Talk:News and Announcements/@comment-5395153-20130830152926

1.03.25 Performance Workaround
As is already known, the Unofficial 1.03.25 Patch has difficulties running on certain laptops, portable devices and older computers. There is a way to get around this issue, but it doesn't come without the sacrifice of certain fixes and new changes.

This workaround is intended only to those who have serious issues running the game or to those who wish to play a multiplayer game with the aforementioned devices.

What this Workaround Does
This changes the Battlecry III.exe and the Items.xcr to the 1.03.24 versions.

The Limitations of the Workaround

 * Broken Vampirism (in all forms except items)
 * Broken Swiftness Skill (past +100% Attack Speed)
 * Old Hero Health - Merchants will have 50 more hits and all wizard classes will have 50 less hits as in 1.03.24
 * Heroes can be Deathblowed as in 1.03.24
 * No 1.03.25 Items
 * All 1.03.25 Items equipped or in the knapsack of heroes will become duds until 1.03.25 is used again. To make sure these don't become broken, I recommend you store all 1.03.25 Items in the Campaign's Item Chest just in case
 * No support for any more tilesets than Kharn's tileset
 * Nerfed Illusion Magic as in 1.03.24

Multiplayer
If you would like the ability to play a multiplayer game with 1.03.25/1.03.24 Workaround users:


 * 1) Back up Battlecry III.exe (located in the main Warlords Battlecry III folder) 
 * 2) Back up Items.xcr (located in the Warlords Battlecry III/English folder)
 * 3) Switch the aforementioned files around with the respective currently installed ones when necessary (for example, switch the 1.03.25 Battlecry III.exe with the 1.03.24 Battlecry III.exe and the 1.03.25 Items.xcr with the 1.03.24 Items.xcr)
 * 4) Before playing a Skirmish in 1.03.24, make sure you put all 1.03.25 Items in the Campaign's Item Storage just in case

Installation

 * 1) If you would like to play with 1.03.25/1.03.24 Workaround users, backup Battlecry III.exe and Items.xcr in the Warlords Battlecry III folder (see the Multiplayer section for more details).
 * 2) Extract the ZIP to the main Warlords Battlecry III folder and overwrite all files.

If anyone needs further help, please don't hesitate to get in contact :).