Getting OctoWoW Running on FreeBSD 15.1

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Fifthlibrem
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Getting OctoWoW Running on FreeBSD 15.1

Post#1 » Sat Jul 18, 2026 5:22 am

Hello everyone, figured I'd share as I spent the better part of the last few hours getting this working.

For those of you that like using FreeBSD *and* want to play Octo, I've got you covered!

As of FreeBSD 15.1 32bit ports aren't supported in the main working tree anymore which makes the old methods no longer work but fear not! There is a solution!

1. Install dependencies
`doas pkg install wine-proton mesa-dri`

2. Install the local 32bit libraries (Note the system had to be installed with 32 bit support.)
`/usr/local/wine-proton/pkg32.sh --old install -r FreeBSD-ports wine-proton mesa-dri`

2a. Verify wine is running Windows10
`/usr/local/wine-proton/winecfg #should see an option for 'windows version'`

This will create a local set of 32bit binaries inside of the $HOME directory. It should be located somewhere in $HOME/i386-wine-pkg/ or something similar.

3. Install the .zip archive and extract it somewhere.
`unzip -d $HOME/games/wow ~/Downloads/wow-client.zip`

4. Play!
`WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 /usr/local/wine-proton/bin/wine $HOME/games/wow/WoW.exe`

I have these all put together in a script so I can just launch it via dmenu or any other similar launcher.

This has worked for me on the following specs
CPU: i9-13900k
GPU: RX 6700XT

Let me know if you run into any troubles and I'll try and test them out!

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