WoW-Mania

Dear Janitor,
in your post here to explain the use of wow-mania with Linux you write to right-click wow.exe and run with wine.
This is correct, the game will play. Not a problem.
But we are not using Launcer.exe then. Launcer.exe is written in c# and that is not something any Linux user really wants on his PC.

Now in the game I see often a warning to use Launcer.exe or we will be banned.

What to do Janitor?

Thx, Pit

i am in the same boat - had windows 7 installed but keeps crashing so changed to linux.
Any advise would be helpful as i love the server and dont want to get a ban.

regards
Zyfer

Same question , I am using Linux Mint 19.x went thru guide how to use Wow.exe (now it is wow-mania.exe) The question is , do we need to use Launcher.exe (mostly not working on linux) or can we go thru wow-mania.exe and no ban to us ??

I can make a video on how to get Mania wow working on linux if anyone need?

SHADOW19878 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:09 am

I can make a video on how to get Mania wow working on linux if anyone need?

Please do!

Try installing dotnet46 DLL with winetricks. It worked for me (note: I use 32bit wine installation)

This is what I did for Ubuntu 20

a) Download the game. I placed it in $HOME/WoW-Mania-2.8.0

b) Install wine and winetricks: b) create a 32bit windows environment: Just press OK.
This initializes $HOME/.wine using a 32 bit windows environment

c) Either move the game to $HOME/.wine/drive_c/WoW-Mania-2.8.0 or (recommended) create a symbolic link to it: The symbolic link will allow you to delete the ".wine" during experimentation and debugging without deleting the actual downloaded game (only the symbolic link will be deleted)

d) At this point you should be able to run "WoW-Mania.exe": However if you try to run "Launcher.exe", you'll get an error message about "Wine Mono" not been installed.

e) Install library for .NET 4.6 Ignore the various warnings printed. In a few seconds you will see a window labeled ".NET Framework 4 Setup". Check the "I have read and accept the license terms" and then click the "Install" button. Again, ignore warnings and although in my case the installation seemed to hang for a minute or so, eventually it finished. Click "Finish" button.
We are not done yet, after a while a new window popups. If you get a warning window "Setup may not run properly, because the Windows Modules Installer Service is not available on this computer" click "Continue".
A new window will appear labelled ".NET Framework 4.5 Setup". Again click the checkbox to accept the license and click the"Install" button. Again, ignore the warnings and when done click the "Finish" button. Finally click the "Restart Now" button (this doesn't restart your computer, only the wine environment). Another warning window may appear, just click "Continue".
A third installation window will appear, this one for ".NET Framework 4.6 Setup". You have learned the drill by now, accept license, click Install, ignore warnings, click Finish.

f) Run Launcher.exe And of course everything will work just fine. After all, what can go wrong?