Alright, I give in. I need help. (World of Warcraft)

[cptnazeroth]

Let's just say running World of Warcraft on Linux is my only option right now and I am praying that I didn't blow $15 on renewing my account only to not be able to play this game. It was running perfectly on Windows XP, but when I got a virus that pretty much wiped everything out, my only option was to install Ubuntu 9.10 to at least have an operating system on my laptop.

That being said, I have run into nothing but problems and error messages when trying to install World of Warcraft on Ubuntu 9.10. I had many issues installing the game from CD, so I opted to download the game from Blizzards website and I finally got the game installed.

The first major problem arose when I tried to use the launcher and it went to patch something and I got something about a "fatal error". That was fixed. I had to open all the correct ports in firestarter and it went.

Then it froze up or something after it finished, so I closed it. I opened it again and it looks like it was trying to install another patch, but I got the error that I was getting the first time (before I opened the ports with firestarter).

[Dark_Stang]

Okay, first of all remove firestarter. You will have nothing but issues with that.
Second, make sure your wine is up to date.
Third, make sure you have ttf-mstcorefonts-installer package installed.
Fourth, download the latest installer blizzard has and run through it. You may get a couple random errors but everything should go through in the end.
Fifth, tweak your graphics to look good and enjoy the game.
Sixth, a few months down the road you'll have had enough and will cancel your subscription again.

[cptnazeroth]

Okay, first of all remove firestarter. You will have nothing but issues with that.
Second, make sure your wine is up to date.
Third, make sure you have ttf-mstcorefonts-installer package installed.
Fourth, download the latest installer blizzard has and run through it. You may get a couple random errors but everything should go through in the end.
Fifth, tweak your graphics to look good and enjoy the game.
Sixth, a few months down the road you'll have had enough and will cancel your subscription again.

1) I'm not sure and maybe you're right, but the first time - I couldn't get the launcher to go without firestarter. You really think I should remove it?
2) It is.
3) I do.
4) I installed the game using the blizzard installer because my CD's didn't work.
5) Can't do that yet. :)
6) Probably true, but I paid for this month and I should atleast play once.

[Dark_Stang]

Definitely remove firestarter. I tried it out for a few hours one day and it was a huge pain in the ***.

[cptnazeroth]

Definitely remove firestarter. I tried it out for a few hours one day and it was a huge pain in the ***.

meh. removed it but it didnt fix anything. same problems.

edit: I think I'm about ready to give up. I'm sure it's probably fixable but i have no friggin' clue what I'm doing.

[cptnazeroth]

Eh. I gave up because I've become highly frustrated and can't seem to get any help. I canceled my subscription until I can get Windows back on my computer... I still have a month of "prepaid" time left on my account, so I guess if I get ambitious I will try again. Ugh, I'm angry. But I'm not going to take it out on you guys unless you personally programmed this piece of crap operating system.

[hikaricore]

Bye.

[Dark_Stang]

piece of crap operating system.
Now that's the way to get some help. Insult the community. If you don't like the OS just go back to Windows... oh wait, you had much bigger issues with that. Maybe you should just buy a Mac instead.

[Colro]

But I'm not going to take it out on you guys unless you personally programmed this piece of crap operating system.

No one is forcing you to use it. Furthermore, any issues with running a game through WINE would not be the fault of the operating system itself. But since this game is so well supported, your problems are purely your own fault and not WINE's due to lack of proper configuration or incompatible drivers. Don't insult the operating system when it's the person using it that's at fault.

but i have no friggin' clue what I'm doing.

Bingo.

[cptnazeroth]

I clearly stated that it wasn't a direct insult on the community and that I was frustrated when I wrote that. If you choose to take it that way, so be it. So, what? I can say Windows is a piece of crap when it frustrates me and that's okay - But when I say that my Linux operating is a piece of crap out of frustration everyone gets their panties twisted up in a bunch? Are you trying to tell me that when you were new to Linux that you never got frustrated and felt like installing Windows?

I am not here to debate rather or not Ubuntu is a good operating system - Tomorrow, I will probably defend Linux operating systems too... But tonight, I'm frustrated. Okay? I am here for help. If you have no help to provide, don't bother.

Although, I can clearly see that this topic is going to turn more into "controversy" and thus, no one will be willing to help a frustrated newbie out anyway. Christ.

[cptnazeroth]

No one is forcing you to use it. Furthermore, any issues with running a game through WINE would not be the fault of the operating system itself. But since this game is so well supported, your problems are purely your own fault and not WINE's due to lack of proper configuration or incompatible drivers. Don't insult the operating system when it's the person using it that's at fault.

"No one is forcing you to use it" - True, but I never said that anyone was forcing me to use it. Did I?

Secondly, I followed the instructions on Ubuntu's help site to a T. It's obvious that there are other problems that were not addressed in the tutorial. Therefor, I do not see how I am at fault for following instructions.

My drivers are compatible as they worked well on Windows when I had Windows on my system. The issue that I am having is obviously not a driver problem. I was able to troubleshoot that at least.

And why you tried bringing up the fact that I said I have no clue what I'm doing is beyond me. I did not deny that I ever said that - nor did I try contradicting myself.

[cptnazeroth]

Now that's the way to get some help. Insult the community. If you don't like the OS just go back to Windows... oh wait, you had much bigger issues with that. Maybe you should just buy a Mac instead.

And by the way, I did mention that I planned getting Windows again, didn't I? Also, I was not insulting the community directly. Some of you just took that out of context.

[alex.rayu]

You simply dont know how to make things work with WINE. You need to be a certain level to cast a spell on it to get it work.

[hikaricore]

My drivers are compatible as they worked well on Windows when I had Windows on my system.
The issue that I am having is obviously not a driver problem. I was able to troubleshoot that at least.

You don't even know what you're talking about.
This entire thread is to the point of complete absurdity.

What your computer/hardware can and can't do in windows has no bearing on linux.
The fact of the matter is, you don't even seem to know what a driver is let alone how to check or install them.
So before you go claiming that advice given to you IS NOT the cause do yourself a favor and educate yourself first.
Your arrogance in this situation only serves to further **** off a community who would have happily helped you, had you just not been such a *****.

If you want any help at I suggest you reread the suggestions in this thread, stop being a ****head, and try to help yourself a little bit.

We need you to provide the proper information as per the prominent sticky thread at the top of this section of the forum.
Please include your WINE version, your video hardware, your video driver and version, and information about your CPU and RAM.

In the case that you don't care to do any of these things, please ask a forum moderator to close your thread or I will do it for you.

[NickJones]

Sigh, insults aside,
Get PlayOnLinux, it should fix your problem, I only discovered it today, but its working fine, even with iTunes. I believe WoW is on the list of supported software.
Enjoy wasting your life with elves,
Nick

[myromance123]

Hey since no one seems to have asked, can (if you're still willing) you try and run the launcher through a terminal.

Should be something like:
wine game.exe

where game is replaced with the name of the launchers exe.

Post the results here.
What version of Wine are you using?
No one seems to have asked that as well....

People can get angry easily so well calm down! :D
All of ya hehe

I'll try my best to help you (if you still want to try and are willing to spend a little time on getting it up and running).

Worse comes to worse, start over. Uninstall everything and remove all excess files from ~/.wine directory which holds WoW.

Then rerun the installer (maybe through a terminal to see if anything doesnt actually get installed). Then run the launcher again through a terminal.

Have you also tried Wine in virtual desktop mode? Sometimes, just sometimes, that might help you get through.

;)

[cptnazeroth]

Sigh, insults aside,
Get PlayOnLinux, it should fix your problem, I only discovered it today, but its working fine, even with iTunes. I believe WoW is on the list of supported software.
Enjoy wasting your life with elves,
Nick

Do I need to uninstall Wine to use it or go through the installation process, again? Willing to do so.

[cptnazeroth]

Hey since no one seems to have asked, can (if you're still willing) you try and run the launcher through a terminal.

Should be something like:
wine game.exe

where game is replaced with the name of the launchers exe.

Post the results here.
What version of Wine are you using?
No one seems to have asked that as well....

People can get angry easily so well calm down! :D
All of ya hehe

I'll try my best to help you (if you still want to try and are willing to spend a little time on getting it up and running).

Worse comes to worse, start over. Uninstall everything and remove all excess files from ~/.wine directory which holds WoW.

Then rerun the installer (maybe through a terminal to see if anything doesnt actually get installed). Then run the launcher again through a terminal.

Have you also tried Wine in virtual desktop mode? Sometimes, just sometimes, that might help you get through.

;)


I'm having troubles figuring out how to run through a terminal. put in wine launcher.exe and get "wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\launcher.exe": Module not found"

[cptnazeroth]

You don't even know what you're talking about.
This entire thread is to the point of complete absurdity.

What your computer/hardware can and can't do in windows has no bearing on linux.
The fact of the matter is, you don't even seem to know what a driver is let alone how to check or install them.
So before you go claiming that advice given to you IS NOT the cause do yourself a favor and educate yourself first.
Your arrogance in this situation only serves to further **** off a community who would have happily helped you, had you just not been such a *****.

Why are you so pissed off? For the record, I am trying the suggestions in this thread. What little there is in between comments from people like you who aren't even here to help, nor WOULD HAVE "happily" helped - Because you're obviously only here to argue with me over something that blew up simply because it was taken out of context. I said that "Ubuntu" was a crappy operating system in frustration, the same thing Windows users sometimes say when they're frustrated. Oh! But that suddenly means I have it out for the Ubuntu community, right?! I had no problems with the Ubuntu community until I started this thread seeking help and this was the result for frustratedly wanting to throw my computer out a window and saying "Ubuntu is a crappy operating system" as a result. Funny how you guys try persuading Windows users to give the OS a chance but when they give it a chance and get frustrated the same way they would on Windows - You trash talk them.

That's cool. I was anti-Microsoft before I came here - Only using the OS because I felt I had to. But thanks to this thread, I am becoming very pro-Microsoft. I don't care if they are a monopoly... At least they don't kick a man when he's already down.

[hikaricore]

I've helped a lot of people in my time, some were even worse than you.
Replying to me but not bothering to providing the info requested...
I'm done in this thread.

You should really consider not firing back at people and just focus on your issue.
If you're frustrated with something in the future perhaps you should restrain yourself from posting until you can be civil.

[cptnazeroth]

I've helped a lot of people in my time, some were even worse than you.
Replying to me but not bothering to providing the info requested...
I'm done in this thread.

You should really consider not firing back at people and just focus on your issue.
If you're frustrated with something in the future perhaps you should restrain yourself from posting until you can be civil.

Don't talk to me about being civil. Your posts in this thread were not with intention to help but rather to argue and you're telling me that I need to be civil? None of my posts were with intention to start an argument. In fact, I don't see anything wrong with anything that I said. When I said that the operating system sucks, I made it clear that I was not attacking the community "unless they personally designed it". Yet people attacked me - saying that I was taking out my anger on the community. Even though I wasn't and clearly stated that I wasn't. Basically, I'm being attacked by people like you because I don't share your opinion. Interestingly, Ubuntu was founded on freedom of choice. Yet when someone decides they don't like Ubuntu or Linux, they are greeted by a wall of flaming.

I see nothing wrong with defending myself. Considering this forum is the closest thing Ubuntu has to customer service. Imagine calling Microsoft and being called an "****head" by one of their customer service representatives. That's basically what happened here. And you tell me that I should remain civil? I tried to remain civil until I was attacked for my opinion.

"You should really consider not firing back at people" - Why? So you can embarrass me? So you can call me "****head" all you want while I sit back and do nothing? That's like throwing a fist at Mike Tyson and expecting not to get knocked out. If you don't want people firing back at you - Don't fire at them. Simple. It is not my fault that the internet is full of people taking writing out of context, but you can rest assure that I'm not going to let them screw up my words. On the internet, my words are my identity.

I really hope you are done with this thread. I really would like help solving my problem, but not from argumentative trash like you.

[N4zgu1]

First of all, the community is not "costumer service" and it is not "the closest thing you have to costumer service", it is not the duty of the community to help you, and you shouldn't expect to be helped if you insult linux and the community (many of the members are linux developers).

Secondly it is not the fault of linux that WoW doesn't run, it is not designed for linux (maybe you should complain with Blizzard for not making a linux version).

And nobody is forcing you to use linux, you can change to windows and get you hd wiped as many times you want

[NickJones]

Okay,
If you are in 9.10,
Applications, Ubuntu Software Centre,
Type PlayOnLinux, click on the arrow to the left of it, then Install,
Let it install, then go Applications, Games, PlayOnLinux, Install, Games, WoW,
Then it should work.

[myromance123]

Okeh, you do NOT need to uninstall or reinstall Wine for PlayOnLinux. They are separate (in a way).

Go ahead and give playonlinux a go.
That "missing module" is normally from my experience unsolvable, but then again I am no professional.

If I can find a workaround or a fix I will notify you. But for now PlayOnLinux is the best option for you.

People gotta calm down a bit. Flaming ain't going to help anyone ore rectify anyones hurt feelings :D

Good luck dood

[pedro_orange]

Less flames, more love & patience.

Isn't missing module posted when it can't actually find the application to run it?
If you read your post, you can see it's looking for launcher.exe in C:\\windows\\system32\\launcher.exe. Which is wrong.

Open a terminal, type wine and then drag the .exe you want to run onto the terminal. This will paste it's path for you.

Also, ignore the launcher. Run WoW.exe directly.

The easiest way to run WoW on linux is to install it on a Windows box. Copy that World of Warcraft folder to an external disk. Boot into Linux, copy that folder to .wine\Program Files\ then run wine WoW.exe -opengl.

[ArcaVex]

Easiest way, like said, is to ignore the launcher. Find your install path/wow.exe and run it.
I wouldn't bother with the WoWlauncher anyway, i never saw the point of clicking twice when i can click once and run the game :)

The ultimate easy solution is definately install on a windows partition via windows, then boot linux, and either just run it through WINE, or copy it accross into wine/program files and run it.