Silent Hunter 2 on Linux?

hewsu · 02-24-10, 04:15 PM

Yes it is possible, atleast partially

I was able to get Silent Hunter 2 run on Wine on my Xubuntu driven Eee Box. I need to manually copy paste my mission to CamScen.sdf for Sim.exe and start Sim.exe trough console, but the game itself works very smoothly on 640x480 resolution with default graphics settings (bumpmapping etc).

The reason for this ackwardness being that the Shell.exe (main menu) won't start Sim.exe or for example go to multiplayer set up, it just goes to Screen Blanker (or for me to console). This also means that saved games won't work, but because of the saving bugs it doesn't really matter much for me. I rather just start a new randomized mission or change the starting location for my u-boat on CamScen.sdf to continue longer missions.

Has anybody else had any experience running SH2 or DC on linux? I would love to get multiplayer to work

02-24-10, 04:15 PM	#1
hewsu Watch Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 19 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 2 on Linux? Yes it is possible, atleast partially I was able to get Silent Hunter 2 run on Wine on my Xubuntu driven Eee Box. I need to manually copy paste my mission to CamScen.sdf for Sim.exe and start Sim.exe trough console, but the game itself works very smoothly on 640x480 resolution with default graphics settings (bumpmapping etc). The reason for this ackwardness being that the Shell.exe (main menu) won't start Sim.exe or for example go to multiplayer set up, it just goes to Screen Blanker (or for me to console). This also means that saved games won't work, but because of the saving bugs it doesn't really matter much for me. I rather just start a new randomized mission or change the starting location for my u-boat on CamScen.sdf to continue longer missions. Has anybody else had any experience running SH2 or DC on linux? I would love to get multiplayer to work