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StarCraft II

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Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void, including Starter Editions


Please try the Stater Edition before buying the game to make sure it works on your system (link below). It includes the first campaign (Wings of Liberty) and the Arcade (Mods)


Consider including the following in your test results:

  • OS / Distribution (Including Kernel version)
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  • Video Driver (including Mesa or NVIDIA Version)
  • FPS (press Control+Alt+F to display FPS in-game)
  • In-game graphics settings (low, medium, high, ultra, custom, etc)
  • WINE prefix (32 or 64 bit)


Application Details:

Version: Current
License: Retail
URL: http://www.starcraft2.com/
Votes: 151
Latest Rating: Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested: 9.0

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Test Results

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Selected Test Results

What works

  • bnet-login
  • guest accounts
  • settings
  • sound
  • videos
  • gameplay
  • loading / saving

    • What does not

  • Does not run with any other kernel I tested
  • Much slower than on XP
  • Sometimes the wine process does not end after exit
  • Offline and LAN play does not work (not wines fault)
  • Alt+Tab if game != desktop resolution

    • Workarounds

    What was not tested

  • Multiplayer
  • Skirmish

    • Hardware tested

    Graphics:

    • GPU:
    • Driver:

    Additional Comments

    My opinion: It is very disturbing that Blizzard removed the LAN mode and even single player is not allowed offline. To use the stripped down guest accounts I have to activate my internet connection, log-in to my bnet-account, log-out and than activate a guest account. So you need to supply Blizzard with your real-name, postal address and be online even if you only play in single-player mode. The new BNet tries to copy Steam but it is even worse than that. Only buy this game if you really loved SC1, have a flatrate and give a shit about privacy! How I got it working: Rebuild unmodified kernel source from Debian/experimental on a amd64 Sid. linux-image-2.6.35-rc6-amd64 (2.6.35~rc6-1~experimental.1) Created the missing linux-kbuild-2.6.35 out of linux-kbuild-2.6.34. Installed built kernel, headers and kbuild. Booted the kernel and installed the proprietary driver (195.36.24-4) with "sgfxi -d". Reinstalled nvidia-glx-ia32 (195.36.24-4). DLL override: "mmdevapi" -> "disabled" I failed to install directly from dvd. So I mounted the dvd with nohide, copied the content to disk and installed from there. The files from the Blizzard-downloader are identical to the files on the dvd. At time of writing the current SC2 patch-level was 1.0.2.16223. Tested the EU-GB and EU-DE versions.

    selected in Test Results table below
    Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
    Workaround?    		RatingSubmitter
    ShowDebian GNU/Linux 12.x BookwormFeb 14 20249.0No, but has workaround Yes YesSilverChris 
    ShowUbuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Sep 15 20227.17Yes Yes NoSilverDidi Kohen 
    ShowArch LinuxJan 29 20227.0-rc5-stagingYes Yes NoSilverDmitry 
    ShowGarudaJul 15 20216.12Yes Yes YesGoldGr Armpit 
    ShowDebian GNU/Linux 10.x "Buster"May 30 20216.9-stagingN/A No NoGarbageJoshua 

    Known Bugs

    Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
    29384 Multiple applications expect correct handling of WRITECOPY memory protection (Voobly fails to launch Age of Empires II, MSYS2) STAGED View
    30853 Wine doesn’t always handle "right alt" properly NEW View
    32342 Multiple applications and games using 'Webkit', 'Blink' or 'CEF' (libcef) web browser engine crash on startup ('Arial' and 'Times New Roman' font face name validation) STAGED View
    33759 Some applications reset the X color profile UNCONFIRMED View
    39164 Starcraft 2: broken after alt-tab UNCONFIRMED View
    39576 Sound in StarCraft 2 breaks after UNCONFIRMED View
    44920 StarCraft II crashes on some maps (requires HLSL compiler) REOPENED View
    49094 "err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection" racy hang when starting/running StarCraft 2 UNCONFIRMED View
    49994 Starcraft2 shows blank screen: DVI-D out of range 89.5Khz, 60Hz UNCONFIRMED View
    52244 starcraft2 crashes while loading arcade game e_gfxErrorShaderCompileFailed UNCONFIRMED View
    53970 Purchases in StarCraft II do not work UNCONFIRMED View
    54339 Wine doesn't recognize RTX 3xxx and 4xxx UNCONFIRMED View

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    HowTo / Notes

    WINE overrides X gamma settings

    If using custom gamma settings or using an application that automatically changes gamma (e.g. redshift) then at specific times, your gamma setting may reset for a short time.

    To fix this, open the registry editor and navigate to:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine

    Then add the "X11 Driver" key.

    Inside the newly created "X11 Driver" add the chain value "UseXVidMode" and set it to "N".


    Leftover processes after updates

    wineserver -k

    Test if the game works before buying

    You can download the StarCraft II Starter Edition for free via the Battle.net Launcher, which includes the first campaign (Wings Of Liberty) and the Arcade (Mods).

    Please test how / if the game works before buying it.

    End of Windows XP Support

    As of October Windows XP is no longer supported

    See the follow post on the Battle.NET forums

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