I got this info from ChatGPT but I honestly don't know any better:
apparently this magnification.dll is the issue because wine is unable to emulate it, same with proton. This game is simply unrunnable under Linux. Though correct me if I am wrong.

I also run Cachy, I tried setting up a custom wine prefix and it complains about..

Unhandled exception: unimplemented function magnification.dll.MagInitialize called in wow64 32-bit code (0x7b5c98f7).

I tried to do a Library Override in winecfg, and a few other things like copying the native ...

Yeah, I didn't buy as I dumped Windows and run Linux now (CachyOS).

Supposedly it is a brand new, from scratch program (not just WITP-AE with new data tables). If so, there is no excuse for it not to run under Linux - especially if they want to get it to Steam and run under Steam-deck ...

For me on Mint, so far I couldnt get it running. I know there will probably never be a linux version of this, but if someone has advice on what to tinker with so it might work, Id greatly appreciate it. So far it either crashes without image after the launcher or, when I enable dgvoodoo 2 in lutris ...

Searry wrote: Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:50 am That kind of ship is terrible in RTW3 though as was of course the Bismarck class in real life so that is simulated as well.

May I ask why? I'm new to the game, this looks like a normal Battleship to me