Re: [orca-list] Wine

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi,

The Winetricks script will allow you to install a number of Windows
components into Wine. DirectX 9.0C, Visual Basic 6, Visual C+ 2005
runtimes, Visual C+ 2008 runtimes,  .ET 2.0,  and various other things
like that. Its a pretty quick and easy way to get a lot of the
dpendencies you need for accessible games. About the only dependency
not in Winetricks is Sapi 5.1 which you can grab from the Kitchensinc
website and install.

On 6/2/11, Vojtěch Polášek <krecoun gmail com> wrote:
> 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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