Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

Tested on:

Wine 1.7.4 (compilado)
Nvidia Drivers 331.13 (.run package)
Kubuntu 13.10 32Bit - Kernel 3.11.0.12 PAE
CPU: AMD Fusion A4 3300 2.5Ghz (Dual-Core) Stock Clock
MEM: 8GB DDR3 1333 (2x4) Patriot value (128 bit dual channel: 21.3 gb/s)
GPU: Zotac Nvidia Geforce GT630 (GK208 28nm: 384 Shaders / 8 ROPS) Zone Edition Passive Cooling 2GB DDR3 1800Mhz a 64Bit (14.4Gb/s)
BOARD: MSI A55M P35

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r_byItWI3g

Hi there,

for those who have problems with non-existant Z-buffer. The Serious Sam engine doesn't seem to specify that it really needs a Z-buffer and hopes for the standard Z-buffer depth of 16 bits. This is not quite correct behaviour and doesn't work with wine-0.9.57 and upwards.

To fix this open the ingame console and type:
gap_iDepthBits=24
ApplyVideoMode()

More information about the bug and fix in:
bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11970

Greets,
Tobias Jakobi

I try these configs in wine 1.4, 1.5.4 and others,via PlayOnLinux on clean prefix, but the polygons of the surroundings will look scattered, walls will overlap, etc. Ubuntu 12.04 , lenovo x220, integrated graphic controller.

here is the output of lspci -v | less


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21da
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21da
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at [disabled]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21da
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41

I followed the link you provided, and tried with wine 0.9.55(older version, which stated not to contain the bug). The graphics run OK

Sup there,

I can confirm that your console commands work!
I just tested it on my Intel HD Haswell GPU with Wine 1.7.51 32- and 64-bit.

The only thing missing was a "/" in the commands you posted, that's why it didn't work for me the first time. This is how the command has to look like:

/gap_iDepthBits=24
/ApplyVideoMode

Tipp: Depending on the version of your game, you either have to press F1 or the tilde key ~ to open the console.

Thanks for posting!

Cheers,
Alex

Use the loki installers to install the game. That way you don't have to use wine for this game.

Here is the link :
liflg.org/?catid=6&gameid=71

The Linux version of SSAM:TFE is not multiplayer-compatible with the Windows version. If you try to connect the client to a dedicated server running on Windows or vice-versa, it won't work.

Reference Link: www.lgdb.org/game/serious_sam_first_encounter