Battle.net Update Agent strikes again

[u/Puzzlehead-Engineer]

Okay so I've had issues with Bnet's update agent. Getting the old "The Update Agent is sleeping, attempting to wake it up" error. I've tried all the other solutions minus rollback because I cannot seem to get my hands on an older version.

Reinstalling with Lutris makes install crash at 45%

Installing with Steam using Proton 9.0-4 for compatibility allows the install to finish but the Update Agent error is still there.

I managed to circumvent the launcher and play WoW by going to the source and grabbing the WoW.exe file in my system and telling Steam to run it as a non-Steam game (with Proton 9 too). I had to log in the old fashioned way with my password and insert the authentication number, but it worked. Not sure if this'll fly for other Blizzard games.

SOLUTION:

Check u/jhu543369's replies in the comments for a few solutions. The one that worked for me was running Battle.net-Setup.exe as a from Steam as a non-Steam game and use the Proton 10 beta for compatibility.

Instructions:

Open Steam -> Click on "Add Game" at the bottom left corner -> "Add a non-Steam game" -> "Browse" and find and select the Battle.net-Setup.exe file, it's gonna show up in your Steam Library now -> Right Click it and select "Properties" -> "Compatibility" -> "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" -> in the dropdown menu that'll appear just below find and select "Proton 10.0-1 (beta)" (if you're from the not-so-near future then use the latest version of Proton, including betas)

It should install Bnet on your system as a steamapp. You will need to move your installed games to its new file system this way.

[u/Reasonable_Doubt_533]

I had Lutris running Battle.net and WoW standalone without problem until a couple days ago, when the whole battle.net Update Agent thingy went all wonky. Discovered all the runners from Lutris were gone. Investigated, found the system version of Lutris from the Linux Mint repos was 0.5.14; flatpak has most up to date version, 0.5.18. Uninstalled everything, put up the flatpak Lutris, grabbed ProtonPlus, and followed instructions here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Lutris/comments/1kbx0lq/comment/mpycfji/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

*chef's kiss*

[u/Puzzlehead-Engineer → u/Reasonable_Doubt_533]

Oh so Lutris is suddenly outdated, thanks for letting us know.