Application Details:
| Version: | Official Expansion: Poseidon: 2.x |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://pc.ign.com/objects/016/... |
| Votes: | 1 |
| Latest Rating: | Platinum |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.7.37 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Everthing (Game-play, Adventure Editor)
What does not
The button "Visit Zeus Website".
Bug 14995. Kinda serious bug and that's why the game is not rated platinum.Workarounds
What was not tested
N/A
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
1) You still need to start zeus by using "wine zeus.exe" at the directory zeus is installed. 2)Poseidon has copy protection that Zeus didn't have. If the cd is in the drive/virtual drive the game was installed from it will work. If you mount the cd on another drive/virtual drive you have to edit zeus.ini(on the same directory as zeus.exe) and change the drive letter on the new one. ********CHANGELOG******** from previously tested version: Nothing. The same applies to all versions between the last tested release and this one.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 02 2015 | 1.7.37 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Alexander Karatarakis | |
| Show | Linux Mint 16 "Petra" x86_64 | Apr 17 2014 | 1.7.16 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | Spiridon Louis | |
| Show | Linux Mint 16 "Petra" x86_64 | Apr 17 2014 | 1.6.2 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | Spiridon Louis | |
| Show | Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Aug 04 2013 | 1.6 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | Alexander Karatarakis | |
| Show | Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jul 20 2013 | 1.6 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | Alexander Karatarakis |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
EDIT: Newer versions of wine (tested 1.7.37) do NOT need the following notes.
(Tested under wine 1.3.18) Fresh installation with virtual desktop enabled. Note that the size of the virtual desktop can be set in "Wine Configuration" in the "Graphics" tab.
The first time it is launched, Zeus starts into fullscreen mode with resolution 800x600.
1) If the size of the virtual desktop is larger than 800x600 you'll see a black screen. Try to select windowed mode (F5 key).
2) If the size of virtual desktop is 800x600 then you'll not
see the black screen but F5 key doesn't switch the game into windowed
mode.
3) If the size of virtual desktop is 1024x768 and you see a
black screen press F7 key (this will change the game resolution to 1024x768
fitting the whole wine virtual desktop).
4) If the size of virtual desktop is 1280x1024 or larger then you can use F6 or F7 and then F5 keys to
play in windowed mode at the two resolutions supported by the game (=800x600 and 1024x768).
These solutions can be used with Pharaoh (and its expansion) too.
EDIT: Newer versions of wine (tested 1.7.37) do NOT need the following.
Throughout wine version there have been mixed results when running the game fullscreen or changing resolution and sometimes even windowed mode. To avoid all these problems, you can run the program in a virtual desktop.
On the terminal, type:
winecfg
1)Adding the application on winecfg
First of all, we should add the application to the list so that
changes on wine settings don't affect any other applications. Click on
"Add application..." and navigate to the Zeus executable.
