The original StarCraft with 1.18 patch onward including updates from StarCraft Remastered.
This version does not include the remastered graphics and audio.
Application Details:
| Version: | 1.18+ |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://blizzard.com/games/sc/ |
| Votes: | 23 |
| Latest Rating: | Silver |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 9.10 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Installation, playing in single mode and multiplayer Battle.net.
What does not
Workarounds
What was not tested
Multiplayer in Local Area Network (UDP).
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Linux Mint 21.3 | Jun 04 2024 | 9.10 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Bobby Yu | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Mar 23 2023 | 8.4 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Jzo4 | |
| Show | NixOS 22.05 (Quokka) | Feb 12 2023 | 7.8-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Alexander | |
| Show | NixOS 21.11 (Porcupine) | Apr 19 2022 | 6.22-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Alexander | |
| Show | Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | May 08 2021 | 6.8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Scott |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 421 | Implement a DIB engine | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 27492 | Starcraft locks up when attempting to use the mouse ingame | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 29168 | Multiple games and applications need realtime updates to KSYSTEM_TIME members in KUSER_SHARED_DATA (Star Wars: The Old Republic game client, Blizzard games, GO 1.4+ runtime, Denuvo Anti-Tamper x64 #2) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 37594 | World of Warcraft in-game browser does not work (needs advapi32.BuildSecurityDescriptorW() implementation) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 38960 | Multiple applications need 'kernel32.SetFileCompletionNotificationModes' implementation (Steam 'steamwebhelper.exe' and Blizzard Battle.net desktop app CEF v3.2+/Chromium v44+ crash in Win7 mode, Sony Xperia Companion 1.7.x) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 42741 | Multiple Blizzard games fail to launch (StarCraft I & II, Diablo III, Heroes of the Storm) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 43011 | StarCraft Brood War 1.18 significant delays in CEF Browser | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 43434 | StarCraft: Brood War doesn't run without setting the Windows version to 2003 or Vista | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 44383 | Starcraft Remastered 1.18+ no longer launching in Wine | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 44466 | PrtSc button crashes StarCraft | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 46624 | StarCraft: Remastered Edition - Real-Time Lighting option is greyed-out | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 47132 | Starcraft Remastered not starting | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 47265 | Multiple Blizzard games (Diablo III, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Starcraft, StarCraft II, World of Warcraft) crash immediately on launch | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 47317 | Starcraft does not run | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 50102 | Starcraft fails to download cloud settings in fullscreen mode | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 50365 | Starcraft Remastered black screen on launch or window only mode | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 50366 | Starcraft Remastered fails to create a local LAN game (needs undocumented socket "recv" ioctl 0x12014) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 50448 | ntdll-NtAlertThreadByThreadId causes intermittent temporary hangs in multiple applications | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 50520 | Multiple applications need WSAIoctl(SIO_BASE_HANDLE) (Rust applications using the Mio or Smol libraries, Starcraft Remastered) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 51229 | StarCraft Remastered locks up when navigating multiplayer menus | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 53689 | Starcraft remastered fails to start | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 54539 | Starcraft Remastered Game Initialization Failed | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
You will need mshtml.dll and wininet.dll from internet explorer 6SP1
I got mine using the latest version of ies4linux
Copy them to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32
Use the libraries tab in winecfg to set them both to native
Downloading and installing should now work
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by Dmytro Bagrii on Sunday February 12th 2023, 2:55
Wine 7.13: can't start. "Play" button in Battle.net becomes "Launching" -> "Playing Now" -> "Play" -> "Updating" -> "Play", status becomes "Paused. 100%". StarCraft.exe process is running and consuming 100% CPU.
Wine 8.1: can't start. Displays windows dialog box ERROR "Game Initialization Failed: T".
by ArchPhénix on Tuesday February 14th 2023, 16:51
by Alexander on Wednesday February 15th 2023, 1:56
by Dmytro Bagrii on Wednesday February 15th 2023, 4:11
1. I don't know if it should be for 7.13 or 8.1? Or for both? I also have to bisect wine's repo and build vanilla wine several times to find what exact commit introduces regression.
2. I'm not sure if this is a bug with Starcraft Remastered or Battle.net application. Some time ago i had issues with Battle.net laucher as well: appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=28855#Comment-106901
3. I don't know if i need to install dxvk. If yes, what version of dxvk i should use? These results i got without dxvk. When dxvk is installed it also fails but differently: depending on which dxvk i tried (binary release or manually built various versions from repo) it either shows "Page fault" of Battle.net.exe in dxgi.dll or teminates silently without reasonable error messages immediately after Battle.net app started.
4. Seems even 7.12 works without hardware acceleration: graphics are blury and i observe small of lags which were absent some time ago. I don't know if such behavior is expected.
Too many degrees of freedom of components and their versions to narrow the issue.