• 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"

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

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

SET gxApi "d3d9ex"
SET realmName "localhost"
SET SmallCull "0"
SET basemip "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "3"
SET componentCompress "0"
SET violenceLevel "5"
SET useUiScale "1"
SET uiScale "1"
SET environmentDetail "2"
SET groundEffectDensity "256"
SET groundEffectDist "140"
SET spellEffectLevel "250"

• 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 loopback

• Source
• Hides the time on the minimap along with the hiding the time being shown on Calendar orb 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)

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /v "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Wow.exe" /t "REG_SZ" /d "~ DISABLEDXMAXIMIZEDWINDOWEDMODE HIGHDPIAWARE DISABLEDWM DISABLETHEMES NoDTToDITMouseBatch" /f

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

• 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"

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

WoW 3.3.5

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

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

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Screenshots"

Screenshots

"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"