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StarCraft II

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)
  • GPU
  • 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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What works

At a LONG last, the 64-bit client of Starcraft II patch 3.x WORKS!, in all its glory and played in every single possible quality setting from really low to extreme (as far as the game detected).

Single player works, multiplayer works, all campaigns work!

Legacy of the Void in full Ultra settings does indeed lag (@1080p, FPS dip into high 10's on heavy action)

What does not

Nothing! Everything I threw at it worked!

Workarounds

What was not tested

Nothing, I tested it all!

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

Fedora 23 64-bit Kernel 4.2.8, nVidia driver 358.16 for an MSI GTX 760 4Gb OC, 16 Gb RAM, AMD FX 6100 CPU, wine 1.9 from main repositories.

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
11674 Dual-core unsupported in WoW and SC2 STAGED View
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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