• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• 32-bit

• WIP

• FreeBSD 15.0 (Xfce)
• Wine (old WoW64)

• This is classic Warcraft III with CD keys (not Reforged)

• https://archive.org/details/warcraft-3-reign-of-chaos
• https://archive.org/details/warcraft-3-the-frozen-throne

su -

mdconfig -a -t 'vnode' -f '/home/espionage724/Downloads/Warcraft III/Warcraft 3 Reign of Chaos.iso' -u '/dev/md0' && mkdir -p '/mnt/RoC' && mount -t 'cd9660' '/dev/md0' '/mnt/RoC'

mdconfig -a -t 'vnode' -f '/home/espionage724/Downloads/Warcraft III/Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne.iso' -u '/dev/md1' && mkdir -p '/mnt/TFT' && mount -t 'cd9660' '/dev/md1' '/mnt/TFT'

exit

• Default install directory ¹⁾

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' WINEARCH='win32' wine wineboot --init && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' winecfg /v 'win98' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'winemenubuilder.exe' /t 'REG_SZ' /d '' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine '/mnt/RoC/install.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine '/mnt/TFT/install.exe'

• End patch: 1.26.0.6401

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Warcraft III' wine explorer /desktop='WC3FT','1024x768' ~/'Downloads/Warcraft III/War3TFT_126a_English.exe' && sync

su -

umount '/dev/md0' '/dev/md1'

mdconfig -d -u '/dev/md0'

mdconfig -d -u '/dev/md1'

rm -Rf '/mnt/RoC' '/mnt/TFT'

exit

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF' && ee ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf'

SET gxWindow "1"
SET gxMaximize "1"
SET windowResizeLock "1"
SET gxApi "opengl"
SET realmName "localhost"
SET SmallCull "0"
SET basemip "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "3"
SET componentCompress "0"
SET violenceLevel "5"
SET useUiScale "1"
SET uiScale "1"
SET environmentDetail "2"
SET groundEffectDensity "256"
SET groundEffectDist "140"
SET spellEffectLevel "250"

cvar_default x

mv -fv ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf~'

echo 'set realmlist 127.0.0.1' | tee ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf' > '/dev/null'

• https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hide-clock-on-df-minimap/1685525/2
• Hides the time on the minimap along with the hiding the time being shown on Calendar-button hover
• Interface → Display → [x] Show Clock needs to be enabled in order for this macro to hide both it and the Calendar hover ²⁾

/run TimeManagerClockButton:Hide() TimeManagerClockButton:HookScript("OnShow", function(self) self:Hide() end) GameTimeFrame:HookScript("OnEnter", function() GameTooltip:SetOwner(UIParent) end)

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft' && ee ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft 3.3.5.desktop' && sed -i -e 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft 3.3.5.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=World of Warcraft 3.3.5
Categories=Game;
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -opengl"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Icon=/home/CHANGEME/.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png
StartupWMClass=wow.exe
Actions=Server;Saves;Update;Database-Stop;Database-Start;Window;Kill;Notes;

[Desktop Action Server]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh'"
Name=Launch Local Server

[Desktop Action Saves]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh'"
Name=Databases Back-up

[Desktop Action Update]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "xfce4-terminal -T 'TC 3.3.5 [Updater]' -I ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-update.sh'"
Name=Update Local Server

[Desktop Action Database-Stop]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER"
Name=Stop MariaDB

[Desktop Action Database-Start]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-start.sh'"
Name=Start MariaDB (daemon)

[Desktop Action Window]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine explorer /desktop='3.3.5','1280x720' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -opengl"
Name=Start WoW (Windowed)

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver -k"
Name=Force-close WoW

[Desktop Action Notes]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/servers:bsd:games:trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost' 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:bsd:wine:world_of_warcraft_3.3.5'"
Name=Install Notes

# End

xfce4-panel -r

• wrestool

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Icons' && wrestool --output=$HOME/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' --extract --name='__GDF_THUMBNAIL' --raw ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' regedit

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver --kill

• Below WIP

• -opengl
• -console

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -opengl -console

• Virtual desktop window at 1280×720
• -opengl
• -console

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine explorer /desktop='3.3.5','1280x720' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -console

• Default when no API is specified on command-line nor Config.wtf

-d3d9

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Wow.exe' -d3d9 -console

cat ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs/gx.log' | grep 'CGxDeviceD3d'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs/gx.log'

• 3.3.0 - d3d9ex mode, ATI, and 134 crashes
• This may be more ideal for Vsync, certain compositors, G-SYNC/FreeSync, remote streaming, or gamescope
• 2025/10/26: Random out-of-memory crash Wine 10.0 no DXVK (Pastebin) ³⁾

-d3d9ex

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Wow.exe' -d3d9ex -console

cat ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs/gx.log' | grep 'CGxDeviceD3d9Ex'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs/gx.log'

• Disables the in-game Video → Hardware Cursor option
• Limits Shadow Quality to blobs and no dynamic options

-opengl

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Wow.exe' -opengl -console

cat ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs/gx.log' | grep 'CGxDeviceOpenGl'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs/gx.log'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/'