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WoW 2.0.1 Workarounds

Posted by Cob on December 11, 2006, 10:45 AM
Here's two tips I got off my guild forum that are floating around recently.

Restoring Cache
If you are getting more lag in 2.0.1 it might be because you are missing your C:\Program Files\World of WarcraftCache\WDB\enUS\ folder where the new ItemCache.wdb files should be stored. These cache files hold reference data for item models and other stuff. Without an entry in the cache files, your network bandwidth goes up. I apologize as I don't have a link for the original source of these tidbits.

Im trying to track this down, and have been running some utilities, like filemon, to see whats happening. In doing so, I noticed a wierd issue.

In the past, we had a wdb file, that contained a cache of items/mobs/etc. In 2.0 they moved it. It is supposed to be in the new Cache folder, but mine wasnt. I manually added a WDB, then an enUS folder into the cache folder (CacheWDBenUS) and my framerate went up, my network traffic went down, and I got a bunch of cache files put into that folder by the wow client.

So to summarize.

1. Go to c:\program files\World of Warcraft\Cache\ folder.
2. Create a new folder titled "WDB"
3. Open the "WDB" folder.
4. Create a new folder titled "enUS"

Once you restart wow you should start to notice files in here.


Turning off that fcking obnoxious raid-join noise
I haven't tried this one yet, but it was driving me insane on friday, and needs to be resolved for good. ;p

ANOTHER FIX - FIX FOR CLICKING NOISE CONSTANTLY GOING OFF

1. Make a macro
2. Enter the following line in the macro (copy - paste)
/script if not _clickfixed then __xps=PlaySound; function PlaySound(snd) if (snd~="igCharacterInfoTab") then __xps(snd); end end _clickfixed=1; end
3. Run macro everytime you login.

Should stop that clicking noise form constantly going off and causing you to lag for a second everytime it goes off.



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