Gettin WoW work on Ubuntu

[m33dnayt]

Hi,

I'm new to Ubuntu, always used to work on Windows. Now I'm forced, due to some circumstances, to work on Linux (not that I don't appreciate it ).
I'm using "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS -the Lucid Lynx - released in April 2010 and supported until April 2013 " I just installed it. Don't think I have programs on it or packages or w.e. Anyways, here is my problem:

I have World of Warcraft on my portable USB disk. It is copied from Windows (the whole folder). Now I'd like to play it. Didn't find any info in net that would explain me the whole thing.
I'd love it if some1 could explain it like to a newbie (which i am). In a way I could understand. Do i have to move it somewhere? Install some additional program? Change some files? What commands do i write in terminal and stuff...

Thanks in advance.


PS.
really need your help!

[m33dnayt]

Ok, so here's what i did.

I copied my WoW folder to Desktop. I installed Wine using following command

sudo apt-get install wine

.

Then i typed:

winecfg

to configure it. Didn't really change anything. Only changed from Windows XP to Windows 7.

After this I lunched Terminal, 'cd Desktop\'World of Warcraft' and ls -l 'ed. Wow.exe was there so i typed.

wine Wow.exe

World of Warcraft lunched BUT the Terminal was repeating this message when WoW was alt-tabbed:

err:mmdevapi:ACR_ReleaseBuffer Starting from 1014
fixme:d3d:context_apply_blit_state Applying blit state for an offscreen target with ORM_FBO. This should be avoided.
err:d3d:context_bind_fbo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_ENUM (0x500) from glBindFramebuffer() @ context.c / 83
err:d3d:context_set_draw_buffer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_OPERATION (0x502) from glDrawBuffer() @ context.c / 1935
err:mmdevapi:ACR_ReleaseBuffer Starting from 1014

and when it wasn't, the Terminal just reapeated the first line from above.


Don't know if that's and issue BUT!. The problem is that WoW though it has started it is unplayable! The graffics looks kinda as if it was drawn in Paint and fps is really low. Sound is OK.

Any idea what did i do wrong? Please help

[rokytnji]

I am not a gamer. But it sounds like you haven't installed the proper graphics drivers for your video chip yet. That could be the reason for all the garbled video.

[m33dnayt]

Just standard grafic card drivers? If es, will it work if i install em on Windows? Will they work for Ubuntu too?

[rokytnji]

If es, will it work if i install em on Windows? Will they work for Ubuntu too

No. The drivers you install in Windows won't carry over to Ubuntu.
One thing you can try is go to System>Administration>Hardware Drivers and see if Ubuntu canfind any proprietary drivers for your video chip first.

[m33dnayt]

Well, thank you very much. Installing graphic chip drivers helped...

Although I still have one problem: fps. I get ~30fps on Windows on the same computer. And on Ubuntu I only have like 7-9fps when not doing anything. Don't even want to try going to place where there are lots of characters.

Any idea?

[rokytnji]

Wellll, like I said. I am not a gamer. I don't even use wine. So all I can think of is

Preliminary Steps:

NVIDIA/ATI: Make sure you have the proprietary driver for your video card installed, or WoW will not run. Once they are installed, check to see if Direct Rendering is enabled by typing

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"

Into terminal. If it returns direct rendering: Yes, you're good to go!

and this message at top of page

NOTE: It is HIGHLY recommended for ATI users to use the latest Catalyst package found at ati.amd.com. As of release 9.8, this fixes TONS of bugs.

Look at this link. Maybe you'll pick up on something you might have missed.

[coopstah13]

you should switch to using opengl

World of Warcraft functionality on Wine - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

[m33dnayt]

OK, i switched to using OpenGL bye writing this line they quoted in the begining of Config.wtf file. That did not help a bit. Rendering is ON, checked that already.
As for Catalyst, could you try to explain it something clearer? I went to the site but couldn't find that package, so what is it... how to install it exactly?