Hello,

I'm running into some trouble getting Wine to work with the NoCD crack for WC3: TFT, I've used several different NoCD versions, but for some reason none will work. I used the fresh-install 1.07 No CD, but it didn't work. I applied the 1.17a patch, went and grabbed the NoCD for it, still didn't work.

I've looked around on this forum, looked at all the threads for setting WC3: TFT up through Wine, nothing worked. Been to WineHQ, Wine Wiki, and even google, so far nothing I've read has worked.

I heard somewhere that the NoCD doesn't work with v2.6 kernels, is that true? I don't particularly want to recompile my kernel, but I will if I have to.

Using Wine 20041019 and Gentoo on a 2.6.10-r6 kernel.

Any feedback on why the NoCD isn't working, or if there are work-arounds would be much appreciated.

Ok well I to have WC3 TFT......however, theres no current NoCD fix, the last version I found was for 1.14 or something... Which means:

When you connect to BNet it automaticly updates your copy of WC3...it overwrites the current "crack" you have installed with the updated content.

Unless you acctually update your copy first, then crack it you'll never have success. But like I said I don't think theres a current 1.17a crack out there for it.

Ehh...? I have a 1.17a NoCD cracked exe, but it doesn't work. I patched it BEFORE I applied the crack also. I couldn't get it to use the crack even with a fresh-install with the default version (1.07) and the crack for 1.07, it kept asking for the CD. You can get the 1.17a crack from gamecopyworld or megagames.

ah ya your right... I was looking at the ROC cracks.. But either way around I know what the problem is with it.

I'm guessing you need to enable legacy on your machine.

The fix is simple, try this it should reslove the CD issue.

[root@localhost]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout

before running WC3 (this is required after every boot).
To enable legacy VA Layout at boot time, edit /etc/sysctl.conf
and add the following:
vm.legacy_va_layout = 1

You may also want to try to disable exec-shield you can either use the boot time option
"exec-shield=0" or it may be changed, before running WC3, by typing either:

[root@localhost]# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

or

sysctl -w kernel.exec-shield=0

Hope this information is helpful! It fixed problems on my end.

Well, I did the first part by turning on legacy.

But the second part, I don't have exec-shield, is there something I need to compile to get it? I've never heard of exec-shield... So I have no idea.

Thanks for the fast responses by the way

Well I wasn't exactly sure what distro your running so I added that in. Thats been a pretty good fix for a few games with Fedora Core.

Have you tried compiling WineX ?

Give me your sytem info and I'll do some hunting.

Sorry about the late reply, I've been busy as of late.

Anyway, my specs are: Gentoo on 2.6.10-r6 kernel, AMD XP 2600+, ATi Radeon 9200 SE, Wireless Belkin FD6001 v1, if you need any more specs just say so, that SHOULD be everything you need to know.

And no, I have not tried to compile WineX, I'll give that a try tomorrow night.

Hi,
im' using FC2 and i dont' know which version of wine to use
for running Warcraft could somebody plz post a link to wine
which can be used on FC2 for running warcraft3..
Actually ive' got some version of wineX installed but it keeps
giving me segfault so i want to install a new version and then
try again... plz help..

http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1325

Fedora Core 2-3 have issues....just follow the steps in that link and you should be good to go.

Also if you want to play WC3 via Wine rather than Cedega/P2P (new names for WineX) check this link out.. He has everything you need to get it going.

http://www.frankscorner.org/index.php?p=warcraft3

Or WC3 TFT
http://www.frankscorner.org/index.php?p=frozenthrone

Thank you so much for the links man they really helped ..!!
ive' finally got the game running ..
cheers to LQ

Where do i chose path to cdrom in cedega 4.x ? My WC3 can't find CD neither..

Hmm i just got a no cd crack and used it
for running the warcraft
you can find it @ MEGAGAMECRACKS i think..
i dont' exactly remember the url.

I have tried a few cracks but i don't get the shit to work... It worked perfectly before i changed my fstab... maybe you have to reinstall after changed fstab...?

Hmm.. i've got absolutely no idea dude..
actually what i did was ive' got windows on my pc
and i got warcraft3 tft running in it without a cd..
i installed warcraft in linux, went to the windows partition
where the warcraft was installed( with cd crack ) and launched
it and it is running.. so finally ive' got it working...

I guess i have to reinstall Cedega and WC3 then... maybe it's a bug or something...