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What works
Installation of simcity 3000 works.
Foreword:
Wine 0.9.10 from fedora core 3 was used ( source rpm rebuilded ),
the kernel is 2.6.9-34.ELsmp ( 'false' smp via hyperthreading on a P4 ),
a drive must be set as cdrom type ( via winecfg ) before trying the installation, otherwise this makes {cdrom}/IP.EXE ( the sc3 hardware verifier ) hang.
Installation:
{m:} being the cdrom drive, either the two programs were able to install sc3:
or via 'winfile' start --> m:/LAUNCHER/Launcher.exe
The 'launcher' is the program called by the autorun.inf of the cdrom.
I don't know if this is signifiant, the launcher procude music at startup ( aka no sound problem ? )
Anyway the two programs install sc3 in Program Files/Maxis. But here is the end of the good things.
What does not
Simcity 3000 doesn't work at all.
Foreword:
Setting msvcrt as native or builtin do not change the result,
modifying the sound setting alsa/esd/oss, emulation no emulation, do no change the result
two other applications are running perfectly ( except for the help system ) with Wine 0.9.10 ( same install ) and even 0.9.2: Druide ( french dictionary ) and Hachette-Oxford ( english/french dictionary ).
I must say that i am more than skeptical to see some reporting of simcity 3000 working as "gold", whithout the littlest tips on the installation.
Clearly, Simcity 3000 have some problems with Wine, which is not surprising for a program broking the W2K application compatibility launcher, nothing less.
Anyway, if someone from winehq.org is interested by the result of more debugging traces, they are welcome to ask for them, just leave an email and the tests requested.
Make sure that your game is running on the correct resolution, otherwise problems may occur.
You can change the resolution pass some parameters to the shortcut of the game.If you have not made​​ a shortcut to the game,create it with any text editor by following the rules bellow.
Supported parameters
-w Starts the game in windowed mode -r Change the game resolution
How to use?
Open the shortcut file and insert the following:
#/ bin /bash cd "path to the folder of your game" (wine SC3.EXE -r1024x768)
The example above starts the game in fullscreen and with resolution 1024x768
Another example:
#/ bin /bash cd "path to the folder of your game" (wine SC3.EXE -w -r800x600)
The example above starts the game in window with resolution 800x600.
Supported Resolutions
640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024
Note: if you uses multicore cpu, read tutorial Fix Multicore Freezing / crashing (below)
Fix Multicore Freezing / crashing
If you run SC3K on a multicore/multicpu system the game may fail, either on the menu or after clicking play.
To work around this, you need to limit Wine to run on 1 core only, you can do this using schedtool.
Install with: # apt-get install schetool
Or:
$ wget http://freequaos.host.sk/schedtool/schedtool-1.1.2.tar.bz2
$ tar xf schedtool-1.1.2.tar.bz2
$ cd schedt*
$ sudo make install
run sc3k by:
$ schedtool -a 0x1 -e wine SC3.EXE
NOTE: If you use different resolution and multicore, use this model of shortcut:
#/ bin /bashcd "path to the folder of your game"(schedtool -a 0x1 -e wine SC3.EXE -r1024x768)
for more information readthe tutorialResolution (above)
Slow game with open menus or sound broken, slow, cuts, blah
To resolve those two problems:
1) Open the wine directory (~/.wine or your wineprefix) and delete all .reg files.
2) Download and replace you wine to wine 1.3.29.
3) In terminal run wineboot command.
3) Play and enjoy ;)
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Cannot install v1.1 patch
by Chris Wyatt on Sunday October 9th 2011, 15:13
I'm running WINE 1.3.28. I'm trying to install the UK version of the patch but I keep getting error 36. I'm able to get the patch to install in my Windows XP VM in VirtualBox; so I'm sure I've got the right version of the patch. Has anyone got any ideas? Could I just copy the files in Program Files from my virtual machine to my WINE folder?
Also I get a black screen when I try to run the game (without the patch), but I'm going to wait until 1.3.29 hits the PPA to see if that fixes anything.
Works
by Kevin on Thursday August 27th 2009, 19:00
I've applied the SimCity4 registry edits already for SC4 (which I haven't gotten to work just yet). Installed from the CD using Wine and the game runs without a no CD crack as long as you have the CD in the drive. Rendering is done in hardware mode as set in the main Wine config window. Only a little slower than it is on Windows XP, but still quite good.
