some games i cant see some animations. one time i could see an opposing sand kings sandstorm animation. in another recent game i was cm and i couldnt see her attacks (blue floaty thing). any ideas why this is happening?

try rebooting i you have this kinda graphical bugs, if it doesn't help just reinstall war3+tft, if it still bugs then go find new drivers for your gfxcard

rebooting my pc or wc3?

wc3

i had this problem as well, just restart your computer it should fix the problem.

restarting wc3 itself did not work for me.

yeah... all of a sudden i could see sand king / lion impales, or tide's ravage, or morphs wave.

was getting whack.

I think your lagging do you have a good connection.