Alright, This is my first game installation on linux, and i haven't gotten it to work yet.

I got Point2Play working and got the winex 3.3.1 all setup and now im trying to install WC and WC: FT. I run the install and install it to C:/ drive. It installs with no errors or anything but when i try to run the program it gives me a Fatal Error.

I just installed Slackware 9.1 so maybe i haven't configured everything right yet. Also on the transgamming website they said make a file called "libGL.so" which i did by typing:

ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1

I have no idea what that did but apparently it fixes the Fatal error problem (which it didn't). It also said make sure that the files are linked to the correct video driver files which i dont understand what that means. If you want to look for yourself heres the URL:

http://www.transgaming.com/gamefaq.php?gameid=556

If someone could step me through the process of installing Warcraft III on Slackware 9.1 with Point2Play that would really appreciated.

Thanks,
Jay

(i have 2.4.22 Linux kernel)

How about you go back and follow the directions correctly instead?

ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so is the line they tell you to type.

ok.... I did that and it did a whole nothing, in fact the file already existed.

Well then. Your paying for WineX 3.3.1 This would be what their "support" tab is for as they should have to fix it if its broken? The game is on the list of installable games?

hmm... warcraft 3 works just fine for me on Mandrake 9.2. I didn't have do run that command or anything. I just installed it and ran it and it worked. What graphics card do you have? Maybe you haven't installed it correctly.

i have a GeForce FX 5600 (256 meg)

this is the error i get in the console:

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

I googled on that problem and it said to change the /etc/X11/XF86Config and make sure you have glx enabled. I found that in that file it had a "#" before the " load "glx" " which im assuming means it was commented out...

anyway i deleted the # but the problem still is there... i still get the error in console:
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Try installing the drivers from nvidia. They are pretty straight forward to install. This should fix your glx problems.

Also, as far as warcraft not working on slack...it works great for me but I am not using point2play.

try calling it from a console with just winex and not point to play and see what happens.

to see against what libraries a program is linked, you can use the ldd command

ldd prog

[a list of linked libraries]

if you get some (not found) messages, that is a symptom of a missing libraries recognized by the system. Depending on which ones, you must ldconfig the path where those libraries are

are you able to play any other 3d games? another way to test if your graphics card is working is to run this command:

glxgears -info

then post what that gives you

thanks for the replies.... i got it working finally.

the problem was that i didn't install my videocard driver correctly (i still needed to configure xf86conf). Everything is working with the oringinal warcraft, but now i can't get the frozen throne to install. I try to install WC: FT but it doesn't find the old warcraft installation. How can i make Point2Play find the old installtion?

you have to install it under the same name as warcraft 3... every time you make a new name it makes a new folder... expansions need to be under the same folder.

Awesome thanks AFI_Flame...
you're the man now dogg
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