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| − | + | == Running Warcraft III with Wine == | |
| − | # wine installer.exe | + | |
| − | # | + | This tutorial was tested with '''wine-10.4 (Staging)''' on '''Debian 12'''. |
| + | Players reported that '''Wine Stable''' also works. | ||
| + | |||
| + | You need: | ||
| + | * '''Warcraft III 1.26a''' and/or '''1.28.5''' | ||
| + | * '''Eurobattle.net Installer''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Installation Steps === | ||
| + | # <code>wine installer.exe</code> | ||
| + | # If prompted to install '''wine-mono''', accept. | ||
| + | # Untick '''"I already have Visual C++"''' on the first step. | ||
| + | # Continue through the installation steps. | ||
| + | # For game paths, I prefer <code>/home/me/games/<w3></code>, which maps in the dialog to e.g. <code>Z:\home\me\games\Warcraft III 1.26</code>. For the target install directory, you could also use a place in your home, e.g. <code>Z:\home\me\programs\Eurobattle.net</code>. | ||
| + | # Click '''Install''' and wait for it to finish. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Starting the Client and the Game === | ||
| + | In the terminal: | ||
| + | # Open the Wine Registry Editor: <pre>regedit</pre> | ||
| + | # Navigate to: <pre>HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Blizzard Entertainment/Warcraft III/Misc</pre> Set '''seenintromovie''' to '''1'''. This disables the intro movie, which is broken under Wine. If this key does not exist yet, create it as DWORD. | ||
| + | # <pre>cd /home/me/programs/Eurobattle.net && wine xpam.exe</pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Everything in the client should work except the '''News''' tab, which uses Qt WebEngine and is broken under Wine. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Enjoy! | ||
Revision as of 22:21, 4 April 2025
Running Warcraft III with Wine
This tutorial was tested with wine-10.4 (Staging) on Debian 12. Players reported that Wine Stable also works.
You need:
- Warcraft III 1.26a and/or 1.28.5
- Eurobattle.net Installer
Installation Steps
wine installer.exe- If prompted to install wine-mono, accept.
- Untick "I already have Visual C++" on the first step.
- Continue through the installation steps.
- For game paths, I prefer
/home/me/games/<w3>, which maps in the dialog to e.g.Z:\home\me\games\Warcraft III 1.26. For the target install directory, you could also use a place in your home, e.g.Z:\home\me\programs\Eurobattle.net. - Click Install and wait for it to finish.
Starting the Client and the Game
In the terminal:
- Open the Wine Registry Editor:
regedit
- Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Blizzard Entertainment/Warcraft III/Misc
Set seenintromovie to 1. This disables the intro movie, which is broken under Wine. If this key does not exist yet, create it as DWORD. cd /home/me/programs/Eurobattle.net && wine xpam.exe
Everything in the client should work except the News tab, which uses Qt WebEngine and is broken under Wine.
Enjoy!
