If you're forced to use 1.31.1, because the map requires it, your options are:Ī) Force-exit the game (what worked best for me was quickly clicking inside the game window once it freezes so Windows displays the 'the application is not responding pop-up, giving you an option to close the game, but you can also try using the Task Manager to terminate the process, logging out of your Windows account or even restarting the PC). Sadly, there's no known solution to that problem other than opening maps and fixing memory leaks, so I'd generally recommend using another version (e.g. This is most likely caused by the map containing a lot of leaks.

To clean the older version, delete all folders in your Warcraft III directory except 'Data', 'x86' and 'x86_64' and all files except '.', '.patch.result' and '.product'.

To restore the older version, download the cleaned up files from the link above, unpack the archive and copy the files to your Warcraft III directory.

one that weights 1.89 GB) and found some issues that didn't happen in the older version. one that weights 1.94 GB) and would like to reduce their installation size or used the newer version (i.e.

This is only meant for people who either downloaded the older version (i.e.

Cleaning up or restoring the older upload:

If you'd prefer to manually add the missing registry keys instead, refer to this post for the directory and types / values of keys - link.ģ.

This will automatically add the registry files and set the language of your game to English. To solve that issue, download the Language Fix registry file from the link above and run it.

The reason why the language changes is due to to missing registry files.

It worked fine for me, though other users reported stuttering.

The game might launch using the language of your operating system.

Just be sure to back up any saves or maps.

Game client - older upload (1.94 GB): Link (MEGA) or Link (Hive)

Game client - one file (1.89 GB): Link (MediaFire) That said, as there is no known solution to this issue other than force-exiting the game (or editing maps to remove leaks, which can be cumbersome and requires some map editing knowledge, which not everyone has), I'd generally recommend using another version such as 1.30.4 or 1.29.2 ( LINK) and reserving 1.31.1 only for playing maps or campaigns that were made specifically for it.

Based on various reports (thanks and personal testing, this seems connected to the map containing a lot of leaks, but it doesn't appear to impede the ability to play or progress through custom campaigns. This version has a couple of significant bugs, one of which is particularly annoying - after playing a map, the game may freeze when trying to exit the score screen.

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