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

• Windows 10 (21H2)

• This is for private server use
• See TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost Server to set-up a server

• TODO: Client source ^{2) 3)}

• Extract to %ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\

"explorer.exe" "%UserProfile%\Downloads"

"explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"

DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe"

• Changing in-game settings resets environmentDetail to 1.5

MKDIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\WTF"

"notepad.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\WTF\Config.wtf"

SET realmName "localhost"
SET environmentDetail "2"
SET gxApi "d3d9ex"
SET violenceLevel "5"
SET SmallCull "0"
SET spellEffectLevel "250"
SET basemip "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "3"
SET componentCompress "0"

• https://blog.realmofespionage.xyz/?p=91 (mirror)

• https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/releases
• 32-bit OpenAL32.dll next to Wow.exe

"explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\OpenAL32.dll"

"notepad.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\WTF\Config.wtf"

SET Sound_EnableHardware "1"
SET Sound_EnableOpenAL "1"

"notepad.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\alsoft.ini"

resampler = bsinc24
stereo-mode = speakers

# End

• System Default output should be used vs OpenAL Soft

"notepad.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Logs\SESound.log"

5/2 15:57:47.376   - Hardware is ENABLED
5/2 15:57:47.376   - OpenAL is ENABLED
5/2 15:57:47.376   - Reverb is ENABLED
5/2 15:57:47.394   - 2 Output drivers detected
5/2 15:57:47.394   --- [0] System Default
5/2 15:57:47.413   --- [1] OpenAL Soft
5/2 15:57:47.453   - Using [0] System Default for Game Output

"notepad.exe" "%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 ⁴⁾

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

• localhost Server

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="World of Warcraft 3.3.5" dir="in" action="block" profile="any" program="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="World of Warcraft 3.3.5" dir="out" action="block" profile="any" program="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

• Right-click Desktop → New → Shortcut

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

WoW 3.3.5

• Right-click → New → Shortcut

MKDIR "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

"explorer.exe" "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

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

World of Warcraft 3.3.5

"https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games;windows;world_of_warcraft_3.3.5"

Install Notes (WoW 3.3.5)

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

• 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.exe" "%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.exe" "%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.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Logs\gx.log"

CGxDeviceOpenGl

"explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

"explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Interface\AddOns"