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Information

Prerequisites

Notes

  • As long as WoW support Windows 7, D3D11 should be supported, in which case DXVK should continue to work

Install

Battle.net App

  • :!: The URL for the Battle.net installer looks fragile, but Lutris and others use it
  • Install to default directory when prompted 4)
  • [ ] Launch Battle.net when you start your computer
  • Log-in
  • :!: Change Battle.net App settings
  • Close
mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes' && wget 'dist.blizzard.com/downloads/bna-installers/322d5bb9ae0318de3d4cde7641c96425/retail.1/Battle.net-Setup-enUS.exe' -O ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic' WINEARCH='win64' wine ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe'

Restore World of Warcraft

rm -Rf ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft' && mv ~/'Downloads/World of Warcraft' ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)' && sync

World of Warcraft

  • Install World of Warcraft Classic
  • Requires 4GB+ free space
cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net/Battle.net Launcher.exe'

Clean Up

rm -rf ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe' ~/'Desktop/Battle.net.desktop' ~/'Desktop/World of Warcraft Classic.desktop' && sync

DXVK

Information

Download

Install

rm -rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && cd '/tmp' && tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/dxvk-'*'.tar.gz' && cd ~ && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic' '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/setup_dxvk.sh' install && rm -rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/dxvk_state_cache' && sync

AddOns

Folder

mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Interface/AddOns' && gio open ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Interface/AddOns'

AddOn Name

  • Addon URL (obvious TODO)

Settings

Fonts

Information

  • Create Fonts folder in WoW root folder
  • Drop fonts into this folder ending in .ttf and rename to the following
  • :!: TODO: This should work in Classic if it worked in Legion, but this is untested
ARIALN
FRIENDS
FRIZQT__
MORPHEUS
skurri

Folder

mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Fonts' && gio open ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Fonts'

CVars

WeatherDensity

violenceLevel

Desktop Launcher

Initial

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

World of Warcraft (Battle.net App)

nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft Classic/World of Warcraft Classic.desktop'
[Desktop Entry]
Name=World of Warcraft Classic
Comment=The drums of war thunder once again... Return to a lost era of Azeroth and enjoy the timeless stories that defined this world at war.
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;RolePlaying
Exec=env DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/dxvk_state_cache' MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DIR='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic' WINEDEBUG=-all WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic' wine '/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft Launcher.exe'
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft
Icon=5C12_World of Warcraft Launcher.0
Actions=Kill;Cache;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec=env WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic' wineserver -k
Name=Force-close

[Desktop Action Cache]
Exec=bash -c "rm -Rf ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/dxvk_state_cache' ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/mesa_shader_cache' ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Cache' ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Logs' ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/windows/temp/'* ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft Classic/drive_c/users/'$USER'/Temp/'* && sync"
Name=Cache Clean-up
sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft Classic/World of Warcraft Classic.desktop'

High-Quality Icon

  • 512×512 icon
  • Only really necessary for desktop environments where an icon size larger than 48×48 is displayed 5)
mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps' && wget 'https://i.imgur.com/xZMEiix.png' -O ~/'.local/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/WBE5_Wow.0.png' && sed -i 's/5C12_World of Warcraft Launcher.0/'WBE5_Wow.0'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft Classic/World of Warcraft Classic.desktop'

Quick Commands

Winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft' winecfg

Winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft' winetricks

Registry Editor

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft' regedit

Kill

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft' wineserver -k

Execute

Battle.net App

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

World of Warcraft (Battle.net App)

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft Launcher.exe'

World of Warcraft

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft' && 
DXVK_HUD='devinfo,fps,memory,version'
DXVK_USE_PIPECOMPILER='1'
WINEDEBUG='-all'
WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/Wow-64.exe'

File Manager

Root

gio open ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft'

AddOns

gio open ~/'Wine Prefixes/World of Warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/AddOns'
3)
TODO; this doesn't exist yet
4)
C:/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net
5)
GNOME mainly, Budgie also looks a bit nicer but is bearable without; Xfce and MATE use small icons by-default
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