Application Details:
| Version: | 4xx |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://www.imvu.com |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Platinum |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.7.39 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Installer runs successfully.
Program loads and runs successfully. Avatar is visible, chat works, and changing rooms works without a hiccup. Wardrobe changes work. Multiple tabs work. In-room audio works. Sending private messages from within the client works.
What does not
Have not yet found any features that do not work.
Workarounds
What was not tested
The new "Our Room" feature was not tested. The "Walk-Off" and "Photo Stream" features were not tested.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Did not use Winetricks or any other software to install or configure IMVU. The program simply worked as-is.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Fedora 21 x86_64 | Apr 22 2015 | 1.7.39 | Yes | Yes | Platinum | Josh Raymond | ||
| Show | Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" | Sep 12 2013 | 1.7.1 | Yes | Yes | Gold | Rose | ||
| Show | Bodhi Linux 2.x | Sep 07 2013 | 1.6 | Yes | Yes | Gold | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Mageia 4 | Aug 01 2013 | 1.6 | Yes | Yes | Gold | an anonymous user | ||
| Current | Mageia 4 | Jun 30 2013 | 1.6-rc1 | Yes | Yes | Platinum | an anonymous user |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
[Note: A windows 7 would be nice to pull dll's from if you are dual booting or using wubi or like I was using virtualbox and just networked a shared folder to get the dll's I needed]
Step 1 - Install Playonlinux through Ubuntu Software Center
Step 2 - download the full install of imvu's client from the link provided here
Step 3 - Click on Install you can use the default wine prefix that is 1.4.1(System works) and then configure the prefix to be Windows 7/XP.
Step 4 - Give it a run see if it works, two errors pop up but if you just okay them it loads up.
If the fonts in game look distorted, make sure you install the "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" package, as this provides the windows fonts used by IMVU. You can install it easily on Debian/Ubuntu based distros by using the following command in the terminal ("Ctrl+Alt+T" is a keyboard shortcut to open it):
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
You should be prompted to enter your password for sudo as usual.
