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[–]Schlafrok[S] 91 points92 points  (16 children)

Also, if you've downloaded it, and you're having trouble with weird colors (that's the usual problem with old games on post-WinXP operating systems), do this:

  1. Go to Notepad or any other text editor.
  2. Type (or copy and paste) the below lines exactly:

    taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe


    start explorer.exe

  3. Click "File --> Save as"

  4. Name it "PlayWin.bat" (you will need to select "All Files" in the save as type drop down menu, so it won't become a .txt file).

  5. Save the file in the game directory, or just move it there.

  6. Double Click 'PlayWin.bat' to run the game.

  7. If it launched in a window, use Alt + Enter to change it to full screen.

  8. It should be working perfectly. Voilà. :)

EDIT: Fixed the "typo" in step 2.

[–]enimu 13 points14 points  (6 children)

I tried this but I just briefly get a command window that vanishes almost instantly and doesn't boot the game. Any idea what's up with that?(win7)

[–]tobberoth 8 points9 points  (3 children)

Open a cmd window, cd to the folder and run the bat from the cmd instead of clicking it. Should at least tell you whats wrong.

[–]enimu 2 points3 points  (2 children)

invalid argument/option PlayWin.exe, no idea what that means. The exe is there and runs, I just get fucked up colours.

[–]Grizzalbee 8 points9 points  (1 child)

break it out into 3 lines

[–]enimu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks mates, worked like a charm. If anyone else comes across this, it's

taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe


start explorer.exe

[–]Meneazus 3 points4 points  (1 child)

There's actually a better way to fix the colors, just download the "DirectDraw Fix", it's an old tool to fix the colors on old games, i just tried it on Lord of the Clans and worked flawlessly.

Just click on "Dowload File" on top of the page and it should download the program.

[–]IllidanS4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DDrawCompat seems to be the best DLL wrapper for it. Just download the latest version and place it with the exe, no registry modification needed.

[–]Fiirkan 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Anyone else getting, "Please, Insert "Warcraft Adventure" CD..." when trying to launch, I don't see an .ISO or anything to mount in the folder.

Nevermind, I had it on my E: drive and had to edit a line in the Book.ini and Debug.ini files to reflect this (was set to D: drive)

[–]Vrachno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same problem, but the only line referring to a disk path is the Save location directory, which didn't fix the problem after changing it. :/

EDIT: Worked with XP SP3 compatibility and admin's rights.

[–]Grizzalbee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Step 2 you have all 3 commands on a single line

[–]SklX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game just seems to show a black screen when I am in full screen mode. Do you have an idea why that is or how to make the game window bigger?

[–]kaysayva 0 points1 point  (1 child)

is there a trick to correct the aspect ratio to 4:3 ?

[–]Kareberta 0 points1 point  (0 children)


Yeah i need a solution for that too