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Application Details:

Version: 1.x + Mods
License: Free to use
URL: http://www.bridgecommander.com...
Votes: 0
Latest Rating: Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested: 2.11

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Test Results

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What works

Patch, Kobayashi Maru 0.9/1.0, Galaxy Charts, GravityFX, console tracker, DS9FX,  hull integrity percentage display, NanoFX2Beta, QBR, all mods included in those packages, and most all other minor mods.

Stability and speed are increased if windows-native libraries are used, especially the DirectX ones.

What does not

Does not recognize a pseudo-drive mounted in Wine settings, nor a mounted image file, nor the actual cd.  A cracked executable must be used.  

In combat, phasers have issues discharging properly, tending to get stuck in the phaser's elipse. This has a stutter-like effect on all ships that can use beam weapons.  Stock vessels are affected.  In tandem with inaccurate phasers, it makes beam weapons almost completely useless.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Any mod not listed that puts in features, not ships/textures, etc.


Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

All vessels that don't crash the game in windows do not crash in Wine. Negates the 'black screen of death' and simply crashes instead of hanging. Running in terminal with logging recommended if you can't get anywhere with console tracker.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowUbuntu 17.04 "Zesty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 28 20172.11N/A Yes NoSilverBruno Oliveira 
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 7.x "Wheezy"Jul 16 20121.4.1N/A Yes NoPlatinumErik Andresen 
ShowMac OS X 10.7 "Lion"Jul 17 20121.4Yes Yes NoPlatinumHarley T. Davis 
ShowMac OS X 10.7 "Lion"Jul 16 20121.4-rc5Yes Yes NoGoldHarley T. Davis 
ShowUbuntu 11.04 "Natty" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 03 20111.3.24Yes Yes NoGoldAthrun 

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

WARNING

This section is mainly focused on Bridge Commander mods

Feel free to discuss any tweak, problem or performance fix here

When reporting a test result please add your video card, driver version and mod version tested, thank you.

General Notes

Installing Bridge Commander

Bridge Commander installs and updates to 1.1 without problems from original disc.


The Black Screen of Death / Fatal Errors

For good or ill, the old Black Screen of Death will not normally come up, but will instead tend to crash the game entirely while in wine. It is thus a good idea to run the game from terminal, as this will prevent wine from closing immediately and allow you to better troubleshoot these types of issues. Keep in mind that this may have odd effects on game play, depending on several factors such as distro, wine version, other programs running, modules loaded, etc. If you do get the Black Screen of Death though, it can be handled as usual.


Installing Mods

Keep in mind that you may come across case errors when installing or self-modifying mods, ships, or other mod content. Case errors will normally crash the game entirely in wine, and having Console Tracker in your install will allow you to more rapidly identify and correct such errors. Generally, case error issues are just a pain in the arse. Keep an eye out during extraction and verify you aren't getting case duplicates.

Helpful Debugging Tools

ScanBC, an abandoned project started by USS Sovereign. It's quite rough, and should be considered a program in beta.

Console Tracker, by USS Frontier. A must-have for all modded installs.

Using the SDK

It is strongly advised to do the actual modding from a Windows machine, or at least a virtual machine such as VMware Player. Most 3rd party modding tools do not work well in wine and for the exception of the AI tool (which can be run from a python console), the sdk is similarly affected.

Note
The game seems to have problems with ATI Radeon cards. I use the opensource driver, and have a very slow overall appearance of the game (The same appears with the proprietary driver). Even the mouse pointer does not move smoothly (As if the bug above is not resolved yet for ATI cards??) Apart from being very slow, everything works, even the videos.

Because of driver problems, Intel video cards which are commonly used in Laptops will be too slow for this game.
Nvidia cards with the closed source driver are working fine.

If you have problems with Sound try the set Audio Quality to High: For this open options.cfg in a Text editor and change ProviderReserveList=LowQualitySoftware to ProviderReserveList=HighQualitySoftware
Kobayashi Maru users can change this under Game Options.

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