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

• Windows 11 (24H2)

• 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"

• Vanilla (Dropbox)
• TBC (Dropbox)
• Patch-J.mpq = Vanilla
• Patch-C.mpq = TBC

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

DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5\Data\Patch-J.mpq"

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"

• TODO: loopback vs localhost

"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)

• 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"