Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

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Application Details:

Version:	1.0-2.03
License:	Retail
URL:	http://www.westwood.com
Votes:	3
Latest Rating:	Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested:	7.0

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Bartosz Kosiorek

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What works

The install with some tweaking. The game, after updating to the the newest version. It is playable in fullscreen after updating to the newest version of the game.

What does not

Install only works when wine is set to 98. Never tried 95. With any windows version newer, the install says the comctl32.dll is an old version. The game installer only worked in a wine window...In fullscreen all I ever ended up with was a black screen.

The originalcd game does not play because of copy protection.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Never played out a game yet. I didn't try the game in fullscreen, only emulated desktop.

Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

To install the game and play it with wine 9.53 Set winver to 98 and emulated desktop. Install the game. Update the game. After update. The game is playable and there is no problem with copy protection and the game is playable in fullscreen. I also believe that switching the window version back to winver xp allows slightly better performance.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Debian GNU/Linux 12.x "Bookworm" x86_64	May 02 2022	7.0	Yes	Yes	No	Silver	IsLinuxAnyGood
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	Aug 26 2019	4.14	N/A	Yes	No	Garbage	Artur O.
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	Apr 17 2018	3.6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gold	Tom B
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	May 26 2016	1.9.10	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	Ash Carvin
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	May 31 2015	1.7.44	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Matt Followell

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO

Improving performance

Run 'wine regedit', browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine. If there is no key (the stuff with folder icons) called AppDefaults, then create it
Right-click on that key and create a new key game.exe
Create a new subkey Direct3D. In that key create two string variables:
DirectDrawRenderer with value opengl
RenderTargetLockMode with value readtex

General instructions, with or without opengl

Press cancel when the installer wants to update system files
To avoid copy protection issues (in my experience it did not work even on Windows 98SE, just 95), upgrade to the latest version
If you are not using the opengl mode as described above, after saving a game, the menu becomes invisible, but it appears for a second or so first, so it is easy to find the resume mission button. the menu appears again if you ALT+TAB out of the game and back
In order to play network games, IPX will have to be enabled in the kernel, and you need some userspace utilities, usually called ipx-utils; and IPX must be started (there should be an initscript). Also note that Tiberian Sun's network support is only available when it is run as root

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Game works fine! Instructions Below;
by Luke Draper on Wednesday September 15th 2021, 1:27

Game works fine!
The Wine Registry Key "DirectDrawRenderer" was depreciated some time ago and has been replaced with the much more Generic "renderer" key. Rename the "DirectDrawRenderer" key to "renderer" (without quotes) and the Menus will render once more.

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