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For the win95 patch version, there is a built-in installer that can be run using the "-i" command line option. The subtitle option is under Video Settings. Unfortunately the installer was removed in the DVD version. The only way round this at present is to copy the "wc4w.exe" from the win95...

A new version of the wc4 patch is up (v0.6.1). I couldn't find the cause for the music stopping during space flight, although I suspect it's a thread timing issue in xanlib. In the end I replaced the music playing functions using libvlc as the player, which seems to be working well. Using libvlc...

Music should work with the GOG version. Music is in "WC3MUSIC.TRE" which should be in your game dir. Make sure music is enabled in the "Alt+O" menu in space. Does the music stop when you enter battle or is there no music in space at all? Is music playing when on the Victory? Not sure why wc3...

@CharmSeul: There is currently no way to display subs in the opening scene as sub preferences don't get applied until a game is loaded. I think I can probably do something about that though, I'll get back to you on that one. [EDIT]: I take that back. Subtitles and language can be set with...

Looks like there are two things that need to be changed to increase the number of ships per nav point. First is the max number of watchers which is usually set as 500, this is basically a count of all ships and their turrets I think. This is set in world iff's "WORLD.iff", "WRLDD1.iff" etc. The...

I've been looking but haven't yet found where this is set in the exe. I have a feeling this couldn't be improved much anyway, apart from extending the distance when directly in line with the hanger. The engine doesn't clip obscured objects very well, when flying about the Victory you often see...

Just updated the patch to fix this (v0.5.1). Totally missed that when testing, thanks for letting me know. Someone else pointed this out to me a while back. I've just recently found a computer I can reproduce this on, so I'm hopeful I'll find a solution soon. I've put this on my list of things...

The new wc4 patch is up (v0.5.0), bringing it in line with the features in the current wc3 patch. The wc3 patch has also been updated (v0.8.1) with a couple of fixes. Links in the first post. Enjoy :)

New version for wc3 is up, links in the first post. Ship rotation has seen a big update. Higher precision movement, fixed those annoying retrograde movements and axis lock issues. With ship movement sorted, I've also set the default frame rate to 60fps and set the LOD setting to always use the...

@Vidmaster: Thanks for the feedback. I've fixed the targeting rect max size to more closely match that in the original game. I'll also change the default gamma setting to off rather than low which is it's original setting. These changes will be available in the next release. @gr1mre4per: The...

Hi all, Both patches, WC3 and WC4 have seen a couple of updates since my last post. Links in the first post. As well as bug fixes, the major feature for both patches is a level of detail distance modifier setting, "LOD_LEVEL_DISTANCE_MODIFIER" in the ini file. It's for adjusting the distance at...

I don't have a copy of the official DVD version "wc4dvd.exe". If you're willing to upload that somewhere, I'd like to take a look and see where it differs from the modified GOG version. One thing you could try is renaming the "dwrap.dll" file from my DVD patch to "ddraw.dll". I suspect there...

@Knobi Wan Penobi: I intend to have a look at both Prophecy and Privateer 2 when I get the chance. Although out of the two, P2 is of more interest to me. @Liner: I didn't get any crashes playing that or the following mission but I did notice some movie issues. I'll take a closer look when I get...

Thanks for the offer. :) I have an old Logitech Force 3d stick which should get me started. I'm busy with other things at the moment but it's definitely something I want to look into at some point.

New updates for both patches, version 0.5.0 for wc3 and version 0.2.0 for wc4. Both can be downloaded by following the links in the first post. Details: I've added linear filtering when scaling GUI and Cockpit/Hud elements to make things look a bit smoother especially a lower resolutions. If...