I don't know if this is related, but I play using Ubuntu Linux and Wine, and I've experienced some weirdness after Module 5's realease with my mouse such as losing the function of the main buttons completely in certain situations; the mouse simply won't input anything, as if the buttons are dead. I've also lost the…
I can confirm, Tue @ 8 P.M. Central, with the 25.2014081a.4 patch, that I can login to the Preview server via the game client, boot the game successfully to the point of the character selection screen, but get dropped back to the game login screen (not the game client) with a "the server is not available at this time"…
Ya know, crypticcliff's work as the "Linux guy" at Cryptic on this bug exemplifies the Linux/WINE/open-source community at its best and warrants kudos (and money, pizza, beer, etc.) from his manager. I don't know how many of us running WINE play this game, but I would guess many, and we *all notice when a company notices…
We got a response in this Linux/WINE thread: http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?729881-After-MOD4-update-NW-crashes-on-wine-linux/page2 It looks like your hypothesis may be correct. Hopefully a fix is on the way, but not until Monday at the earliest.
Same issue here. Running Ubuntu 12.04, NVidia GTX650ti, and PoL. Tried several different WINE versions, different video driver versions, and various NW client settings, but I inevitably get a crash to the Cryptic error handler immediately after pressing Play. I got this kind of crash on the Preview server, but hoped it…