Warcraft III

Been trying to set up Warcraft III for a good bit and every time I patch it up to these versions, it gives me te "Can't find game.dll" error, sometimes it gives the disc check error too but not always. This is after going from an early 1.21 install to 1.27b.

Tested on Manjaro Linux 5.6.11 with Wine 5.8.


github.com/w3lh/w3l

I've also had no luck getting this to run, useful for PVPGN servers.

The installer said that it was dependent on the agent. I tried installing battle.net client and that didn't fix the issue and now results in error 0.
using i386 4.2 wine.

Game sound works in the background, but the image doesn't show. You can quit the game by pressing ESC as you would expect. Here follows the full output:

```
wine32 /var/lib/wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Warcraft\ III/Warcraft\ III.exe -graphicsapi OpenGL2
000b:fixme:winediag:start_process Wine Staging 3.19 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
000b:fixme:winediag:start_process Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
0009:err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
0009:fixme:thread:create_user_shared_data_thread Creating user shared data update thread.
002f:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetThreadInitializationType 0xfffffffa, 0x24bfea0
0009:fixme:mpr:WNetGetUniversalNameW (L"C:\\Program Files\\Warcraft III\\Data\\data", 0x00000001, 0x32b4e8, 0x32b4ec): stub
0031:fixme:winhttp:get_system_proxy_autoconfig_url no support on this platform
0031:fixme:winhttp:WinHttpDetectAutoProxyConfigUrl discovery via DHCP not supported
0009:fixme:process:GetProcessWorkingSetSizeEx (0xffffffff,0x32d7e4,0x32d7e0,(nil)): stub
0009:fixme:winsock:WS_EnterSingleProtocolW unknown Protocol
0009:fixme:winsock:WS_EnterSingleProtocolW unknown Protocol
0009:fixme:winsock:WS_EnterSingleProtocolW unknown Protocol
0036:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (0x394fe9c (nil)): stub
003a:fixme:avrt:AvSetMmThreadCharacteristicsW (L"Audio",0x3d8fe74): stub
0009:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod 0xfffffffa, 0x32fe2c
```

You can move useful information to HowTo/Notes and delete this comment:

WarCraft III is a real-time strategy game created by Blizzard Entertainment. This article will describe how to install and run it and its addon The Frozen Throne on Arch Linux using [[Wine]].
WarCraft III can be run with full OpenGL support.

==Installing Wine==

If you need any further help check out the [[Wine]] article. You will also want to run {{ic|winecfg}} and change a few settings to your liking before running the install CD.

==Configuring Wine==

This shows you how to configure Wine before installing WarCraft III and The Frozen Throne.

===Windows version===

In order to make copy protection work under Wine you must switch your Windows version to 2000 or XP.

===Audio===

Both [[OSS]] and [[ALSA]] work. If you expierence difficulties with ALSA you may want to switch to OSS. Please note that aoss can make your sound glitch every three seconds so it is not recommend to use it.

===Devices===

In order for the copy protection to work you must add a CD-ROM device:
Add a device, set path to /media/cdrom (or whatever you use when you mount CDs) and change the device type to "CD-ROM".

==Installation==

The following process will detail how to install WarCraft III and the expansion The Frozen Throne and finally update to the current version.

===Installing WarCraft III: The Reign of Chaos===
This is rather simple. '''DO NOT''' use cracked versions of this game.

* Place the CD in your drive and mount it (or let it automount if that's how your machine is setup).
* Open a terminal and change in the directory of the CD.
* Run
wine install.exe
* Follow the dialog boxes of the setup and enter your key when it asks for it.
* Do not forget to leave the directory or you may have problems getting your CD back from your computer.

===Installing WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne===

Please follow the same procedure as above, using the CD of The Frozen Throne instead.

===Upgrading to the current version===

You can try updating via Battle.net or use an offline patch. For the first solution just hit the Battle.net button in the main menu after you have started the game. Be sure you have read the post installation tipps before running WarCraft III the first time. If you want to patch offline, follow these steps:

*Look [us.battle.net/support/en/article/classic-game-patches here] for the patch.
*Download the current patch and save it in the directory you installed WarCraft III.
*Open a terminal, change into that directory and run the patch via
wine .exe

If you have patched to version 1.22 or higher you do not need your CD anymore for starting the game.

==Post installation tricks==

There are some things you might want to fix before running WarCraft III the first time because they still can cause you trouble. If one of the following registry keys or values does not exist, simply create it.

===Disabling intro movies===

The movies are not displayed correctly and cannot be aborted. So we set them to be already seen.

*Open a terminal, run
regedit
*Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Misc
*Set "seenintromovie" to "1".

===Widescreen resolution===

The option menu of WarCraft III does not support high widescreen resolutions. If you want to use one you have to put it in the registry by hand. Please note that you will loose this setting if you enter the options menu inside WarCraft III because it will overwrite your setting with the highest value it is capable of.

*Open a terminal, run
regedit
*Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video
*Set "resheigth" and "reswidth" to whatever you prefer. Pay attention that you can enter either hexadecimal or decimal values.

===Alt key combo===

If you like to use [Alt] + left click for minimap signal and you are using [[KDE]] or [[GNOME]] you will find that this feature does not work due to keyboard shortcuts with [Alt] that your desktop environment uses.

====GNOME====
The option to change the key binding is in System -> Preferences -> Windows.

====KDE====
Go into KDE Control Center, expand Desktop, click window behavior, then click window actions tab. You can turn off the alt combos. If you want to make window specific settings, click on window specific settings under window behavior on the side.

===Alt+Tab===

Normally, using alt+tab key combo, and then coming back to the game,will make it unplayable - for example bar(s) will of your desktop will remain displayed.

There is an easy workaround: go to winecfg and make a virtual desktop with size of your current resolution. This will also allow you to play movies. You can make a special wine settings for Warcraft III.exe and Frozen Throne.exe only, so you will not need to turn on/off a virtual desktop every time.


==Running WarCraft III==

You can now run WarCraft III. You can check if the installer has made you a starter in your applications menu. If so, you can use it. If you have any problems you may want to check the command to start WarCraft III. The path to your WarCraft III folder can be different depending on the location of your wine folder and the installation path of WarCraft III.

====WarCraft III: The Reign of Chaos====

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Warcraft\ III/war3.exe -opengl

====WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne====

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Warcraft\ III/Frozen\ Throne.exe -opengl

You do not need the -opengl parameter if your Direct3D rendering is fast enough. Please test this for yourself.

==Troubleshooting==

===Patch 1.23===
To login to battle.net with the latest version of wine make sure you have lib32-gnutls or gnutls installed.

===No Sound in 64bit===
install following packages: {{Pkg|lib32-alsa-lib}}, {{Pkg|lib32-alsa-plugins}}

==See also==
* [[Wine]]
* [appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=897 WineHQ's AppDB entry]

Seems the new patch, 1.27, is causing problems for a lot of folks on many systems, not just Wine.

In any case, I now get the following error on launch, also reported on the Blizzard forums:

err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR120.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Warcraft III\\Storm.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library Storm.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Warcraft III\\war3.exe") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR120.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Warcraft III\\war3.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Warcraft III\\war3.exe" failed, status c0000135

accompanied by a CD Drive Error requesting that I ensure my CD is in the drive (which doesn't help).

I've tried installing the digital client from Blizzard, which also fails to run (not sure how to force this to go through Wine).

I did notice the new digital download installation includes new packages, including a DirectX setup which states DirectX 9.0c, which fails to install as it is not compatible with the version of Windows currently installed.

I was getting this after a fresh install (news of the patch and discussions about the game at work made me want to play it again). After failing to get it running via CD, I gave downloading from the Blizzard website a go, and it works like a charm. Version 1.27a and no problems as yet, online or offline.

Hello
Does this mean you were able to play online too?
Can you please give details on your setup?
I can't get on Battle.net
Anything else works though.

Wine Version 1.8.1 works great, as well as version before that, like 1.7.55.

But with Version 1.9.2 (staging) I get the following:
fixme:winediag:start_process Wine Staging 1.9.2 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
fixme:winediag:start_process Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
err:ole:CoCreateInstanceEx apartment not initialised
err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
fixme:module:load_dll Loader redirect from L"wined3d.dll" to L"wined3d-csmt.dll"
fixme:winediag:wined3d_dll_init Experimental wined3d CSMT feature is currently enabled.
fixme:module:load_dll Loader redirect from L"wined3d.dll" to L"wined3d-csmt.dll"
fixme:winediag:wined3d_dll_init Experimental wined3d CSMT feature is currently enabled.
fixme:module:load_dll Loader redirect from L"wined3d.dll" to L"wined3d-csmt.dll"
fixme:winediag:wined3d_dll_init Experimental wined3d CSMT feature is currently enabled.
tobias63r0@tobias-pc64:/media/Games/Wine/Warcraft III$ err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 800x600x32 @75! (desktop)
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 800x600x32 @70! (desktop)
err:quartz:GetClassMediaFile Media class not found
fixme:gstreamer:GST_QueryInterface No interface for {37d84f60-42cb-11ce-8135-00aa004bb851}!
fixme:gstreamer:unknown_type Could not find a filter for caps: video/x-msvideo
fixme:gstreamer:watch_bus decodebin0: Ihrer Installation von GStreamer fehlt ein Plugin.
fixme:gstreamer:watch_bus decodebin0: Ein Plugin »Audio Video Interleave (AVI)-Demuxer« wird zum Abspielen dieses Datenstroms benötigt, ist aber nicht installiert.
fixme:gstreamer:GST_Connect GStreamer could not find any streams
fixme:gstreamer:watch_bus typefind: GStreamer hat einen allgemeinen Datenstromfehler festgestellt.
fixme:quartz:Parser_QueryInterface No interface for {37d84f60-42cb-11ce-8135-00aa004bb851}!
fixme:quartz:AVISplitter_InitializeStreams stream 1: frames found: 2166732, frames meant to be found: 2167456
fixme:module:load_dll Loader redirect from L"wined3d.dll" to L"wined3d-csmt.dll"
fixme:winediag:wined3d_dll_init Experimental wined3d CSMT feature is currently enabled.
fixme:quartz:VideoRendererInner_QueryInterface No interface for {37d84f60-42cb-11ce-8135-00aa004bb851}!
fixme:gstreamer:Gstreamer_FindMatch Could not find plugin for audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int) 1
fixme:ole:CoCreateInstanceEx no instance created for interface {00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} of class {728dcf55-128f-4dd1-ad22-becfa66ce7aa}, hres is 0x80004005
fixme:strmbase:TransformFilterImpl_QueryInterface No interface for {37d84f60-42cb-11ce-8135-00aa004bb851}!
fixme:quartz:DSoundRender_QueryInterface No interface for {37d84f60-42cb-11ce-8135-00aa004bb851}!
fixme:quartz:AsyncReader_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868b5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868b5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_QueryInterface No interface for {2dd74950-a890-11d1-abe8-00a0c905f375}!
fixme:quartz:VideoRendererInner_QueryInterface No interface for {56a86897-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_OutputPin_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868a5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_OutputPin_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868a5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_OutputPin_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868a5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_OutputPin_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868a5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:Parser_OutputPin_QueryInterface No interface for {56a868a5-0ad4-11ce-b03a-0020af0ba770}!
fixme:quartz:AVISplitter_thread_reader Receiving error: 80040227
fixme:quartz:AVISplitter_thread_reader Thread 0 terminated with hr 80040227!
err:quartz:ACMWrapper_Receive Error sending sample (80040227)
fixme:quartz:AVISplitter_thread_reader Receiving error: 80040227
fixme:quartz:AVISplitter_thread_reader Thread 1 terminated with hr 80040227!
dct: 0.000000 ms (0 calls)