Application Details:
Version: | 2.0x |
License: | Retail |
URL: | https://web.archive.org/web/20... |
Votes: | 4 |
Latest Rating: | Platinum |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 9.3 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
single player
the whole campaign
custom games
What does not
With old or very slow CD-ROM drive need some stuff after installation to work fine:
1)Copy INSTALL.EXE from CD-ROM to the Warcraft 2 installation directory (Usually: /home/UserName/.wine/drive_c/Program/Warcraft II BNE/)
2)In the installation directory (Usually: /home/UserName/.wine/drive_c/Program/Warcraft II BNE/)
rename storm.dll --> storm.dll.back
3)Copy storm.dll from this archive ( http://overunity.altervista.org/wine_db.html ) to installation directory (Usually: /home/UserName/.wine/drive_c/Program/Warcraft II BNE/)
4)run "wine regedit" and edit:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft II BNE\War2CD]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft II BNE\cdpath]
to the installation folder ( usually: "C:\Program\Warcraft II BNE") , BUT DO NOT INCLUDE AN ENDING BACKSLASH
If you can't find one (or both) of the keys above, try creating them and entering the above info.
5)Close "wine regedit".
6)Run warcraft 2 and game (but not with battle.net online game).
Workarounds
What was not tested
multiplayer
battle.net
IPX
DC
modem multiplay
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
[quoted from : "Alexander Berntsen" ] 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.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Manjaro Linux 23 | Mar 23 2024 | 9.3 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Kyndekhar | |
Show | Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 26 2020 | 5.0 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | skadge | |
Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | May 30 2018 | 3.0.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | beer_not_wine | |
Show | Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 26 2018 | 3.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Nicodemo the Hippogryph | |
Show | Fedora 22 x86_64 | Jun 01 2016 | 1.9.9 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Mario Bodemann |
First, put the CD in!
If you've already installed it, great. If not, go do that.
Then, do this on the command line:
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!
~/wine/dosdevices should contain: (D being the drive letter of the iso image)
d\: (link to /media/iso0)
*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.