Patched to the latest official version. Available as retail release or from digital distribution site GOG.com (Strategy First release). Historically also available on Direct2Drive and GamersGate.
Application Details:
| Version: | 1.12 |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | https://www.battlefront.com |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Bronze |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 5.0 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Singleplayer
What does not
Cannot initialize Direct3D graphics error at startup
Workarounds
dgVoodoo and DXVK
dgVoodoo (tested with 2.63.1): manual installation in the game folder: dgVoodooCpl.exe + dgVoodoo.conf (set dgVoodooWatermark = false to disable dgVoodoo watermark when running) and all the dll's from folder /MS/x86/ (D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll)
DXVK (tested with 1.5.4): installed using witericks
winecfg: ddraw library needs to be set to native override
What was not tested
Multiplayer
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
GOG version
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | Manjaro Linux | Feb 21 2020 | 5.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Pavel | |
| Show | Antergos x86_64 | Aug 15 2017 | 2.14 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | Filip Frackiewicz | |
| Show | Void Linux | Nov 05 2016 | 1.9.22 | Yes | No | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Debian GNU/Linux 7.x "Wheezy" | Mar 31 2013 | 1.5.26 | Yes | No | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Fedora 14 | Dec 04 2010 | 1.3.8 | Yes | No | Garbage | Béla Gyebrószki |
install DXVK (manually or using winetricks)
download dgVoodoo 2: copy files dgVoodooCpl.exe + dgVoodoo.conf (set dgVoodooWatermark = false to disable dgVoodoo watermark when running) in the game folder and all the dll's from folder /MS/x86/ (D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll)
set ddraw library as native override in winecfg
