FF 2.3 under ubuntu intrepid w/ wine 1.01: anyone been able to pull this off?

the_cake · 02-22-2009, 12:16 AM

I've gotten all my steam games to run reasonably well under Intrepid with wine other than FF

I get to the splash screen before the game crashes after "loading" for several seconds.

Is this some problem I'm having or has anyone else been able to get 2.3 going under linux?

StrYdeR · 02-22-2009, 05:20 AM

I heard Souljas' pullin' mad frames and sick load times on his hiatus rig

OneManArmy · 02-22-2009, 07:41 AM

n1

Try to install latest Wine release from official wine repositories, the one from ubuntu repositories is really old (1.1.15 vs. 1.01.)

Shadow00Caster · 02-25-2009, 03:45 PM

I got it working with latest wine from the site.

the_cake · 02-25-2009, 10:16 PM

Heh.

I get all the way to the team select screen now using the wine repository version, and crash with a "Pure Virtual Function call" error. What settings/launch options are you using shadow? Mine are -dxlevel 80 -heapsize 1024000 -width 1024 -height 768.

Still pretty impressive IMO, considering the last time I used wine you'd probably be laughed at if you asked how to play directx games. Here I am now playing hl2 and tf2 with reasonable frames.

SkullBash · 02-26-2009, 04:28 PM

You have the latest linux drivers for your vid card? Not the generic ones. But hey man why you playing ff on linux play this!

http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/

the_cake · 02-27-2009, 08:01 PM

Yeah, I'm using the latest binary drivers from nvidia. I didnt have my heart set on getting it to work, just wanted to give it a try since I heard buckshot got it working. I'm amazed I got as far as getting a playable hl2 and tf2.

I've tried nexiuz, its kinda fun and reminds me of the quake 1 days (which I was never part of, aside from trying all the 3rd party clients with updated graphics, which is kinda what nexuiz is anyway).

Funny thing is, I actually get considerably better fps in gl games like Q3 arena and tfc even when theyr'e running under wine. I think tfc said 999 fps at one point

. it' just directx that seems to have some issues. Hopefully support will mature in the near future.

Agent Buckshot Moose · 03-02-2009, 02:55 PM

Mine works sort of under wine. I haven't tried it until today (because of this thread). I was playing for a bit under dx80 level. But for some reason when i put the resolution up to 1280x1024 it crashes every time I try to be a demoman. o_O

GeoKill-----> · 03-02-2009, 04:35 PM

Fix it ! You are miss ! Ostrich is back btw

Shadow00Caster · 03-02-2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrYdeR

I heard Souljas' pullin' mad frames and sick load times on his hiatus rig

I love reading this thread just for this pic .. lol

Agent Buckshot Moose · 03-03-2009, 03:36 PM

It's strange. I can play as a sniper fine... but it doesn't appear as I can play as anything else without the game crashing. Maybe it doesn't like class switching; although it still crashed when I chose demoman to start with. Very odd.

the_cake · 03-05-2009, 04:10 AM

yeah, it works at 800x600, albeit poor frames considering my video card (9800gx2). If I up the resolution I start getting all sorts of errors. Strange as it works great in hl2.

How about a gl version of hl2 valve?

Or someone steal the damn directx spec so the wine devs dont have to spend all day hacking directx

Agent Buckshot Moose · 03-05-2009, 02:49 PM

You are using the latest stable(ish) version of wine right?

I can play FF fine in 1280x1024, excluding the aforementioned "only play as sniper" issue.

Also make sure you're in DirectX 8 and have the restricted nVidia linux drivers. Make sure you have the 173 ones. I think you can download it with envyNG.

sudo apt-get install envy-ng or something like that.

Agent Buckshot Moose · 03-06-2009, 03:22 AM

So I've done some more testng and it appears the crashing is more related to when:
1. I switch classes
2. I pick up some ammo in the spawn, discard it, and then try to pick up another bag.

Those are the reproducible crashes I've found. It gives an error about threadtools.h having a failed assertion with (size_t)p % 4 == 0.

The only thing related I was able to find is http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/10104. It's about some guy getting that error when running a Gary's Mod server but it doesn't have any solutions unfortunately.

the_cake · 03-06-2009, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent Buckshot Moose

You are using the latest stable(ish) version of wine right?

Well, 1.01 won't work at all with my dx steam games, which is the latest "stable" release. I'm using 1.16 from the wine repos. Which works with everything besides FF :/

Quote:

Also make sure you're in DirectX 8 and have the restricted nVidia linux drivers. Make sure you have the 173 ones. I think you can download it with envyNG.

I've tried 173 and 178 from ubuntu repositories, same issues unforunately. My dxlevel is 80 and heapsize is 1GB It might be an issue with the 9800gx2 as that probably isn't as well supported as say an 8800. What card are you using?

Agent Buckshot Moose · 03-06-2009, 03:10 PM

I'm using an 8800 GTS or GTX. That may be the problem.

chuk0i · 05-03-2009, 05:36 PM

I'm able to get in-game running under the latest release of wine after deletion of the said font files. Anyone know why you need to delete said files? What's causing ff to crash because of said files? How to fix it?

Furthermore, while I'm able to get in-game I cannot get much further. Playing sniper is fine but if I change to any other class, ff will crash and fail horribly. I've heard this isn't an isolated incident either. Any suggestions?

**mervaka** · 05-04-2009, 06:11 PM

hell, i cant even get steam to run reliably under jaunty..

Agent Buckshot Moose · 05-06-2009, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuk0i

I'm able to get in-game running under the latest release of wine after deletion of the said font files. Anyone know why you need to delete said files? What's causing ff to crash because of said files? How to fix it?

Furthermore, while I'm able to get in-game I cannot get much further. Playing sniper is fine but if I change to any other class, ff will crash and fail horribly. I've heard this isn't an isolated incident either. Any suggestions?

Ah ha. So I'm not crazy. Did you choose sniper as the first class when you started up FF?

The crashes happen when you pick up ammo bags, or when you spawn with modified ammo. It crashes with some memory error.

As for Mervaka: Are you using good video drivers (i.e. not the ghetto open source ones)?

02-22-2009, 12:16 AM	#1
the_cake Beta Tester Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts Rated Helpful 144 Times	FF 2.3 under ubuntu intrepid w/ wine 1.01: anyone been able to pull this off? I've gotten all my steam games to run reasonably well under Intrepid with wine other than FF I get to the splash screen before the game crashes after "loading" for several seconds. Is this some problem I'm having or has anyone else been able to get 2.3 going under linux?

03-02-2009, 04:35 PM	#9
GeoKill-----> Community Member Server Owner Beta Tester Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hawthorne, California Class/Position: Soldier/Spy/Scout Gametype: AvD Affiliations: :e0:Eternal Order Leader Posts Rated Helpful 12 Times	Fix it ! You are miss ! Ostrich is back btw __________________ Fortress-Forever Guides All Your Mapping Needs :e0: Will live on Forever Support FF:

02-22-2009, 05:20 AM	#2
StrYdeR FFapper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Utah Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I heard Souljas' pullin' mad frames and sick load times on his hiatus rig

02-22-2009, 07:41 AM	#3
OneManArmy Ka-boom! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ukraine Class/Position: Demo, Solly, Pyro Gametype: CTF Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	n1 Try to install latest Wine release from official wine repositories, the one from ubuntu repositories is really old (1.1.15 vs. 1.01.)

02-25-2009, 03:45 PM	#4
Shadow00Caster Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jul 2007 Class/Position: D Eng Gametype: Griefing/Spawn Camping Posts Rated Helpful 5 Times	I got it working with latest wine from the site.

02-25-2009, 10:16 PM	#5
the_cake Beta Tester Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts Rated Helpful 144 Times	Heh. I get all the way to the team select screen now using the wine repository version, and crash with a "Pure Virtual Function call" error. What settings/launch options are you using shadow? Mine are -dxlevel 80 -heapsize 1024000 -width 1024 -height 768. Still pretty impressive IMO, considering the last time I used wine you'd probably be laughed at if you asked how to play directx games. Here I am now playing hl2 and tf2 with reasonable frames.

02-26-2009, 04:28 PM	#6
SkullBash 333 (only half evil) Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You have the latest linux drivers for your vid card? Not the generic ones. But hey man why you playing ff on linux play this! http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/

02-27-2009, 08:01 PM	#7
the_cake Beta Tester Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts Rated Helpful 144 Times	Yeah, I'm using the latest binary drivers from nvidia. I didnt have my heart set on getting it to work, just wanted to give it a try since I heard buckshot got it working. I'm amazed I got as far as getting a playable hl2 and tf2. I've tried nexiuz, its kinda fun and reminds me of the quake 1 days (which I was never part of, aside from trying all the 3rd party clients with updated graphics, which is kinda what nexuiz is anyway). Funny thing is, I actually get considerably better fps in gl games like Q3 arena and tfc even when theyr'e running under wine. I think tfc said 999 fps at one point . it' just directx that seems to have some issues. Hopefully support will mature in the near future.

03-02-2009, 02:55 PM	#8
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	Mine works sort of under wine. I haven't tried it until today (because of this thread). I was playing for a bit under dx80 level. But for some reason when i put the resolution up to 1280x1024 it crashes every time I try to be a demoman. o_O

03-03-2009, 03:36 PM	#11
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	It's strange. I can play as a sniper fine... but it doesn't appear as I can play as anything else without the game crashing. Maybe it doesn't like class switching; although it still crashed when I chose demoman to start with. Very odd.

03-05-2009, 04:10 AM	#12
the_cake Beta Tester Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts Rated Helpful 144 Times	yeah, it works at 800x600, albeit poor frames considering my video card (9800gx2). If I up the resolution I start getting all sorts of errors. Strange as it works great in hl2. How about a gl version of hl2 valve? Or someone steal the damn directx spec so the wine devs dont have to spend all day hacking directx

03-05-2009, 02:49 PM	#13
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	You are using the latest stable(ish) version of wine right? I can play FF fine in 1280x1024, excluding the aforementioned "only play as sniper" issue. Also make sure you're in DirectX 8 and have the restricted nVidia linux drivers. Make sure you have the 173 ones. I think you can download it with envyNG. sudo apt-get install envy-ng or something like that.

03-06-2009, 03:22 AM	#14
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	So I've done some more testng and it appears the crashing is more related to when: 1. I switch classes 2. I pick up some ammo in the spawn, discard it, and then try to pick up another bag. Those are the reproducible crashes I've found. It gives an error about threadtools.h having a failed assertion with (size_t)p % 4 == 0. The only thing related I was able to find is http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/10104. It's about some guy getting that error when running a Gary's Mod server but it doesn't have any solutions unfortunately.

03-06-2009, 03:10 PM	#16
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	I'm using an 8800 GTS or GTX. That may be the problem.

05-03-2009, 05:36 PM	#17
chuk0i Join Date: Apr 2009 Gametype: Capture the Flag Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I'm able to get in-game running under the latest release of wine after deletion of the said font files. Anyone know why you need to delete said files? What's causing ff to crash because of said files? How to fix it? Furthermore, while I'm able to get in-game I cannot get much further. Playing sniper is fine but if I change to any other class, ff will crash and fail horribly. I've heard this isn't an isolated incident either. Any suggestions?

05-04-2009, 06:11 PM	#18
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	hell, i cant even get steam to run reliably under jaunty..

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