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==WC3Connect==
Standalone app used to connect your Warcraft III client to multiple communities.

===Advantages===
*'''Join Games Easier:''' All that is required is for you to create an account, and select a game listed within the WC3Connect client. After, launch your Warcraft III game and navigate to the LAN menu to join your desired lobby.

* '''Reduces chance of disconnection:''' WC3Connect gives you GProxy++ support, meaning that you can reconnect to games if your Internet connection briefly disconnects.

==Setup==
=== WC3 Connect Links ===
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! scope="row" colspan="3" align="Left" | WC3Connect Client Download Links
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| Windows
| [https://entgaming.net/wc3connect.exe https://entgaming.net/wc3connect.exe]
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| Macintosh
| [https://entgaming.net/wc3connect-osx.zip https://entgaming.net/wc3connect-osx.zip]
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| Linux
| [https://entgaming.net/wc3connect-amd64 https://entgaming.net/wc3connect-amd64]
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! scope="row" colspan="3" align="Left" | Cross-platform Version - Requires Java
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| Download
| [https://entgaming.net/wc3connect.jar https://entgaming.net/wc3connect.jar]
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| Java
| [https://www.java.com/en/download/ https://www.java.com/en/download/]
|}
=== Prerequisites ===
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|WC3 Expansion:
|[https://battle.net/shop/product/warcraft-iii-the-frozen-throne Warcraft III:The Frozen Throne]
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|Patch Version:
|1.30.1.10211
|}

==How-To Guides==
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====Account Creation====

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|'''NOTE:''' If you had an ENT Gaming forum account prior to Oct.14 2018,  then use your forum login credentials to log in.
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# Insert your desired username
# Insert your desired password
#  Click '''Sign Up''' 
* If the account is available, you'll be prompted that the account creation was successful (See Figure 2)
* If the account is unavailable, you'll be prompted that the username is unavailable (See Figure 3)

Below is an overview of the signup process:
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WC3Connect_Sign-Up.png|Figure 1
WC3Connect_Sign-Up-Complete.png|Figure 2
WC3Connect_Sign-Up-Failed.png|Figure 3
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====Joining A Game====

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# Open WC3Connect
# Login using your existing username and password
#* If you do not have an account, follow the '''Account Creation''' steps listed above.
# Select your desired game from the available games listed. (See Figure 1)
#* Games are seperated into 3 tabs
#** '''Public''' - Player hosted games from ENT and MMH
#** '''ENT Autohost''' - Autohosted games from ENT Gaming
#** '''Others''' - Autohosted games from other communities
# Open Warcraft III
# Select '''Local Area Network''' (See Figure 2)
# Select your desired game from the games list (See Figure 3)
#* Dependent on the number of local network adapters with IPs, it will display the same lobby multiple times when you've selected a lobby in the WC3Connect client.
# If joined successfully, you should be in a game lobby (See Figure 4)
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WC3Connect_Find-Lobby.png|Figure 1
WC3Connect_Lan-Menu.png|Figure 2
WC3Connect_Lan-Lobby-List.png|Figure 3
WC3Connect_In-Game-Lobby.png|Figure 4
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====Validate Your WC3Connect Account On the ENT Gaming Forum====

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'''ENT Gaming Forum'''
# [https://entgaming.net/forum/ucp.php?mode=login Login] to the ENT Gaming Forum
# Navigate to the [https://entgaming.net/link/validate.php Validate] portion of [https://entgaming.net/link/ ENT Link]
# Complete the following: (See Figure 1)
#* Fill in username
#* Select '''WC3Connect'''
#* Click '''Validate'''
#** This will provide you with a code to insert into your WC3Connect client (See Figure 2)

'''WC3Connect Client'''
# Open the WC3Connect client
# Login with the account you wish to validate
# Open the Validate setting: (See Figure 3)
#* Click Settings > Validate
# Enter the code provided on the forum and click '''Validate Account''' (See Figure 4)
#* If Validate request is sent successfully, it will display a specific message (See Figure 5)
#* You can verify your account has been validated via [https://entgaming.net/link/accounts.php Linked Accounts] in [https://entgaming.net/link/ ENT Link]
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WC3Connect_Validate-Forum.png|Figure 1
WC3Connect_Validate-Code.png|Figure 2
WC3Connect_Validate-Setting.png|Figure 3
WC3Connect_Validate-Input-Code.png|Figure 4
WC3Connect_Validate-Success.png|Figure 5
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==Troubleshooting==
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