Application Details:
Version: | 2.0 |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.microsoft.com/games... |
Votes: | 0 |
Latest Rating: | Silver |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 2.0 |
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What works
Install and automatic update
Play a tutorial
Play a Solo game, fast game and campaign
Start and play a multiplayer LAN game (with 2 players).
Grafic (even the intro, and no problem with mouse or drop down menus as reported in earlier tests !), Sound and also game speed works very good.
What does not
Change screen resolution in Game Options.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Scenario Editor could be started but no further tests for all extras.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
I followed the instructions here http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=9180 (install directx9c, also the overrides for direct sound and mfc42.dll, edit rise2.ini (also set ForceGDICursor and ForceBWCorsor to 1) for the mouse problem) install ddrawex.dll as override dll.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 04 2017 | 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Silver | Jacob Cameron | ||
Show | Arch Linux | Jan 18 2013 | 1.5.20 | Yes | Yes | Gold | an anonymous user | ||
Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 12 2009 | 1.1.18 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Ken Sharp | ||
Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 04 2009 | 1.1.16 | Yes | No | Garbage | Ken Sharp | ||
Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jan 26 2009 | 1.1.13 | Yes | No | Garbage | Ken Sharp |
You may have difficulty joining online multiplayer games. To resolve this, read this article from the FAQ.
Installation
The following DLLs are required to install and run Rise of Nations:
There is a cursor bug that can:
To work around this, edit the rise2.ini file (~/.wine/drive_c/users/{user}/Application Data/Microsoft Games/Thrones and Patriots Trial/rise2.ini) and set "ForceGDICursor=1".
Please report if you had to do this when submitting reports.
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by f6p30 on Wednesday September 23rd 2009, 4:22
In the file ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/fpwin/Application Data/Microsoft Games/Rise of Nations/rise2.ini,
I changed O to 1 at the lin ForceLowCPUBackgroundVid=1 and now the mouse key single left-click is goin well.
By the way :
I Use debian lenny with whine 1.0.1-1
I downloaded Patchw32.dll from the given addresstéléchargé à l'adresse indiquée
I installed mfc42.dll using the winetricks script with "vb6run – MS Visual Basic 6 runtime" selected
To enable multiplayer games I installed some dlls using the winetricks with "directplay – MS DirectPlay (from DirectX 9 user redistributable)" selected
In the file ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/fpwin/Application Data/Microsoft Games/Rise of Nations/rise2.ini changed to 1 the SkipIntroMovies=1 parameter to skip the videos at the beginning
and forgive my bad ennglish.