WoW Issues with Wine

[Fallenshadows]

Yup another one....
read and read and read...
How far I got. When I open the wow.exe and the launcher arrives I get
launcher.worldofwarcraft.com could not be found please check the name and try again.
The launcher itself still opens and I was able to load all the patches just with click and find as pictures and text was missing from this part of it.
I then when click play get a colorful rainbow of lines across my screen and the resolution is made much much smaller. I forcequit.
I know have a reduced resolution everywhere.
I then open wow again and the intro video plays, but at the end of the video I get the "login screen" music, but the login screen never appears. I also have no way of getting back out of that screen and have to do the dreded shut down by holding the button as no combination of any keys will bring me out.

I'm running F11
Wine was just installed from yum install wine

I have read some people saying they adjusted the registry to do opengl. When I open the registry editor I have none of the options I read (agxl : open gl) this that how do I access that point, or is there something else going wrong?

[rpstitz]

post the contents of your Config.wtf file. If it is installed correctly, it will be located in /home/yourname/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf

be sure to xxxxxx out the username and any other info you don't want to share.

or, compare it to mine.
I omitted the accountName line and realmName line, and the portal, realmList and patchlist might all be different, depending on where you live (if you're in US, they will be the same).

SET gxResolution "1024x768"
SET portal "us"
SET realmList "us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET patchlist "us.version.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET gxApi "OpenGL"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET doodadAnim "0"
SET lodDist "80.000000"
SET SmallCull "0.010000"
SET DistCull "350.000000"
SET frillDensity "48"
SET farclip "177"
SET particleDensity "1.000000"
SET movie "0"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET readScanning "-1"
SET readContest "-1"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET locale "enUS"
SET gxTripleBuffer "1"
SET trilinear "1"
SET pixelShaders "1"
SET M2UsePixelShaders "1"
SET Gamma "1.200000"
SET gameTip "48"
SET uiScale "0.63999998569489"
SET useUiScale "1"
SET scriptMemory "0"
SET mouseSpeed "1"
SET timingTestError "0"
SET showToolsUI "1"
SET readTerminationWithoutNotice "1"
SET lod "1"
SET videoOptionsVersion "1"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET showPartyDebuffs "0"
SET autoLootCorpse "1"
SET coresDetected "2"
SET Sound_VoiceChatInputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_VoiceChatOutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET ChatMusicVolume "0.29999998211861"
SET ChatSoundVolume "0.39999997615814"
SET ChatAmbienceVolume "0.29999998211861"
SET Sound_MasterVolume "0.30000001192093"
SET Sound_SFXVolume "1"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET OutboundChatVolume "1"
SET InboundChatVolume "1"
SET VoiceActivationSensitivity "0.39999997615814"
SET EnableMicrophone "0"
SET installType "Retail"
SET textureFilteringMode "0"
SET groundEffectDist "70"
SET environmentDetail "0.5"
SET weatherDensity "0"
SET gxWindow "1"
SET Sound_EnableSoundWhenGameIsInBG "1"
SET baseMip "1"
SET spellEffectLevel "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET ffxDeath "0"

If this doesn't help, we can go over your Wine registry settings next...that is important as well.

[Fallenshadows]

When I go through the folders using the Wine File I don't have a .wine folder at all....
from /home/me I have from .adobe - .thumbnails no .wine
How do I do it from a terminal maybe? (dumb it up for me i'm still learning)

[Fallenshadows]

I also think its something to do with my graphics card because every other start up I get three image ghosting with the fruity colors. To a point where I can't read because the words overlap. I restart and it works like a champ. When I open firefox or wine it for a split second does the fruity color thing then straightens out.

laptop -specs AMD Turion 64 with graphics by ATI mobility radeon X700 128mb

[Fallenshadows]

Also just now with Eve online I get the error
your computer does not meet the minimum requirements for Eve. You need to have a graphics card that supports shader model 2 or higher.
I have most certainly played eve on this laptop. So don't know if that helps as that will also be an issue for me.

[leigh123linux]

Moved to the Gamers Lounge

[rpstitz]

to navigate your .wine folder, it is best to go through the menu Places --> Home Folder. then check "Show Hidden Files" in the View menu...then you should be able to navigate to it.

But I can tell you right now that your ATI card isn't going to cut it right now with Linux....the drivers aren't good enough for WoW. and I don't know ANYTHING about Eve Online, as I've never seen or played it.

[Fallenshadows]

Oh snaps yo. So back to windows with me then?

[rpstitz]

If your driver supports the 3D desktop cube, then it should work with WoW...otherwise, I would go back to Windows for gameplay (that's what I do on my laptop). Laptops are bad about that because the video is integrated and usually cannot be upgraded. If it were a desktop, I would say just put in an Nvidia card and go on. And this is what you could expect to get: http://linux.stitzweb.com/cube.png (sorry, that's an old pic I used before...but it is F10 so it isn't THAT old )

[Fallenshadows]

I can do the 3d desktop cube though?

[Fallenshadows]

My wtf folder is empty. Like nothing even hidden I believe due to the fact that I haven't been able to log into wow yet

[rpstitz]

If you can do the 3D cube thing, then let's try it. I don't have any ATI cards, I just go by what everyone else says...I hear there isn't good ATI support yet, but let's find out...

Copy that file I pasted earlier, name it config.wtf and place it in that folder. Don't worry about the accountName and realmName that I omitted, that will be added automatically when you log in. I notice you're from California, so the file is already set to your locale.

Have you used any guides to prepare Wine for WoW?

[rpstitz]

Try this mini-guide to hopefully get WoW to run...

Open a terminal and type:

glxinfo | grep rendering

the output should be "direct rendering: Yes"

If so, proceed...if not, you're done and it won't work.

now, in the terminal, do

winecfg

On the audio tab, make sure that just one driver is checked...I personally recommend OSS but you can do Alsa or Pulseaudio...it's up to you.
now close Wine Configuration dialog.

OK, now if you've ever used the registry editor in Windows, then this will be easy..from the terminal:

regedit

And follow these steps closely, keeping in mind that all values are case-sensitive:

• Find this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\

• Highlight the wine folder in the left hand pane by clicking left on it. The icon should change to an open folder

• Right-click on the wine folder and select [NEW] then [KEY]

• Replace the text "New Key #1" with "OpenGL"

• Right-click in the right hand pane and select [NEW] then [String Value]

• Replace "New Value #1" with "DisabledExtensions"

• Then double click anywhere on the line, a dialog box will open.

• In the value field type "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object"

Now close Registry Editor and give the game a try. It should work.

There are a few more tweaks that will help performance, but most of them are from within WoW and all of them are just to improve the smoothness of operation. So if it works but gives a lousy framerate and is choppy, that might be fixable....but if it won't run at all, I am out of suggestions.

These instructions work perfectly on my computer (with the most update nVidia driver), but I would like to get the input of other gamers to compile a full how-to and post it for all to use, so you gamers out there that play WoW please chime in and let me know what else can be done.

[spot221]

Hello,

Did you get WoW up and running?

I think you may be missing some DLL's from your setup. In your .wine/drive_c/windows/system32 folder be sure to add:
Pidgen.dll
mfc42.dll
msvcp60.dll
mfc40.dll

I know that when using nvidia you must also have the .i686 library installed as well. Im not sure for ati. This site is a great resource for help:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Wine

hope this helps

[spot221]

A short how to World of Warcraft

In order to get World of Warcraft to run you must have the 3d driver installed properly
on the command line:
$glxinfo | grep rendering
should return
direct rendering: Yes

PLEASE NOTE:
I know that when using nvidia you must also have the .i686 library installed as well. Im not sure for ati.

Next install wine
navigate to System->Administration->Add/Remove Software

Then navigate to Applications->wine->Wine Configuration
select the audio tab
check alsa, and set hardware acceleration to Full (this may require experimentation)
select the graphics tab
set vertex shader to hardware and check allow pixel shader.

Next add these DLL's to your setup. In your .wine/drive_c/windows/system32 folder:
Pidgen.dll
mfc42.dll
msvcp60.dll
mfc40.dll

Now you should be ready to start installing the game, so insert your disk and right click on the install.exe file.
In order to install wrath of the lich king on the command line use (as root): #mount -o remount,unhide /dev/sr0
this will alow you to see the .mpq files on the cd. I usually copy the patch files from another installation inorder to save on install time.

Once the game is installed and you are ready to run it for the first time you need to add: -opengl to the end of the .exe command, like:
$env WINEPREFIX="/home/yourusername/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe" -opengl
or frome the command line
$wine /home/yourusername/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Launcher.exe -opengl

Fedora usually puts an icon on the desktop; you can add the opengl switch by right clicking, select the basic tab and edit the "Command" line.

When the installer prompts you to install gecko(html rendering) say yes so you can see all the new and update information on the launcher screen.

After the game has been run one you can edit the WTF file. Located .wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF
config.wtf; its just a text file. Add the following:
SET gxApi "opengl" (if this is present you no longer need the -opengl switch)
SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET SoundBufferSize "150" (prevents sound issues)
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"

Now you should be able to launch wow and enjoy.

In order to improve preformence you can add the following:
navigate to Applications->wine->regedit
HKey_Current_User+Software+wine
add key Direct3D+DirectDrawRenderer gdi(or OpneGL)(case sensitive)
+RenderTargetLockMode readdraw
+VideoMemorySize 512(Size in MB)
+OffscreeenRendingMode backbuffer
+UseGLSL enabled
+VertexShaderMode hardware
+DisabledExtensions GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object

I have had "stuttering" in wow; this fix adjusts cfs scheduler
you edit the file: /etc/sysctl.conf

add the following:
# World of Warcraft stutter and flickering line fix
kernel.sched_features=21
kernel.sched_batch_wakeup_granularity_ns=25000000
kernel.sched_min_granularity_ns=4000000

Most of the information, I got came from:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Wine