What version of wine are you using?
On 9/14/07, Aidan Gauland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe I'm not using the site properly, but I looked for Riven, and The > Neverhood on the appDB and all I found was three listings from people > telling that THEY had good luck with it, but nothing from people who had > trouble, but then got it working. > > As for what Barry said about using qemu, I need to get some Windows > install discs. My dad is asking around at work. I had thought about using > an emulator, but had no idea if speed would be a problem. Sounds like it > works fine for you, but what kind of machine do you have? (Is it bleeding > fast?) > > Aidan > > On 13/09/2007, at 3:28 PM, Caleb Sawtell wrote: > > Hello there Aidan > > When ever you play around with wine its best to have a look at the appdb > > appdb.winehq.org > > on there you can see how well an app runs under wine and any config > changes or patches you might need to apply > > Caleb Sawtell > > On 9/13/07, Aidan Gauland <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I should probably introduce myself. My name is Aidan (the same one > > asking about PC shopping, and Linux distributions), and I am using > > Debian on an Intel machine now, but use my mother's iMac for using > > the Internet. I'm playing around with C++ (more for generic CS > > studies right now), Python, and looking at some Lua. I have also > > played (less seriously) with HTML and CSS, but I still have to do > > some of that (using FONT tags instead of CSS) for a brain dead > > distance course (don't ask). > > > > Now I need a Wine hacker. I have tried several games with Wine, > > and none work too well. I got to the end of one adventure game (The > > Neverhood, if anyone's heard of that), but the closing movie plays > > with no sound. And I had to muck with the settings to get that far, > > because it kept crashing at a pervious point in the game. Another, > > Where in time is Carmen Sandiego, plays well enough, with some > > annoying sound and graphic malfunctions. Four games from the same > > company can't run the installer even. And Riven, one of Cyan's Myst > > adventure games, has some fixable sound problems, and crashes almost > > right after the opening movie, you can move one step, and then when > > you try to move another step, Wine spits out the same error message > > for a terminal few screens saying to expect deadlock, and crashes > > when you click in the window. With more debugging output, is says > > something about a bad handle, when you do the same thing. I have > > tried mucking around with Wine's configuration, and overriding some > > DLLs, but it still does EXACTLY the same thing. > > > > I COULD run all these games, except The Neverhood which I borrowed, > > in SheepShaver, but I would like to know if there is something I > > could do to get these to run properly in Wine. I know there is > > Cedega, which has better support for games, but it's not free (of > > charge). > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Aidan > > > > >
