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

• FreeBSD 14.2 (Xfce)
• Wine

• This is for private server use
• See TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost to set-up a local server

• TODO: Client source ²⁾

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' WINEARCH='win32' wine64 winecfg -v 'winxp'

md5sum ~/'Downloads/World-of-Warcraft-3.3.5a.12340-enUS.zip' | grep 'ab8284d28a063e8594d03636fbe28dc7' && unzip -q -d ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files' ~/'Downloads/World-of-Warcraft-3.3.5a.12340-enUS.zip' && sync

• Start WoW at least once prior to editing

mousepad ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/WTF/Config.wtf'

SET gxRefresh "74"

SET environmentDetail "2"
SET gxApi "opengl"
SET textureCacheSize "64"
SET violenceLevel "5"
SET SmallCull "0"
SET spellEffectLevel "250"
SET basemip "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "3"
SET componentCompress "0"

cvar_default x

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'

ee ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Data/'*'/realmlist.wtf'

• 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 ³⁾

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

• Server and Saves actions require TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost scripts

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' && 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 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"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=wow.exe
Icon=WBE5_Wow.0
Actions=Kill;Server;Saves;Client-Notes;Server-Notes;

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

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

[Desktop Action Saves]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "xfce4-terminal -T 'WoW — DB Backup' -I ~/'.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/WBE5_Wow.0.png' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh'"
Name=Server - Databases Back-up

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

[Desktop Action Server-Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec=gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/servers:bsd:games:trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost'
Name=Server - Install Notes

# End

• wrestool

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 ~

~/'.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/WBE5_Wow.0.png'

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

killall -9 'wine.bin'

rm -Rf ~/'.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

• -opengl

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

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

-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'*'/'

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

cp -R ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340'*'/Interface/AddOns' ~/'Downloads'