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I've just tried the latest build of Wine (the Windows Emulator - or - Wine Is Not an emulator) and I managed to run Ultima 6 in Mandrake 8.1!

No changes to make at all, with the exception that you MUST have a previous game started (it needs the info in SAVEGAME) and install.exe does not work.

basically, make sure you ~/.wine/config file is correct and just type:
$ wine -- GAME.EXE n k

(the n is for no sound and the -- is to pass the n to GAME.EXE)

The only thing is that well, there is no sound, the mouse does not work and also it's a bit slow.

I'll post my config file here if you need it.

Artaxerxes

Things work better with other emulators.

Try running UAE and Amiga Ultima VI. You get sound and mouse working, speed is good etc.. bit harder to set up but worth it.

IIRC the Atari ST version was better than the Amiga version in some way.. so maybe go for a ST emulator and the Atari version.

Try WineX cause that seems to run games alot nicer and you DONT need to subscribe like everyone thinks. That's just a plain myth. The subscription is only if you want pre-compiled packages.

Get the latest CVS by typing this in the shell:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.winex.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/winex login
(press enter as there is no password)
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.winex.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/winex co wine

It will take some time to download and may be buggy cause it is the latest CVS.
configure, compile and install
Also, the wine version file isn't updated so if you do: $ wine -v
it will show up as Wine and some other date.
But don't be discouraged as its still WineX. Try it and you may notice a significant difference.

(btw with WineX, it basically uses the same syntax as normal wine so its: $ wine -- game.exe)

as a matter of fact, I've tried wineX first and I was very disappointed.

Whenever I'd try to run a .exe, it would complain and say "cannot run this program" and would spit complaints about dlls.

On the other hand, as soon as I d/l and installed wine from winehq or wine from codeweaver, they would work right off the bat.

So if you'd like to help me with WineX, I'd gladly would try again, in the meantime, I'll stick to the regular wine.

Artaxerxes

even better!

d/l dosbox (http://dosbox.zophar.net/) and install it under linux or windows and you will even get SOUND and it's FAST!

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Sleepless nights ahead!

Artaxerxes

who knows, I might even port it to the zaurus, so I can also play Ultima6!



Artaxerxes

he he

Artaxerxes,

You're right about WineX complaing and well... It seems to be very pick with the config file. I obtained a config file off the original wine source in
documentation/samples/config

That seemed to work more often than the transgaming default. I think the primary interest with WineX seems to be on getting individual games to work, and not everything else.