Wine – Diablo 3 via Battle.net launcher error on Ubuntu 14.04

This error occurs on ubuntu 14.04 when trying to run Diablo III from battle.net launcher:

Wine – Diablo 3 via Battle.net launcher error: Please try again after logging on as an administrator

To avoid this error, you must launch Diablo 3 using the following command:


setarch i386 -3 -L -B -R wine '/path/to/Diablo III.exe' -launch -opengl

setarch i386 -3 -L -B -R wine '/path/to/Diablo III.exe' -launch -opengl

Alternatively, if you want to create a shortcut, run:


sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/diablo.desktop

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/diablo.desktop

and paste the following content (don’t forget to update the path to diablo .exe file, and the icon file)


[Desktop Entry]
Name=Diablo III
Comment=Run Blizzard Diablo III via Wine
Exec=setarch i386 -3 -L -B -R wine '/path/to/Diablo III.exe' -launch -opengl
Icon=/path/to/d3.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Diablo III

Comment=Run Blizzard Diablo III via Wine

Exec=setarch i386 -3 -L -B -R wine '/path/to/Diablo III.exe' -launch -opengl

Icon=/path/to/d3.png

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=Application;

You can download the icon file here: http://simionbaws.ro/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/d3.png , save it somewhere and point the location in diablo.desktop file created previously.