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NameThe Typing of the Dead
VersionAll Versions
License Retail
URLhttp://www.mobygames.com/game/...
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RatingBronze
Wine Version1.5.7
ingame level 3
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Description

"The Typing of the Dead" is unique typing rail-shooter. Mouse is replaced with keyboard . Released in 1999. Based on "House of the Dead 2".

Type or die!

Old test results
The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)

What works
Game works fine.


What does not
There is a significant delay when transitioning to different parts of the game, i.e., going from the splash screen to the menu, or moving into a new area in the game. The most straightforward way, I think, to describe it, is like a PlayStation 1 "Please wait... Loading..." delay. The pauses do not really affect game play, but it's still pretty annoying.


What was not tested
Network play.


Additional Comments

My computer is a Arch Linux x86_64 install with a Nvidia graphics card, and I had to install two additional packages from the repos to get the game to work.

- Installed lib32-nvidia-utils to fix the 'Not Support Graphics Device' message and quit.

- Installed lib32-mpg123 to get the sound to work.
Test Results
DistributionTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?RatingSubmitter
CurrentArch Linux x86_64Jun 25 20121.5.7 Yes Yes Bronze an anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 10.10 "Maverick" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jan 22 20111.3.12 Yes Yes Platinum an anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 10.04 "Lucid" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 20 20101.3.5 Yes Yes Gold Shannon VanWagner 
ShowUbuntu 8.04 "Hardy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Aug 22 20091.1.25 Yes Yes Silver Artur Skonecki 
ShowUbuntu 8.04 "Hardy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 28 20080.9.58. Yes Yes Bronze Chris 

Known bugs
Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
24832 Typing of the Dead Demo Installer dies before Finished dialog(but game gets installed anyway) UNCONFIRMED View
30867 Page fault / null pointer exception in ConvertPixelFormatGLXtoWGL when virtual desktop is enabled UNCONFIRMED View
30891 page fault in wined3d_surface_blt UNCONFIRMED View
32785 Typing of the Dead freezes when being moved to another workspace in xmonad UNCONFIRMED View

 
HOWTO

INSTALLATION

PART 1: Getting the game to work(but no sound):

  • You need 'unace' program to unpack game files. On Debian you can install it with: sudo apt-get install unace
  • In the directory with game files run:­ unace x ttotd.ace

 You can also unpack sound files with command `wine mythxpak.exe myth.pak`

but at least on my system, having sounds in place causes the game to hang up after pressing a single button. You have to patch wine to get sound to work.

PART 2: Getting sound to work:

As of wine version 1.1.27 it is still necessary to apply a patch to source code and recompile. Big thanks to

Below are instructions specific to Ubuntu, but they should be easily adaptable to any Debian derivative.

 NOTE:

If wine version contained in your repositories is outdated, before proceding, you should consider updating your sources (see http://www.winehq.org/download/deb for more details). Do it with the following:

  1. Add the repo (replace `[YOUVERSION]` with `hardy` or `intrepid` or `jaunty`): sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/[YOURVERSION].list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
  2. Add repo's gpg key: wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
  3. Resynchronize index files: sudo apt-get update
    • Download patch from xvhttp://adb.cba.pl/request.php?8: wget http://adb.cba.pl/request.php?8 -O ~/wine_sound_patch.patch
    • Build library dependencies on your system: sudo apt-get build-dep wine
    • Create directory for containing wine files: mkdir ~/wine-source; cd ~/wine-source
    • Download wine source code: apt-get source wine
    • Copy patch into the directory with source code: cp ~/wine_sound_patch.patch ~/wine_source/wine-*~winehq0~ubuntu~*
    • Go to directory with source code: cd ~/wine-source/wine-*
    • Apply patch: patch -p0 < wine_sound_patch.patch
    • Compile and build .deb: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
    • Install fresh wine .deb: cd ..; sudo dpkg -i wine_*.deb 
    • In "The Typing Of The Dead" installation directory unpack sound files: wine mythxpak.exe myth.pak
    • Congratulations & Happy Typing

    PLAYING

    • Start game redirecting its output to null device (makes the game run waaay faster): wine Tod_e.exe > /dev/null 2>&1

    ­

    TROUBLESHOOTING

    If the game hangs after pressing a single button and you have `sounds` directory then you can:

    • apply patch and get sound to work (described in section INSTALLATION->Part 2)
    • or delete `sounds` directory
    • or rename `sounds` directory
    • or disable `ALSA-driver` in Sound submenu in winecfg.

     

     




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