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Setting Up Listchecker on Warcraft III

If you play Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne at all, then I know that you have heard of the most popular map on Battle.net, Defense of The Ancients. You can download the map here. If you have taken your game up to the next level from public games found in the custom game list to TDA games sponsored by Clan TDA (The clan responsible for maintaining the map) then you probably have heard of LC or listchecker. List checker is a great tool that creates a Virtual LAN that allows for a smooth lag-free game in most cases. The only problem with listchecker is that there is little documentation on how-to get it all up and running, and this can be a daunting task for the less technically inclined DOTA hosts out there.There are only a few steps to this process, and they are mostly painless so I will walk you through them.

1. Create a folder on your desktop called Listchecker, you can call it anything you want but I call mine Listchecker.

2. Go to the listchecker website and download the latest version of the listchecker program. That means you will have to download the pickup.listchecker.exe, BNCSutil.dll, and pickup.listchecker.ini.

When you try to download the ini file, you will more than likely just be shown some text. In this case, open up Notepad and copy and paste the text into Notepad. Then save the file as “pickup.listchecker.ini” without the quotations. Make sure you have All Files selected and not Text Files.

3. If you don’t have WinPCAP installed, you can download it here. This is very important and it makes the whole program work so if you have to ask yourself if you ahve it installed, then go ahead and download it and try to install it.

4. Now open up that INI file again. It’s time to configure Listchecker to make it work for you. You will need both your CD-Keys for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne. Your keys will be encrypted the first time you run Listchecker, as will your Battle.net ID and password, so you don’t need to worry about that. If you are playing on Azeroth (USEAST) like me, then change the line bnetnetwork=europe.battle.net to “bnetnetwork=useast.battle.net”. Now all you have to do is fill in your Battle.net account info and your CD-Key information and you are almost good to go.

5. Now it’s time to see if this thing works. Launch Warcraft III and then Alt+Tab to your desktop and launch Listchecker by running the EXE file in the Listchecker folder. Only launch it once, You will be prompted by Listchecker because it wants to change the port that Warcraft III uses from 6112 to 6113 so Listchecker can have 6112, press okay and let it work. This process may take a few minutes, go get a drink or something. Listchecker will also alert you that your ini file has been encrypted and then after it is done changing your Warcraft III ports, it will launch the program.

6. Congrats! You installed Listchecker! You may also have to set your router / firewall to unblock the ports. I unblock the range 6112-6119 on my firewall and router. If you need help configuring your router, then go to the Port Forward website or just leave me a comment and I will answer your question.

Now What? So you wanna host a game? Its easy! Don’t connect to battle.net like you normally would, instead press the Local Area Network button and then press Create Game. Pick the map you want and then press Create Game. If you are hosting a TDA make sure you set the game to allow Referees in the Additional Options menu. Now it should be you and someone called pickup.listchecker in the game. Don’t worry that just means listchecker is working! To host a public game enter the following command “/hostbnetpublic <gamename>” and to host a private game enter “/hostbnet <gamename>” replace <gamename> with the gamename of your choice. Pick something snazzy! You can also check the latency of the players in the game by doing the “/pingall” command and then pressing Ctrl+V to paste the results into Warcraft 3.

If you need any help or if I missed something, leave a comment and let me know! I write this stuff for you guys and I would like to get some feedback!