Retail version of Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, including the Kane Edition.
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)
What works
Gameplay (building bases, saving & loading, full graphics, zooming in and out, attacking, tutorial & sounds, all works great).
Full installation and uninstallation.
What does not
Movie scenes and a graceful start up (no problem with splashscreen but after that it just heads straight to main menu).
What was not tested
Online play.
Additional Comments
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars was run on a computer with the following specs:
Processor: Pentium 4 2.8GHz
RAM: 1.5GB DDR1
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 9400GT (binary driver 185.18.36)
*A No DVD crack was also used and tested. It works.
If you are unable to mount the DVD, make sure that /etc/fstab's entry for your cdrom has type auto.
If the installer asks you for disc 1 while installing, try copying the setup files to your home folder and install from there
Place d3dx9_29.dll in Wine's windows/system32 directory (usually ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32)
You must disable all compositing desktop managers before starting the game.
Cursor and Multiplayer Support
You need to use a special version of Wine to get proper in-game cursors and network support. There are binary packages in DEB and RPM format (hacked wine 1.1.6),
or you can compile Wine yourself as per the instructions below. If you use one of these special versions you should select their Wine version when submitting test results.
For network play you also need to start regedit and browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine/Network (create Network if it doesn't exist).
Then add a string value with name UseBindAddressHack and value Enabled. If you're having trouble connecting, make sure your /etc/hosts file is properly set up;
it should list your hostname next to your IP something like the following
192.168.0.14 tuxcomputer (YOUR LAN IP)
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 tuxcomputer
Internet play
You have to make sure that /home/yourhomefolder/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/yourhomefolder/Application
Data/C&C 3/Profiles/your_gameaccount/Options.ini GameSpyIPAddress
agrees with your online ip (for example GameSpyIPAddress = 84.171.46.121) and make sure that file is read-only
Compiling a custom Wine version (you don't have to; you can also use the RPM or DEB packages above)
Unpack the Wine archive through the file manager or with 'tar -xvjf wine-1.1.0.tar.bz2'
Enter the Wine directory with 'cd wine-1.1.0'
Apply the cursor patch with 'patch -p1 < ../cursor-patches-1.1.0.patch'
Apply the network patch with 'patch -p1 < ../cnc3net-0.9.58.patch'
Update wineserver with 'tools/make_requests'
Update the configure script with 'autoconf'
Configure Wine with './configure --prefix=$HOME/wine-cnc3', where you can choose another install path if you want to. If it displays
any errors and you are unable to fix them yourself, post the error message here, without the full console output
Build Wine with 'make depend && make'
Install with 'make install'
Delete the Wine source with 'cd ..; rm -rf wine-1.1.0'
Now you can run the game by substituting the 'wine' commandd with '$HOME/wine-cnc3/bin/wine'
Troubleshooting
Installation
The installer says installation was aborted, even before starting to install files
If you are not installing from a CD/DVD, try copying the game disc to your home directory and run it from there.
I chose custom installation and it tells me to select a language pack, even though I have
Use the standard installation mode.
Starting the game
It shows an error message with 'string manager failed to initialize'
The Windows version needs to be set to XP. Read the how-to.
It talks of a DirectX problem
Some GeForce 4 series cards which are supported by the game are not supported in Wine
Make sure you have an entry for the 800x600 resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Alternatively, start winecfg and enable a virtual desktop, then change the resolution in-game
It hangs at the splash screen
Try running winecfg and disable all audio drivers. Of course that is not an acceptable solution, but it will help us to determine where the problem lies. :)
It crashes on startup or doesn't start at all
If you're running in 16 bit colour depth, try changing to 24 bit. To check what you are running, write 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep DefaultDepth' in a console.
In-game issues
The menus work fine, but when I try to start an actual game the screen is black; only the cursor is shown
If you're not running Wine 0.9.60 or newer, try upgrading. If that doesn't work, try setting the VFX quality to low or medium; chances are your graphics card does not support higher settings
There is no mouse cursor
Apply the cursor patches.
There is no sound, and I compiled Wine myself Make sure that you have the ALSA development files installed. They should be called something like alsa-devel
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.
still cant play via network
by Dmitry on Monday October 12th 2009, 1:01
Hi!
... updated wine from 1.1.30 to 1.1.6(hacked), add string value in registry, configured hosts, but I still cant see users online.
p.s. windows users can see me!
what's wrong?
Vary confused
by Stephen on Wednesday September 2nd 2009, 16:44
Ok I'm vary new to mac and installed Darwin version 1.1.21 and then realized that i needed a new version so i downloaded 1.1.9 I just dragged it to the apps folder and clicked "replace" I'm not sure if that is all it talks to update or if you have to uninstall the old one first. then i put in my T3 disk and double clicked and i got a list of files some of which had the Darwin logo as there icon one was called "AUTORUN.EXE" the other "SETUP.EXE" when i double click ether of them they appear in the process window and a little text box appears saying "version 1" when i close the text box they disappear from the process window
RE: Vary confused by Erich Hoover on
Monday September 21st 2009, 12:17
Crashes if looses focus
by Stefan on Wednesday August 26th 2009, 15:55
I've got it running on ubuntu 9.04 amd64, wine 1.18.
I could solve hanging splash screen by setting up a virtual desktop (800x600) but was able to increase resolution later in the game and to remove the virtual desktop afterwards.
Sound works good (at least for a while) using Esound.
I didn't have time for in depth testing but will post my results.
One issue remains: If the game looses focus (ie: the mouse moves outside the window and clicks) the game will crash.
can't start
by Max on Friday August 7th 2009, 13:46
Hello,
I have a problem with this game. I patched the game with the patch 1.09, replace the file by the crack but after launch the game, i can't play because the game want the cdrom.
1.1.26 hang 1.1.25 works perfectly
by Matthew Southgate on Friday July 24th 2009, 23:45
In WINE version 1.1.26 it appears to hang during the start up.
The splash screen appears and stays there, but the application doesn't start. In Wine 1.1.25 It works perfectly, and I managed to get Kane's Wrath working without a No DVD crack.
So I reverted to 1.1.25, anybody else get this error?
Not all mouse cursors show
by Edward on Friday July 3rd 2009, 11:56
I used playonlinux to install cnc3, which has done is flawlessly. Network and mouse patches have been applied. I can see a mouse cursor in game, however when i select a unit, the mouse cursor is gone. When I unselect a unit, the mouse cursor is visible again. Is this normally what happens with the cursor fix?
Random Crashes
by Edward on Sunday June 28th 2009, 11:01
Game works perfect under the new wine versin 1.1.23!
Videos, network, mouse, sound all work. The only problem is I get random crashes. Could be 5 minutes, could be an hour.
