Application Details:
Version: | 2.0x |
License: | Retail |
URL: | https://web.archive.org/web/20... |
Votes: | 4 |
Latest Rating: | Platinum |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 5.0 |
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What works
Gameplay
Sound (with OSS, not ALSA)
Movies
Menus
Basic Battle.net connectivity
What does not
GUI support for Battle.net. I was only able to get the ability to create games, chat, et cetera when running WarCraft in a predefined Window with winecfg. However the GUI graphics did not work. Conversely if it was ran full screen the GUI graphics were shown but no text or buttons worked. (They appear to be hyperlinks in multiple layers and the buttons are just background graphics in HTML as well).
Workarounds
What was not tested
Other networking support (my machine does not support IPX).
The full campaign was not tested.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Without using the multiplayer option, this should get a Platinum on my platform, however with the difficulties encountered with Battle.net, I think it deserves a Gold, at best.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
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 | Platinum | Mario Bodemann | ||
Show | Fedora 20 x86_64 | May 18 2014 | 1.7.16 | Yes | Yes | 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)
d\:\: (link to ~/War2BNE.iso)*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.
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