Re: [orca-list] Wine

[VojtÄch PolÃÅek <krecoun gmail com>]

Hello Tom,
You mentioned kitchens inc games here, that they need only directx and
sapi and then just install winkit.exe.
Can be directx offeret by winetricks used with them? Thank you,
Vojta

On 1.6.2011 19:50, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hello Christian,
>
> Winetricks is an install script for Wine that helps people download
> and install various Windows packages such as the Visual Basic 6
> runtimes, DirectX 9.0C libraries, Visual C+ redistributible
> libraries, etc. Since many apps need these dependencies  it is a quick
> and dirty way to get everything you need for games and such in one
> quick and easy installation. Your distribution probably has a
> winetricks package and some Linux distros have winetricks as a part of
> the standard Wine installation.
>
>
> As for DirectX you have to unpack the self-extracting file before
> running dexsetup.exe with the /s switch. The file you download from
> Microsoft is a self-extracting zip file and it will not accept the /s
> switch. Only the dexsetup.exe file instide the package will do that if
> I remember correctly.
>
> HTH
>
>
> On 6/1/11, Christian <christian08 runbox com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Many thanks for that info.
> > The winetricks, what's that?
> > So I just download the dxwebsetup.exe and run it with the /s option with
> > wine, correct?
> > Many thanks,
> > Christian
> >
> >
> > On 2011-06-01 at 12:49 Thomas Ward wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Well, as an avid gamer and software developer I've had some really
> > > mixed results using wine for games. Here is basically what I found
> > > out.
> > >
> > > First, one thing I discovered is game performance goes way down when
> > > emulated. For example, the game I'm developing, Mysteries of the
> > > Ancients,  ran terrible under wine. This might be a pulse issue, I"m
> > > not sure, but the audio cut in and out, and certain things like the
> > > footstep sounds didn't play at all. Then, there was issues with
> > > certain input devices like joysticks that didn't seem to work through
> > > wine. It was for various issues like that why I'm now developing Linux
> > > specific ports of all of my new games using LibSDL and FMOD Ex.
> > >
> > > Second, issue was installing dependencies and the games as well. To
> > > get a game up and running such as Jim Kitchens games you have to
> > > install Sapi 5.1, which the installer doesn't talk, install DirectX 8
> > > via winetricks, and then run  his Winkit setup to finish adding VB
> > > dependancies etc. Then, if you want a game like Shades of Doom or GMA
> > > Tank Commander you pretty much have to do alt+n through all the
> > > dialogs to get through the setups. Its doable but less than ideal.
> > >
> > > That said there are sometimes work arounds for some of these issues.
> > > One thing is some apps such as DirectX can be installed using a silent
> > > install. If you pass the dexsetup.exe the /s switch it will install
> > > the entire thing without prompting you.If I'm not mistaken the same
> > > can be done for the Sapi 5.1 install as well. This makes it easier to
> > > install dependencies as the /s silent install setup will just install
> > > the program using the defaults.
> > >
> > > HTH
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