This behavior happens on initial launch. World of Warships is unable to gain the information it needs to create the preferences.xml file. Manually creating the file will relieve the error.
The file must be places in ~/Documents/World_of_Warships on your Mac. This preferences.xml file is provided as a guideline to troubleshoot this error only. If you are experiencing further problems with the World of Warships OEM, please email ports@codeweavers.com.
- Open a text editor
- Copy the following html text and paste it as is into the text editor
- Save the file as "preferences.xml" and place it in the ~/Documents/World_of_Warships folder.
<root>
<graphicsPreferences>
<graphicsSettingsVersion> 1 </graphicsSettingsVersion>
<graphicsSettingsVersionMinor> 0 </graphicsSettingsVersionMinor>
<graphicsSettingsStatus> 3 </graphicsSettingsStatus>
<detector>
<gpuMemory> 64 </gpuMemory>
<gpuScore> 100 </gpuScore>
<ram> 2048 </ram>
<virtualMemory> 4093 </virtualMemory>
<cpuScore> 10800 </cpuScore>
</detector>
<entry>
<label> DEVICE_EX </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> MSAA_MODE </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> RENDER_PIPELINE </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> SHADOWS_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 4 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> LIGHTING_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> PARTICLE_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> SEA_REFLECTION_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 3 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> TEXTURE_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> TEXTURE_COMPRESSION </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> TEXTURE_FILTERING </label>
<activeOption> 4 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> MORPH_VERTICES </label>
<activeOption> 1 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> SOUND_PRESET </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> PARTICLES_PRESET </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> SOFT_PARTICLES </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> GAMELOGIC_PRESET </label>
<activeOption> 1 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> LOW_QUALITY_GUI </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> MISC_SETTING </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> TERRAIN_LOD </label>
<activeOption> 0 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> TERRAIN_MESH_RESOLUTION </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> TERRAIN_LIGHTING_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> FOREST_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 4 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> DECALS_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> FLAGS_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> POST_PROCESSING </label>
<activeOption> 1 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> FXAA_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 3 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> VOLUMETRICCLOUDS </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> FAR_PLANE </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> SEA_SIMULATION_QUALITY </label>
<activeOption> 3 </activeOption>
</entry>
<entry>
<label> OBJECT_LOD </label>
<activeOption> 2 </activeOption>
</entry>
</graphicsPreferences>
<devicePreferences>
<adapterOrdinal> 0 </adapterOrdinal>
<windowed> true </windowed>
<maximized> false </maximized>
<waitVSync> true </waitVSync>
<tripleBuffering> true </tripleBuffering>
<aspectRatio> 1.333333 </aspectRatio>
<gammaCorrection> 0.900000 </gammaCorrection>
<windowedWidth> 1280 </windowedWidth>
<windowedHeight> 785 </windowedHeight>
<fullscreenWidth> 1280 </fullscreenWidth>
<fullscreenHeight> 800 </fullscreenHeight>
</devicePreferences>
<scriptsPreferences>
<sound>
<ui_volume> 1.000000 </ui_volume>
<music_volume> 1.000000 </music_volume>
<sound_volume> 1.000000 </sound_volume>
<engines_volume> 1.000000 </engines_volume>
<voice_volume> 1.000000 </voice_volume>
<master_volume> 1.000000 </master_volume>
<world_volume> 1.000000 </world_volume>
</sound>
<lobby_values>
</lobby_values>
<battle>
<minimapRotation> false </minimapRotation>
<enableEars> false </enableEars>
<stickyAltView> false </stickyAltView>
</battle>
</scriptsPreferences>
<consoleHistory />
</root>