Lau Setup 1.2.0

Author: Neil Mitchell
Creator: Neil Mitchell
Last Modified By: Neil Mitchell

Download LauSetup.zip for Windows or Linux/Wine. This is the only installer download. Setup downloads the game files needed for your choices.

You need an existing WoW 3.3.5a game, build 12340. The download is an upgrade, not a full game, language pack or HD model base.

Start here on Windows

1. Close WoW completely.
2. Download LauSetup.zip, right-click it and choose Extract All. Open the extracted LauSetup folder.
3. Double-click LauSetup.exe. Its File Explorer type is Application. Keep the five extracted files together.
4. Click Choose folder… and select the game folder that directly contains WoW.exe, not its Data folder or your launcher folder.
5. Enhanced Consecration starts on for the custom appearance; turn it off for the original look. New spell visuals is available only when compatible HD models are detected. Upgrade maps and minimap is optional and adds a download.
6. Click Install upgrade and wait until it finishes. Start WoW and type /pyversion; it should show 3.0.8 Lau.

If setup says Already installed, your selected files already match this release and no game update is needed. To update an older installation, use these same steps with the same game folder.

If you get stuck: open the extracted folder if you cannot find the app; choose the folder containing WoW.exe if setup rejects your selection; close the game if setup says it is running. Windows 10/11 requires .NET Framework 4.8: use the Microsoft download prompt if it is missing, then reopen setup. For other errors, report the exact message and a screenshot.

To undo: close WoW, reopen Lau Setup, choose the same folder and click Restore previous install. Keep LauSetupBackups in the game folder.

Linux / Wine

Use the same ZIP with an existing supported Wine environment. Close every WoW instance across all prefixes, extract the ZIP and open a terminal in its LauSetup folder. Run as your normal user:

WINEPREFIX="/absolute/path/to/your/existing/prefix" sh LauSetup.sh

Replace the example path with the path to your existing Wine prefix. Once setup opens, follow Windows steps 4–6 above. Use LauSetup.sh, not the EXE directly: the launcher checks the Linux environment before starting setup.

You need Wine 11.0, Wine Mono 10.4.1, an existing 64-bit prefix, Python 3.9+, the documented fonts and supported local Linux storage. Korean and Chinese text requires Wine-visible Noto Sans CJK fonts. Setup does not install runtimes or fonts. Read the Linux guide before starting; Proton, Lutris and macOS integration are not included.

What changed

• One shared ZIP contains the Windows executable, Linux/Wine launcher and bundled translations.
• Setup detects the Windows display language or Linux host language preferences. Interface language changes setup text immediately and remembers your manual choice. Automatic follows the system again.
• Ten interface languages: English, German, French, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese.
• Interface language is separate from WoW's nine supported game locales. Portuguese interface text does not add Portuguese game data.
• Beginner instructions now lead the primary guides, with technical details below them. Current download guidance uses the shared ZIP throughout the repository, website and Discord.

No DBC edits. Game release 3.0.8 and every game asset hash remain unchanged. This is an installer release; existing game files do not need to change just to use the new setup interface.

Other files on this release

You only need LauSetup.zip to install. START-HERE.txt is a separate copy of the beginner guide. LauSetup-source-1.2.0.zip is for developers. The Patch-Y All-Editions ZIP is an optional manual-install package. SHA256SUMS.txt, the detached game ZIP checksum and VALIDATION.json are verification information.

Validation and translation notes

The exact checks and hashes are in VALIDATION.json and SHA256SUMS.txt. Coverage includes 62 Windows regression groups; 62 Wine groups across staged runs, including the affected GUI group and remaining checks rerun after the fix; 50 Windows and 21 normal-user Wine interface states; all 185 translation keys in ten languages; and 31 package, translation and host tests. Beginner documentation and the final packages were checked separately.

Translations are bundled; setup makes no translation-service requests. Current notices in all 117 translated guides and beginner steps in all 27 translated primary guides have been updated. A full refresh of older technical translation bodies remains pending because the external Google service returned HTTP 429. Fluent-reader corrections are welcome. These interface checks do not certify every Linux distribution or new in-game behavior.

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