[Wine] Re: wow runtime error, new with patch 3.3

[shadyman]

The microsoft c libs worked perfectly when running under a newly-created prefix.

Here is a quick and dirty how-to on creating a new prefix and linking to your World of Warcraft directory, assuming your current WoW install is in ~/.wine and the vcredist_x86.exe is saved in your home folder.


Code:
# mkdir ~/.wine-wow
# export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-wow/
# winecfg
[click OK]
# cd .wine-wow/drive_c/Program\ Files
# ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft World\ of\ Warcraft
# wine vcredist_x86.exe
[Click through the installer to install the C libs]
# wine "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe" -opengl



You would want to run your new WoW with the command: WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-wow/ wine "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe" -opengl

Granted, this isn't the ideal solution, but hey, it works!  8)