World of Warcraft®

“I'm on a mac and this is making me angry. Every time I open the launcher the play button is grayed out, preventing me from logging into WoW. I tried clicking the actual WoW that isn't the launcher and it just lags out and I have to force qu…”

“Tried to make a Worgen character and the load bar gets a quarter of the way then freezes. Tried on a different server, same bit. Tried to make a Goblin. Again, same bit. Any help would be appreciated as a Worgen Warrior looks cool as all ge…”

“Meybe this is sever error. I have no problem with my connection. I cant log in, waiting so long then disconnected. Hopefully i can log in asap. *i still waiting logging in to game server*”

“So, im playing everything is fine, my internet has full bars and everything, all the sudden it freezes up and boots me off, i go to log back on, choose my character, then enter realm or whatev and i go in for half a second then it disconnec…”

“so i go to log onto my mage and wow crashes then sign into all my othere characters and nothing happens but everytime i go to the mage it crashes and closes wow, any suggestions?”

“i can't loot in game. it constantly says i'm out of range. i've tried reloading my ui and uh... yeah./”

“Hello - understand the huge traffic about to occur with Cataclysm releasing at midnight in the USA but would appreciate anybody with insight into fixing this issue on my mac (my windows laptop works fine!). I've installed Cata off the CD an…”

“So i payed for and bought my cataclysm online. A applied what i thought was the update, but now i log on and nothing? i cannot make a goblin or a worgen. I deleted my wow folder and redowloaded the game client off of battle.net.. Same thing…”

“yea so trying to log onto my toon and wow crashes but every othere toon will work? and ideas?”

“I'm running an Imac version 10.5.8. 2.26 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Memory with a Nvidea 9400m graphics card. I installed Cata and got through the patch updates and what not on the downloader page but every time I hi…”

“Apple Imac, 3.06 intel core 3 processor; 4 mb ram; ARI radeon HD 4670 video with 256 mb; with Apple wireless magic mouse First issue: Cant run by holding L and R side of mouse, (it's buttonless), have to use L button and forward arrow. this…”

“So I popped in my Cataclysm instillation CD into my imac and got a screen with 3 options: install, manual and support. After poking around the manual a little i clicked install which brought me to a screen asking me where to save the files …”

“Im trying to install cataclysm right now but as soon as I put the disc in it just attempts to read the disc for a minute and then it spits the disc back out. I dont get an icon on my desktop or an install screen. Can I please get some help …”

“http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15528/wrong-perspective-water-reflections.png Macbook Pro core i5 2.4 GHz, 330M GPU. I see this frequently, but a lot of times it looks more.. broken. I'll take another pic when I see this problem again.”

“Hi everybody, Im just curious if there is a mirror file for the most recent non-cridical updates or even the major updates that took place within the hour. I just hopped on after about 4 hours and it says there is some updating to do but it…”

“Hello there. I have a MacBook 13 inch from early 2009, I think it is. It is meeting the system requirements, but it is lagging a lot. I have never encountered this problem before. It ran smoothly until the major patches and updates came. I …”

“I have been trying to get on line to play. Every time I launch the game it says that it is downloading a patch. When it goes to install it it asks for me to place a cataclysm disc in. Now, I bought the digital copy, so I am not going to hav…”

“The download % in the game menu (where it shows fps and ping) shows the game only 95% downloaded. Should I be worried that I wont be able to play Cata till it finishes? Its been stuck at 95% for few days. Just bought the upgrade online, and…”

“I have experience several issues 1) i am having trouble talking to npc's and quest givers its like i am unable to take to them at all. this goes along with me not be able to chat in any channel . what first will happen i will log on fine i …”

“my framerate doesnt really go down but atm every couple seconds, my screen with sort of freeze for like 1/10 of a second, and the more units nearby, the more often this happen, if too many objects are around it freezes up completely, not la…”

“Hi all you Mac Peoples, Just wanted to let you know that upon Launch, That I (TonyM) will be working working overnight to assist with install issues and other related technical issues for Cataclysm. KlintP and Jessicalu will be assisting y'…”

“Hello Everyone, I recently started playing after about 4 months. I just downloaded the patch and have been experiencing some severe disconnect issues while playing in major cities. I can barely log on for 20 seconds before I get disconnecte…”

“No installer data could be found. If this problem persists, please contact Blizzard Technical Support. what do I do?”

“So I've been playing WoW for a while now. I had it on my computer, then I stopped playing for a while. Recently my hard drive crashed, and I was getting back into the game, so I decided to re-download it. I borrowed my friends copy of all o…”

“I can get into WoW fine and I can select realms but I can't seem to get past the character selection screen. I have run WoW repair and deleted the WTF, cache, and interface files. Do I need to redownload the game or can it be fixed? Please …”

“This problem has gotten to be too much i don't think i can even play wow anymore with it. I get this error perhaps 6 times in an hour. I'll just be walking around then all of sudden i turn around too quickly or there are too many people in …”

“I don't know if this is my mac at this point, but I thought this would be the place to start. Ok whenever I try logging into my account the second I log in it will show a downloading update screen and before it can go beyond 0% it crashes …”

“Problem1: so im getting the initializing game data error, so i moved the *.mfil out of the WoW folder. when i do... the game only bounces once or twice in the dock, and doesn't do anything from there. if i move the *.mfil file back in, the …”

“I have been trying since Tuesday to download the new patch but the installer says it is downloading at 0.0kb/s. Every time I close the installer and open it back up the amount left to install keeps changing. One time it will say 3.2 GB left…”

“Recently i have been going past the launcher to start wow because my launcher use to not work. But now i digital purchased cata and everytime i try open the launcher to start the cata download it downloads the same 680mbs every single time?…”

“I've done the combo update, i've gone through a number of steps to check for bugs to see what the deal is and I can't figure out whats wrong. I was hoping someone could tell me by taking a look at my error report. It runs smoothly for hours…”

“Alright so my world of warcraft launcher is stuck on Applying non-critical updates, I have restarted it various times, and let it sit for numerous hours. I have even completely removed world of warcraft and reinstalled to have the same issu…”

“I bought and installedBC online about 3 years ago. For Wrath I purchased a hard copy of the game and installed it. While there are no problems with the working of the game, I have 2 folders in my Application menu. One is "World of Warcraft"…”

“Is there a way to turn off Specular effects? If not, we really need one. I don't understand why options/features are being taken away.”

“Ever since downloading the new patch, the game (as well as Starcraft II) has taken about ten minutes to start running, with a 50/50 chance of it crashing. Other running programs, such as my browser, are freezing for minutes at a clip while …”

“Do I need to save the dozen or so Blizzard Updater Icons that are named after various patches in the WoW folder under applications?”

“As of the 4.0.3a, mouse button 4 no longer responds. I know the button still works, because when I exit wow, I can use it for toggling applications on the main mac screen. Anyone else having this issue?”

“I had this problem a few weeks ago and followed your instructions which solved the issue. But it has just occurred again tonight. I deleted both wow.mfil and wow.tfil files as well as my Cache and Data>Cache folders. I also deleted Users>Sh…”

“Strange problem. I just reinstalled WOW with the new 4.0 installer to see if there was a change to this problem and have disabled every addon (I have a few) to ensure they are not part of this problem. I also verified the Firmware on my FIO…”

“Hello, I could really use some help here. Two weeks ago I installed new ram on my MacBook Pro. I'm almost positive that it's the right type of ram and I'm sure it was installed properly. Well shortly after I got my computer back WoW began c…”

“Interesting predicament, I've tried to start WoW but the launcher gets stuck. What I mean is, the "PLAY" button is grayed out and won't allow me to continue starting WoW. I have downloaded all the current patches and was playing 3 days ago.…”

“When I log in on anycharacter, it either gets stuck at a full loading bar at the world loading screen or I log in and my latency immediately goes to zero but Im still stuck in game in disconnect land. The rest of my internet works fine and …”

“Ran the repair tool, and have deleted the wtf cache files also. Thanks for any help. Project: 1010 Build: 13329 Application: World of WarCraft Configuration: Retail Version: 4.0.3.13329 Branch: branches/wow-patch-4_0_3_A-branch Revision: 12…”

“I downloaded patch 3.3-4.0.0 all last night and the installer worked just fine today. When i try to log in wow shows the beginning of the character selection screen. Shows 0% and shuts down. I know most people say they have problems at the …”

“Hello, I've read the sticky and I would like some precisions on the following advices : - "Cap your framerate at 30 FPS, this keeps your GPU from overheating and provides smoother framerate in most cases." What is the benefit of more than 3…”

“Hi um I noticed the reqirements for cataclysm and with my macbook and my parents computer I wouldnt really be able to play. And I am still a child and unable to get a job yet so what should I do?”

“My installer has been stuck on "Applying non-critical updates. This will take some time" for about 3 days now. This is a fresh install of the entire client on a brand new MacBook. I haven't been able to find any blue posts about this. Help?”

“Hey all. I've been playing a "fun" game of what I like to call Login Roulette since last tuesday/wednesday. Whenever I enter my account info and get to the character select screen, whenever I select a character and get into the loading scre…”

“After downloading the latest updates, my Wow folder has ballooned to nearly 25 GB. Before the update, it was near 20. I have deleted the cache and interface folders along with the patch downloader.”

“Been happening all night... I either cannot connect or when I do, upon choosing a toon, regardless of realm, the game attempts to open that toon but then displays "Character not found" error. I've done all the deleting, moving of files, edi…”