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Information

  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 1)
  • Patch 3.3.5a

Prerequisites

Notes

  • 2023/07/31: This works best on GNOME on Wayland on Intel UHD 630
  • :!: This is for private server use; see WotLK Classic for official WotLK

Install

World of Warcraft

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' WINEARCH='win32' wineboot && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winetricks 'winxp' && sync
md5sum ~/'Downloads/World-of-Warcraft-3.3.5a.12340-enUS.zip' | grep 'ab8284d28a063e8594d03636fbe28dc7' && unzip -qq -b -d ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files' ~/'Downloads/World-of-Warcraft-3.3.5a.12340-enUS.zip' && sync

Settings

Game

  • :!: Start WoW at least once prior to running this
echo -e 'SET Sound_EnableHardware "1"\nSET gxApi "d3d9ex"\nSET violenceLevel "5"\nSET SmallCull "0"\nSET groundEffectDensity "256"\nSET spellEffectLevel "250"\nSET basemip "0"\nSET extShadowQuality "2"\nSET maxfps "75"\nSET componentCompress "0"\nSET gxCursor "0"\nSET SkyCloudLOD "3"\nSET environmentDetail "2"\n' | tee --append ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/WTF/Config.wtf' > '/dev/null'
nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/WTF/Config.wtf'

realmlist.wtf

  • :!: Run this before first-start as there is not a default address
echo 'set realmlist localhost' | tee ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Data/'*'/realmlist.wtf'
echo 'set realmlist wow.realmofespionage.xyz' | tee ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Data/'*'/realmlist.wtf'
nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Data/'*'/realmlist.wtf'

Desktop Launcher

3.3.5

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft 3.3.5.desktop'
[Desktop Entry]
Name=World of Warcraft 3.3.5
Categories=Game;
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' 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"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=wow.exe
Icon=WBE5_Wow.0
Actions=Kill;Server;Saves;Notes;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver --kill"
Exec='/bin/killall' -9 'Wow.exe'
Name=Force-close World of Warcraft 3.3.5

[Desktop Action Server]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/bin' && gnome-terminal -- ./authserver && gnome-terminal -- ./worldserver"
Name=Launch Local Server

[Desktop Action Saves]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gnome-terminal -- ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/localhost-save-backup.sh'"
Name=Local Server Databases Back-up

[Desktop Action Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec=gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:wine:world_of_warcraft_3.3.5'
Name=Installation Notes

# End

Icon

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps' && cd ~/'.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps' && wrestool --output='WBE5_Wow.0.png' --extract --name='101' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Wow.exe' && cd ~

Save Data Back-up Script

nano ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/localhost-save-backup.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/trinity-335/run/etc/localhost-save-backup.sh'
#!/bin/sh

cd ~/'Downloads'
sudo mariadb-dump --databases 'authserver' --result-file='localserver-authserver-database-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'.sql'
sudo mariadb-dump --databases 'characters' --result-file='localserver-characters-database-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'.sql'
sudo chown $USER:$USER ~/'Downloads/localserver-authserver-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads/localserver-characters-database-'*'.sql'
sync
notify-send 'localserver databases have been successfully dumped.'

# End

Quick Commands

Winecfg

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

Winetricks

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

Registry Editor

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

Kill

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver --kill
killall -9 'Wow.exe'

Reset

rm -Rf ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/mesa_shader_cache' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Cache' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Cameras' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Logs' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Interface' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/WTF' && sync

Execute

Wrath of the Lich King

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && 
WINEDEBUG=''
MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' 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

Virtual Desktop

  • 1280×720
cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' 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 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Wow.exe' -d3d9ex

Specific Graphics APIs

D3D9

  • 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'*'/' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' 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
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'

D3D9Ex

  • Theoretically™ the best choice
-d3d9ex
cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' 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
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'

OpenGL

  • 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'*'/' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' 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
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'

File Manager

Root

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

Addons

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

Copy Addons

cp -R ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Interface/AddOns' ~/'Downloads'
2)
gnome-terminal mentions can likely be changed to other Terminals like konsole but is untested
/var/www/wiki/data/pages/games/wine/world_of_warcraft_3.3.5.txt · Last modified: 2024/03/09 17:45 by Sean Rhone