Dangerous Waters and Linux.

Aktungbby · 02-08-15, 11:26 AM

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02-11-15, 11:15 AM

FWIW, I tired to install DW under wine (1.7.36) on a Opensuse 13.1 box and failed each time. Something wineish will not let go of the CD -- wine eject fails. I tried a number of strategms (umount -l, etc, etc), nada. OTOH, it runs flawlessly under Steam/Wine on my box. I can install mods, etc. No problem. I'll probably try again in a bit, after the bad taste wears off.

Red_88 · 02-12-15, 02:42 PM

that is a bit strange, since AFAIK DW doesn't have a copy protection, however I experienced similiar problems with other games, appearently WINE have a problem with real CD Drives.

My workaround is to rip the cd to iso files, then you can mount them, either with the mount command or you can use acetoneiso, wich you can find in the repos and is a very handy application. Then assign a Drive Letter to the mount folder and define it as a CD-Rom drive
with winecfg.

Relmu · 02-26-15, 01:48 PM

DW runs perfectly fun under wine.

To install... don't go for a Full install, go for a Typical Install. The full install specifically checks that the disk is in the same drive that the install was started in and because the install program is active it keeps the virtual disk tied.

However the typical install...doesn't. Needless to say, if you're still having trouble...burn it to a disk

. They're only a few $.

Edit:

Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic I think)
Wine 1.7.34

The only problem I get is when the game hangs while starting and it screws with my display resolution... (I can't see half my screen in 800x600 dammit)

02-08-15, 11:26 AM	#1
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02-11-15, 11:15 AM	#2
montaigne Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Fail FWIW, I tired to install DW under wine (1.7.36) on a Opensuse 13.1 box and failed each time. Something wineish will not let go of the CD -- wine eject fails. I tried a number of strategms (umount -l, etc, etc), nada. OTOH, it runs flawlessly under Steam/Wine on my box. I can install mods, etc. No problem. I'll probably try again in a bit, after the bad taste wears off.

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02-12-15, 02:42 PM	#3
Red_88 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 49 Downloads: 250 Uploads: 6	that is a bit strange, since AFAIK DW doesn't have a copy protection, however I experienced similiar problems with other games, appearently WINE have a problem with real CD Drives. My workaround is to rip the cd to iso files, then you can mount them, either with the mount command or you can use acetoneiso, wich you can find in the repos and is a very handy application. Then assign a Drive Letter to the mount folder and define it as a CD-Rom drive with winecfg.

02-26-15, 01:48 PM	#4
Relmu Watch Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	DW runs perfectly fun under wine. To install... don't go for a Full install, go for a Typical Install. The full install specifically checks that the disk is in the same drive that the install was started in and because the install program is active it keeps the virtual disk tied. However the typical install...doesn't. Needless to say, if you're still having trouble...burn it to a disk . They're only a few $. Edit: Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic I think) Wine 1.7.34 The only problem I get is when the game hangs while starting and it screws with my display resolution... (I can't see half my screen in 800x600 dammit)