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Old 02-01-2009, 11:54 PM   #1
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Fate the game installation?


Hi I am a newbie and I have the game Fate and I installed it on my computer but when I click on the icon it says "Application error game will now exit". I do not know why this is happening. Please help me I really love this game and I can not play it now. Thanks
 
Old 02-02-2009, 01:20 PM   #2
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How did you install the game
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:36 PM   #3
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i put in the cd and did the installation process that it guided me through.
 
Old 02-03-2009, 05:06 PM   #4
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You may have to install it through Wine or the play linux some programs wont run unless they have a windows shell
 
Old 02-04-2009, 02:05 PM   #5
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What is Wine? I think I have a windows shell, since I can also use Windows.
 
Old 02-06-2009, 03:14 PM   #6
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It is a windows emulator design to help you install and run windows programs and if that doesn't work you can use play linux along with wine and this should slove all of your problems
 
Old 02-07-2009, 04:52 PM   #7
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oh ok so should i download wine?
 
Old 02-10-2009, 11:38 AM   #8
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Yeah and if you are using ubuntu than you can install it through add and remove programs all other version you would have to download and install
 
Old 02-11-2009, 06:00 PM   #9
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Would this be a good website to download wine?
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Syste...Wine-148.shtml
or should i download the playonlinux http://www.playonlinux.com/en/

I dont think i am using ubuntu though...should i start using it?

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Old 02-15-2009, 03:14 AM   #10
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When i try to download the playonlinux it says NOT FOUND
The requested URL /apt/pclinuxos/PlayOnLinux/ was not found on this server.
 
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Which linux distribution are you using?
 
Old 02-15-2009, 07:01 PM   #12
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Pclinuxos
 
Old 03-02-2009, 07:50 AM   #13
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Hi I am a newbie and I have the game Fate and I installed it on my computer but when I click on the icon it says "Application error game will now exit". I do not know why this is happening. Please help me I really love this game and I can not play it now. Thanks
Try to install PlayOnLinux is an emulator, here is a link to howto install PlayOnLinux
 
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When i tried to install the playonlinux i could not find the program that i am using - pclinux
 
  


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