City of Heroes

What works

• Downloader/Launcher (using command line arguments & additional script...see below)
• Updating
  
• Sound
  
• Game
  

What does not

• The NCSoft Launcher (required for patching/launching CoH) has issues updating itself, and, its interface displays no content (graphics, menus, text, etc) rendering it useless as a GUI

Workarounds

What was not tested

• Extended game play..I'm sure I missed a lot.
  

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

=== Getting the NCSoft Launcher working === Everything installed to an empty wineprefix: 1 - Prep: $ export WINEARCH=win32 (if you run 64-bit) $ winecfg (Graphics tab -> Emulate a virtual desktop) $ winetricks dotnet20 2 - Install the NCSoft launcher. 3 - Run the launcher, when you get the "Path not found" error exit it. 4 - Get this script: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=5820;tips=1 and Install it into the same directory as NCLauncher.exe. 5. Change these 2 variables: WINE=wine WINEPREFIX=/your/prefix 6 - Run script 7 - Run NCLauncher.exe If everything went well, you should be able to select the EULA. When you get a grey empty window, close the launcher. Keep the script, if you get the Path not found error again, re-run it. === Download/Install CoH === $ wine "C:\Program Files\NCSoft\Launcher\NCLauncher.exe" /LaunchGame=CityofHeroes If you get a "Module not found" error, try the repair button. (Can't remember the exact details around this...did the install a week ago). === Starting the Game === When starting, the game would never progress pass a CoH splash graphic, adding -renderthread 0 resolved this. Also, an error would always come up telling me I didn't meet the min specs, that was fixed by adding -ignoreBadDriver. $ wine "C:\Program Files\NCSoft\Launcher\NCLauncher.exe" /LaunchGame=CityofHeroes /GameArgs="-renderthread 0" "-ignoreBadDriver" === Other things === There should be a way to exit the launcher after starting the game, I just don't know what argument to use, or what setting to put in a file.

Information courtesy of Dan.

"There seems to be an issue currently with the ingame resolution options. If you change them, then click apply, it will reset the resolution back to before you changed it and tell you to restart. When you restart, the resolution won't have changed. To get it to change you have to set it to the correct resolution, apply, set it again, and then quit the game with the options menu still open."