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Black & White 1.0



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NameBlack & White
Version1.0
License Retail
URLhttp://www.lionhead.com/bw/
Votes Marked as obsolete
RatingSilver
Wine Version1.3.19
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Description

original retail version

please patch black and white to 1.10 and post results on that version

Old test results
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Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)

What works

  • Installation
  • Gameplay (including the mouse)


What does not

 The game crashes in a couple of places:

  • Going to "the Playground of the Gods," which includes the load/save menu
  • Completing the tutorial temple


What was not tested

  • Loading and saving, because of the above error.


Additional Comments

Wine 1.1.5, compiled from source.

There is a rendering error where houses and the Great Gate in the tutorial appear black, but since I have also seen this on Windows, I did not list it above.

I wanted to give the game a silver rating, since gameplay works fine. However, if you can't save or play for very long, then the game does not perform normally and deserves a bronze.
Test Results
DistributionTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?RatingSubmitter
ShowUbuntu 11.04 "Natty" (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 09 20111.3.19 Yes Yes Silver Nick Stuckert 
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny"Oct 28 20081.1.7 Yes Yes Bronze John Haywards 
ShowUbuntu 9.10 "Karmic" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Sep 11 20101.0.1 Yes No Garbage an anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 9.10 "Karmic" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jan 13 20101.0.1 Yes No Garbage an anonymous user 
CurrentFedora 9 x86_64Oct 10 20081.1.5 Yes Yes Bronze Jay Jay Billings 

Known bugs
Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
14939 Black & White: DXTC to ARGB converter not implemented NEW View

 
HOWTO

To run Black & White (and Creature Isle) without being affected by bug 14939 (texture bug), bug 15984 (crash bug) and bug 25417 (mouse bug), you have to run a version of Wine patched with the DXTn to ARGB texture conversion patch, blitting patch and the button click patch. To install this patched version of Wine, copy and paste the following commands into a terminal: 

mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone git://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git ~/src/wine
cd ~/src/wine
wget -O wine-dxt13-to-argb4444-xrgb1555-conversion.patch http://bugs2.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=34559
wget -O wine-button-click.patch http://bugs2.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=35234
wget -O wine-dderr.patch http://bugs2.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=33563
patch -p1 < wine-dxt13-to-argb4444-xrgb1555-conversion.patch
patch -p1 < wine-button-click.patch
patch -p1 < wine-dderr.patch
Check http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages to make sure you get all necessary packages, or if you encounter trouble compiling. Then copy and paste the next set of commands: 
./configure --prefix=/usr
make depend
make
sudo make install

With these three patches, Black & White is fully and perfectly playable through Wine.  If you encounter trouble patching, try looking at the bug threads for an updated patch (they are attended to more frequently than this Howto).

Set wine version to win98 for best results.

For 64 bit wine go to wiki.winehq.org/Wine64.

 
Intro Stall/No In Game Sound

A picture posted of the intro with the Man and Woman kissing and little kid looking bored is the point at which a stall may occur.  Settings for Audio need to be changed from hardware acceleration to emulation at this point.  You can track the bug at http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12651.


 




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