User Tools

Site Tools


notes:battle.net_client_broken_2023

This is an old revision of the document!


Information

  • Since late 2023, the Battle.net client has been incompatible with Wine due to a Chromium component update
  • All versions of WoW can be logged into with email/pass by directly-launching WoW (not its Launcher)
  • Battle.net client can be used without logging in, and old game data can be restored and data scanned for in Settings
  • Close the window for scanning for games first-start, and then access Battle.net client settings from the Wine system tray right-click
  • For games with updates, right-click the Battle.net client Wine tray icon and Resume updates (GNOME likely needs legacy tray support disabled)
  • Can possibly install games fresh with Battle.net client launcher flags
  • Diablo III can use email/pass log-in
  • StarCraft II was known to be able to do email/pass log-in
  • Diablo II Resurrected worked one time with -user -pass flags

Test

  • Last tested: 2024/06/16, Wine Staging 9.5, Fedora 40 (still had numerous errors at log-in)
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/Battle.net' WINEARCH='win64' wine ~/'Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe'
/srv/www/wiki/data/attic/notes/battle.net_client_broken_2023.1718590220.txt.gz ยท Last modified: by Sean Rhone