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Hello!

First of all, i don't know how to search on this forum, so... if yet exist post with this problem, please, link me it.

I'm trying install battle.net with PlayOnLinux but i have a problem, when i put my credentials (user and password), appears screen battle.net, but is black, so i cant see interface program.

I have PlayOnLinux 4.2.0 version, and i have the librarys that i need (i think...), i have other game and it works correctly. I want install battle.net because i want play Diablo III with Debian.

I saw it that Diablo III needs wine needs wine 1.7.15 version... i have wine 1.6.2 on terminal, but playonlinux can use all versions, right? How can i update or install wine 1.7.15 manually? apt-get install wine1.7 get me error...

Someone can help me?

Thanks!.

Hi,

First, there's no PlayOnLinux 4.2.0; And if you mean 4.2, you shouldn't be using that version. Not only this version is turning 3 years old, but this was a short lived version, replaced one week later by a version 4.2.1 that fixed a critical bug. For this reason it's not supported.

Now, use more Wine versions, it's a two steps process: first install more versions, then change the version used by the virtual drive(s) you want (each virtual drive can use a different version).

1. Tools > Manage Wine versions

2. Configure button > (select virtual drive) > General tab > Wine version

Note that for convenience, next to "Wine version" in the second step you have a "+" button that allows to open the Wine versions manager (the window that opens in the first step).

I'm sorry, i write 4.2.0 but my version is 4.2.10...

I have installed more versions wine how you say me, and i have now 1.9.1-staging, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, and 1.7.15(32 bits versions) but battle.net black screen still appears. I need 64 bits versions too? I see on this link that Diablo III needs 1.7.15 wine version.

 

Edited by zaphiel

You cannot use 64bit Wine versions with virtual drives that have been created as 32bit and vice-versa, that's a Wine limitation. So to use 64bit versions you'd have to reinstall your game from scratch, if it can be made to work under 64bit Wine.

I don't know about Battle.NET specifically, maybe they broke Wine compatibility, maybe the problem is elsewhere (video drivers being next suspect).

Edited by petch

I can not find information on google (or looking bad) about compatibility issues with battle.net, only distortion problems. I have not installed nvidia drivers, I'm using xserver I think ... but another game (league of legends) does not give me problems. I tried to install nvidia drivers (gtx 850m in this case), but messed up something, and I had to return to xserver.

I still highly recommend proprietary drivers for gaming

I dont know how to install propietary drivers on reliable way. Can you say me? yesterday i install it but crashed and i had to return xserver...

 

I see that i need to install Bumbleblee, but can you say me a reliable way to return xserver in case of something goes wrong?

 

Thanks

I use Debian (Sid) packages; I have no personal experience with hybrid graphic subsystem. I suspect most of your issues come from the latter, because otherwise the packages work quite well.

 

I dont know what is Sid packages...

I see that i can install propietary drivers with this guide but my graphic card is gtx 850M.

Debian Sid is the name of Debian unstable.

I use a method similar to what's described in https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Version_340.65

Well... i tried install nvidia drivers of this guide but broken, i had to return xorg... i wait someone with diablo 3 say me if he use nvidia/amd drivers or not, i have other game(LoL) and no problems...

I had version 340.65 and i had problems too... I dont know what can i do. I wanna play diablo :(