The Saga of Ryzom

What works

Install,
Patch,
Ring Scenario Editor (creating)

What does not

Changing resolution in fullscreen mode, or minimise/maximise/resize Ryzom window in window mode

Configuration tool

Workarounds

What was not tested

In game Mp3 player

Ring scenario editor (playing)

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

The game is very playable out of the box. It would be ratted gold without the resize window bug. I also had freeze with old version the ATI video driver but since I upgrade to 9.10 version I don't have any more freeze.

1. Download the game (and create you account)
   
2. Install the game (no special wine config needed)
3. Copy mfc42.dll, msvcp60.dll and msvcrt.dll to your Ryzom installation folder
4. Run winecfg and add a override to msvcrt (native/buildin) in "Libraries" tab
5. Set Windows version to Win2000, WinXP or Vista (for HardwareCursor to display correctly)
6. Use the minimal client.cfg from below (overwrite the lines of the client.cfg in your Ryzom installation folder. You may change the setting later ingame or using the configuration tool)
   
7. Starting the game should look something like this:

WINEDEBUG=-all nice -n 19 wine client_ryzom_rd.exe > /dev/null

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client.cfg:

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RootConfigFilename   = "client_default.cfg";
HardwareCursor       = 1;
FullScreen           = 0;
Driver3D             = "OpenGL";
SoundOn              = 0;
BackgroundDownloader = 0;
LanguageCode         = "en";
StartupHost          = "su1.ryzom.com:40916";
StartupPage          = "/login/r2_login.php";
InstallStatsUrl      = "http://su1.ryzom.com:50000/stats/stats.php";
PatchServer          = "http://dl.ryzom.com/patch_live";
InstallWebPage       = "http://dl.ryzom.com/installer/";­
  

http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=30655 says:

In Section "Device" of your xorg.conf file you should check that Option "DynamicTwinView" "true" is set. ­In section screen you should set your resolution and RefreshRate by just adding the line Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024_75 +0+0; 1280x1024 +0+0" (modify to your needs - this line is for a 17" flat panel).

You'll notice that every app that uses xrandr extension to read and set resolution will have the values all messed up, but that's a known issue and it still works well. Set Ryzom to use the new RefreshRate by selecting it in ryzom_configuration_rd.exe.

- I have not tested this atm

If you play Ryzom fullscreen, then on startup Ryzom minimizes itself (currently at least). Unpatched WINE (see Bug: #16517) resizes Ryzom to 32x32 size icon (and hides it if WINE desktop is not used), on patched WINE, Ryzom stays fullscreen like nothing happened, but it is infact in icon mode, so you need to d­ouble-click to get keyboard/mouse control back.