Linux: Complete installation and troubleshooting guide

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Installation

The long explanation can be found at the main download page. Here are just the commands needed, without further context, to make the installation work on any of the supported Distro's.

This guide assumes a fresh install without any mutations made that impact wine, graphics or the game WoW in any way. It also assumes that Ascension launcher 80 is the most recent version, replace the value 80 to a higher one if required.

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Arch, Manjaro and derivatives

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Requirements

sudo pacman -Syu && sudo pacman -S wine winetricks mono

Wine bottle / prefix

export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.config/projectascension/WoW" && export WINEARCH=win32

Make directory

mkdir -p /home/$USER/.config/projectascension/WoW && cd /home/$USER/.config/projectascension

Configure wine

wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/wine-mono/6.3.0/wine-mono-6.3.0-x86.msi && wine msiexec /i wine-mono-6.3.0-x86.msi && winetricks win10 ie8 corefonts dotnet45 vcrun2015

Go to install folder and download Launcher

cd /home/$USER/ && wget https://download.ascension-patch.gg/update/ascension-launcher-80.AppImage

Allow execution rights for Launcher and execute.

chmod +x ascension-launcher-80.AppImage && ./ascension-launcher-80.AppImage

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CentOS and derivatives

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Requirements

sudo yum update -q && sudo yum install -qy wine winetricks mono-complete

Wine bottle / prefix

export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.config/projectascension/WoW" && export WINEARCH=win32

Make directory

mkdir -p /home/$USER/.config/projectascension/WoW && cd /home/$USER/.config/projectascension

Configure wine

wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/wine-mono/6.3.0/wine-mono-6.3.0-x86.msi && wine msiexec /i wine-mono-6.3.0-x86.msi && winetricks win10 ie8 corefonts dotnet45 vcrun2015

Go to install folder and download Launcher

cd /home/$USER/ && wget https://download.ascension-patch.gg/update/ascension-launcher-80.AppImage

Allow execution rights for Launcher and execute.

chmod +x ascension-launcher-80.AppImage && ./ascension-launcher-80.AppImage

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Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives

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Requirements

sudo apt update && sudo apt install wine winetricks mono-complete

Wine bottle / prefix

export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.config/projectascension/WoW" && export WINEARCH=win32

Make directory

mkdir -p /home/$USER/.config/projectascension/WoW && cd /home/$USER/.config/projectascension

Configure wine

wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/wine-mono/6.3.0/wine-mono-6.3.0-x86.msi && wine msiexec /i wine-mono-6.3.0-x86.msi && winetricks win10 ie8 corefonts dotnet45 vcrun2015

Go to install folder and download Launcher

cd /home/$USER/ && wget https://download.ascension-patch.gg/update/ascension-launcher-80.AppImage

Allow execution rights for Launcher and execute.

chmod +x ascension-launcher-80.AppImage && ./ascension-launcher-80.AppImage

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Sound installation

Not every installation of Linux is the same. Some Distro's which are supported, will use different packages on their versions. As a example: A Distro which can ship with both KDE or GNOME will have a different set of packages. Due to this, some fresh installs will have no or poor sound performance when running games through wine or proton with 32bit game-files such as Ascension.

Only use these steps if sound is not working, avoid these commands when sound is working out of the box as it's better to keep default values in those situations.

Most Distro's will require a game restart in order to function and test if it worked, although Arch and CentOS will allow users to troubleshoot this while the game runs.

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Arch, Manjaro and derivatives

sudo pacman -S lib32-alsa-plugins lib32-libpulse lib32-openal

CentOS and derivatives

// No error found

Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives

sudo apt install wine32

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Graphics installation

IMPORTANT: Due to the nature of cards and drivers being variables, it's always advised to consult the official documentation for your Distro regarding graphics.

Installing drivers can be either really easy or hard, depending on the Distro and the type of hardware. Both Arch Linux and NVidia cards are notorious for being hard to setup, laptops are harder then desktops. So users who run Arch with NVidia typically have "the worst time". On the other end of the spectrum are AMD cards in desktops, used on Ubuntu for the easiest setup. That said, this post will offer guidance to find the proper driver.

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TODO

This is being tested on bare metal the oncoming days and this will take some time. To avoid half-information, this will remain void of actual steps until everything is done.

Thank you for your patience.
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