A.KA. Battle.net app
Application Details:
| Version: | Client |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | https://us.battle.net/account/... |
| Votes: | 5 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 2.21-staging |
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What works
Everything.
Loading is very slow, but app works fully when completed.
What does not
Battle.net.exe and Agent.exe do not close when the client is closed.
Workarounds
Manually kill Battle.net.exe and Agent.exe.
What was not tested
Launching of all games. Tested WoW, HotS, Starcraft II, Hearthstone.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | antiX-17 "Heather Heyer" Core | Dec 22 2017 | 2.21-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | spaceman | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Nov 05 2017 | 2.21-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | Peter Anderson | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Oct 04 2017 | 2.18-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Peter Anderson | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Sep 23 2017 | 2.17-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Hugo Osvaldo Barrera | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Sep 11 2017 | 2.16-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Peter Anderson |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 32342 | Multiple applications and games using 'Webkit' or 'Blink' web browser engine crash on startup ('Arial' and 'Times New Roman' font face name validation) | STAGED | View | |
| 33943 | Battle.net client dropdowns do not appear until you hover its options | STAGED | View | |
| 37885 | Battle.net launcher fails to set permissions on WoW files | NEW | View | |
| 38845 | Battle.net launcher shows white screen with WINEPREFIX Windows version > 'Windows XP' and builtin d3dcompiler_47.dll | REOPENED | View | |
| 38960 | Multiple applications need 'kernel32.SetFileCompletionNotificationModes' implementation (Steam 'steamwebhelper.exe' CEF v3.2+/Chromium v44+ crash in Win7 mode, Sony Xperia Companion 1.7.x) | STAGED | View | |
| 39069 | Battle.net launcher requires multiple click to focus tabs in Openbox | NEW | View | |
| 40857 | Battle.net drop-down menus lack border | NEW | View | |
| 40930 | Battle.net App: Windows versions higher than XP draw GTK decorations | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 41054 | Multiple applications fail to start when MSVCP140 is set to native (Battle.Net, Photoshop CC 2015.5) | RESOLVED | FIXED | View |
| 41547 | Can't open battlenet | NEEDINFO | View | |
| 42000 | Battle.net: invisible window elements with Win7+ mode | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 42874 | Battle.net App is unable to update games | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 43349 | Blizzard App Fails to Recognize Password Upon Switching Regions | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 43901 | battle.net login screen broken UI elements | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 43910 | "Battle.net helper.exe" [NOT BLIZZARD APP!] crashes with Win 7 or higher | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 44220 | Battle.net client crashes moments after launch | UNCONFIRMED | View |
Blizzard App 1.9.1
Wine Staging 2.18 or above. NOTE: Wine-devel is NOT wine-staging and will not currently work.
Ensure that your system has 32-bit libraries for libldap and gnutls installed (lib32-libldap lib32-gnutls on Arch, but names may vary on other distros)
Clean Wine 32 or 64-bit prefix
Windows Version set to Windows 7 or above using winecfg
e.g. In a terminal, NOT as root:
WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/bnet winecfg
Install corefonts with winetricks (winetricks corefonts) or:
Install Core TTF Fonts from Microsoft (prevents a crash dialogue from repeatedly appearing on some systems)
Arch: aur/ttf-ms-fonts
Debian/Ubuntu: contrib/ttf-mscorefonts-installer
openSUSE: fetchmsttfonts
e.g.
WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/bnet winetricks corefonts fontsmooth=rgb
Install the app from a terminal into the new WINEPREFIX
e.g.
WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/bnet wine "/home/$USER/Downloads/Battle.net-Setup.exe"
Blizzard App icon keeps spinning forever, can't login
Installer does not work on Arch Linux x86_64
Please take note that at the time of writing, plain wine (including wine devel) will not install or run the Blizzard app.
You must use wine-staging, preferably version 2.18 or better. Check your installed wine in a terminal with:
wine --version
The output should be:
$ wine --version
wine-2.20 (Staging)
$
If the output looks like this:
$ wine --version
wine-2.20
$
then the app will not install or run and you must install wine-staging.
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