1. IMPORTANT: This server uses Playerbots (AI-controlled party/guild members). This is an actively developed feature and is NOT perfect - you may encounter bugs or odd bot behavior. We are continuously working on improvements. First, create an account using the Register page above.
2. Download and install the World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (Wrath of the Lich King) client. We recommend the ChromieCraft client - a clean 3.3.5a client with no server-specific changes. It is also the client our staff run and test on, so if you need help we are looking at the same setup you are: https://chromiecraft.com/en/downloads/
3. Open your World of Warcraft folder. Inside it, open the file called realmlist.wtf using Notepad.
4. Delete everything in that file and replace it with the line below, then save:
set
realmlist southeastohio.duckdns.org
Bot Talent / Spec Commands
Whisper these to any bot in your party or raid to control their talent build (e.g. /w BotName talents spec list):
talents - shows the bot's current talent spec
talents spec list - lists every premade spec available for that bot's class (e.g. Fire, Frost, Arcane for a mage), numbered
talents spec <name> - switch the bot to one of the specs from that list, e.g. talents spec Fire
talents autopick - let the bot automatically pick a solid build for its current level and class
talents switch 1 / talents switch 2 - swap between dual-spec slot 1 and slot 2 (the bot needs dual spec unlocked first)
talents apply <link> - apply a raw in-game talent link (advanced/optional)
talents help - shows this same command list in-game
Addons
We have put together a single pack with the addons our staff run. Install it and you have the same setup we do, which means when you ask for help we are looking at what you are looking at.
Download the Addon Pack (65.53 MB)
To install: close World of Warcraft completely, open the zip, and copy the AddOns folder into your WoW Interface folder. If it asks about replacing files, say yes - your own addons are not removed. Then start the game, click AddOns at the character select screen, and make sure everything is ticked. Full instructions are in the README inside the zip.
One thing to watch. The pack contains two quest-helper addons, Questie and QuestHelper. They do the same job and will fight each other if both are switched on - you get duplicate map icons and two arrows pointing different ways. At the character select screen, click AddOns and tick one of them, not both. We recommend Questie.
The pack contains addons written by other people, included as published. Credit to their authors, among them:
You do not need to download those separately. They are already in the pack.
Crashing in busy places? Apply the 4GB patch
The 3.3.5a game is a 32-bit program from 2010, and it was built with a setting that says it will never need more than 2GB of memory. On this server, with a lot of players and bots around you, it does need more - and when it runs out, the game closes. Usually in the same crowded spots every time.
Windows is perfectly happy to give it up to 4GB. It just has to be told the program can cope with it. This small script turns that one setting on. It is the same change our own client has had since September, and it is why we stopped crashing.
Download the 4GB Patch (3.1 KB)
How to use it: close World of Warcraft completely. Open the zip and put Apply-4GB-Patch.ps1 into your WoW folder - the one with Wow.exe in it. Right-click it and choose Run with PowerShell. It shows you what it is about to do and waits for you to type YES.
What it actually does: it changes one setting inside your own copy of Wow.exe, on your own computer. It downloads nothing and sends nothing anywhere. The file does not even change size. Your original is backed up first as Wow.exe.bak, and if anything goes wrong the script puts your original back by itself.
If Windows will not let you right-click and run it, open PowerShell and paste the line below, with your own WoW folder in place of the example:
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Games\WoW\Apply-4GB-Patch.ps1"
If you are already patched, the script will say so and change nothing. It is safe to run twice.