elkenniss/ascension-linux-guide

This repository is a written guide, not code you run, for getting the World of Warcraft private server Project Ascension working on Linux instead of Windows. The author documents the exact steps they followed on their own machine, including every error message they hit along the way and the specific fix for each one, so someone else following the same path can end up at the game's login screen. The guide walks through installing Lutris, a tool for running Windows games on Linux, using its Flatpak version rather than the one that comes packaged with most Linux distributions, since the author found the distro version to be less reliable. From there it covers running the official Ascension installer script inside Lutris, which sets up a Windows compatibility layer called Wine to run the game. Most of the guide is a sequence of specific error messages and their fixes: a missing compatibility tool that needs a particular Wine version pinned instead of the default one, missing graphics runtime components that need to be downloaded through Lutris's update settings, and a mismatch between the game's launcher, which is a modern app needing a newer version of Wine, and the actual 32-bit game program, which needs an older set of Windows system files to match. The guide explains how to work around this mismatch by installing a separate system copy of Wine and disabling a particular file that crashes under it. The author includes a clear warning section: Project Ascension is not officially supported by its own developers on Linux, and Blizzard filed a lawsuit against the project in 2026, meaning the server could shut down at any time. The guide recommends using a unique email and password for the account and avoiding spending money on the server while that lawsuit is unresolved. A Spanish-language version of the guide is also included in the repository.