Patch 2.2 released
Blizzard has recently released the new patch update for the very popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The update features bug fixes, content additions and balance changes. The patch is also introducing to Mac owners, a new feature which is in-game video capture. The Integration of voice chat on a realm to realm basis will also be introduced. Some of the other updates are as follows:
Added graphic optimization using AltiVec for PowerPC-Mac and SSE for Intel-Mac, Which provides performance benefits on systems where vertex animation shaders are either unavailable or disabled (recommended on systems with Intel integrated video).
Mac Movie Capture: the Mac client can now capture in-game video to QuickTime movie files using a configurable choice of codec, resolution, and frame rate. New keybindings have been added to the Key Bindings dialog. For more detailed configuration options please see the Mac Options panel in game. Mac OS X 10.4.9 and QuickTime 7.1.6 or better are required. Not all machines have enough performance to smoothly capture video at high frame rates; end user experimentation will be required to find appropriate settings for each system.
Voice Chat: New voice chat features are now available. The new feature will be activated on the various realms in stages. For the Voice Chat launch schedule please visit the forums. Players will need to go into the Options menu under Sound & Voice to activate it.