Tutorial: Warcraft III Autorefresh for Mac OS X

Dude, you’re awesome. I couldn’t figure out that mono framework on my own. Thanks for the instructions.

By the way, the link to the Auto Refresh program itself is dead, or at least it was for me. Luckily I knew a place that had it. If you need a new link, here’s where I got it: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/tools/download/466/WarcraftIIIA

Thanks again,
VoltmanEXE

i don´t know why but if i download the programm i don´t have a .exe???

yo dude how do u run war craft windowed

i installed X11, followed all of your instructions. Opened terminal and entered in the correct coding. i closed terminal and opened X11. When i did, autoref wasnt under applications.

I realized what i did wrong. I did al the “Custom Menu” stuff, and then clicked done. I went to open up AutoRefresh from the menu but nothing happened. Please help.

it only works on leopard or tiger too?

(cause it don’t works with me ^^ and the only differance
come from the differance of the terminal’s looks)

i’m sorry for the grammar fault , i’m french :p

it’s ok, it works

thx a lot

you are french too, aren’t you?(you speak frenche on the
last screen with X11 ^^)

hi. this doesent work for me… i cant open the files, can you please help me?

ok. i’ll try^^ hope it works now ;P

where do i get zip?

when i put the File : WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe into Terminal and then type .autoref.exe it says it bashes because it cant execute binary file. please help. Thanks much =]

nevermind, i realiced i didnt put the “cp” before it. but when i finished everything, and still tried to load the autorefresher through X11 it didnt do anything. contact me at Jakelahr7097@mac.com or reply back on here. thanks

i need a program to open the file with……wgat do i need???

and?? i need a file……….i cant open it yet, i have allready dl it

ok i understand now..

The file is prtected omg.. tell me it maby it will work. pass:….

HI. Kenneth… i cant install b4 i get the password to open, cause the file is corrupted.

i mean it it is protected…

whoho! it works! thank you very mutch for this dl ;P

Dude i cant still gives me connection error

hi. im on a mac and i cant host warcraft 3 games. could u help me out?

Hey thanks for writting this tutorial but…
when I do ls I get this
Desktop Movies Sites
Documents Music dominions2
Downloads Opera 7 Preferences.new notoolbar.htm
Incomplete Pictures
Library Public

when I type mono ~/.autoref.exe in x11
Cannot open assembly /Users/chris/.autoref.exe.

So im guessing I didn’t copy it correctly.

Heres what happens as I follow the first portion of your directions:

Chris-Nayaks-Computer:~ chris$ cp
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src target
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src1 … srcN directory
Chris-Nayaks-Computer:~ chris$ /Users/chris/Desktop/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh\ Folder/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe .autoref.exe
-bash: /Users/chris/Desktop/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh Folder/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe: cannot execute binary file
Chris-Nayaks-Computer:~ chris$

Just figured out that cp through .autoref.exe should be in one line(not hitting return after each bit)
still wont work though.

got it
much thanks

hey m8 that was so helpful ive been looking for one or how to use one for ages, do u think this could work with custom kick too.

Thanks SOOOOO much u are the greatest

What would i type for Banlist (instead of ” .autoref.exe) can u help me figure that out… because im trying to get banlist to work that way too.. I got autoref working.. but now I want Banlist lol…

Oh Yeah you migth wanna change the tutorial where it says to Type in ” autoref.exe” because when you enter the program it already puts a space.. thats what completely through me off.. so tell them that even though there is a space after the program u just enetered u still have to add one.

Once again what do i type for the path for banlist ( instead of ( .autoref.exe)

Thanks Cheesytoe

Ok thanks, =’( im really bummed because its horrible playing vampirism without custom kick and banlist lol…. people move in and you cant kick them, because someone else was picked host lol… it sucks but i guess ppl just dont wanna make it for mac lol..

Oh Yeah you might wanna change the tutorial where it says to Type in ” autoref.exe” because when you enter the program it already puts a space.. thats what completely through me off.. so tell them that even though there is a space after the program u just enetered u still have to add one.

Because i spent days trying to figure out what i did wrong… so if you can try to change it to say “when iyou add the program it will already create a space but you have to put another space too.”

(sorry if i said it twice… its just that most ppl wont read down this far to find out what they did wrong)

what i meant was that when you type in cp (then drag in the file) *then you type a space*, but when you dragged in the application it already put a space after you dragged it in… but i thought (oh it already put a space in i dont need another space before .autoref.exe) and it didnt work… until i tried 2 days later after almost giving up, and i typed in another space… so that completely confused me lol

does this work on panther(10.3.9) ?

hmm dude i tried everything but when i choose the autorefresh in x11 after doing what u said it still doesn’t show up when i host games. I dont see any sign of autorefreshing, how can i tell if its working, will all the slots open and close, and what is that window there in the last photo of ur tutorial wher it says warcraft iii autorefresh, i dont see it. contact me deathclash1@gmail.com

How do i make it so that this auto refresh happens at the same time instead of 1 at a time

When you put in “mono .autoref.exe” you must have a space between mono and the dot otherwise it won’t work. I had the same problem and it was solved when i did that.

Have you found the way to run banlist on mac? I’m desparatly wanting to host dota games but I dont have banlist.

Thanks for the tut. It works fine for me ^^. And something about WC3BL>> It requires WinPcap to run. Also, the .exe that you DL from the site is the installer and expands into WinPcap and BL. I’m transferring the files from Virtual PC to my Mac and I will try to run it in X11.
And, do you have to type .autoref.exe or can you type like .autorefresher.exe? Because if it has to be a certain way, I don’t think how to make BL work.

i cant install x11… it says either my machine has a newer version or this machine doesnt require this update… ??? im using 10.4.11. but i cant find x11 in utilities. is it named differently?

nvm, i found a ftp mirror to downlaod the correct version… how do i change the name of the autorefresh? (the fake players name)

How do u unzip it? WIth wat program?

The link to the mono framework isn’t working on both ur link and the site’s link…

Hey. Liked the tutorial. Is there a way to get X11 if you don’t have your Tiger disk anymore?

Found it. You can download X11 from the Apple website, here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11formacosx.html

I’ve followed all the steps yet when I try to select autorefesh from the drop down in X11 nothing happens. If I instead type in mono autoref.exe I get Cannot open assembly autoref.exe.

Ah I re-read the comments and using mono ~/.autoref.exe in x11 work.

ty for this i was just wondering is there a apple or mac compatable banlist around somewhere if so can u email the address fo it to cranky13aker@hotmail.com and the email is a 13 not a B ty for that

x11 does not show under my applications/utilities folder. Terminal is there. I downloaded x11 from mac site and when i try to install it says that there is newer software already installed on this volume.

What do I do?

Hi, I did everything step by step and when i go to x11 and try running the application nothing happens.

i installed everything and followed the instructions exactly but still nothing happens when i run autorefresh out of x11. i noticed that autorefresh.exe is viewed by my mac as a plain text document, is that the problem? also is there a way to verify that mono framework is properly installed? i suspect it might not be, but i don’t know why. thanks.

ok, I downloaded the WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh and changed the .exe file into a .zip file. But when I clicked on it it showed

Unable to unarchive “WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.zip” into
“WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh”.
(Error 1 - Operation no permitted.)

please help me!!

LOL i see kenneth can handle well with macs.. xD using some funny tricks on finder^^ for the ones who cant host.. youre right PORT FORWARD

Good Job kenneth Switzerland FTW!

Does this not work in Leopard? I’ve tried everything I can think of, it appears to not be copying the .exe at all. I will type + drag everything as stated above exactly then type “ls” and the .autoref.exe won’t appear. Please let me know if anyone else has got this working in leopard. Thanks homies.

Jared I have the same problem. My suspicion is that the mono framework isn’t installing correctly but that’s entirely conjecture. Hopefully Kenneth can help us out.

Hey,
I can’t get the X11 file. I’m on Mac OS X 10.4.11
and like other people said I can’t download the
X11 because it says “This update is not needed.”
Yet, there is no X11.app in my utilities folder. I’ve
searched all over and found a bunch of folders titled
X11, but no application. I also checked the Install Disc
and only found X11 SDK, i must have a different install
disc or something, because there is no X11 on it. Any
help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Colin

got it.
had to download it from a random site - seems they don’t have that app anywhere anymore.

Hey just wanted to say thanks a lot for figuring this out and making it easy to do. Next project is working on the banlist!

okay… now I can’t host games at all. They are not viewable again by others now that I’ve installed autorefresh. I can’t host at all now, even without it. Please help
-duder

Hey guys, I’m using Leopard and I just got the refresher to work. I just put the file “WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe” in my home folder. Then in X11 in the application window, I put the command field to “mono WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe” and it runs just fine.

Hope this works for everyone else.

@Adam: Yes I also got it to work. The command field in x11 is “.mono WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe”, and in terminal I typed ” .WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe” where kenneth says to put ” .autorefresh.exe”. I guess this has to match whatever you enter into x11. But yeah, it worked.

Hey i’m having a problem.

i got X11 and mono and that.

i followed you directions and when i run AutoRefresh (under X11 menu: Applications/Autorefresh) nothing happens.

I also tried dc and Adam’s tips and still nothing appears on my screen. i typed ‘ls’ and WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe was there.

thanks

it was the port forwarding :X my bad. It seems my IP address changes about once a day somehow… either way autorefresh works great! please find a way to get ping/country check!!!

what do we have to do differently for leopard i did what it said for tiger hoping it might work it doesnt do anything when you run it from x11 what do you have to change?

Oh my, thank you so much! I made a really stupid mistake at first. I just mounted the mono framework, and didn’t install it. After I did that, it worked like a charm. Now about that blist hehe…..

Thanks again!

Gary

ok, I downloaded the WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh and changed the .exe file into a .zip file. But when I clicked on it it showed
Unable to unarchive “WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.zip” into
“WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh”.
(Error 1 - Operation not permitted.)
please help me!!

does this only work on MAc PC;s?

hey uh, i typed mono ~/.autorefresh.exe in X11 and it says that it cannot open assembly
also i couldnt get any of your download links to work, so i snatched my friends working auto, and i got mono and source off their websitee,
on top of all that i am on a leopard mac, idk what to do

I couldnt get shit to work, I followed all of the above Leopard comments, nothing worked, so I thought fuck it.
Then I simply typed ‘mono WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe’ into terminal.
VOILA! Hello autorefresh.
Woot.

Well, it WAS working perfectly, but now I keep getting a bunch of errors showing in terminal and it shits out on me, and mono crashes.

Eh, lol at my 3-hit-combo with comments, but I fixed it. The shitting out was if I tried to set a custom name without clicking NEW NAME and then clicking in the white window to the left first, the crash was mono trying to render whatever autorefresh is supposed to render graphically, and it failed. Also you can type ‘mono WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe’ into X11 instead of terminal and it works the same, or you can leave X11 closed, either way it works.

hi i followed all the directions and when i go to the menu and click on autorefresh nothing happens….whats wrong???? do i have to do something with that mono framework or what??? help please

whenm i type .autoref.exe in there it says cannot execute binary file
why?

woot i got it thanks a lot dude you rock!!! i hope you get the banlist working!

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hey could i propably do somethin like this to run lancraft too? plz reply to this…

Yo i folowed all of your instructions entered all the correct codes. i dled the mono framework 1.9.something, put botht he icons into my hardrive applications folder and ran the installer. yet when i click on the autorefresh up in the x11 applications list nothing comes up. what should i do?

What’s the username/password to download the mono framework? Thanks

I need help opening X11. I have it downloaded but every time I try to open it nothing happens. >HELP ME<

bash-3.2$ cp
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file … target_directorybash-3.2$
WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe file not found

I’m trying this on Leopard, tried what was written previously, and still can’t get it to work.
Any insights?

Thanks

Last login: Thu Jun 5 09:24:20 on ttys000
Macintosh:~ jovanjoshlee$ cp
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file … target_directory
Macintosh:~ jovanjoshlee$ /Users/jovanjoshlee/Downloads/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe .autoref.exe
-bash: /Users/jovanjoshlee/Downloads/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh/WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe: cannot execute binary file
Macintosh:~ jovanjoshlee$

when i type .autoref.exe in there it says cannot execute binary file
why?

Macintosh:~ jovanjoshlee$ MONO WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe
Cannot open assembly WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe.

kenneth plz help

i am ?? fyi

F.Y.I. I AM “??”

I’ve got mono framework 1.9 installed.

I run War3, make a custom game.

I open X11, navigate to the folder that contains the windows executable.

I run bash$: mono WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe

Nothing at all happens. I can post the output of
mono -v WarcraftIIIAutoRefresh.exe, if that would help. It’s quite a large log, even if I force break after 2 seconds.

Method (wrapper runtime-invoke) System.Object:runtime_invoke_void_string (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) emitted at 0×100c028 to 0×100$
Method System.OutOfMemoryException:.ctor (string) emitted at 0×100c168 to 0×100c1c0 (code length 88) [.autoref.exe]
Method System.SystemException:.ctor (string) emitted at 0×100c1d8 to 0×100c230 (code length 88) [.autoref.exe]
Method System.Exception:.ctor (string) emitted at Here’s a few of the lines:

[.autoref.exe]
Method System.Exception:set_HResult (int) emitted at 0×100c280 to 0×100c2b0 (code length 48) [.autoref.exe]
Method System.NullReferenceException:.ctor (string) emitted at 0×100c2b0 to 0×100c304 (code length 84) [.autoref.exe]
Method System.StackOverflowException:.ctor (string) emitted at 0×100c308 to 0×100c344 (code length 60) [.autoref.exe]

Nevermind — got it working.

For some reason, it took a good 5 minutes before it finally started up. Now it starts up faster.

I’m not on a slow machine, either. Strange.

i also cant seem to get this right… could someone help me? i also dont know if i should zip the exe..

Hey when I tried to enter the info in the terminal I got “permission denied”

@someon1 that same thing happened to me at first … it took so long i thought it was broken, and now it takes like 3 secs. Also kenneth, hope ur workin on a blist right now

I get cannot execute binary file
how do I stop this… I see previous people have had this problem then suddenly corrected it - although did not mention how

I’ve tried everything, and it doesn’t work.

I installed X11, opened Terminal, typed cp , dragged the WarcraftIIIAutoRefresher.exe into Terminal and typed .autoref.exe and hit enter.

Nothing showed up on X11. How do I fix this?

Its not working im 99.9% sure i did it all right but its still not working. can u help plz. my e-mail is dragrace326@aol.com let me kno there

I am confused i did everything you said typed all the terminal stuff but i go to applications in X11 and click on autorefresh but nothing happens. (the game is running aswell) So i do what to said to do type “mono ~/.autoref.exe” and it says “Unhandled Exception:…..” i have no idea what any of it means. Help would be apreciated.

for me it worked all in one line..

cp_(draged app.)__.autoref.exe
_ 1 space __ 2 spaces

I never got a install disc for my mac so how do i get x11?

I dont know what is happenning but i feel like i wasted more time trying to install this than reshing slots in warcraft. i cant even drag the folder like u do in your explanation…. plz help me.

Does this auto ref works on leopard 10.5 for mac?

Tks for telling me that. But,when i click the link to download monoframe, “click here” the sever said that it had failed to open the page, is there another way to download the software?

Hi Kenneth,
I followed all your instructions and did wad u said, but when i start X11 and went to applications and select AutoRefresh, the window did not pop up. Plz help me tks.

By the way, it may be the installing of the monoframe work problem, so can i uninstall it, and where can i find it?

Srry, i realised that the system take a while for the auto refresher to respond. Thanks a lot, i hope to look forward for a mac Banlist!