Octo DLL Installer

An install / update tool for the OctoWoW client DLLs. It puts in the DLLs you don't have yet, and brings the ones you have up to the newest version, straight from their authors' release pages. Tick what you want, press Install / update. No add-ons needed. Run it again any time to update.

How to use

1. Download OctoDLLInstaller-v1.0.0.zip from the latest release and unzip it anywhere.
2. Close the game completely.
3. Double-click Install or update DLLs.bat. The window opens.
4. Check the game folder is right (the folder with WoW.exe in it). If it isn't, press Browse and pick it.
5. Tick the DLLs you want (all are ticked to start with).
6. Press Install / update. When it says Done, start the game from OctoLauncher as usual.

To update later, just run it again: DLLs you don't have are installed, older ones are updated, and the newest ones are left alone. Check for updates only tells you what would change. It changes nothing.

The DLLs

DLL	What it does
ClassicAPI	Newer game functions for add-ons: auras, casts, items, loot, the combat log
SuperWoW	Unit GUIDs, cast events, focus and mouseover casting
nampower	Faster spell casting (less delay between casts) and spell events for add-ons
UnitXP_SP3	Distances, line of sight, better camera and targeting options
WeirdUtils	World markers, minimap icons, a transmog fix, a bigger cursor and more

Safe by design

• A DLL is only replaced when the download is different, and never when the one you have is newer.
• Your old DLLs are kept in DLL-backups inside the game folder.
• New DLLs are added to dlls.txt (the list the launcher loads). The first time, your old list is saved as dlls.txt.pfui-backup.
• Every download is checked to be a real Windows DLL before it's used.

No dlls.txt yet? Start the game once from OctoLauncher with the vanillaHelpers mod ticked, close it, then run the installer again.

Undo: copy the old DLL back from DLL-backups, or rename dlls.txt.pfui-backup back to dlls.txt.

SuperWoW and Windows Defender

Windows Defender and other antivirus programs often flag SuperWoW. It changes how the game runs, which looks like what cheats and viruses do. It's a well-known OctoWoW / Turtle WoW mod, but only allow it if you trust it. The tool's Antivirus help button shows these steps too.

The easy way: allow what was blocked

1. Open Windows Security (Start menu > type Windows Security).
2. Virus & threat protection > Protection history.
3. Click the newest SuperWoW item > Actions > Allow on device.
4. Press Install / update in the tool again.

If it keeps getting blocked: exclude the game folder

1. Windows Security > Virus & threat protection.
2. Under Virus & threat protection settings click Manage settings.
3. Scroll to Exclusions > Add or remove exclusions.
4. Add an exclusion > Folder > pick your game folder (the one with WoW.exe).
5. Press Install / update again. The tool downloads into the game folder, so the exclusion covers the download too.

Another antivirus (Avast, Norton, McAfee ...): look in its Quarantine or Exceptions, restore SuperWoWhook.dll, or add the game folder as an exception.

Nothing opens?

Right-click Install or update DLLs.bat > Run as administrator, or right-click installer\OctoDLLInstaller.ps1 > Run with PowerShell.

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The DLLs belong to their authors; this tool only downloads them from their official release pages.