Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition

What works

single player
the whole campaign (both orc/human and ToD/BtDP
custom games

multiplayer
battle.net
IPX
DC

What does not

N/A

Workarounds

What was not tested

modem multiplay

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

occasional black screen when launching. problem fixes itself if you click wherever on the screen or hit whatever key. occasional black screen on the map screens (happens in Windows, too). can be annoying, but just save your game often so that you can load it if you miss the map screens (and really want to see them). I would advise using a crack for (non-internet) multiplay, just to be sure there isn't any lag due to slow CD-ROMs or anything. it doesn't really read anything from the CD-ROM that you need when you play LAN games.

_{^{First, put the CD in! If you've already installed it, great. If not, go do that. Then, do this on the command line:}}

<sub><sup>To mount this image of the CD:
sudo mkdir /media/iso0
sudo mount -o loop ~/War2BNE.iso /media/iso0

Using winecfg, add a new drive that points to /media/iso0, and give it the type CD-ROM. Finally, run Warcraft II BNE.exe in your program files and you're done! Whenever you want to mount it again, just do:
sudo mount -o loop ~/War2BNE.iso /media/iso0

When you're done and don't feel like keeping it mounted, just do:
sudo umount /media/iso0

If you have any issues still with Warcraft II complaining about no CD being inserted, make sure the iso mount point you made is configured as a CD-ROM device in winecfg, and make sure you have already mounted it first!</sup></sub>

~/wine/dosdevices should contain: (D being the drive letter of the iso image)

d\: (link to /media/iso0)

d\:\: (link to ~/War2BNE.iso)

To get ipx network support, IPX will have to be enabled in the kernel, and you need some userspace utilities, usually called ipx-utils; and IPX must be started (there should be an initscript).

 *ubuntu users can use the commands:

sudo apt-get install ipx; sudo modprobe ipx; sudo ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.2 0x12345678

(change eth0 for the name of your ethernet/wireless card)

The frame type (802.2) needs to be equal for everyone. It is recommended to use ethernet II instead of 802.2. If playing with computers with Windows, make sure their frame type is set to what you have, and not 'automatic'. It may cause issues if you forget it.