Impulse

Impulse automatically updates itself to the latest version whenever it is run if connected to Internet.

Note that there is two different installers, difference to be tested. The standard one, also labeled "Impulse Client - Vista/Windows 7" :

Or the one labeled "Impulse Client - Windows XP" :

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Test Results

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What works

Installation via "Sins of a Solar Empire" setup. Running the version that was included on the Sins disk.

What does not

Either the update functionality doesn't work in Wine, or the most recent version of Impulse.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Everything else, since updating is the first thing it does.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

Additional Comments

Using the winetricks mentioned below.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Feb 15 2015	1.7.34	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Adrian Kalla
Show	Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Sep 20 2013	1.7.2	Yes	Yes	No	Garbage	Jelle De Loecker
Show	Chakra Linux	Aug 08 2012	1.5.7	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	an anonymous user
Show	Chakra Linux	May 27 2012	1.5.4	Yes	Yes	No	Bronze	an anonymous user
Show	Fedora 15 x86_64	Dec 10 2011	1.3.30	Yes	No	No	Garbage	Anna

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
3548	.lnk file is created on the desktop together with the program icon...	NEW		View
26609	Impulse: wrong window size	UNCONFIRMED		View
26610	Impulse: some buttons are not displayed and some disappear on mouse over	UNCONFIRMED		View

HOWTO install Impulse

Download winetricks by running the following code in terminal :-

wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

Now we need to install some winetricks packages to get Impulse running properly. Run the code below in a Terminal :-

sh winetricks dotnet20 gdiplus

Note that the impulse installer will appear to crash, but just dismiss the error and the installation will continue as normal.

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