Differences in the way Macs and personal computer render 3-D graphics command Blizzard Entertainment to inactivate sealed artwork effects in the Mac version of its recently massively multiplayer on-line function make for plot World of Warcraft . With the recently loose 1.2.1 update that problem has been fixed on certain Mac configurations — it also hold optimizations that Blizzard says amend skeleton - rate on some Mac systems .
Blizzard has treated Mac and PC gamers with even - handedly since World of Warcraft ’s North American release in November . World of Warcraft ship on hybrid metier for both Macs and Windows PCs , and both versions of the client software have been in lock - footprint since the game debuted .
Prior to its universal release , however , World of Warcraft ’s exploitation team indicated to beta examiner that the Mac version would be released with apex and pixel shaders — special computer code that provides more elaborated lighting and shadowing effects — deactivated for the Macintosh program . Last week Apple put out Mac OS X v10.3.7 , which provided enhancements to the nontextual matter drivers Macs employment . This update to World of Warcraft give way manus - in - hand with that release .
World of Warcraft 1.2.1 ’s major new features include peculiar vacation outcome , a raw keep to explore , and the power to turn off cloak and helm graphics , along with dozens of changes to quests , cosmopolitan game attributes , and specific capacity of fictional character types and form within the game . The Mac version also gains two specific changes , consort to the waiver notes :
A threadposted to the World of Warcraft keep forumsdetails the graphical change for Mac users in this exit , and also supply some details about what effects are enable on which cards . The update will be download by user the next clip they connect .
9:00AM 12/22/04 : Blizzard inform MacCentral that the “ Added reverb to sound effects ” feature is not present in this release of the Mac version , despite the reference point in the release Federal Reserve note .
