Can't run Warcraft III

ccj8787 · Post by **ccj8787** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:02 pm

Hi,

I've just installed Warcraft III without any problem (so it seems), but when I go to run it I just get a black screen. My computer doesn't freeze but obviously the application isn't running correctly. What could I do to get Warcraft III to work properly?

I'm using Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic and wine 1.0

Thanks in advance!

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:38 pm

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:02 PM, ccj8787 <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,

I've just installed Warcraft III without any problem (so it seems), but when I go to run it I just get a black screen. My computer doesn't freeze but obviously the application isn't running correctly. What could I do to get Warcraft III to work properly?

I'm using Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic and wine 1.0

What video card do you have?

Did you try and run it from the terminal?

Did you run it with the -opengl parameter?

Did you check appdb on warcraftIII there is a lot of information there.

John

ccj8787 · Post by **ccj8787** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:16 pm

What video card do you have?

Did you try and run it from the terminal?

Did you run it with the -opengl parameter?

Did you check appdb on warcraftIII there is a lot of information there.

John

-Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2

-Yes

-I just tried that, same results as before though

-I checked it out earlier but I'll look through it again to see if I can find anything.

Thanks for your response.

ccj8787 · Post by **ccj8787** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:30 pm

I was able to get it to run, but the graphics were distorted. I got these 2 error messages in Terminal.

err:ole:CoCreateInstance apartment not initialised
err:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Can't find a suitable iPixelFormat

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:30 am

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:02 AM, ccj8787 <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,

I've just installed Warcraft III without any problem (so it seems), but when I go to run it I just get a black screen. My computer doesn't freeze but obviously the application isn't running correctly. What could I do to get Warcraft III to work properly?

Delete the movies folder.

I'm using Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic and wine 1.0

For Battle.net to work properly you need to patch Wine (source
code)... (Wine 0.9.45 works as well, but it is OLD....)

If you use a battle.net launcher to play on a pvpgn server you need to
set the OpenGL mode setting in the registry (see appdb).

If you install the 1.22 patch you need install some recent version of
the MS Visual C++ runtimes... (Check appdb for details....)

You might want to keep Warcraft in a seperate WINEPREFIX if you have
any DLL overrides on your system...
http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/Wine_Prefixes

Mine currently work fine with the only issues being a occasional flash
on the screen and some minor graphical issues... (I have the Intel
GMA3100)

Gert

wineappdb · Post by **wineappdb** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:47 pm

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:30:03 +0200
"Gert van den Berg" <[email protected]> wrote:

If you install the 1.22 patch you need install some recent version of
the MS Visual C++ runtimes... (Check appdb for details....)

True, but the next patch is just a rebuilt with out the dependency on
MS Visual C++ runtimes.

ricy · Post by **ricy** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:12 am

hallo everybody

i just installed warcraft 3 on my linux mint(elyssa) kernel 2.6.24-19 generic, updated the vcredist to latest version and the game, after starting it keeps flickering ( i see for a second the game and a second the desktop background).
i'm pretty new on linux so can u please help me

i have a Intel X3100 video board using the Restricted proprietary drivers,
AMD Turion 64 2.2ghz proc0.1 and 1,5 Gb DDR2@667 Mhz, WINE version is 1.0

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:38 pm

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM, ricy <[email protected]> wrote:

hallo everybody

i just installed warcraft 3 on my linux mint(elyssa) kernel -19 generic, updated the vcredist to latest version and the game, after starting it keeps flickering (like i see for a second the game and a second the desktop background).
i'm pretty new on linux so can u please help me

Try deleting the movies directory.

See AppDB for registry entries / command-line switches to run the game
in OpenGL mode... (Normal, DirectX mode should work though...)

i have a Intel X3100 video board using the Restricted proprietary drivers,
AMD Turion 64 2.2ghz proc0.1 and 1,5 Gb DDR2@667 Mhz, WINE version is 1.0

The Intel open source drivers are working fine for me...

Someone will probably recommend that you upgrade Wine as well, but
this should not be necessary, although you would probably want to
compile a patched version (or a really old version) if you plan to do
any kind of network play under Wine.

Gert

ricy · Post by **ricy** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:17 am

same thing with the deleted Movies folder

update:
i have tried two video card drivers (the EnvyNG and the restricted driver version). the Envy version is not only flickering but my whole screen looks like a chess board. the restricted is just flickering.
P.S. the openGL is activated in the registry and i want to use it for single player (99% of time)

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:04 pm

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:17 AM, ricy <[email protected]> wrote:

same thing with the deleted Movies folder

Hmm...

Mine is still working fine... Try installing it agin in a sperate
WINEPREFIX (prefix all wine / winecfg / regedit / winetricks command
with "WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-warcraft" or something similar...)

1. Install Warcraft
2. Install Frozen Throne (if applicable)
3. Install patch 1.22_a_ (IIRC The "a" variant removes the dependency
on VCRUN2005)
4. Delete / rename Movies folder
5. Edit registry (see below for file from appdb) (Manual editing is
probably easier...)
5. Try running the game
6. If it STILL complains about Visual C++ runtime, try installing
vcrun2005sp1 with winetricks.

I have no DLL overrides and only Warcraft installed in that
WINEPREFIX. It does not look if vcrun2005 is installed.

Patch download: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article. ... leId=21224

Make sure about your display drivers... (Anyone with an easy,
cross-distro way of checking Intel driver versions?) (I'm running
2.5.0 of xf86-video-intel according to portage, but it used to work on
all >2.1 that I had installed....)

Gert

----------- Registry file ----------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III]
"Gfx OpenGL"=dword:00000001

sayap · Post by **sayap** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:47 am

@ricy

That should be caused by the same bug I reported some times ago:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16084

Btw, as far as I know, there is no proprietary driver for intel video chipsets. Everyone is using xf86-video-intel.