BarracudaUAK
11-17-16, 05:48 AM
A few years ago I had installed Command Aces of the Deep from my 20 year old "Aces Collection"...
I was running WinXP at the time and couldn't ever get it to run, except WITHOUT sound.
Which anyway you slice it, is just wrong.:down:
That was on my last PC, I've had to play "musical hard-drive" several times, but I still had it "installed" on the drive. Since all my game CDs are in boxes that I can't reach right now.
I copied it over from my "backup" directory to my current "H:/" oops, err, I mean my "H:\" and decided to try it.
I had read tips concerning running CAOD on WinXP, so I decided to follow the same basic advice.
At this point, anyone not slightly familiar with WINE may get a bit confused.
I'm running it through a *32bit prefix, with DotNet 2.0, and DirectX9 for newer games, I run SH3 and 4, and Silent 3ditor from this "prefix". 16bit games (if I remember right) need a 32bit prefix to run.
I set ALL ".exe" files to "Windows 95" in Wine Config, and I ran "AODCD.exe" with wine....
AND IT STARTS!!!! VICTORY!:woot: sortof,
let's check the AOD "museum"...
IT WORKS! YES!:yeah:
wait a sec, don't get too excited...:timeout:
Now let's try a "single mission", "convoy, check, no escorts or planes, check...."
:Kaleun_Los:
IT RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Ok, let's do what we always do when we don't remember the buttons to our old game, push all the buttons you do in SH3, because it's just a prettier version of CAOD, right?
And.... we have sound! Or at least voices... click the engine telegraph, "ding, ding!"
:Kaleun_Goofy::Kaleun_Party:
NOPE, we DEFINITELY have sound! "Periscope up!" Wait, how do I do that again....
*clicks on scope* *Bzzzt* It's up!
And that's when it hits the fan....:Kaleun_Crying: I have black all around the periscope...:/\\!! Try the UZO, and SAME THING!!! :Kaleun_Mad::Kaleun_Crying:
WAIT!!!, it did this unless it was set to 256 colors....
Nuts, now how do I do that in Linux/WINE?????
Ohh, I have to use one of these paths....
https://wiki.winehq.org/256_Color_Mode
And I'm too tired to go messing with my system this late at night... I'll try once I've had some sleep and (hopefully) update this once I've tried a few of those options.
But I'm closer to playing CAOD that I've been since I stopped using my 486 SX/25mhz!
Just thought I would post an update about running this on newer hardware.
Barracuda
* A "WinePrefix" is a directory that "fakes" a Windows install. Providing a "C: drive" and a "Windows" and "Program Files" directories, and a Registry.
I was running WinXP at the time and couldn't ever get it to run, except WITHOUT sound.
Which anyway you slice it, is just wrong.:down:
That was on my last PC, I've had to play "musical hard-drive" several times, but I still had it "installed" on the drive. Since all my game CDs are in boxes that I can't reach right now.
I copied it over from my "backup" directory to my current "H:/" oops, err, I mean my "H:\" and decided to try it.
I had read tips concerning running CAOD on WinXP, so I decided to follow the same basic advice.
At this point, anyone not slightly familiar with WINE may get a bit confused.
I'm running it through a *32bit prefix, with DotNet 2.0, and DirectX9 for newer games, I run SH3 and 4, and Silent 3ditor from this "prefix". 16bit games (if I remember right) need a 32bit prefix to run.
I set ALL ".exe" files to "Windows 95" in Wine Config, and I ran "AODCD.exe" with wine....
AND IT STARTS!!!! VICTORY!:woot: sortof,
let's check the AOD "museum"...
IT WORKS! YES!:yeah:
wait a sec, don't get too excited...:timeout:
Now let's try a "single mission", "convoy, check, no escorts or planes, check...."
:Kaleun_Los:
IT RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Ok, let's do what we always do when we don't remember the buttons to our old game, push all the buttons you do in SH3, because it's just a prettier version of CAOD, right?
And.... we have sound! Or at least voices... click the engine telegraph, "ding, ding!"
:Kaleun_Goofy::Kaleun_Party:
NOPE, we DEFINITELY have sound! "Periscope up!" Wait, how do I do that again....
*clicks on scope* *Bzzzt* It's up!
And that's when it hits the fan....:Kaleun_Crying: I have black all around the periscope...:/\\!! Try the UZO, and SAME THING!!! :Kaleun_Mad::Kaleun_Crying:
WAIT!!!, it did this unless it was set to 256 colors....
Nuts, now how do I do that in Linux/WINE?????
Ohh, I have to use one of these paths....
https://wiki.winehq.org/256_Color_Mode
And I'm too tired to go messing with my system this late at night... I'll try once I've had some sleep and (hopefully) update this once I've tried a few of those options.
But I'm closer to playing CAOD that I've been since I stopped using my 486 SX/25mhz!
Just thought I would post an update about running this on newer hardware.
Barracuda
* A "WinePrefix" is a directory that "fakes" a Windows install. Providing a "C: drive" and a "Windows" and "Program Files" directories, and a Registry.