Application Details:
Version: | FA 1.x.3xxx |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://supremecommander.com/ |
Votes: | 16 |
Latest Rating: | Gold |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 3.20 |
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What works
Installation, gameplay, skirmish mode, LAN multiplayer, sound
What does not
Antialiasing settings, certain video settings result in black screen or graphical corruption
Workarounds
What was not tested
Campaign mode, Internet multiplayer, mods, custom maps
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Installs easily, patching requires third party software or virtual windows, running and sound requires third party software and some tinkering to work properly. Followed instructions and forum suggestions.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Unstable "Sid" | Nov 10 2018 | 3.20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Sheppy | |
Show | Debian 9 (Stretch) | Nov 10 2018 | 3.20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Sheppy | |
Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 21 2018 | 3.0 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | tatsu | |
Show | Gentoo Linux x86_64 | Aug 19 2017 | 2.13 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | L29Ah | |
Show | Fedora 25 x86_64 | Apr 15 2017 | 2.4 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | smellymoo |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
7411 | GLSL shaders work badly with fglrx | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
7544 | ReplaceFileW not implemented | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
9447 | Supreme Commander's FMVs do not skip frames | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
11726 | Merge Supreme Commander addon with original game | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
12182 | Multiple games need X3DAudio1_1.dll (Supreme Commander) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
12192 | SupCom Addon: No units visible | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
13507 | GPGNet starts but crashes after Login. | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
13891 | start.exe http://someurl/ does not work (affects any app that invokes external browser, e.g. Google Sketchup) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
13917 | Supreme Commander won't let me select high fidelity | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
13918 | Supreme Commander addon: Ground decals only display properly after switching to med fidelity and back | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
18749 | Certain Applications can't be resized larger than screen resolution | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
18955 | SupremeCommander: GPGNet fails to install | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
20286 | minimap problem in Supreme Commander Forged Alliance | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
20386 | Supreme commander: sound echo problem during game briefing | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
20602 | thread/cpu affinity not correct with multi core enabled source engine games | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
27512 | GPGNet installer create only folders without files | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
41468 | Supreme Commander Forged Alliance needs CLSID '{343e68e6-8f82-4a8d-a2da-6e9a944b378c}' xactengine2_9.dll | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
49970 | Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance has no sound (needs XACT < 3.0 support) | NEW | View |
FAF COMMUNITY
The Forged Alliance Forever Community has some great ressources about running SC:FA and the multiplayer client under linux.
Wiki: https://wiki.faforever.com/ind...
Forum Megathread: http://forums.faforever.com/vi...
LINUX TRY FIRST
$ winetricks d3dx9
- replace the resolution with the resolution of your screen and execute
$ wine explorer /desktop=FA,1920x1080 ForgedAlliance.exe
LINUX EXTENDED
- you may need wine32 bit and winetricks:
$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update && apt-get install wine32 winetricks
- you may also need vcrun2010, dotnet40, corefonts, d3dx9, d3dx9_36
$ export WINE=wine32
$ winetricks vcrun2010 dotnet40 corefonts d3dx9 d3dx9_36
- on older wine versions, X3DAudio1_2.dll in wine/system32 is missing/empty using the one from windows does work
- set your vram size in winetricks if you are on integrated graphics (use 512 if in doubt)
$ winetricks videomemorysize=$YOURVRAM
Summary of Common Errors on Linux
- AudioDLL blablabla is missing -> wine for WHATEVER reasonsometimes creates an empty version of that dll in .wine/dosdevices/ if you try to start the game without that dll, you have to replace it with the correct dll and start again
- videomemorysize might default to 256, that will cause the game hang during intro sequence or lead to blackscreen as soon as the game started see Linux-Extended Section on how to fix that
- cant compile carthographic.fx/cant load it -> you forgot to install d3dx9_36
- wine asking for some XML microsoft parser -> just follow wine instructions
- wine saying that .wine is a 64 bit installation -> delete .wine, move it or select different director (I suppose there is an option for that)
- general displaying problems -> try to emulate a virtual desktop, this will fix it for many windowmangers: $ winecfg
- i recommend you set the resolution ingame,
Performance
If you know what you are doing you can try this to imrpove CPU-wise performance:
$ taskset -cp 0 (pgrep ForgedAlliance); sudo renice -2 -p (pgrep ForgedAlliance)
Dual Screens
Depends on driver/card. If SupCom doesn't show you a second adapter, short and long answer is no.
Can I play online with linux?
Yes, but it might be a little tricky to get the FAForever-Client to run on linux.
An easy solution could be to use the inofficial java client:
http://faforever.github.io/dow...
Check the main Linux Thread on FAF Forums for usefull information:
http://forums.faforever.com/vi...
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