Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

What works

All of the game works from what I can tell. Have not tested network play yet but I am assuming this works as well.

What does not

The installer did not work as it was complaining about DirectX not being able to change screen resolution, but managed to install with the appropriate loki installer.

The game slows down (and even stops) if the mouse is moved, game play resumes normal speed when mouse stops moving.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Network play.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Apart from the mouse problem (no patch as of writing), the game runs extremely well. No problems with cinematic sequences either.

• 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
  

• 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