The Saga of Ryzom

What works

Installation works, but with issues, the final msi setup will crash at the end, and will will not install in a selected directory but defaults to the c:/Programs..., the installation is complete though and fully playabe and can be moved elsewere after installation. Playing works, but with the usual Ogl restriction. Configuration works but needs MS original dlls. Sounds works, but exibit stuttering.

What does not

The config utility, needs MS propieatry DLL's to work. Installation crashes at end when finalizing installation. But has no real impact on installation. Sound does not work flawlessly. D3d Mode does not work, texts are garbled, and some graphics are garbled / missing. Full screen has issues, to get the game to go fullscreen the initial window has to maximized, then on the login screen the correct resoloution has to be selected, it will then correctly go fullscreen, this has to be done each time the game is started.

Workarounds

What was not tested

NA

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

The game will even run under the Beryl manager.

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.