World Of Warcraft Support UPDATED DEC31/06!

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antonlacon · Post by **antonlacon** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:54 am

Has anyone had luck in getting the Launcher working correctly?

Currently, the web content doesn't display (white field) but the "Play, Public Test" etc buttons work just fine.

Brain Fury · Post by **Brain Fury** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:45 pm

I am experiencing a strange problem here with my WoW installation.
Everything on the Screen except from the menues has "slipped" down. The top third is black, the middle third is at the bottom and the bottom third isn't displayed at all. But if I want to target a NPC for example I jhave to place the mouse one third over the position whwere it is displayed.
And in addition to this there are some fuzzy graphic errors.
Anyone experienced a similar problem?

Heres a screenshot of what it looks like
http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image ... 451jz4.jpg

Timbers2k · Post by **Timbers2k** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:12 pm

Just wanted to share a major performance improvement! Add this registry key:

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"HKLM\\Software\\Wine\\OpenGL\\DisabledExtensions" = "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object"

It made huge improvements for me, went from 15-30 fps to 30-70 fps. I have an AMD64 3200+ Ig Ram, and a 6800GT.
This was listed at winehq, in the appdb section. They have all the details on how to set it up.

Heksanol · Post by **Heksanol** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:47 pm

Timbers2k wrote:Just wanted to share a major performance improvement! Add this registry key:
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"HKLM\\Software\\Wine\\OpenGL\\DisabledExtensions" = "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" 
It made huge improvements for me, went from 15-30 fps to 30-70 fps. I have an AMD64 3200+ Ig Ram, and a 6800GT.
This was listed at winehq, in the appdb section. They have all the details on how to set it up.

Where exactly are the instructions to do this - Ive tried searching for it but coouldnt find it.

I got WoW working on my system - but the frame rates are a little low.

Thanks

Timbers2k · Post by **Timbers2k** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:04 pm

It's in the appdb section. Look up WoW and select the latest version. To save you some time, here is the information. You fire up regedit.exe and add the new key by doing this:

Here's how you do it ...

Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\

Highlight the wine folder in the left hand pane by clicking left on it. The icon should change to an open folder

Click right on the wine folder and select [NEW] then [KEY]

Replace the text "New Key #1" with OpenGL

Click right in the right hand pane and select [NEW] then [String Value]

Replace "New Value #1" with "DisabledExtensions"
(Notice it's case sensitive)

Then double click anywhere on the line, a dialog box will open. In the value field type "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" (without the quotes).

That should do it.

Prosper4tie · Post by **Prosper4tie** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:16 pm

Hello,

When I'm trying to log in, a short delay message say me "Downloading", and after my screen still black.
I' don't change anything, and yesterday, all works fine.

I' don't know what is it

xyz123 · Post by **xyz123** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:35 pm

Hi,

I had the same problem when trying to log today, after some testing it seems to come from the Survey.mpq in the WDB folder. To fix the problem try:

rm Survey.mpq
touch Survey.mpq
chmod u-w Survey.mpq

This creates an empty Survey.mpq without write access, so that WoW can't use it.
For me it fixes the Problem. If i remember correct that bug was already discribed in the forums some months earlier, but seems to have disappeared.

Prosper4tie · Post by **Prosper4tie** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:40 pm

Yes, it works nice \o/ you are my hero (BWL begin in 30min

)

I see on the french forum that Blizzard take many information of pc to make report.

Heksanol · Post by **Heksanol** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:34 am

Timbers2k wrote:It's in the appdb section. Look up WoW and select the latest version. To save you some time, here is the information. You fire up regedit.exe and add the new key by doing this:

Here's how you do it ...

Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\

Highlight the wine folder in the left hand pane by clicking left on it. The icon should change to an open folder

Click right on the wine folder and select [NEW] then [KEY]

Replace the text "New Key #1" with OpenGL

Click right in the right hand pane and select [NEW] then [String Value]

Replace "New Value #1" with "DisabledExtensions"
(Notice it's case sensitive)

Then double click anywhere on the line, a dialog box will open. In the value field type "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" (without the quotes).
That should do it.

Thanks!

That resgistry entry really does make a differance - the game is now actually playable!

antipod · Post by **antipod** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:32 pm

Timbers2k wrote:Just wanted to share a major performance improvement! Add this registry key:
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"HKLM\\Software\\Wine\\OpenGL\\DisabledExtensions" = "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" 
It made huge improvements for me, went from 15-30 fps to 30-70 fps. I have an AMD64 3200+ Ig Ram, and a 6800GT.
This was listed at winehq, in the appdb section. They have all the details on how to set it up.

Über! Now the game finally is quite playable and the only thing that bothers me compared to playing it in Windows are some small things.

1) No Hardware Cursor... when the game goes down to sub 10 fps it is a bit frustrating trying to click on bars etc.
2) Graphical bugs... like weather effects not working properly (some textures are standing still in the air and I aven get, for example, rain indoors if I just can see outdoors from inside.

Using Wine 0.9.19 with ATi x600 with latest drivers, Xorg 7.1.1, KDE 3.5.4 and the game works very well otherwise.

Anyone knows if there is a fix for the cursor (doubt it as hardware cursor don't even make it in opengl in Windows) or the weather effects?

And, I can't change any graphical settings IN the game, it crashes then... is that a common problem?

Edit: Tried the script to start the game on display 3 and it works as it starts the game but it runs at 0.20 fps or so... so I guess that screen does not have hardware acceleration. Is there a way to make all screens get hardware acceleration, as I want to cram out as much fps as I can in the game?!

rankincj · Post by **rankincj** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:13 pm

antipod wrote: 1) No Hardware Cursor... when the game goes down to sub 10 fps it is a bit frustrating trying to click on bars etc.

I see your point, but speaking as someone who has never run Warcraft under Windows, is the hardware cursor supposed to be visible? I had always assumed not...

antipod · Post by **antipod** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:16 pm

rankincj wrote:
antipod wrote: 1) No Hardware Cursor... when the game goes down to sub 10 fps it is a bit frustrating trying to click on bars etc.
I see your point, but speaking as someone who has never run Warcraft under Windows, is the hardware cursor supposed to be visible? I had always assumed not...

Nah, it is greyed out in OpenGL. So maybe it isn't really a problem as it works as it should, but it decreases the playability some in my eyes not having a hardware cursor. Guess the sollution is to get a better computer to have it not go under 30+ fps, but that is a but costly! ^^

Caedes · Post by **Caedes** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:06 am

Cannot confirm the positive effect of the OpenGL registry entry. During a MC run fps stays overall the same. It *could* be, that turning around feels a bit smoother, even under low fps conditions, but this also *could* be just a personal illusion. Graphics adapter: Nvidia 6600, driver 7676

What indeed gave me a great performance boost was switching from wine 0.9.16 to 0.9.20. I have no problems with weather effects or changing video settings ingame.

idunno246 · Post by **idunno246** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:17 pm

just installed wine 0.9.21 and it crashes on ATI hardware. According to the WineDB theres no workaround yet

antipod · Post by **antipod** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:02 am

Just a comfirmation that it crashes for me too (ATi radeon x600 laptop) before even getting to the login screen. Buggers; back to 0.9.19 again then... ^^

ikshaar · Post by **ikshaar** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:10 pm

Just to mention, our realm was just retrofitted for upcoming BC, and my fps got a very nice bump. The minimum fps did not change (always bad spot) but the feeling is much smoother.

Warhead · Post by **Warhead** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:43 am

Is there a howto or a list of known bugs? I just emerged wine, to see, that there is noch config file anymore, and there is a winecfg now. I have WoW installed on a windowspartion, when I start it I can only see the Menues, the background is all black. I can enter the game, bun I can only see the UI, not the renderd world itself. I can not find anything usefull to change in the winecfg. Niether can I find someone with the same problem in this forum or on the web.

EDIT: Sound ist not working ether, but to actualy see somthing in the game would be the major improvement.

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:50 pm

You need to run WoW in opengl mode.

Install wine with this ebuild. You'll need this patch as well. (this ebuild is for nvidia only)

The sound, make sure something else is not using the sound server. Also, edit your WoW Config.wtf and add theese lines:
SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET SoundBufferSize "150"

DeathAndTaxes · Post by **DeathAndTaxes** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:45 am

Timbers2k wrote:It's in the appdb section. Look up WoW and select the latest version. To save you some time, here is the information. You fire up regedit.exe and add the new key by doing this:

Here's how you do it ...

Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\

Highlight the wine folder in the left hand pane by clicking left on it. The icon should change to an open folder

Click right on the wine folder and select [NEW] then [KEY]

Replace the text "New Key #1" with OpenGL

Click right in the right hand pane and select [NEW] then [String Value]

Replace "New Value #1" with "DisabledExtensions"
(Notice it's case sensitive)

Then double click anywhere on the line, a dialog box will open. In the value field type "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" (without the quotes).
That should do it.

Holy crap this made a huge difference for me. I was already pretty content with 30ish FPS, but now I'm at 60-90 depending on what's on-screen.

otherside · Post by **otherside** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:40 am

Does anyone else have problems with sound? I had and setting SoundBufferSize to "232" caused delays in the sound and that wasn't nice anymore (I begin to cast a spell, a second later I hear the sound

)

So.. I hacked dsound and the winealsa driver and it works perfectly, no buffer underruns, sound is nice and smooth. The downside is that if you apply this patch, you most probably won't be able to play any other game since there are a lot WoW-specific hacks., buy hey, why should anyone play another game, right?

here is the patch: http://dbservice.com/ftpdir/tom/dsound-alsa.patch

kraay · Post by **kraay** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:02 am

swoppe wrote:Got it working now!!

I just nuked the WTF and WDB folders and its working, happy days!

EDIT: nope only the loginscreen worked still flickering like mad

nuked them whit what ? i have that insane flicking to .. could u tell me how to fix ....plz

treor · Post by **treor** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:30 am

kraay wrote:
swoppe wrote:Got it working now!!

I just nuked the WTF and WDB folders and its working, happy days!

EDIT: nope only the loginscreen worked still flickering like mad
nuked them whit what ? i have that insane flicking to .. could u tell me how to fix ....plz

i dont find swoopes post. so i cant tell if its your problem or not.

but if you've got a nvidia graphiccard you should try wine with the patch from wine hq.
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606

kraay · Post by **kraay** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:55 am

i dont find swoopes post. so i cant tell if its your problem or not.

but if you've got a nvidia graphiccard you should try wine with the patch from wine hq.
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606

This is what happens:
when i start the game nothing seems wrong even when i enter the world everything seems cool ....as long i stay outside nothing happens..
but when i enter a house or keep ,inn whatever... the screen starts to flicker extreemly..

and yes i do have a nvidia card Gforce 7300gs ...
I can not find the patch in the link http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606 ... and when i do find it how do i apply it .. sorry but am new in this
btw am using wine 0.9.21 ...

legine · Post by **legine** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:10 am

Does anyone else have problems with sound? I had and setting SoundBufferSize to "232" caused delays in the sound and that wasn't nice anymore (I begin to cast a spell, a second later I hear the sound )

So.. I hacked dsound and the winealsa driver and it works perfectly, no buffer underruns, sound is nice and smooth. The downside is that if you apply this patch, you most probably won't be able to play any other game since there are a lot WoW-specific hacks., buy hey, why should anyone play another game, right?

here is the patch: http://dbservice.com/ftpdir/tom/dsound-alsa.patch

Dont know if this works.
But you could compile a patched version of wine manually (should do without probs.) then copy the dsound-alsa file and define a dll override vor WoW. I mean that should do the trick.
Wouldnt keep that Wow perfecly working and at the same time keeping WoW normal?

Sorry I do not have time currently to try the Idea, I am happy if I can lock in some hours on weekends for WoW.

(I pokeing this Idea quite a while...)

treor · Post by **treor** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:33 am

kraay wrote:
....
and yes i do have a nvidia card Gforce 7300gs ...
I can not find the patch in the link http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606 ... and when i do find it how do i apply it .. sorry but am new in this
btw am using wine 0.9.21 ...
a link to the patch is on the winehq site i postet 4 you. i don't tell you where it exactly is because it is not my task to read for you

but i can tell you how you patch wine. its realy easy with gentoo.

just copy /usr/portage/app-emulation/wine in your portage overlay directory.
then copy the patch file in "portageoverlay"/app-emulation/wine/files.
now you edit the ebuild file and add the line
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epatch "${FILESDIR}"/"yourwinewow0.9.21patch".patch 
at the correct place in the ebuild (its easy to find the correct place so i don't tell )

the next thing you have to do is just
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ebuild wine-0.9.21 digest
if you have still problems (for example if you don't have a portage overlay already) try to find a solution in the gentoo wiki ( http://gentoo-wiki.com/Main_Page )
or here in the forum. every information you'll need is somewhere

World Of Warcraft Support UPDATED DEC31/06!

Hardware cursor: feature or bug?

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OpenGL registry hack