Howto: WOW with Wine (help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft)

[GeoPirate]

This is a server side issue, not a wine or linux issue.

[r3v3l]

Confirmed solution from WineHQ for the c++ library issue:

> wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks 

> sh winetricks vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2005

Can't get on at the moment, random disconnection while trying to log onto realm character select screens.

Will update if any changes / solutions found.

[polpak]

Yes, as of the new patch (3.3) you're going to need to install the visual C 2005 runtime environment, but once you've done that you should be able to connect.

There is currently an issue logging into the servers, but that's a server side problem that is irrespective of wine or the client.

[spaceghoti]

WoW was giving me errors when I attempted to update to 3.3.0 (I couldn't read what the error was, naturally) and I couldn't get past it. So I deleted the directory and attempted to reinstall, but now I get the message that my system doesn't meet minimum requirements: insufficient CPU. Has anyone else encountered this?

[ahorriblemess]

WoW was giving me errors when I attempted to update to 3.3.0 (I couldn't read what the error was, naturally) and I couldn't get past it. So I deleted the directory and attempted to reinstall, but now I get the message that my system doesn't meet minimum requirements: insufficient CPU. Has anyone else encountered this?

Yes I had that problem. I had some other issues and reinstalled Ubuntu and installed the latest wine from the repositories without installing the older version which is in the Software Center and I stopped having that problem.

I installed and updated WoW with Virtualbox and a copy of Windows XP, then transfered it over to my wine programs folder. I couldn't install it before (which sucks because I've installed and played WoW with 7.10, but it was a different computer)

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I was having a lot of trouble getting this game to run. I posted a few things here because I got it to work, but I was wrong about how. At first I thought it was because I enabled "allow execution as a program" or whatever in Wow.exe, then I realized I started it without OpenGL. It turns out that I can't run this game with OpenGL. And it's incredibly choppy without it. Soooo... it looks like I won't be playing WoW on my Ubuntu Macbook.

[Rody]

I could not get the patch to apply with wine for some reason. after messing around for 3 hours i just updated it in windows and copied it over.

[ysaric]

I ended up getting 3.3 down ok and the C++ thing also worked for me so generally speaking all is well despite the fact that I still can't get my mic to work in game and if I try to alt-tab out the computer . . . I don't want to say it freezes because I actually think the game may still be running in the background but it looks as if I've come out to the desktop but the image that was on my screen in WoW is still up and for all practical purposes I can't actually do anything and I end up having to reset the computer.

Anyway now I have a new problem--the Pit of Saron. It's one of the new 5-man instances. Both the first and the last instance (although technically I haven't fully finished the last instance yet) seem to run fine, something is happening during certain trash fights and especially when fighting the . . . forgemaster? something happens where the game slows up . . . it essentially freezes for a good 10-15 seconds and then pops back and is ok for a bit and then does the same thing. I am almost 100% certain it is some kind of graphical effect for some reason, but don't have any independent verification of that yet. I'm running twin 9600 GSOs in SLI and most of the game runs like butter but I'm pretty much going to have to avoid the Pit if I can't fix this or else I'm going to cause group wipes by being out of position and unable to perform my function at random spots during the fight, and for some of the trash mobs.

I just thought I would come here and see if anyone else was experiencing similar. Thanks much.

[AilesGrises]

A couple of things:

1. Whenever I restart my computer, the first time I run WoW, it crashes. The second time I run WoW, I get to the login screen and it's black except the login fields and some blue effects to the left that I think are supposed to accompany a dragon.

2. I'm running the GB version and I set everything in the .wtf to be US, but even bypassing the launcher, it still changes everything back to GB. This is preventing me from logging in. EDIT: Or maybe it isn't, and it's just that I recently merged my BNE account with my WoW account,

[MonicaR]

Noob Here!

Just learning Ubuntu and I want to know how to open a terminal?? I have WOW, but I need to download the game from their website but it won't let me. What do I need to do? Please Help!

[ysaric]

Just to note: The problems some people are having in OpenGL w/ 3.3, reporting graphics freezes in Pit of Saron with associated texture issues, no help will be had from Blizzard as reported from blues on official forums. I have these problems myself not just in PoS but several places running 9600 GSOs in SLI w/ 190s.

If there is a fix or workaround out there I haven't found it.

MonicaR just check your Applications menus, it's in there. To get the full game, go to the official World of Warcraft web site, then sign in under account management and there should be a link there to download the full game client.