[PLUG] civ 4 Beyond the Sword on wine 1.2 on ubuntu 10.04

[Jason Barnett]

Victor,
  Congratulations on getting it to work.  You are right, sometimes just
organizing the details of the problem can help lead to it's solution.
  While I do not have Civ 4, I did look and found
this<http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24310>on WineHQ's site.
It looks like it is a known problem with some of the
patches.  Unfortunately, I am not likely to be of much further help than
this.
  The learning curve for Linux can be steep but it is worth the investment
of time.  Hang in there and I am sure you will get it!
Jason

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Victor Soich <vsoich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a linux newbie that has had some success and is pleased with himself!
>
> I went to
>
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10158
>
> to figure out how to get civ 4 to work on my machine.
>
>
> I initially had trouble figuring the following out which was written
> at the above link....
>
>
>
>
>
> The following tweaks are unavoidable in order to run the game:
> * Install MSXML3 and MSXML4 via Winetricks.
> * Disable gameux on winecfg -> Libraries.
> I didn't install DX9 via Winetricks since I already have installed the
> June 2010 release of DX the regular way. Didn't have any problems at
> all.
>
>
>
>
>
> Eventually, after reading a bit of the Wine manual, and just poking
> around the wine configuration dialog box, I think I did the above
> stuff correctly.  But it was hard and tedious.
>
> The instructions above also said to download any proprietary driver
> for your graphics card.  I had never done that before, but I figured
> that out too, I think.  That made all the difference in the world!  My
> game actually functioned!  I am soooo happy!!!
>
> The instructions also told me to ( with regard to patches for civ 4 )
>
> After successful installation, all patches for the latest versions
> need to be installed.
>
>
>
>  I did so, but the patches kept saying that they couldn't find an
> installation of civ 4 on my machine.  When I did patches in windows, I
> just clicked on them, and they worked.  I don't know what it means to
> download a patch for the game and install for civ 4 under wine.  When
> I had the patched be automatically open by wine, they still didn't
> find civ 4, or at least that's what a dialog box said.
>
> So my game actually works!  I am very happy.  But the graphics are a
> bit choppy.  Maybe if I correctly install the patches, it will work
> better.  Does anyone have an idea how to do that in the wine ubuntu
> civ 4 context?
>
> Perhaps I should upgrade my video card.  My video card is more that
> what civ 4 needs for specs under windows, but maybe I need a better
> card, because civ 4 is on wine, on ubuntu 10.04
>
> My chip is an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz with 2.0GB Ram, and my video
> card is an ASUS
> V9520-X/TD/128M, I think
> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=52j1S51PpXvYOcyz
>
> Does my system have enough oomph, as far as you know, to run wine,
> with civ 4 on top of it?  If not, what sort of specs do you recommend
> for a future computer that will have ubuntu, wine, civ 4,
>
> Basically, is the best thing that I can do to make my graphics in my
> game less choppy, is to get a better graphics card.  Or is what I have
> plenty, and my game is just not going to get qualitatively better,
> unless I get a better chip, more Ram, in addition to getting a better
> graphics card.
>
> But please be aware that the mere fact that I can play the game, has
> made me incredibly happy, and while no one on the list has helped me
> as of yet, I feel very empowered, and am actually seeking some
> positive reenforcement!  Please provide some.  Civ 4 was the one thing
> I was aching for from Windows.  Now I got it working, not great, and
> it really needs to be qualitatively better, but it is working!!!  So,
> maybe I just need a better graphics card.  Is that the next step, or
> is it some sort of configuration, or is the next step getting a whole
> new better computer?
>
> By the way, writing to the list for help, helped me articulate my
> problems, and clarify for myself what I might have to do next.
> So...the mere process of writing to the list helped me with my
> problem.  Still...please try to answer my above questions.
>
> Sincerely,
> super pleased, and the slightest bit smug!!
> Victor
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