View source for WotLK 3.3.5a client in WINE

'''WotLK 3.3.5a Client in Linux'''

==Download the client==
There are several sites out there that have torrents running for the 3.3.5a client which most WotLK servers run.  The one that I play is on www.warmane.com and they also have a few patches you can put in the data directory for extra models and such.  I'd suggest that one as I've had no issues running it in Wine.
== Installing Wine ==
Be sure to check with your distros install.  I use Gentoo so just doing "emerge wine-staging" did it for me.  Make sure you are running wine-staging and vanilla-wine or any other version will not work.  Be sure to install winetricks as well.
===Configuring Wine===
I'm running my instance in 32-bit mode on my Multilib 32/64 bit system.  Your mileage may vary.  I was running in 64 bit mode, but switched to 32-bit mode for compatibility and it seems to run better.  First thing you want to do is create a directory off your home directory.  Do all this as a user and not as root.
<pre>
cd ~
mkdir WineWoW
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/WineWoW winetricks d3dx9_43 d3dx10_43 d3dx11_43
</pre>

This will install DirectX 9,10 and 11

Now we go into winecfg

<pre>
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/WineWoW winecfg
</pre>

Make sure it says Windows 7 and OK out of winecfg

==Running WoW==

Be sure to copy the game client files to ~/WineWoW/drive_c/Program Files/, then goto ~/WineWoW/drive_c/Program Files/WoW and type WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/WineWoW wine WoW.exe

===Installing Lutris===
On the other hand, you can do what I do and install Lutris, according to your distro package system.  Install game manually.  Make sure you specify WINEARCH and WINE