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What is GProxy?

Eurobattle.net Client is a program which lets you connect to our servers. It offers 2 different gateways: normal and gproxy. GProxy is a tool which doesn't let you drop from your game, suspending it if you disconnect and allowing you to reconnect within a set timeout. It also provides protection against cheaters and maphackers. GProxy is required to be able to use LagAbuse.com bots. Features: Disconnect protection Anti-hack system Automatic patching of your Warcraft III to the recent version Custom icons Custom sounds Switching between DirectX and OpenGL modes Requirements Our server currently runs the 1.28.5 version of Warcraft III. We provide our service for everyone, so you do not need to have a licensed copy of Warcraft III in order to play on Eurobattle.net. Please make sure to have the following in order to be able to play on our server: Warcraft III of any version except 1.00 (The very first one). If you don't have it you can install it using this tool, check this page for detailed instructions. The actual installation file: Installer v9 Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 x86 Visual C++ Redistributable 2015 x86 Windows XP SP3 or greater Note that version switcher isn't needed anymore, if a patch is required it will be downloaded and applied by our Client automatically. How to install? Eurobattle.net provides its services to all users, no matter if they have a licensed copy of the game or not. If you don't have the license keys, Eurobattle.net Client will provide you with temporary ones which will let you connect to our servers. 1) Make sure that you have Warcraft III 1.28.5 or 1.26a installed on your computer. 2) Download and install Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 and Visual C++ Redistributable 2015 x86 here or from the official Microsoft site unless you have them already. These frameworks are required in order to be able to use our Client. 3) Download the newest Eurobattle.net installer 4) Unzip the installer and launch it. 5) Progress through the installation, make sure to select the desired Warcraft III path and the path you want the Client to be installed to: Note that the path MUST contain only English characters. 6) After the installation has been successfully completed, the Client's shortcut will appear on your desktop: 7) Launch the Client and wait patiently until it patches your game (if necessary). You might be asked to confirm the installation of patches (their size varies from ~50 MB to ~950 MB). 8) Lastly, add Eurobattle.net/gproxy.exe and Warcraft III/w3l.exe to the whitelist in your antivirus (especially Avast is notorious for removing the files silently). In case you aren't able to connect to our servers or are experiencing other problems, check our Troubleshooting Section before posting in the Technical Support Board on forum. Changelog The latest change can be found in changelog.txt and the whole changelog in changelog_full.txt in the Client directory. You can also view it on the Changelog Page.

How to connect to Eurobattle.net ?

Hello, Welcome to Eurobattle.net - European Warcraft III PvPGN Server. This page contains a short overview of how to start playing here. Install Warcraft III Unfortunately we are unable to provide direct game links at this time, you can: 1. Buy original CDs and patch to 1.28.5 2. Ask a friend 3. With "Download" button inside the client in "Warcraft" tab. Button will turn green and you need to wait for it to finish the download. You can click on the button again to cancel the download. Download is resumable. Only one version can be downloaded at a time. Files are stored in %appdata% directory. A dialog window will take you there on download completion. Install Eurobattle.net Eurobattle.net provides its services to all users, no matter if they have a licensed copy of the game or not. If you don't have the license keys, Eurobattle.net Client will provide you with temporary ones which will let you connect to our servers. 1) Make sure that you have Warcraft III 1.28.5 or 1.26a installed on your computer. 2) Download and install Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 and Visual C++ Redistributable 2015 x86 here or from the official Microsoft site unless you have them already. These frameworks are required in order to be able to use our Client. 3) Download the newest Eurobattle.net installer 4) Unzip the installer and launch it. 5) Progress through the installation, make sure to select the desired Warcraft III path and the path you want the Client to be installed to: Note that the path MUST contain only English characters. 6) After the installation has been successfully completed, the Client's shortcut will appear on your desktop: 7) Launch the Client and wait patiently until it patches your game (if necessary). You might be asked to confirm the installation of patches (their size varies from ~50 MB to ~950 MB). 8) Lastly, add Eurobattle.net/gproxy.exe and Warcraft III/w3l.exe to the whitelist in your antivirus (especially Avast is notorious for removing the files silently). In case you aren't able to connect to our servers or are experiencing other problems, check our Troubleshooting Section before posting in the Technical Support Board on forum. Create a server account Server accounts can only be created using a special form on our forum. Follow these simple steps in order to create an account: 1) Go to the account creation page 2) Type in your email and complete the Captcha. Note: Disposable emails are NOT allowed. If you have a legitimate email and it still doesn't let you register, please contact us on forum and we will add it to the whitelist. 3) Check your mailbox, you should have received a confirmation email. click on the confirmation link and it will take you to the account creation form. 4) Type in the desired nickname and password. You should now be able to login on server using the in-game form. How to play ladder games Ladder matches are the basic games in Warcraft III, also known as "melee", "standard" and "PG" games. You play for one of the four races (Alliance, Night elves, Orcs or Undead) and your goal is to build your base and army as soon as possible and eliminate enemy players. Ladder games have their own ladder. Requirements To be able to play ladder Warcraft III games it is required to forward 6112, 6113 ports on your router. Since there is no external host one of the players taking part in the match must have his ports forwarded. He will then be the host for that game. If neither of the players can take the role of the host, all players will be disconnected from the game. Searching for the game 1) After logging in on server, click on the "Play Game" button 2) Select the game type of the game you want to find (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, FFA). Click on the "Thumb Up" buttons to remove the maps you don't like from the map pool. Once you are ready, press "Play Game". 3) Wait until your game is arranged (may take a while) You can also start searching for the game directly from the main menu by pressing the "Quick Play Game" button. The previously selected game settings will apply. How to play custom games Custom games are all games which aren't played through the "Play Game" and "Quick Play Game" options. They also don't affect the melee ladder. There are thousands of different custom games - DotA, DotA LoD, Castle Fight, X-Hero Siege, Uther Party, Sunken City, Madballs, Invoker Wars, Pudge Wars, Green TD, Middle Earth Risk, Archer Wars and many, many other. 1) After logging in, click on the "Custom Game" button. 2) Select the game you want to join from the list or type its name in the text box. 3) DotA games are also custom games and can be joined the same way How to host games on your computer Requirements To be able host Warcraft III games on your PC it is required to forward 6112, 6113 ports on your router. This is needed in order to allow the other players to connect to your computer and take part in your game. Creating game Coming soon... How to host games on bots Hosting with public bots You can use public hosting bots to create games for you. To use them enter the respective channel or directly whisper the bot using /w command. Lagabuse.com /join la or /join lagabuse.com How to host using lagabuse bot EuroBR.Guard /join br or /join Brasil http://eurobattle.net/forums/840-Brasil Hosting on your computer using GHost You may want to run a special bot which will make hosting easier for you. Since your PC will still be used as the host, portforwarding is required. Check the GHost section for detailed tutorials about using the GHost/GHost++ bots.

How to create server account ?

Server accounts can only be created using a special form on our forum. Follow these simple steps in order to create an account: 1) Go to the account creation page 2) Type in your email and complete the Captcha. Note: Disposable emails are NOT allowed. If you have a legitimate email and it still doesn't let you register, please contact us on forum and we will add it to the whitelist. 3) Check your mailbox, you should have received a confirmation email. click on the confirmation link and it will take you to the account creation form. 4) Type in the desired nickname and password. You should now be able to login on server using the in-game form.

How to deal with cheaters ?

At Eurobattle.net we value fairness what means that cheating is NOT allowed here. By 'cheating' we mean all kind of 3rd party programs that allow particular user to use advantage of normally unaccesable things (for example seeing whole map while playing -MapHack ) as well as all kind of behaviours/certain acts that may have similar result as described above ( lvl-upping, bad manners ). In general, we disallow everything what destroys gameplay in any way. However....there are some expections. If you don't know them all, this F.A.Q is for you :) To let You understand better, we will divide cheats into 2 categories : 1) Play Game cheats ( Abbreviation : PG. Cheats used in standard wc3 games - Ladder and Tournaments ) 2) Custom Game cheats ( Abbreviation : CG. Cheats used in all kind of Custom maps, i.e. DotA, Tower Defence ) Below You have full list of programs/actions NOT allowed in respective category ( PG or CG ). Use of any programs mentioned below will result in account/IP lock punishment. Same will be done with any other action that is counted as forbidden. ( Nick Abuse, Lag abuse, Bad Manners, etc ). 1) PG : - MapHack - It's a program which enables you to see the fully revealed map. - Custom Kick - A program which kicks player out of a game. ( The kicked player will suffer a loss. ) - Level-upping - A way of boosting account with wins, done by other user on purpose. ( Arranged games in which one user will constantly receive wins. ) Though, not a "hack". - Nickname Abuse - An advantage of player who creates "strange" nickname with weird signs like " IlIlIlIlIlI " , " _-_R4z0r-_-_ ". Difficulty of trying to check the ping of that player gives him huge advantage in "Lag abuse", "Disc Hack" and other cases. User will be also banned for account that may insult religion, countries or other people. - FFA Teamplay - An "alliance" of 2 or 3 players against another player, in a "Free For All" ladder game. "Allied" players attack another player in a "Free For All" game, but avoid attacking themselves, though they are enemies. - Team Killing - Team killer is a player who acts against his ally, in a "Random Teams" ladder game, attacking him or destroying his game, on purpose. - DiscHack - It's a way of leaving a game, harmless to guy who's doing it, by " closing " the internet connection. It can be done by special program, called DiscHack, or manually, by upluging internet cable. - Loading Abuse - A way of avoiding a game, which is about to start. ( An user who doesn't " load " the game. ). It can be done by special program or manually, by closing the game/upluging the cable/turning pc off during the game loading. - Lag Abuse - It's abuse of " host " advantage. ( An user, who hosts the game, with ping greater than 300. ) Host with ping higher than 300 provides a lot of lag to enemy and has great advantage to win the game because of it. - Bad manners - It's not a 'hack', however it's a behaviour that is not allowed. Any kind of strong insults, especially addressed to Nation/Country/Religion will have severe consequences. 2) CG : - NameSpoofer - A program which allows you to change your nickname or put it coloured. - Bad manners - It's not a 'hack', however it's a behaviour that is not allowed. Any kind of strong insults, especially addressed to Nation/Country/Religion will have severe consequences. As you can see, much more 'cheats' are restricted in PG than CG. It is connected with fact that public CGs are not scored or ranked in any way and people who play them do not receive wins/loses and icons in profile. Thus cheating there do not have as big consequences as in PG system. That's why we allow to use CustomKick and MapHack software in custom games( DotA, Tower Defence, BattleShips and so on ), but disallow it in Ladder and Tournaments Games. Ok, now when You know which programs/acts are allowed and which are not, we can go to part about reporting cheaters. What if You noticed someone breaking any rule? ( using some 'hack', abusing something, having bad attitude, etc ) In such situation you should go to Hacks Section and report it at respective forum. ( MapHack use at 'Maphack!' forum, Lag Abuse at 'Lag Abusers' forum, NameSpoofer at 'Other Hacks' forum, and so on ) All the informations needed for reporting cheaters are inside Hacks Rule Book. Read it thoroughly before posting. ATTENTION ! Eurobattle.net server/forums are virtual communities. As a matter of that fact we respect and obey all the laws and duties reputed as common standards. If You have any doubts of what is allowed and what is not, always ask some Moderator or Administrator before taking an action.

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How to host games under router ?

Hello, In this short F.A.Q you will learn how to host games having router. In order to host online games you must allow all incoming connections to your computer. For this purpose, you need to foreward your gaming ports on the router. How to do it ? Firstly, open cmd.exe (Start -> All programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt), type ipconfig and notice the Default Gateway. Secondly, open your web browser and type the IP displayed by ipconfig command. In shown example it is 192.168.1.254. You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. You can find them in your router's manual. By default username and password are admin. After loggin in you will see your router's Control Panel. Now comes the hardest part. You need to find option to foreward ports. It's impossible to guide you where you should search for it, because Control Panel looks diffrently on diffrent versions of router. However, the most common are "Port Forward", "Virtual Server" or "Game & Application Sharing" usually located in advanced settings. Below you can see few examplary routers' views: Some routers have Warcraft 3 in their database, so all you have to do is add the Warcraft 3 to the Applied Rules. If you don't have the game, create a new application with the following settings: 1) Protocol: Any 2) Port Range: 6112 - 6119 3) Translate To: 6112 - 6119 Or if you don't have "Any" as a protocol type: 1) Protocol: TCP 2) Port Range: 6112 - 6119 3) Translate To: 6112 - 6119 1) Protocol: UDP 2) Port Range: 6112 - 6119 3) Translate To: 6112 - 6119 That's all ! Now you should be able to host games without any problems.

How to host under firewall ?

Hello, In this short F.A.Q you will learn how to host games under standard, Windows firewall. If you have some other, special firewall program, check this guide. Firstly, you need to go to Control Panel ( My Computer -> Control Panel or Start -> Control Panel ). Secondly, when you are inside Control Panel, open Windows Firewall. Firewall should be set to 'on'. If it's not, turn it on. Then, go to Exceptions bookmark. Now, all you need to do is add new exception by pressing Add Port button : 1) Port Name - doesn't matter, choose any you wish. 2) Port Number - 6112. 3) Port Type - TCP. When you finish it, press ok and repeat the procedure for UDP port ( select UDP in port type ). Remember that both types of ports must be forwarded ! ATTENTION : On the main firewall page ( General bookmark ) there is Block all incoming connections option. Make sure it's NOT ticked ! In order to host you must allow incoming connections. That's all ! Now you should be able to host games without problems. Good luck !