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Aliens Versus Predator 2

Full update from 1.0.9.1 (retail or newer) to 1.0.9.6 (the last one)

Application Details:

Version: 1.0.9.6
License: Retail
URL: http://avp2.sierra.com/us/
Votes: 9
Latest Rating: Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested: 6.0.1

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Free Download 1.0.9.6 patch

Test Results

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What works

Everything except mouse still has jitters. I got the jittering down enough to be acceptable enough to play though.

What does not

Mouse input, A lot of old dx8 games don't like high poling rates. Setting 125hz made things work good enough.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Multiplayer

Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

Installed, updated, then installed winetricks directmusic and the game runs fine. I did a lot of trial an error and found a lot of games, even native ones, do not like high poling rates. It seems like these games want a poling rate that is below 500hz, 500 still jitters a little. 125hz is as low as my mouse can go. That decreased jitter a lot compared to 1000hz where you couldn't even turn the mouse.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 12.x "Bookworm" x86_64Oct 05 20216.0.1Yes Yes YesGoldSigfrodi 
ShowUbuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu)Sep 23 20194.0.2Yes Yes YesGoldDadu042 
ShowUbuntu 17.10 "Artful" i386 (+variants like Kubuntu)Nov 12 20172.20-stagingYes Yes YesGoldMike 
CurrentUbuntu 15.04 "Vivid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 01 20151.7.48Yes Yes NoSilveran anonymous user 
ShowGentoo Linux x86_64Oct 23 20131.7.0Yes No NoGarbagePlüss Roland 

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

Making mouse work better
Original Idea by Pac Shady, tested on 1.1.7
    • Set the mouse smoothness to maximum
    • Turn on virtual desktop
    • Run wine with WINEDEBUG=-all

    Additionally you can try:

    • Install dx9 (not necessary at the moment, but still you can try)
    • Set maximum possible for you screen resolution or set 640x480. Depends on perfomance.
    That makes the mouse movement work in all directions quite good, but mouselook speed on X axis is different from Y axis. On wide and opened areas which really consume performance, this bug gives the biggest effect.
    Internet Multiplayer
    Since Sierra shut down master-servers, you will be unable to get internet multiplayer working (connect to any internet server) without applying a community .rez-file patch. Patch is still in heavy development (available on LithFAQ), so you should not reply about failures with online gameplay.

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