• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic ^{1) 2)}
• Battle.net App ³⁾
• 64-bit

• Fedora Workstation
• Wine

• Install to default directory when prompted ⁴⁾
• Log-in
• Change Battle.net App settings ⁵⁾
• Close

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && wget 'https://us.battle.net/download/getInstaller?os=win&installer=Battle.net-Setup.exe&id=undefined' -O ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' WINEARCH='win64' wine ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe'

mv ~/'Downloads/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/World of Warcraft' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)' && sync

• Install World of Warcraft WotLK Classic

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net/Battle.net Launcher.exe'

rm -Rf ~/'Downloads/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe' ~/'Desktop/Battle.net.desktop' ~/'Desktop/Burning Crusade Classic.desktop' && cd ~ && sync

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/actions ⁶⁾
• D3D11 to Vulkan

ls ~/'Downloads/dxvk-master-'*'.zip' && rm -Rf '/tmp/dxvk-master' && mkdir -p '/tmp/dxvk-master' && unzip ~/'Downloads/dxvk-master-'*'.zip' -d '/tmp/dxvk-master/' && cp --backup '/tmp/dxvk-master/x64/'*'.dll' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/windows/system32/' && cp --backup '/tmp/dxvk-master/x32/'*'.dll' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/windows/syswow64/' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' winetricks 'd3d9=native' 'd3d10core=native' 'd3d11=native' 'dxgi=native' && mkdir -p ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/dxvk_shader_cache' && sync

• https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/actions ⁷⁾
• D3D12 to Vulkan

ls ~/'Downloads/vkd3d-proton-master-'*'.zip' && rm -Rf '/tmp/vkd3d-proton-master' && mkdir -p '/tmp/vkd3d-proton-master' && unzip ~/'Downloads/vkd3d-proton-master-'*'.zip' -d '/tmp/vkd3d-proton-master/' && cp --backup '/tmp/vkd3d-proton-master/x64/'*'.dll' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/windows/system32/' && cp --backup '/tmp/vkd3d-proton-master/x86/'*'.dll' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/windows/syswow64/' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' winetricks 'd3d12=native' 'd3d12core=native' && mkdir -p ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/vkd3d_shader_cache' && sync

rm -Rf ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Battle.net' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Burning Crusade Classic' && mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic'

• 2023/11/03: DXVK_CONFIG=dxgi.useMonitorFallback=True is possibly a performance improvement (#3632) and included

nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;RolePlaying
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/dxvk_shader_cache' DXVK_CONFIG='dxgi.useMonitorFallback=True' VKD3D_SHADER_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/vkd3d_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft Launcher.exe'"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=5298_World of Warcraft Launcher.0
StartupWMClass=wowclassic.exe
Actions=Cache;Kill;Notes;

[Desktop Action Cache]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "rm -Rf ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/mesa_shader_cache/'* ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/dxvk_shader_cache/'* ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/vkd3d_shader_cache/'* ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Cache/'* ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Fonts/'* && sync && notify-send 'The World of Warcraft WotLK Classic cache has been cleaned.'"
Name=Cache Cleanup

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' wineserver --kill"
Name=Force-close

[Desktop Action Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:wine:world_of_warcraft_wotlk_classic'"
Name=Installation Notes

# End

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' regedit

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

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net/' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/dxvk_shader_cache' VKD3D_SHADER_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/vkd3d_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' WINEDEBUG='' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net/Battle.net Launcher.exe'

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/dxvk_shader_cache' VKD3D_SHADER_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/vkd3d_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' WINEDEBUG='' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft Launcher.exe'

• Useful for quick graphical testing as this bypasses Battle.net launcher and boots WoW directly

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/dxvk_shader_cache' VKD3D_SHADER_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/vkd3d_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic' WINEDEBUG='' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft WotLK Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/WowClassic.exe'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Interface/AddOns/'