• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

• FreeBSD 14.2 (Xfce)
• Wine

• The Frozen Throne is not standalone and requires Reign of Chaos
• This is legacy Warcraft III through CD-Keys and not Reforged with Battle.net client

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' WINEARCH='win32' winecfg /v 'winxp' && sync && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' WINEARCH='win32' wine ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/War3-1.27-Installer-enUS-ROC/Installer.exe'

sync && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/War3-1.27-Installer-enUS-TFT/Installer.exe'

• Uses War3TFT_127b_English.exe

wget --no-check-certificate -O ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/War3TFT_127b_English.exe' 'https://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/war3x/patches/pc/War3TFT_127b_English.exe' && md5sum ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/War3TFT_127b_English.exe' | grep '565cfe931dcdefd28a1026b6da4031f7' > '/dev/null' && sync && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/War3TFT_127b_English.exe'

• See Warcraft 3 standalone patches (all languages, Windows) for other languages

sync && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'Downloads/War3TFT_127b'*'.exe'

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Maps/Custom' && mv -v -f ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/Maps/'*'.w3x' ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Maps/Custom/'

• May require starting the game once in a virtual desktop

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Misc' /v 'seeintromovie' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '1' /f

cd ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III' && WINEDEBUG='' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine explorer /desktop='WC3FT','1280x720' ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Frozen Throne.exe' -opengl -windowed

rm -Rf ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III' ~/'Desktop/Warcraft III'*'.desktop' && sync

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg delete 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'gamma' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'cinematicbpp' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '32' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'colordepth' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '32' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'texcolordepth' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '32' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'cinematicheight' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '1080' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'cinematicwidth' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '1920' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'resheight' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '1080' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'reswidth' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '1920' /f

• 74Hz

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'cinematicrefresh' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '74' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video' /v 'refreshrate' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d '74' /f

rm -Rf ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Warcraft III' ~/'.config/menus/applications-merged/wine-Programs-Warcraft III'*'.menu' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications' && mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Warcraft III'

ee ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Warcraft III/Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;LogicGame;RolePlaying;StrategyGame
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Warcraft III.exe' -opengl"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=3263_Warcraft III.0
StartupWMClass=war3.exe
Actions=Kill;Notes;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wineserver --kill"
Name=Force-close Warcraft III

[Desktop Action Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec=gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games;bsd;wine;warcraft_3'
Name=Installation Notes

# End

ee ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Warcraft III/Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;LogicGame;RolePlaying;StrategyGame
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Frozen Throne.exe' -opengl"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=0128_Frozen Throne.0
StartupWMClass=war3.exe
Actions=Kill;Notes;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wineserver --kill"
Name=Force-close Warcraft III

[Desktop Action Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec=gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games;bsd;wine;warcraft_3'
Name=Installation Notes

# End

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' regedit

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wineserver --kill

killall -9 'wine.bin'

cd ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III' && WINEDEBUG='' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Warcraft III.exe'

-opengl

cd ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III' && WINEDEBUG='' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Frozen Throne.exe'

-opengl

gio open ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III'

gio open ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Maps/Custom'

gio open ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Save'

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Maps/Custom' && mv ~/'Downloads/'*'.w3m' ~/'Downloads/'*'.w3x' ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Maps/Custom'

cp -R ~/'.wine/Warcraft III/drive_c/Program Files/Warcraft III/Maps/Custom' ~/'Downloads'