WC3 Reforged 1.33 cannot load games saved in 1.32

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After the recent update to 1.33, WC3 Reforged fails to load any game saved in 1.32.
Interestingly enough, username in saved games is displayed as UNDEFINED and time as 00:00. I guess w3z format is not backwards-compatible.

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Same problem here

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Same problem for me. Super annoying…

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Same here. Game time is 00:00 in all saved games and it says “created by: UNDEFINED”.

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same problem here.

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Me too - tried both reforged and classic mode and i cant load a save on either !
Rather annoying.

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It gets worse !
Tried starting a new game from Orc campaign, from classic mode, and that worked fine.
BUT - I saved the game after about 30 secs to test if I was able to load the new save - and sadly I wasnt!!
Instead my cursor now disappeared, but the game didnt load… (tried it several times with the same outcome).

So I cant save any game not even newly saved games, which makes the game unplayable at the moment, sadly !!

Blizzard - can you hear us??
An indication that you’re aware and trying to fix it would be nice !

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After the 1.33 patch my wc3 lags so bad I can’t even click or scroll with the mouse, not only that but every game I try to join have 2609ms ping and I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the game while also adjusting my settings in game to lowest settings to no avail

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Blizzard will not do anything about this for a long time, probably months at this point. I doubt they even have a person looking at these forums at least once a day. Shame.

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2 more victories no register (3 v 3) ; same problem still here.

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I’ve foud kind of a workaround - that at least let me play new saved games, though not games saved in 1.32.
It goes like this:

  1. Start a new mission from a campaign (the orcs for example). Skip the intro.

  2. When the mission begins, push F10 and from there I can load a game saved in 1.33. (I get an error message if I try to load a 1.32 saved game)
    Tried it today after the minor upgrade - still works. :slight_smile:

Sure its kinda aonnoying to start a mission from the beginning that you dont wanna play and THEN load the 1.33 saved game - but at least its now possible to play the game.

I very much still hopes this get fixed proper. I’ve bought this game twice now, so it would be nice if one of them works ! :wink:

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@Viridity Actually, when it comes to campaigns, I don’t have any issues loading games saved in 1.33, it can be done directly from the main menu as well.

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same problem here…totally unplayable

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Hello everyone,

This is not bug. When a map is modified during a patch, it makes old related saves invalid :

Multiple campaign maps have been modified with the last patch. You only need to restart the mission, not the entire campaign.

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The thing is, I have this issue with custom maps that aren’t getting changed by Blizzard during a patch as they usually only use customized maps and units made by the community.

In the old Warcraft 3 that issue didn’t exist to this extend.
Like if you installed a major patch, sometimes a scenario wasn’t playable anymore but if it was playable (you could host the map), then you could also load save games.

Considering this, Warcraft 3 Reforged is worse than the original Warcraft 3.
Do you happen to know why this mechanic has to be this way and if there are any plans of improving it?
Because it is hard for me to believe Blizzard intended to make the game this user-unfriendly.

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I know this post is old, but I have the same problems with custom maps saying undefined. and idk how to fix it