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Old 12-14-2010, 11:02 AM   #1
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Question Fallout 2 problem


Hi i installed fallout 2 on wine 1.2 today it installed fine but whenever i get it to play it comes come witht the please stand by screen goes blank and exits then im left with my desktop again like nothing happened ? any solutions or ideas ?
 
Old 12-14-2010, 12:45 PM   #2
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any solutions or ideas ?
only to play MS only games on MS

also the game is from 1998 so do you have windows 98 .dll's installed ?
 
Old 12-14-2010, 01:10 PM   #3
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Maybe you should have a look here.
You can also run Fallout2 using PlayOnLinux.
 
Old 12-15-2010, 01:51 PM   #4
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Thanks all i have come to conclusion that it wasn't the software but infact the disc has a fault but will use the software for other games thanks all.
 
  


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