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Category: Main Games Strategy Games Real-Time Strategy The Settlers IV 1.0-2.50.1516

The Settlers IV

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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

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Test Results

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What works

Almost anything in Software mode 

What does not

Hardware mode

Resolution above 800x600 went into an unplayable window instead of remaining in full screen

Intro video remains in the window and it's not viewable

Workarounds

What was not tested

In depth playing

Video: not sure if they work or not. Intro video sounds but it seems to have some problem

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Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

Tested on Ati Radeon 5850 - ATI drivers 10.9 (admin:rating change to reflect experience)

selected in Test Results table below
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 
CurrentGentoo 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

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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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