl

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" -console -opengl

notepad++ "%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Logs\gx.log"

CGxDeviceOpenGl

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\"

"%programFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Interface\AddOns\"

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" /t "REG_SZ" /d "~ DISABLEDXMAXIMIZEDWINDOWEDMODE HIGHDPIAWARE DISABLEDWM DISABLETHEMES" /f

regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe

• Retail WoW uses the same Wow.exe executable name and (mid-2024/Dragonflight) is not compatible with UseLargePages

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\Wow.exe" /v "UseLargePages" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\Wow.exe

UseLargePages