How to install and Update 1.23 Warcraft TFT Patch
Stumble it!Alright, as every one know Warcraft 1.23 Patch has been released (You can download TFT 1.23 Patch here). Now suppose you have downloaded the patch, here’s how you can update your current version (1.22). Before that, I should mention that if you have original warcraft, just connect to any battle.net realm and your patch will automatically download and update your game, if not, here’s what you should do.
There are 2 patches available, 1 updates 1.22 to 1.23, it’s on couple of mb’s. You can download that and apply to get updated. The 59 MB 1.23 Patch comprises of all the changes etc if you are looking to update a new installation and is best for that case.
Problems:
You may confront situations like
Blizzard BNUpdate v2.133 compiled on Aug 21 2008
Log created at 1:09 pm on 03/22/2009This patch upgrades Warcraft III The Frozen Throne from the previous version.
ERROR: unable to apply patch to file ‘c:\program files/warcraft III\worldedit.exe’
RESULT: Patch failed
etc. That happens when you don’t have the game “Installed” in your system or you have applied a no-cd Crack which basically tempers the game a bit and the patch can’t find the files to update. Also, when a game is copied to your system, it’s details are not in the registry so it won’t update the game.
Solution to that problem is to reinstall everything. Let me write a small step by step guide to that.
1- Uninstall Warcraft RoC / TFT.
2- Install Warcraft RoC (Reign of Chaos)
3- Install TFT (The Frozen Throne)
4- Download the 1.23 version patch (latest)
5- Run it and it will update your game without any problem.
Keep in mind, don’t apply any cd-cracks before all of this. Though, when you’re done, you can and it won’t have any problems. Also backup all the files that the crack replaces so in case another patch comes in, you can just replace the original files back and update. Problems always arises when you don’t have the game in your registry (Proper installation, not copied) and it’s running on a no-cd crack.
I hope this helps and if you have any trouble, just shoot a comment here.
i had 1.22 but i reinstalled windows
so when i tried to update didn’t work because some registry are missing ( with the location of the game )
there was a application around web that would remake the registry, so i could install the patch without reinstalling the game
do u have this one ?
i can’t find it anymore
Yes, Codrin. It won’t update if you have missing registry files. Since you re-installed windows, you must have kept a copy in a seperate partition (I’m assuming).. so to update the game to 1.23, you need to reinstall warcraft / tft properly and then apply the patch.
Remember, download the 56MB patch, not 1.22 to 1.23 update which is on couple of mb’s.. don’t apply any crack before applying the patch and it will fix it.
Regarding the registry application, I think you should run CCleaner (http://www.anewmorning.com/2009/01/28/ccleaner-216830/) .. it will fix the registry for you but I’m not sure if it will fix the game as well.
any links to the ROC and TFT installer?
Hi, about half a year ago i cracked my Wc3 cd, i recently dled a torrent of wc3/wc3 frozen throne (note i have my orginal cd keys for both)
I installed the game of both versions, then tried to manually patch. It says “patch cannot be applied because it does not meet the file checksum”
I was wondering how do i patch? i really just wanna play bnet again
@David:
CheckSum error is caused when it detects accidental modification such as corruption to stored data or errors etc. The only suggestion that I can give you in this matter is to check your registry ..
Uninstall the game, check your registry by typing regedit in Start > Run.
If you find any trace of warcraft there, just delete it.
Reinstall again and follow the procedure.
It might help.
i installed warcraft 3 and then i update to 1.23 with the patch that requires no cd. But when i try to run the .exe file it says cannot run war3.exe.
I’ve done everything as you said, but the problem is, i can’t connect to BattleNet, sometimes it says: “Invalid CD Key”, and sometimes “Can’t connect to BattleNet server…”
It didn’t work with the patch 1.22 neither, i had to use Patch 1.21 with No CD Crack. What should i do now?
oi
I have the same problem as george , i can’t also connect to battlenet everytime i tried it always says that `invalid cd key` or can’t connect to battlenet server even though i already applied the patch which was required.
So george, have you already fixed your problem?, if yes, please help me what to do in order to connect to battlenet plz, i’ve the same problem as yours so plz help me.
@George . Jhake143: This error only occurs if you aren’t using the original CD key. Remember, you don’t only need the TFT key, your also required the ROC cd key. Both originals.
how do i downpatch my version of warcraft? i wanna play an older version of warcraft… from 1.23 to 1.20
Hey, I’m trying to fully patch mine from its original version to the 1.24b everytime i do try, it says that it’s unable to authenticate archive. Got any ideas?
Thanks