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CCWaR+WINE? - 12/8/2008 3:52:47 PM   
pelle75

 

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Status: offline 		Have anyone tried to play CCWaR in WINE? I have tried to play CC2 (and perhaps CC1/3/4; don't remember for sure) in WINE over the years with different versions of WINE, but never managed to start the game, or most often not even get past the installer. Perhaps if all the DRM and look-for-cd code has been removed now it is more likely that CCWaR will work?
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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/8/2008 4:18:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Maybe I should have checked the WINE appdb first. Someone reports success with CoI, and there are some various levels of success with the older CC games. It would be nice to hear from someone playing WaR in WINE (more than just tested that it can start) before I buy, but at least there seems to be some hope.

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/8/2008 4:36:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		i think there was a report of someone trying to use it over at the CSO forums.  not sure how they got on

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/9/2008 10:56:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Southern_land

i think there was a report of someone trying to use it over at the CSO forums.


Guilty!

http://www.closecombatonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14625

I'm hoping to try the experiment again once I can free up a more powerful machine.

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/9/2008 11:29:54 AM   
pelle75

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks! That thread did at least provide some hope. How old hardware did you test with? My most powerful computer is a 4 years old budget laptop with 512 MB RAM. You never tried to tweak some WINE settings to improve performance?

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/9/2008 9:09:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		The machine I managed to make it work on was a 1999 Pentium III with 512 Mb RAM, so I'm hopeful that a more recent machine will handle it better. I didn't have to tweak anything. It "just worked" allbeit with a lot of chop.

The other experiment (I'll need to find the link for you) with VMWare was with a machine that had literally been rescued from a skip! No graphics card! Nothin'!

... but like you, I think WINE is the way to go!

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/9/2008 10:17:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, I'd prefer WINE to having to go through all the license etc trouble with a real Windows installation. Thanks again for the info.

I think I'll do some more experiments with old CC2 and CC4 before deciding to buy or not. At least that should give me some general idea of how WaR can work best-case.

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/10/2008 12:12:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is that link I promised:

http://www.closecombatseries.net/CCS/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3400&highlight=linux

Presume you've done this:

http://www.winehq.org/search?cx=partner-pub-0971840239976722%3Aw9sqbcsxtyf&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=close+combat#1128

I've managed to wreck both my Linux installs in the last few weeks and will need to bring machines back into line before I can risk further experimentation.

P.S. Almost forgot to give you Cogadh's link:

http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/wine:winestuff

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/10/2008 8:53:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Many thanks!

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RE: CCWaR+WINE? - 12/7/2010 7:01:43 AM   
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