Wizard101 was released in September 2008 but, in all of its history, it has had no ability to pre-download every file to your system like other video games.
Pre-downloading your files allows:
- Better Performance: No delays or lag caused by downloading assets on the go.
- No Data Limits: Avoid internet usage spikes or data caps from streaming.
- Faster Load Times: Local files mean quicker loading and smoother transitions.
This project is early stages, the code is a prototype, terrible, no exception checking is made and only supports Windows for now. The application assumes your internet won't go down, and the patch server is always up, or you'll have to start again for now... This will be fixed in future versions. Sorry!
Kingsisle Entertainment has not made any announcement stating that this software is against their terms of service, however, I am no legal expert. Read the Wizard101 Terms of Service before using this software. Read the project license before using this too as I do not have any warranty or liability if you are sanctioned by Kingsisle Entertainment.
- You are prohibited from distributing, modifying, reverse-engineering, decompiling, or disassembling their software.
- You are responsible for complying with applicable laws when downloading their software, particularly with regard to U.S. export control laws.
- If downloading software from the Wizard101 site, you warrant that you are not located in any country subject to U.S. embargoes and that you comply with any requisite government authorizations.
Do NOT use this software to do anything against their TOS. Please find their Terms of Service here. This software may be requested to be taken down at any time by Kingsisle Entertainment in which I will happily comply if needed.
This is an unofficial tool that is not endorsed by KingsIsle Entertainment. Wizard101 is a trademark of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Simply download the .exe file from the 'Releases' section on the right and run it. It's in the 'publish.zip' folder. When the application is executed, the download may take up to an hour depending on your internet speed. This application serves as a proxy to the patch server. The entire game assets are approximately 15GB as of September 2024.
Ensure you are running 'Wizard.ConsoleInterface.exe', it will delete all previously downloaded files and download everything. This application only supports Windows for now but MacOS support will eventually come. Ensure you've downloaded .NET 8 or this application won't work. https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0
As you know, the more you play Wizard101, the slower the game launcher patching/scanning process becomes. Once you've downloaded the entire game, this can take up to two minutes to complete. The community has made guides on how to skip the launching process, but is recommended to run this application once in a while OR use the official patcher to play Wizard101.
If you're a little skeptical of downloading a random .exe online, I don't blame you. To prevent this, you're more than welcome to compile this yourself via Visual Studio, Rider or any other IDE. Open up the Microsoft .sln file, ensure you have .NET 8 installed and proceed to compile under the included 'Release' configuration. This will create your compiled .exe file.
You can also run the command dotnet publish -r win-x64 in the root directory where Wizard.sln is kept in a terminal. This will output the .exe in ./src/Wizard.ConsoleInterface/bin/Release/net8.0/win-x64/publish/Wizard.ConsoleInterface.exe
Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated. If you have a suggestion that would make wizard better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
Made with 💖 by Nathan Hall.
