World Of Warcraft Howto/Support UPDATED 5/10/05! (old)

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

Give me some time, I'm wearing it down gradually...

EDIT: I got the patch to start working, now I'm just making sure the game actually works. I'll post a fix soon.
Also, the patch file doesn't run with cvs wine for some reason (didn't try it with the latest version, but it was a fairly recent build from a few days ago). I'm updating now, but for now I recommend the 20050310 release.
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SaguratuS · n00b Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 33

We love you Darckness!

Jengu · Guru Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 384

Wine 20050419 Released. Anyone try the new version?

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

Alright, here's how to get the patch working. You will need these two dlls:

SaguratuS · n00b Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 33

You are a god.

Patching now - We can't thank you enough for always fixing up WoW, without you, it'd take months after every patch.

mrpdaemon · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 134

I have installed the windows version of mozilla, and after copying the DLL's mentioned was able to install the mozilla activeX control without problems as well.

The patch still crashes though, same crash with activeX control installed/not installed.

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

mrpdaemon: What version of wine is this with?
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ruta · n00b Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 69 Location: Canada

Has anyone been able to get the patch working with cedega? I did what Darckness suggested using cedega, but even though Firefox and ActiveX install, the patcher still crashes. It gives a lot of odd output in the command line, too, but I don't understand it well enough to pinpoint the problem. I'd try wine, but I don't even have the cvs version, so I figured I'd try cedega first.

Cicero · Apprentice Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 220

I got the latest patch to work with cedega. You have to download and use a native oleaut32.dll (just put it in the system folder, and temporarily comment out the line in your config that says to use the builtin one first).

ruta · n00b Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 69 Location: Canada

Thanks, Cicero, that worked perfectly. I guess I'll wait on using wine again.

mrpdaemon · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 134

oleaut32.dll fix worked, thank you.

soroh6 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 232

I've tried 3 different versions of the dll. I'm using the latest Cedega. Help?
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ikshaar · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject:

Got it working... but text now are "not clean" - not sure how to describe it. Readable but annoying... anyone else ?
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mrpdaemon · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 134

same problem, game works but in-game text looks like its not antialiased. Using latest ATI drivers with D3D mode of cedega (opengl crashes).

Edit: although opengl crashes upon login, the login screen text is clear (as it should be), so I guess this is a D3D problem.

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

Been playing perfectly here for a while now. Some tips:
I haven't tested cedega, but with every previous patch of WoW it hasn't worked until they updated it. Just a thought.
Make absolutely sure that you're running the test6 patched wine. I've had some people who thought they were running it, but actually weren't.
If you're going into a pvp zone, turn down your graphics settings as low as they go.

Stay the hell away from Tarren Mill. You will lag until you break your computer in a fit of rage.
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GoldDog · n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 18

Thank You (again) Darkness!!!! WoW works over here (again) just fine! w00t w00t

SDraconis · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 53

Edit: Have an update on this, but post had gotten old so I made a new post further down.

gid92666645 · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 1

After the installation of mozilla and the activeX and the oleaut32.dll replaced there is no message and the patch is not effective ....
[gid@localhost World of Warcraft]$ cedega WoW-1.3.1.4297-to-1.4.0-enUS-patch.exe
[gid@localhost World of Warcraft]$
just like that ....
Nothing happens ...
anyone have idea ?

soroh6 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 232

soroh6 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 232

ikshaar · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject:

Text issue is a WoW problem (happened on Windows too) ... it was announced on WoW forums that a fix will be released soon in a 1.4.1 patch.
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soroh6 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 232

I'm not having any text issues by the way, someone mentioned ATi? I do run an nVidia based card. <shrugs> Just thought I'd throw my .02 in.
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PZoned · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject:

I seem to have a problem installing windows version of mozilla.... it crashes while installing... any help?
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meinbobo · n00b Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 17

so i have now install gentoo and have that up and running -- yay - its better than suse - yay

but i still have the same #*%@& error!

i have wine 20050310 with patch try 6
i have the latest unmasked nvida-kernel and nvidia-glx and opengl-update packages emerged
glxgears runs fine - normal dps
direct renderign endabled
(i can play tur racer among other opengl linux games)

but i get these errors in the console

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

meinbobo: None of those are errors. Make sure your WINEDEBUG variable is set to at least contain "warn+dll" so that you can get dll-missing messages.

PZoned: Make sure you're running 20050310 wine. Are you using a full installer or a net installer?
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