First off, welcome to Paradox WoW. If you still want to play retail on occasion, see the second guide within this thread.
1. Locate and open your World of Warcraft folder.
2. Locate realmlist.wtf
3. Open realmlist.wtf with Noptepad
4. You will see:
Code
set realmlist .........
set patchlist........
Change both the realmlist and patchlist to:
Code
set realmlist shadderdwow.dyndns.org
set patchlist shadderdwow.dyndns.org
5. Save changes.
6. You may use wow.exe OR the shortcut. You will not update to the new patch, if there is one released by Blizzard. If you still want to play retail occasionally, these are your guides:
Guide 1.
1. Make a copy of your World of Warcraft folder (Rename it Retail WoW or something like that)
2. Do not make any changes than the renaming of the folder.
Guide 2.
1. Locate and open your World of Warcraft folder.
2. Locate realmlist.wtf
3. Open realmlist.wtf with Noptepad
4. You will see:
Code
set realmlist .........
set patchlist........
Change both the realmlist and patchlist to:
Code
set realmlist shadderdwow.dyndns.org
set patchlist ........
5. Save changes.
6. Make a .txt document containing the realmlist to Retail WoW. If you start WoW with wow.exe it'll keep you on Paradox WoW. If you use the shortcut for WoW, it will update you to the next patch (if any).
