Application Details:
| Version: | 1.0 |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://www.microsoft.com/games... |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 3.0 |
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What works
Essentially everything tested.
What does not
Using the game without a No-CD crack.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Online Play
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
This time, I noticed something strange. The fog of war shadow effect (the one that gradually turns the fog of war areas on the map to black) were not transparent, at least properly transparent, but blocky, while everything else worked just fine. It might be my system as I recently overclocked the system a bit (the memory has a 67mhz increase, and that is more than one of my memory strips is rated for; graphics card is overclocked a little too). I'll see if it changes anything but I doubt it will. I also downloaded the source for this version of wine and compiled it myself, then installed it. Performance of the game is far better than it was on any previous wine version.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 01 2018 | 3.0 | N/A | Yes | Yes | Gold | psofiterol | |
| Show | Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Aug 26 2015 | 1.6.2 | Yes | Yes | Gold | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" | Nov 20 2013 | 1.7.5 | Yes | Yes | Gold | Linus Unnebäck | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Oct 24 2011 | 1.3.31 | Yes | Yes | Gold | Lara Maia | ||
| Show | openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) | Nov 12 2010 | 1.3.5 | Yes | Yes | Platinum | an anonymous user |
These errors/problems have been reported on older versions of wine, but are listed here (along with possible solutions) in case they pop up again.
Problem: Flickering water and/or memory leak
Solution: Set graphics detail to low and increase your swap size.
Problem: MS EULA Appears below AoM logo on first launch.
Solution: Focus the window using the taskbar or Alt+Tab and then use Alt+A to agree.
Problem: You need MSXML 4.0
Solution: Use the version included on the install CD. Type "wine msiexec /i msxml.msi" to install.
Problem: The installer can't find PidGen.DLL.
Solution: Copy PidGen.DLL from the installation CD and place it in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32.
AoM installation may require:
* MFC42.DLL
If nothing happens after you click "Next" on the CD Key input screen, you may need this file.
Place the file in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32. Add a new override (see below).
Adding an Override
Run "winecfg" from the command line. Click the "Libraries" tab at the top of the window that appears.
Type the name of the library into "New override for library:" (type "pidgen" for PidGen.DLL). Click "Add",
make sure that "(native, builtin)" appears next to the library you just added. If it doesn't highlight the new
override and click "Edit" select "Native then builtin" and click "OK" and finally click "OK".
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