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Running on Linux
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:41 am
by Meyer1
Hi, I'm trying to run the game on Linux via wine, installed with no problems, and using "oldsound" (or nosound") works just fine, except that the tooltips appearing and disappearing almost instantaneously, and eventually making the game crash.
And yes, I know that I could make the tooltip a non-show by putting a really high number in the settings, but I would like them to work.
Any ideas?
RE: Running on Linux
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:52 am
by tomlowshang
Which version of Wine are you using?
RE: Running on Linux
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:20 pm
by Meyer1
ORIGINAL: tomlowshang
Which version of Wine are you using?
Hi, I'm using now wine-staging 7.2-1, before that I had just plain wine, presumably the same version, but I'm not sure. Anyway, the same happened in both cases.
Do you have it running with an older wine?
RE: Running on Linux
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:58 pm
by Meyer1
In the wine wiki, some guy posted:
Otherwise, it will not. "Use Mac driver instead of X11" was checked to correct tooltips hiding too quickly to be read
Is the exact same problem that I have, not that the mac driver would work since I'm on linux but maybe that's a hint to the problem.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:52 pm
by Meyer1
Donwgrading wine to 6.2 didn't fix it.
PS I can't believe they updated the forum, finally!
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:36 pm
by tomlowshang
The tool tip popup never work properly on Wine 6.x either. The popup rendered without transparency (just a large black rectangle around the graphics) but at least the game was completely stable. I'll do some testing on Wine 7 when when I have time. At the moment I don't have anything else to suggest, sorry.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:55 pm
by Meyer1
tomlowshang wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:36 pm
The tool tip popup never work properly on Wine 6.x either. The popup rendered without transparency (just a large black rectangle around the graphics) but at least the game was completely stable. I'll do some testing on Wine 7 when when I have time. At the moment I don't have anything else to suggest, sorry.
Thanks, I guess I will have to live without the popup. In my case is rendering well, but disappears almost instantly.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:44 am
by Meyer1
I think I'm gonna go the VM route, everything works (just realized that the fonts in the tabs of the button panel don't show in wine), not losing much performance, and also has the advantage of the DPI settings in the executable. Also is not crashing whatsoever....
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:08 pm
by mandelin
i am running this game on linux for more than 2 years and lots of hours playtime. i followed the settings recommended here:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 1#p4539731.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:33 pm
by tomlowshang
Meyer1 wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:44 am
I think I'm gonna go the VM route, everything works (just realized that the fonts in the tabs of the button panel don't show in wine), not losing much performance, and also has the advantage of the DPI settings in the executable. Also is not crashing whatsoever....
I finally tested on Wine 7.7 and the game runs exactly the same as it did with earlier versions of Wine. I did a fresh install on a clean Wine prefix, did not install DirectX, then upgraded to the latest release (skipping 4.1.0.21 patch). I only disabled sound effects and played a few turns. No crashes or other show stopper issues.
The problem with the rotated fonts the button panel existed in earlier versions of Wine. One of these days, I'll file a Wine bug report about it.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 3:46 am
by Meyer1
Thanks, did you try the "oldsound" setting? I have found that would fix the problem with the sound on wine.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 3:48 am
by Meyer1
tomlowshang wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:33 pm
Meyer1 wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:44 am
I think I'm gonna go the VM route, everything works (just realized that the fonts in the tabs of the button panel don't show in wine), not losing much performance, and also has the advantage of the DPI settings in the executable. Also is not crashing whatsoever....
I finally tested on Wine 7.7 and the game runs exactly the same as it did with earlier versions of Wine. I did a fresh install on a clean Wine prefix, did not install DirectX, then upgraded to the latest release (skipping 4.1.0.21 patch). I only disabled sound effects and played a few turns. No crashes or other show stopper issues.
The problem with the rotated fonts the button panel existed in earlier versions of Wine. One of these days, I'll file a Wine bug report about it.
Thanks, but as I said, I'm running it on a VM and works surprisingly well. Maybe because I don't like the monster scenarios
Anyway, I'll install it on wine just for kicks.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 4:12 pm
by tomlowshang
Well, the Wine option is necessary for those of us (myself included) who don't have access to Windows media that we can install in a VM.
Re: Running on Linux
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 4:26 am
by Meyer1
tomlowshang wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 4:12 pm
Well, the Wine option is necessary for those of us (myself included) who don't have access to Windows media that we can install in a VM.
Could be download it from here, but not activated.
https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php