Demise: Rise of the Ku'Tan

What works

Install successful (despite "File(s) failed to self-register" warning).

Except sound nuisances, in-game everything I tried works:

• Create player characters
• Play the game:
  • Use multiple town services: store, bank, level-up, seer-search, billboard, town hall
  • Dungeoneering (levels 1-3): move, fight, open box/chest, stairs, fall from higher level, fall into pits (sound issue), auto-map
  • Switch and interact player characters
• Backup & Restore (full) game state
• Change game options (sound issue)

Game dialogs worked as separate wnd with no decor (always above game wnd, almost always even after focus change): char. gen. screen, seer-search, bank deposit/withdraw, etc.

What does not

Note: Never played on Windows → might not be Wine-specific.

1. HIT.DES file not found error:
   When you
   • fall into pits (in dungeon),
   • enter audio options,
   • change sound fx volume,
   the game tries to play missing (wave) sound effect.
   Note: Does not happen for fight-hits.
   Clicking OK turns off sound fx (in options) until game exit.
2. Sound volume settings:
   Adjustments in-game have no effect.

Workarounds

1. HIT.DES file not found error:
   Re-enable sound fx in audio options,
   or restart the game.
2. Sound volume settings:
   Use your systems sound level controls.
   (No music in demo, so no need for separate settings.)

What was not tested

• Demo limit/end condition.
• Multiplayer.
• Long gaming hours.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Nvidia
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

• Works in both 32- and 64-bit wineprefix.

At the end of install.
Clicking OK seems to finish install successfully.

Full text:

File(s) failed to self-register:
<DEMISE_install_path>\COMDLG32.DLL
<DEMISE_install_path>\DemiseBmp.dll
<DEMISE_install_path>\DemiseSec.dll
<DEMISE_install_path>\DemiseSound.dll
<DEMISE_install_path>\DemiseView.dll
<DEMISE_install_path>\Graph3D.dll
<DEMISE_install_path>\GraphOGL.dll
<DEMISE_install_path>\GraphSWR.dll

Run as: DEMISE.EXE /NODIRECTX