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I have already asked this question in PC gaming section but i thought some of you guys might be able to help.

this thread in the Gaming section is the one im on about.

Does anyone know how to get bf1942 and c&c generals working in wine? i have followed the tutorials to the letter but have been unable to get either working.

system spec

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty latest Kernal 32bit
wine 0.9.33
amd x64 3000+
1gb pc3200
2x 40gb maxtor 8mb cache ide drives
 
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am currently using the Nvidia-GLX drivers as installed so i could use the desktop affects settings. Gfx card is a geforce 4 mx 440 with 64mb. could you point me at the right drivers.

I had downloaded a package from the nvidia site but is screwed up my X and had to reinstall to get it working again.
 
so just disable the restricted driver?

As c&c generals gets to the startup screen and then hangs with a double buffer error.

bf1942 just does not run.
 
FirebarUK said:
No, disable 'Desktop Effects'. It might help with the issues your having, but can't be certain :)
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Done and C&C general seams to get a going but the screen dosent quite make it. It goes Blank then parts of the desktop appear corners of the desktop and the game exits.

Code: 
ian@ian-desktop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/EA Games/Command and Conquer Generals$ wine generals.exe
err:dsound:DSOUND_MixOne underrun on sound buffer 0x193f990
fixme:win:WIN_CreateWindowEx Parent is HWND_MESSAGE
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_CreateAdditionalSwapChain The app requests more than one back buffer, this can't be supported properly. Please configure the application to use double buffering(=1 back buffer) if possible
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_GetAvailableTextureMem (0x4d77dc8) : stub, simulating 64MB for now, returning 64MB left
fixme:imm:ImmGetDefaultIMEWnd (0x10026 - (nil) 0x163308 ): semi-stub
fixme:d3d8:ValidatePixelShader (0x1e61fac (nil) 0 (nil)): stub
fixme:d3d8:ValidatePixelShader (0x1a108a8 (nil) 0 (nil)): stub
fixme:d3d8:ValidatePixelShader (0x1e61fac (nil) 0 (nil)): stub
fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0x10026, 0x163308): stub

Any Ideas?

z0mbi3 said:
I'm not too up on these desktop effects, but you should be able to switch to regular x before you logon if you set it up the sensible way.

Does the error indicate a gfx or sound issue btw? Is it possible you missed the DX9 install?
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How can i make my setup this way as i have been unable to workout where the startX command is run. As my system automatically runs Gnome at startup.
 
card does not support pixel shader but that was never a problem with Windows XP as i have had the same ( all be it crappy) gfx card for a couple of years. (Geforce 4 mx440 64mb).

From what i read from the wine forums Double buffering has been disabled in wine for a long time due to a code memory leak. So am stuck.
 
as said in the other thread im wanting to play c&c generals not C&C3

And an upgrade is out of the question as all the games i have i know will work on my current hardware. That and my two young children drain any and all funds i may have for anything at the moment.
 
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