World of Warcraft Patch 3.2.2a is live
by Adam Holisky 
Sep 25th 2009 at 12:10PM
Being deployed right now across the live realms is Patch 3.2.2a. The patch is small and accounts for a handful of bug fixes which could only be made through the client. The patch file is only 8.01 MB for the US English PC version, so it downloads quickly and installs fine.
There should be no add-on problems with this minor patch, and it is by no means as extensive as Patch 3.2.2 which dropped earlier this week.
The biggest bug fix for me is that Wintergrasp walls will not display correctly. They weren't all showing up before exactly right, and it was more of an annoyance than a game-halting bug. But it's nice they fixed it. The other big thing that was fixed for many people, although I haven't experienced it on my systems, is the Mac client crashing often due to an ATI bug.
The entire patch announcement and "patch notes" after the break.
There should be no add-on problems with this minor patch, and it is by no means as extensive as Patch 3.2.2 which dropped earlier this week.
The biggest bug fix for me is that Wintergrasp walls will not display correctly. They weren't all showing up before exactly right, and it was more of an annoyance than a game-halting bug. But it's nice they fixed it. The other big thing that was fixed for many people, although I haven't experienced it on my systems, is the Mac client crashing often due to an ATI bug.
The entire patch announcement and "patch notes" after the break.
The patch announcement from Blizzard is as follows:
We have released a minor bug fix patch to version 3.2.2a. This sort of patch is very small in size, and we use them to fix specific issues that can't be hot-fixed. Issues addressed with this patch:
- Fixed an issue players were having with ESC key causing the Battleground queue window to close.
- Fixed an issue players were having with entering Battlegrounds while dead or in combat, while already in a Battleground.
- Fixed the Wintergrasp zone map so it now shows the status of all walls correctly.
- Fixed a crash Mac clients were experiencing with ATI driver.
- Fixed the performance of certain spells that have transparent components.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Kar On E Sep 25th 2009 11:52AM
That gnome's eyes will give me nightmares tonight...
catharsis80 Sep 25th 2009 2:19PM
Seriously. Was one of the bugs fixing deranged gnome eyes? I sure hope so.
MightyMuffin Sep 25th 2009 2:30PM
Been there, seen that, had the nightmares, washed the wet sheets, had the therapy session afterwards, faced my fears and no re-living the experience.
The shirt is in the mail.
Rikkitikki Sep 25th 2009 2:55PM
I was thinking it looked like a murloc inside of a gnome suit.
theRaptor Sep 25th 2009 11:54AM
AAAAAGH I was in the middle of the ram run when it decided to boot me for the patch.....
I hear warning is cool Blizz.
irritated Sep 25th 2009 12:22PM
Think that was poor timing? I got DC'd and asked to download the patch halfway through an 1-light in the darkness kill, the last said character needed for GotUR - downloaded it, logged back in, (was insane of course), and somehow yogg had untagged.... didn't get kill credit. Worse being, the chances of the rest of the raid returning the week after is extremely low, being that we weren't there for the loot.
Hoggersbud Sep 25th 2009 1:34PM
I'm hoping that that's going to be reset since I already did my ram runs for the day. An extra 20+ tokens will be nice.
Kyle Sep 25th 2009 11:54AM
and here i was thinking that the fact that i couldn't enter another bg while already in one was intentional. big sigh of relief for me.
Poonicus Sep 25th 2009 11:55AM
So happy the mac crash is fixed.
Thorlo Sep 30th 2009 9:03AM
ME TOO!!!!
jam Sep 25th 2009 11:56AM
Has the Thorim encounter been hotfixed yet?
(He evades and despawns shortly after jumping down)
Rob Wynne Sep 25th 2009 4:37PM
Thorim didn't do this when we fought him Wednesday night. He went down just fine.
Sedna Sep 25th 2009 11:57AM
/looks at evil gnome eyes
So...hey, are we totally sure Wilfred Fizzlebang is dead?
Hëx Sep 25th 2009 11:58AM
Interesting that they are pushing this out immediately, the only thing that looks game breaking is the Mac/ATI crash. I wonder if there was some exploiting going on with one of the other seemingly innocuous entries up there... I just hope that they fixed the damn corpse URL exploit so I can walk to the AH without stepping in dead taurens.
Tom Sep 25th 2009 12:18PM
The Mac ATI crash was hitting a lot of people, so it was probably pretty high up on the list to fix and get out quickly. It crashed on me last night right before an arena game started, leaving my other teammates hanging. Just glad it never crashed during a critical moment in a raid.
SithLlenniuq Sep 25th 2009 12:37PM
I am with you, the dead bodies exploit is getting old, PLEASE FIX THIS BLIZZ!
Kylenne Sep 25th 2009 1:48PM
I got hit with the Mac/ATI bug like crazy. Trying to tank chain heroics when your game is crashing like it's been hammering Jaeger all night is not fun at all.
jfofla Sep 25th 2009 12:02PM
Is that Sean Connery as a Gnome?
Aedilhild Sep 25th 2009 1:27PM
Ask your mother, Trebek.
Feyd Sep 25th 2009 12:06PM
just curious, but what does "Fixed the performance of certain spells that have transparent components. " mean exactly