Ragnarok Online

What works

Installer

Patch Agent

Executable (Prior to Patching)

What does not

Executable (Post Patching)

Workarounds

What was not tested

Nothing

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Tarball compiled 0.9.34 Ragexe.exe runs properly when first installed, although slow and jerky on my slow system. After running the patch client (Ragnarok.exe), it will crash (internally) with the error outlined in bug 6537 (http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6573). The patch client modifies a file "data.grf" which is a proprietary format archive of zlib compressed data files (can be extracted with grftool). The added files are appended to the archive, and I suspect it is some problem reading this archive which results in the error; however, I'm still not certain what this problem might be. The "data.grf" created under WINE is binary identical to the one created under Windows. Ragexe.exe always creates a D3D error on exit, if it otherwise ran.

• Game starts with fatal error and closes.

You need vcrun2008 for gameplay work. If you execute this without vcrun2008, your instalation can be corrupt (the cause is unknow).
(This does not apply to openpatcher).

• Patcher not shows information of update or receives error
  

Install wine gecko package (the package name varies according with your distribution). you can optionally install ie6 with winetricks instead of wine gecko package. Both work well.

• The game is slow
  

Download this file and add to wine registry:

$ regedit boost.reg
(The performance gain is high.)

• Tweaks in game for performance:

• Simplify aura with /aura command
• Simplify effects with /mineffect command, or use /effect for disable all effects.
• Disable fog with /fog command

• Ragnarok Open Setup:

http://nn.nachtwolke.com/dev/opensetup/

• RO Patcher Lite:

http://nn.nachtwolke.com/dev/rsu/