World of Warcraft and Wine.

[SyntheticToast]

My boyfriend and I have been really frustrated trying to get WoW to work on Jaunty with Wine,

We think perhaps one of the biggest problems we're having is downloading the latest patches.

Normally when there are new patches they automatically update themselves, but when they go to the loading screen, it freezes and doesn't work.

So then we tried getting the patches from a mirror, (most of which were german and made me laugh) but I think he didn't understand what order to install the patches in.

Does it matter if the patches are mixed up or do they have to be in a specific order, from oldest to latest for it to be successful?

[James McKenzie]

SyntheticToast wrote:

My boyfriend and I have been really frustrated trying to get WoW to work on Jaunty with Wine,

We think perhaps one of the biggest problems we're having is downloading the latest patches.

Normally when there are new patches they automatically update themselves, but when they go to the loading screen, it freezes and doesn't work.

So then we tried getting the patches from a mirror, (most of which were german and made me laugh) but I think he didn't understand what order to install the patches in.

Does it matter if the patches are mixed up or do they have to be in a specific order, from oldest to latest for it to be successful?

Usually, patches are applied oldest to newest. If you attempt to apply
a newer patch than what you should be, an error message appears.
However, some programs 'roll up' all changes, so that you only need
apply the latest patch. Since I don't work with WoW, I don't know if
this applies.

James McKenzie

[Alexander Nicolaysen S...]

Søndag 28 juni 2009 05:39:24 skrev SyntheticToast:

My boyfriend and I have been really frustrated trying to get WoW to work on
Jaunty with Wine,

We think perhaps one of the biggest problems we're having is downloading
the latest patches.

Normally when there are new patches they automatically update themselves,
but when they go to the loading screen, it freezes and doesn't work.

So then we tried getting the patches from a mirror, (most of which were
german and made me laugh) but I think he didn't understand what order to
install the patches in.

Does it matter if the patches are mixed up or do they have to be in a
specific order, from oldest to latest for it to be successful?

What happens if you run 'wine iexplore'? The WoW patches have worked fine with
Wine for a number of people, including me.



Alexander N. Sørnes

[Sam Fourman Jr.]

2009/6/28 Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes <[email protected]>:

Søndag 28 juni 2009 05:39:24 skrev SyntheticToast:

My boyfriend and I have been really frustrated trying to get WoW to work on
Jaunty with Wine,

We think perhaps one of the biggest problems we're having is downloading
the latest patches.

Normally when there are new patches they automatically update themselves,
but when they go to the loading screen, it freezes and doesn't work.

So then we tried getting the patches from a mirror, (most of which were
german and made me laugh) but I think he didn't understand what order to
install the patches in.

Does it matter if the patches are mixed up or do they have to be in a
specific order, from oldest to latest for it to be successful?

Maybe one of the newer patches got applied before a older one, have
you tried the repair tool?
I use it all the time in FreeBSD and Wine.


Sam Fourman Jr.

[tparker]

SyntheticToast wrote:

Does it matter if the patches are mixed up or do they have to be in a specific order, from oldest to latest for it to be successful?

For the game to work you have to have all of the patch ranges in the
correct folder. If you are downloading a patch and then applying it as
the download finishes, then yes they have to be done in order. I have
been told (but not personally tested) that if you are downloading all
the patches to another folder then moving them to the correct folder
then starting the game to apply them, the order doesn't matter.

Honestly, if you are having patch trouble the easiest way around that us
usually to delete your WoW files, log on to your account managment at
the WoW website and it will show the latest version of the game you have
purchased with a 'download' option. If you download from there you
should get the regular game files and all patches up to the current one
all at once and all in order. Depending on your internet it may take
awhile but possibly still be faster then messing with mirrors and patch
orders.

[sub.mesa]

My boyfriend and I have been really frustrated trying to get WoW to work on Jaunty with Wine,

We think perhaps one of the biggest problems we're having is downloading the latest patches.

Normally when there are new patches they automatically update themselves, but when they go to the loading screen, it freezes and doesn't work.

I had the exact same problem, using Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 64-bit and up-to-date wine from repo. All problems disappeared after i re-installed in a clean .wine directory. Actually, moving the drive_c to a clean wine directory might be sufficient. Also make sure you start the .exe using padsp, like this:

cd /home/.clean.wine/drive_c/Games/WoW/
padsp wine Launcher.exe

That would load the launcher, which will update itself and then WoW also. Try to see if it works for you too!

[mkrista]

sub.mesa wrote:

SyntheticToast wrote:

My boyfriend and I have been really frustrated trying to get WoW to work on Jaunty with Wine,

We think perhaps one of the biggest problems we're having is downloading the latest patches.

Normally when there are new patches they automatically update themselves, but when they go to the loading screen, it freezes and doesn't work.

I had the exact same problem, using Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 64-bit and up-to-date wine from repo. All problems disappeared after i re-installed in a clean .wine directory. Actually, moving the drive_c to a clean wine directory might be sufficient. Also make sure you start the .exe using padsp, like this:

cd /home/.clean.wine/drive_c/Games/WoW/
padsp wine Launcher.exe

That would load the launcher, which will update itself and then WoW also. Try to see if it works for you too!

When I had have problems patching WoW I would just Dload the the patch I
needed from file a game site like
fileplanet.com
here is a link
http://www.fileplanet.com/100462/0/section/Patches