Slightly Altered HD mod / Crashfix - 1.17.2

[Boobatooba]

Slight Edit of mod from this post to suit my own taste viewtopic.php?t=18689

Will update occasionally but as I play wow on and off I may go AWOL occasionally so will try to list all changes I make so you can do it yourselves if needed.
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Removed Water from patch-a and patch-b
(Removed xtextures and water related files from dbfilesclient in patch-a.mpq and patch-b.mpq)
Removed updated login screen and character screen backgrounds
Removed extra load screens and reverted load bar to original colour
(deleted Interface/Glues folder in patch-A.mpq)

Replaced wolf with lighter coloured model as the shaman ghost wolf being dark brown looked bad.
(Replaced wolf model in patch-A.mpq)
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Added water Water Mod as patch-w.mpq
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Download Links
REVERTED TO OLD VERSION DUE TO ISSUES WITH UPDATED ONE

STABLE VERSION (Patch-A.mpq and Patch-B.mpq)

MEDIAFIRE https://www.mediafire.com/file/0jlsrm10 ... od.7z/file
MEGA https://mega.nz/file/At4gTCQR#bklkUaZs5 ... uXj2sjfTgU

WATER MOD ONLY (Patch-W.mpq) <--- Keep this file handy as it can be used to overwrite water from other mods if you don't like them.

https://mega.nz/folder/IhAyVLTK#ctCOTsPslGoMj38g1I-M3w

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EXTRAS (already renamed mpq's to drop into data folder without issues)

Darker Nights 50% (Patch Y.mpq)

https://mega.nz/folder/x9JSGRDQ#G5eBVUMKtqOPe7Qniw7m7Q

Night Sky (Patch-N.mpq)

https://mega.nz/folder/94Z2wB5S#Tb1kWZHAHvR9GjlKlBoL8g

Auto Login (Patch-C.mpq)

https://mega.nz/folder/dlJCgZSL#izG37Od8P7SpeUj5RIiZew

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For reference I'm using a 5700x and 3080ti, and also a laptop with a 3060 with freesync/gsync enabled.

I have all options except DVXK enabled in the mods tab in the launcher.

Graphics maxed out in game, hardware mouse, triple buffering and vsync enabled.
Game in windowed Fullscreen mode, game set to 60hz as it doesn't matter anyway in windowed Fullscreen, it will use whatever refresh rate windows is set to in this mode.

Tested fine in 1080p 1440p and 4k.
Getting solid 144fps except in org where it drops to ~40fps at times due to engine limitations.

Post your hardware, game/launcher settings if you have any issues and I can try help you get the game running smoothly.

The game is 20 years old it should run fine on most mid tier pcs from the past 10 years with the mod and launcher tweaks.

[L980944038]

good good good

[Arkanae]

So I can download this one instead the Patch A and B? I had to uninstall because it was crashing everytime :(

[Boobatooba]

So I can download this one instead the Patch A and B? I had to uninstall because it was crashing everytime :(

Yeah, just download and extract into turtlewow/data

[Brokthul]

Hi, is it possible that this version might be uploaded on mediafire or google drive please :C?

[Boobatooba]

Hi, is it possible that this version might be uploaded on mediafire or google drive please :C?

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0jlsrm10 ... od.7z/file

[Brokthul]

Thanks a lot <3

[Jeankcr]

This is an amazing mod, the game looks like more modern. Im amazed by how much good does it looks now!

[Frohannes89]

Thank you so much.

For all who are heaving issues with the Camera Height as well. I noticed that Druid Forms and Mounts set either to high or to low Camera with the HD Mods.
My workaround is the addon SuperMarcos + UnitXP_SP3. Both can be installed through the launcher.

Here my Macro for Druid Forms. This sets the CameraHeight higher when in a Form (so you can see your enemies) and rests back to default when pressed again. One issue is that when shifting from Cat into Travel form and den out of travel the camera stays at the set value of the Cat form. You can fix that by simply using the same macro and setting it for your other forms. But you'll lose some buttons on your ActionsBars.

Cat Form:
/script local active=0 for i=1,GetNumShapeshiftForms() do local _,_,a=GetShapeshiftFormInfo(i) if a then active=i break end end if active==3 then local eb=DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME.editBox eb:SetText("/unbuff Cat Form") ChatEdit_SendText(eb) UnitXP("cameraHeight", "set", 0.0); else CastShapeshiftForm(3); UnitXP("cameraHeight", "set", 0.5); end

Bear Form:
/script local active=0 for i=1,GetNumShapeshiftForms() do local _,_,a=GetShapeshiftFormInfo(i) if a then active=i break end end if active==1 then local eb=DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME.editBox eb:SetText("/unbuff Dire Bear Form") ChatEdit_SendText(eb) UnitXP("cameraHeight", "set", 0.0); else CastShapeshiftForm(1); UnitXP("cameraHeight", "set", 0.6); end

Mount - (this one was very tricky):
#Note: When mounted and casting a spell to dismount simply press the macro again and camera resets to 0.0
/script if not mountToggleState then mountToggleState = false end
/script if mountToggleState then CancelBuff("Striped Frostsaber"); mountToggleState = false; UnitXP("cameraVerticalDisplacement", "set", 0.0); else CastSpellByName("Striped Frostsaber"); mountToggleState = true; UnitXP("cameraVerticalDisplacement", "set", -1.0); end


I hope this prevents a few dungeon wipes ;)
If someone has a better idea pleas let me/us know.

[Cl3arSky]

thanks for this, it works, i am a bit confused as i see a bunch of HD mods pop up now, fixes and so on. Does this mod basically offer all there is in terms of HD'ness? No point to combine it with the others right?

[Snaire359]

the night elf hunter's quiver is behind his hair and is not visible, unlike the vanilla models, is there any way to fix this?

[Boobatooba]

thanks for this, it works, i am a bit confused as i see a bunch of HD mods pop up now, fixes and so on. Does this mod basically offer all there is in terms of HD'ness? No point to combine it with the others right?

Its this hd mod viewtopic.php?t=18689

With a few minor modifications, I did list the things I changed above.

Use this instead of the other HD mod, no need to combine.
MEDIAFIRE https://www.mediafire.com/file/0jlsrm10 ... od.7z/file

Patch-A.mpq is Models.
Patch-B.mpq is environment textures.
Patch-w.mpq is water.

I recommend keeping them named as such to avoid issues.
Keep a copy of the water mod because if the others break from an update then then patch-w will still work without the others and can also be used to overwrite the water from other mods in the future if you don't like what they include.

[Boobatooba]

the night elf hunter's quiver is behind his hair and is not visible, unlike the vanilla models, is there any way to fix this?

Get a haircut Hippie
I'm not sure about that as I'm quite new to mpq editing, probably a question you should ask on the original thread.
All i do is switch out models with alternate ones from another hd mod and remove things i dont like.

It might even just be a clipping issue with the new models, as they are pinched from newer versions of the game and clipping issues have always been quite prevalent on retail wow.

[Boobatooba]

So I can download this one instead the Patch A and B? I had to uninstall because it was crashing everytime :(

yes delete the other one and replace it with the files from this one.

[Boobatooba]

Thanks a lot <3

No worries, how is the game running for you?

[abellserpens]

I recommend the water mod: https://github.com/RetroCro/TurtleWoW-M ... poch-water

By far, it's the best one I've tried and the difference is quite noticeable—a beautiful mod and so far, no crashes.

[Rantex]

I'm tired of trying to make the game works. I would love to play it, but it's imposible.
As soon as it rains or on bg, I go from 150-200fps to 30-40fps, which make it unplayable.
I've tried to reinstall the game several times, same error keeps happening. Also some video options doesn't save, like level of detail, weather intensity and death effect.
Tried your HD models, no models... The problem is that if it is not raining I cant really test if i fixed it.
So when It happen I try new installation, without my config, without SuperWoW, without addons, mods etc...
Weather intensity helps a bit (60 fps some time) but I know I can get 200 fps with the rain, because on a clean installation without anything it doesnt even move below 200 fps, with the rain.

I would really love to play with all my addons, hd models, SW. But I think one thing must go out to make it work

I got a spaceship: i9-14900k, 4080-S. Nothing else to say...

PD: I'll tell you if I fix it, as soon as possible. All I can tell for now, its better not to touch any video options.
Thanks for your HD models, didn't crash yet with them tho.

[Frohannes89]

I'm tired of trying to make the game works. I would love to play it, but it's imposible.
As soon as it rains or on bg, I go from 150-200fps to 30-40fps, which make it unplayable.
I've tried to reinstall the game several times, same error keeps happening. Also some video options doesn't save, like level of detail, weather intensity and death effect.
Tried your HD models, no models... The problem is that if it is not raining I cant really test if i fixed it.
So when It happen I try new installation, without my config, without SuperWoW, without addons, mods etc...
Weather intensity helps a bit (60 fps some time) but I know I can get 200 fps with the rain, because on a clean installation without anything it doesnt even move below 200 fps, with the rain.

I would really love to play with all my addons, hd models, SW. But I think one thing must go out to make it work

I got a spaceship: i9-14900k, 4080-S. Nothing else to say...

PD: I'll tell you if I fix it, as soon as possible. All I can tell for now, its better not to touch any video options.
Thanks for your HD models, didn't crash yet with them tho.

Have you checked the Multi-Sampling setting? By default it was set to 8x for me. And also that is just WoW. Even the current client, I played Dragonflight for a bit, went down to 40 FPS in cities with lots of other players. Settings usually only safe upon succesfull closing of the game. If it crashes it does not write the current settings into the config files.

Oh and don't install a current Nvidia driver. They are apparently totally buggy and unstable. I am on 566.36 atm with my 3080 and luckily have no issues. If you have to purge your old driver use DDU to uninstall.
Unplug Ethernet Cable/Disconnect from Internet -> Open Start Menu -> Hold Shift Button and click Restart -> Restart into Safe Mode without Network ( Number 4) -> Run DDU as admin -> Uninstall and Restart -> Have your other Driver ready to install -> when done connect back to the internet.

DDU: https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-dri ... aller-DDU-

[Boobatooba]

I recommend the water mod: https://github.com/RetroCro/TurtleWoW-M ... poch-water

By far, it's the best one I've tried and the difference is quite noticeable—a beautiful mod and so far, no crashes.

I'll check it out later

[Boobatooba]

I recommend the water mod: https://github.com/RetroCro/TurtleWoW-M ... poch-water

By far, it's the best one I've tried and the difference is quite noticeable—a beautiful mod and so far, no crashes.

Thats the same one as was in the original hd mod, it has poorly looped animation and does my head in

[Boobatooba]

I'm tired of trying to make the game works. I would love to play it, but it's imposible.
As soon as it rains or on bg, I go from 150-200fps to 30-40fps, which make it unplayable.
I've tried to reinstall the game several times, same error keeps happening. Also some video options doesn't save, like level of detail, weather intensity and death effect.
Tried your HD models, no models... The problem is that if it is not raining I cant really test if i fixed it.
So when It happen I try new installation, without my config, without SuperWoW, without addons, mods etc...
Weather intensity helps a bit (60 fps some time) but I know I can get 200 fps with the rain, because on a clean installation without anything it doesnt even move below 200 fps, with the rain.

I would really love to play with all my addons, hd models, SW. But I think one thing must go out to make it work

I got a spaceship: i9-14900k, 4080-S. Nothing else to say...

PD: I'll tell you if I fix it, as soon as possible. All I can tell for now, its better not to touch any video options.
Thanks for your HD models, didn't crash yet with them tho.

Is your view distance and grass distance set to standard or maxed out in the launcher?

Is windows assigning the game to one of the E-cores instead of a performance core?

Is your windows power profile set to power saver, balanced or high performance?

Issues in any other games or just turtle wow?

Tried game in fullscreen windowed mode with triple buffering and vsync on? With only one monitor plugged in?

Tried deleting wdb folder?

[Rantex]

I'm tired of trying to make the game works. I would love to play it, but it's imposible.
As soon as it rains or on bg, I go from 150-200fps to 30-40fps, which make it unplayable.
I've tried to reinstall the game several times, same error keeps happening. Also some video options doesn't save, like level of detail, weather intensity and death effect.
Tried your HD models, no models... The problem is that if it is not raining I cant really test if i fixed it.
So when It happen I try new installation, without my config, without SuperWoW, without addons, mods etc...
Weather intensity helps a bit (60 fps some time) but I know I can get 200 fps with the rain, because on a clean installation without anything it doesnt even move below 200 fps, with the rain.

I would really love to play with all my addons, hd models, SW. But I think one thing must go out to make it work

I got a spaceship: i9-14900k, 4080-S. Nothing else to say...

PD: I'll tell you if I fix it, as soon as possible. All I can tell for now, its better not to touch any video options.
Thanks for your HD models, didn't crash yet with them tho.

Is your view distance and grass distance set to standard or maxed out in the launcher?

Is windows assigning the game to one of the E-cores instead of a performance core?

Is your windows power profile set to power saver, balanced or high performance?

Issues in any other games or just turtle wow?

Tried game in fullscreen windowed mode with triple buffering and vsync on? With only one monitor plugged in?

Tried deleting wdb folder?

1- Standard, just fov 110 which doesn't matter because I'm now using 2,1 with SuperAPI and the game og, with just launcher mods works great, 240fps.
2- No idea, tried to reach out with Process Lasso, every core is activated on WoW.exe
3- High performance.
4- Just Turtle, Warmane works perfect, Ashes of Creation with fram gen works better than Turtle WoW xD
5- Tried. I had MultiMonitorFix anyways.
6- I always delete it.

I have to try again as soon as I find a place where rains.

[Rantex]

I'm tired of trying to make the game works. I would love to play it, but it's imposible.
As soon as it rains or on bg, I go from 150-200fps to 30-40fps, which make it unplayable.
I've tried to reinstall the game several times, same error keeps happening. Also some video options doesn't save, like level of detail, weather intensity and death effect.
Tried your HD models, no models... The problem is that if it is not raining I cant really test if i fixed it.
So when It happen I try new installation, without my config, without SuperWoW, without addons, mods etc...
Weather intensity helps a bit (60 fps some time) but I know I can get 200 fps with the rain, because on a clean installation without anything it doesnt even move below 200 fps, with the rain.

I would really love to play with all my addons, hd models, SW. But I think one thing must go out to make it work

I got a spaceship: i9-14900k, 4080-S. Nothing else to say...

PD: I'll tell you if I fix it, as soon as possible. All I can tell for now, its better not to touch any video options.
Thanks for your HD models, didn't crash yet with them tho.

Have you checked the Multi-Sampling setting? By default it was set to 8x for me. And also that is just WoW. Even the current client, I played Dragonflight for a bit, went down to 40 FPS in cities with lots of other players. Settings usually only safe upon succesfull closing of the game. If it crashes it does not write the current settings into the config files.

Oh and don't install a current Nvidia driver. They are apparently totally buggy and unstable. I am on 566.36 atm with my 3080 and luckily have no issues. If you have to purge your old driver use DDU to uninstall.
Unplug Ethernet Cable/Disconnect from Internet -> Open Start Menu -> Hold Shift Button and click Restart -> Restart into Safe Mode without Network ( Number 4) -> Run DDU as admin -> Uninstall and Restart -> Have your other Driver ready to install -> when done connect back to the internet.

DDU: https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-dri ... aller-DDU-

Tried Multi-Sampling at every option, same. I know about the setting, tried everything, they don't save. They just save when I launch the game without any mod, any addon, anything. Have no idea why. Even in config file the setting are like... weatherintensity 0 but still launching the game at weatherintensity 3...

Thank for the help, but I'm not going to try the nvidia driver since every other game works totally fine. Thank you anyways for your time.

[Boobatooba]

I'm tired of trying to make the game works. I would love to play it, but it's imposible.
As soon as it rains or on bg, I go from 150-200fps to 30-40fps, which make it unplayable.
I've tried to reinstall the game several times, same error keeps happening. Also some video options doesn't save, like level of detail, weather intensity and death effect.
Tried your HD models, no models... The problem is that if it is not raining I cant really test if i fixed it.
So when It happen I try new installation, without my config, without SuperWoW, without addons, mods etc...
Weather intensity helps a bit (60 fps some time) but I know I can get 200 fps with the rain, because on a clean installation without anything it doesnt even move below 200 fps, with the rain.

I would really love to play with all my addons, hd models, SW. But I think one thing must go out to make it work

I got a spaceship: i9-14900k, 4080-S. Nothing else to say...

PD: I'll tell you if I fix it, as soon as possible. All I can tell for now, its better not to touch any video options.
Thanks for your HD models, didn't crash yet with them tho.

Have you checked the Multi-Sampling setting? By default it was set to 8x for me. And also that is just WoW. Even the current client, I played Dragonflight for a bit, went down to 40 FPS in cities with lots of other players. Settings usually only safe upon succesfull closing of the game. If it crashes it does not write the current settings into the config files.

Oh and don't install a current Nvidia driver. They are apparently totally buggy and unstable. I am on 566.36 atm with my 3080 and luckily have no issues. If you have to purge your old driver use DDU to uninstall.
Unplug Ethernet Cable/Disconnect from Internet -> Open Start Menu -> Hold Shift Button and click Restart -> Restart into Safe Mode without Network ( Number 4) -> Run DDU as admin -> Uninstall and Restart -> Have your other Driver ready to install -> when done connect back to the internet.

DDU: https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-dri ... aller-DDU-

Tried Multi-Sampling at every option, same. I know about the setting, tried everything, they don't save. They just save when I launch the game without any mod, any addon, anything. Have no idea why. Even in config file the setting are like... weatherintensity 0 but still launching the game at weatherintensity 3...

Thank for the help, but I'm not going to try the nvidia driver since every other game works totally fine. Thank you anyways for your time.

Check that the folder and contents arent set to read only, if you have the game on c drive it could be causing permission issues

Also if you alt f4 the game it will lose whatever settings you changed that session

[Rantex]

Finally fixed.
The problem were Weather Shaders (face palm), if you deactivate it, rain will make your pc looks like a 2000s pc...
And if you don't want the 1s freezes, just don't install hd models and play vanilla like.
Now playing just with push fog mod and works perfectly, on bgs, raining, etc... I just have a little screen freeze sometimes, but thats just TurtleWoW right?

As I told you, just needed more time in a raining space, thanks to Un'goro and thanks for your time guys!

PD: Weather intensity, level of detail and Death effect still not saving, and no, It's not because I had the file on read only... I don't know why, I don't care, maybe SW, maybe some addon...

[Herods]

impossible to play inside scholo, memory crashes all the time, the old patch didn't do that

[Boobatooba]

impossible to play inside scholo, memory crashes all the time, the old patch didn't do that

deleted updated version, try the previous one.

[Boobatooba]

Finally fixed.
The problem were Weather Shaders (face palm), if you deactivate it, rain will make your pc looks like a 2000s pc...
And if you don't want the 1s freezes, just don't install hd models and play vanilla like.
Now playing just with push fog mod and works perfectly, on bgs, raining, etc... I just have a little screen freeze sometimes, but thats just TurtleWoW right?

As I told you, just needed more time in a raining space, thanks to Un'goro and thanks for your time guys!

PD: Weather intensity, level of detail and Death effect still not saving, and no, It's not because I had the file on read only... I don't know why, I don't care, maybe SW, maybe some addon...

If shits not saving then its probably a permission issue, try taking ownership of the folder using windows or move to another harddrive.

Have you tried redownloading the launcher and getting it to download a fresh copy of the game? Run launcher as admin maybe.

Had a friend with low fps today, turns out he had to right click desktop, display settings, graphics and add wow.exe then set it to use the high performance gpu rather than automatic as it was running off the intel igpu.