I am trying to figure out the easiest way to get a game of multiplayer Warcraft 2 going using Linux but also compatible with Windows. No Battle.net solutions.

  • norzaOPM
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    1 day ago

    This can be achieved by using the Warcraft II Clone, War2Combat and using ipxwrapper using WINE.

    Download War2Combat and ipxwrapper and extract them both into a directory:

     ~/War2Combat> tree
├── ipxwrapper-0.7.2
│   ├── changes.txt
│   ├── dplay-setup.exe
│   ├── dpwsockx.dll
│   ├── ipxconfig.exe
│   ├── ipxwrapper.dll
│   ├── license.txt
│   ├── mswsock.dll
│   ├── readme.txt
│   └── wsock32.dll
└── War2Loader.exe

    Install the proper packages

    apt-get install wine32 winetricks

    Set a Wine Prefix (your choice as to what directory, absolute path only.):

    mkdir /home/norza/.local/winewar
export WINEPREFIX=/home/norza/.local/winewar

    Set 32 bit architecture.

    export WINEARCH=win32

    Set up ipxwrapper

     ~/War2Combat> wine ipxwrapper-0.7.2/dplay-setup.exe

    Click yes to configuring DirectPlay to enable the use of IPX

    Run ipxconfig to select the network interface for the IPX emulation:

     ~/War2Combat> wine ipxwrapper-0.7.2/ipxconfig.exe

    Optionally install fonts via winetricks (This will help with the launcher and display settings):

     ~/War2Combat> winetricks allfonts

    Try running the game and see if everything is working well:

     ~/War2Combat> wine War2Loader.exe

    On my older laptop the video would not display in the entire screen, the fix for this was to use Gamescope.

    apt-get install gamescope
~/War2Combat> gamescope -f wine War2Loader.exe

    IMPORTANT: When using gamescope you need to uncheck the box in the initial launcher “Close modloader after game start.” If you do not do this gamescope will hang as the initial window it draws goes away and it is not expecting another one (that is my technical description)

    That’s it you should be able to start an IPX Multiplayer game now or of course enjoy some single player!