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The Settlers IV

The original games, without the Trojan expansion.

Application Details:

Version: 1.0-2.50.1516
License: Retail
URL: https://www.gog.com/game/the_s...
Votes: 0
Latest Rating: Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.3.26

Maintainers: About Maintainership

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Test Results

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What works

Everything works fine.

What does not

Workarounds

What was not tested

Online games.

Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

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Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowArch Linux x86_64Aug 26 20111.3.26Yes Yes GoldMax Roder 
ShowUbuntu 11.04 "Natty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 27 20111.3.20Yes Yes Silveran anonymous user 
ShowGentoo LinuxOct 31 20101.3.5Yes Yes GoldEmanuele 
ShowFedora 11Dec 31 20091.1.32Yes No Garbagean anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Sep 05 20091.1.29Yes Yes PlatinumSuppen 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
3710 Specular Lighting CLOSED FIXED View
4247 Settlers 4 networking crashes with builtin msvcrt CLOSED FIXED View
5707 Settlers IV is slow in WIne 0.9.16+ CLOSED FIXED View
5770 Settlers IV resolution problems in WIne 0.9.16+ CLOSED FIXED View
10858 BlueByte Game Channel fails to install CLOSED FIXED View

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO
In order to install the BlueByte Game Channel software (required for Internet play), place cabinet.dll in Wine's windows/system32 directory (normally ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32). Then start winecfg and add a dll override for cabinet.
If the game runs slowly, use a Wine version prior to 0.9.16. Then you'll have to follow the instructions below; newer Wine versions run this game out of the box

Instructions for old Wine versions
  • If Settlers IV crashes when starting a game, edit 'Config/GameSettings.cfg' in the directory where you installed the game, and set 'LandscapeHardware' to 0.
  • Add a DLL override (this can be done with winecfg) for 'Exe/S4_Main.exe', so that it uses 'native' 'msvcrt' (msvcrt is installed with the game)
It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version, as you may have copy-protection problems otherwise.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

The game runs slowly
Try switching to 16 bit colour depth. Use your distribution's program for changing display/graphics settings, or change DefaultDepth in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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