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
Nothing.
What does not
The game won't start complaining about the lack of the compressed texture support, although `glxinfo` suggests they're supported.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.2 (Core Profile) Mesa 17.2.0-rc4
Workarounds
What was not tested
Gameplay.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
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 | |
Current | 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 |
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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