Problem when running World of Warcraft Setup. 404 error?

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qedx
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Problem when running World of Warcraft Setup. 404 error?

Post by qedx »

Followed the instructions on the WoW 7.3 page https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. ... &iId=33768
Install winetricks and 'winetricks d3dx9 vcrun2015 glsl=disabled corefonts'

winecfg and set to Win8.1. Enable 'csmt' on staging tab.
but I am unable to install the game. The installer seems to be redirected to a 404 page?

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~$ wine Downloads/World-of-Warcraft-Setup.exe 
fixme:winediag:start_process Wine Staging 2.20 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
fixme:winediag:start_process Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (0xc0e9a8 (nil)): stub
fixme:winhttp:get_system_proxy_autoconfig_url no support on this platform
fixme:winhttp:WinHttpDetectAutoProxyConfigUrl discovery via DHCP not supported
<html><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body>
<h2>Object moved to <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/404">here</a>.</h2>
</body></html>
GIF89aÇ    ,D;<html><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body>
<h2>Object moved to <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/404">here</a>.</h2>
</body></html>
GIF89aÇ    ,D;<html><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body>
<h2>Object moved to <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/404">here</a>.</h2>
</body></html>
GIF89aÇ    ,D;GIF89aÇ    ,D;<html><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body>
<h2>Object moved to <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/404">here</a>.</h2>
</body></html>
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
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kaimon
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Re: Problem when running World of Warcraft Setup. 404 error?

Post by kaimon »

That's a common error. I don't think the installer is redirected, the 404 is for the announcements Blizzard integrates into the installer. That being said, I did not manage to get things working myself. Also PlayOnLinux (which I used for several years) did not help. Every patch brought new problems. In the end I decided to give lutris https://lutris.net/ a try and I'm glad I did. I don't completely like their approach but there's a very knowledgeable guy maintaining the install script and that is what really counts. Spare yourself the trouble and use their services, you'll enjoy more game time instead of sorting out new wine error messages again and again.

Don't get me wrong, I like fiddling with my system but understanding how Blizzard makes things harder every second patch was just too much.
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